Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks in cells.

Hyperlinks can be added to cells using the ExcelRangeBase.SetHyperlink method or the ExcelRangeBase.Hyperlink property. You can set the hyperlink using the standard .NET Uri class or the extended ExcelHyperLink class.

For example:

worksheet.Cells["A1"].SetHyperlink(worksheet.Cells["G12"], "Link to cell G12..");
worksheet.Cells["A2"].Hyperlink = new Uri("https://epplussoftware.com", UriKind.Absolute);

var hyperLink = new ExcelHyperLink("https://samples.epplussoftware.com/HtmlExport/", UriKind.Absolute);
hyperLink.Display = "EPPlus HTML Export Sample Website...";
hyperLink.ToolTip = "Follow this link to the EPPlus HTML Export sample website";
worksheet.Cells["A3"].Hyperlink = hyperLink;

To style the hyperlinks you can create the named style for the Hyperlinks.

var namedStyle = package.Workbook.Styles.CreateNamedStyle("HyperLink");
namedStyle.BuildInId = 8; //This is the id for the build in hyper link style.

var namedStyle = package.Workbook.Styles.CreateNamedStyle("Followed HyperLink");
namedStyle.BuildInId = 9; //This is the id for the build in followed hyper link style.

To set the style for the hyperlink, set the StyleName of the cells to the created named style.

worksheet.Cells["A1:A3"].StyleName = "HyperLink";

Drawings as Hyperlinks

To set the style for the hyperlink, set the StyleName of the cells to the created named style.

worksheet.Cells["A1:A3"].StyleName = "HyperLink";

Drawings as Hyperlinks

If you want a hyperlink that is not connected to a cell, you can add a drawing with a hyperlink.
In this sample we add a shape that is positioned absolute, to keep its position when rows or columns are hidden:

//Add a drawing with a HyperLink to the statistics sheet.
//We add the hyperlink as a drawing here, as we don't want it to move when we expand and collapse rows.
var hyperLink =ws.Drawings.AddShape("HyperLink", eShapeStyle.Rect);            
hyperLink.Hyperlink = new ExcelHyperLink("Statistics!A1", "Statistics");
hyperLink.SetPosition(13, 0, 9, 0);
hyperLink.SetSize(70, 30);
hyperLink.EditAs = eEditAs.Absolute;
hyperLink.Border.Fill.Style = eFillStyle.NoFill;
hyperLink.Fill.Style = eFillStyle.NoFill;
hyperLink.Text = "Statistics";
hyperLink.Font.UnderLine = eUnderLineType.Single;
hyperLink.Font.Fill.Color = Color.Blue;

See also

More extensive examples are available in our sample projects:
Sample 1.6 and Sample 3.4 for C#
Sample 1.6 and Sample 3.4-VB for Visual Basic