Hyperlinks Rendered in PDF - asp.net

I have a report that is created using Telerik Reporing 2010.
You have the ability to export to PDF.
One of the cells contains a standard hyperlink that when viewed from the report view works fine
The cell contains this simple link
<a href=”http://site.com”>link</a>
What I would like to be able to do is maintain the hyperlink functionality when the report is rendered to PDF.
Im assuming PDF requires something more than just HTML to render a link ?
Any help is most appreciated
Thanks
truegilly

Hyperlinks in PDF Telerik Reports are not currently supported. See this forum thread on the Telerik site for more information.
There isn't anything that you can do to fix this. When the PDF report is generated Telerik need to implement a feature that converts your HTML hyperlink into a hotspot annotation in the PDF.

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