Merging pages in C# with Hyperlinks (destinations empty)

Hi all,
I tried to merge PDF documents with CAcroPDDoc InsertPages. It works well. Now I have hyperlinks in my documents. After merging the documents the list of destinations is empty and the links are dead.
Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
With four your help
ctNoSpec

It's a bug/limitation of the COM APIs for page insertion.
Use the JSObject bridge to get to the JavaScript version and be sure to pass the right values for the insertFlags.
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Subject: Merging pages in C# with Hyperlinks (destinations empty)
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