Michael Böhme wrote: > Hallo, > I have a Problem which has hopefully an easy solution. I try to make > Hyperlinks to open an other PDF on my harddisk. > > I write: > message openfile "W:\Schadstoffliteratur\Dioxine\Attempt to establish > benchmarks for Dioxins.pdf" > > Than Framemaker convert this to: > message openfile "W:\Schadstoffliteratur‡ioxine\Attempt to establish > benchmarks for Dioxins.pdf" > > Looking in the MIF I see the following: > <MText `message openfile "W:\\Schadstoffliteratur‡ioxine\\Attempt to > establish benchmarks for Dioxins.pdf"'> > > The resulting Link does not work, of course. When I repair the link in the > MIF manually, open it in FM, print to PDF, it works fine: > <MText `message openfile "W:\\ElbeSchadstoffliteratur\\Dioxine\\Attempt to > establish benchmarks for Dioxins.pdf"'> > > But I may not touch the Link in Framemaker again. I want to make hundreds of > similar Links, so I am looking for a solution. > > How to prevent Framemaker changing the Link? > > Michael > FM 8.0p277 >
Your question was answered two days ago by Rick Quatro (atta boy, Rick!): Hi Richard, Use forward slashes instead of backslashes in the Hypertext markers. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Win XP SP2, P4 Extreme Ed. 3.46GHz + 3.47GHz 2GB, FM 8.0p277 > > > > Thanks to Rick Quattro, I am now aware of the backslash issue in dialog > boxes and have a workaround within scripts. However, I need to create an > hypertext command and do not know how to work around this issue. The > hypertext command “openlink > D:\Docs\Products\CARDIO\DAR-9400f\M517-E063L-E099D_DAR-9400f Ops > Manuals_v3.0\D90+94_02-Overview.fm:2 998348” becomes “openlink > D:‡ocs\Products\CARDIO‡AR-9400f\sm517-E063L-E099D_DAR-9400f Ops > Manuals_v3.0‡90+94_02-Overview.fm:2 998348” where “\D” becomes “‡” and “\M” > becomes “\sm”. If I use the “openObjectId” command, the backslashes are not > replaced but the link does not work. > > > > Does anyone knows a good work around for this issue? > > > > Thanks, > > Richard Pesant -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink." — George Orwell _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
