Hi Bill, Does the link work in FrameMaker (CTRL + ALT and then click on the link)? How do you create the PDF? If you print to a PostScript file or to a PDF, have you activated "Generate Acrobat Data"?
Best regards Winfried > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] Im Auftrag von Fetzner, Bill > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2011 16:54 > An: Shlomo Perets; Nina Rogers > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Betreff: RE: Creating hyperlink to PDF > > All ~ > Searching my local Framers archives for a solution to my problem, I came up > with this thread. I've been using the "message openfile hypertext marker for > years with complete success. When I convert my doc to a pdf, the linkage > worked just fine. But not in Windows 7 as far as I can determine. When I take > exactly the same file, with exactly the same TCS2 newly installed in Win7, all > those links are gone in my pdf distillation of the file. I've reinstalled > Acrobat > and updated it from itself without success. Anyone else experience this or > have a suggestion of some magic switch I should know about? > ~ Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:49 PM > To: Nina Rogers > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Creating hyperlink to PDF > > Nina, > > You wrote: > > >I am trying to create a hyperlink to a PDF. Basically, when the user > >clicks the link, I want a separate PDF file to open. I'm working in > >FrameMaker 7, but the finished document will be published as a PDF. ... > > > >The PDF I want to link is located in a folder on our network, not on a > >website; otherwise, I'd use the Go to URL command from Special > > >Hypertext. > > > A generic link to an external PDF can be created using the built-in FM > hypertext marker: > message openfile path/filename.pdf > > The target PDF will open at the default opening page; "new window" or > "same > window" applied according to the local Acrobat/Reader preference. > > Other hypertext markers (gotolink/gotopage or openlink/openpage) can be > translated to a similar link upon conversion to PDF, but link > validity/success may be dependent on other factors (e.g. authoring > application for the target PDF being FM, specific destinations/page numbers > present, chapter vs. book file issues). > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType, http://www.microtype.com > FrameMaker/TCS training & consulting * FM-to-Acrobat > TimeSavers/Assistants
