Well, since no one else has responded... yes, for the links to work, you do need to have all the destination files open when you build the book PDF. However, I don't know _why_. I suspect it's because FM passes specific (a named location) location info into Acrobat that is somehow checked for validity, but I don't _know_ that.
Cheers, Art On 7/10/07, Amy Harvey <aharvey at enercon.com> wrote: > Hi, > > We work on large sets of documentation that require links between various > Chapters, Sections, Books, etc. > Our final deliverables are in PDF format. > > When creating the PDF file for a specific book, we have found that for some > reason, we need to open ALL of the other book files that are linked to the > current book in order for the links to work. > > For example, if I'm printing the PDF for Section 5.3 book, and it contains > links to sections 2.3 and 7.8, we need to open the book files for 2.3 and 7.8 > to print or sometimes the links don't work. > > An example of the link verbage we are using in the marker is: > gotolink ../CHAP02/ER_SEC02_03.fm:sec231 > > Is this typical ? Since they are relative links, I really don't understand > why Framemaker would require all of the linked files to be open when creating > the book. > > And... it only doesn't work "sometimes".... > > Any thoughts? > > Amy Harvey > Enercon Service, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
