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Javascript: DocumentLink.getDocumentTarget Method

Method|Introduced in 28.0

Description

Gets an object of the type DocumentTarget specifying to where the link points.

Syntax

<void> DocumentLink.getDocumentTarget(<RequestDocumentTargetCallback> callback, [<ErrorCallback> errorCallback])

Parameters

ParameterDescription
callback

Receives the link's target.

errorCallback

Optional. Is called when the operation failed with an error.

Examples

The following example demonstrates DocumentLink.getDocumentTarget in a practical document-editing workflow. It gets an object of the type DocumentTarget specifying to where the link points.

function onTxError(error) {
    console.error("TX Text Control error:", error.msg);
    error.handled = true;
}

TXTextControl.textParts.getMainText(function(mainText) {
    const documentLinks = mainText.documentLinks;
    documentLinks.getItem(function(documentLink) {
        if (!documentLink) {
            console.warn("No document link is available at the current input position.");
            return;
        }
    
        documentLink.getDocumentTarget(
            function(result) {
                if (!result) {
                    console.warn("No document target was returned.");
                    return;
                }
                
                console.log("get document target result:", result);
            },
            onTxError
        );
    }, onTxError);
}, onTxError);