Hi Shlomo, You are a star. Thank you so much. I guess this means I'll have to modify a whole bunch of my FrameScript scripts now, though...
Thanks again, -- *Martin Polley *Technical Communicator +972 (52) 3864280 Homepage <http://212.179.45.118/> Shlomo Perets wrote: > Martin, > > You wrote: > >> With some of the PDFs that I create, if I rename them, the >> cross-references stop working, giving this error: >> >> The specified file <old file name> does not exist. >> >> Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Is there a workaround? >> (Other than "don't rename the file"...) > > > As I mentioned earlier, some of the older FrameMaker 5.x versions > specify internal links with a file name target, in which case renaming > the PDF causes bad links (even when the PDF is stand-alone, with no > links pointing to it from other PDFs). > > Upon further examination, I was able to reproduce the creation of PDF > links which use a filename even though the link is internal in > FrameMaker 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2, but only when "Save as PDF" was used. In > the same tests, the problem was not encountered even once when > printing books to a .ps file and then distilling to PDF. > > Given this FrameMaker bug, we may have yet another reason to stick to > the original PDF file names, yet another reason to print to .ps rather > than Save as PDF, and yet another reason to test PDF links carefully... > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker > FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat > TimeSavers/Assistants > Template Design, Single Sourcing, FM-to-PDF & Technical Indexing seminars > > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > > > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & > computer viruses. > ************************************************************************************ > > > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0547-5, 11/26/2005 > Tested on: 11/27/2005 4:32:48 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3230 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20051127/26d600b8/attachment.bin
