Robert, You wrote:
>I have a sequence of detailed .avi animations exported from the free version >of Sketchup. I want to embed them, or encode variants, into FrameMaker 8.2 >so they generate normal .pdf files. However, although FM advertises that it >can, it cannot, and one gets an "Oh-so-UNCLICKABLE" square in the .pdf. > >Having bought Adobe flash tool, I can embed the flash file .fl4 or .swf >after the pdf is produced, but this seems to defeat the purpose of this >well advertised asset of FM 8.2. ... In FrameMaker/Windows (all versions), you can establish a link to a file (carried over as a link in a PDF file), by using the "message openfile filename" hypertext marker (no quotes, filename replaced with the specific file to be launched by the PDF link). The linked file may of any file type that can be handled in the end-user system, and it is displayed using the associated application (after a standard security message is displayed). You may be referring to FM7.2 (as there is no FM8.2), but in any case, even with FM9.0, AVI can only be added through OLE and will not be clickable in the PDF. In FM8.0 or FM9.0, you can include SWF (and U3D) in FM files, that will be interactive/clickable in the PDF. [ Full control over multimedia in PDFs authored in FrameMaker is possible through FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers + Multimedia Assistant add-ons. See comparison between native FM and FM+TS+Multimedia Asst capabilities at http://www.microtype.com/TimeSavers_Assistants.html#MultimediaAsst , sample PDFs at http://www.microtype.com/ShowcaseMultimedia.html ] Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants "Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
