Sure. That's always the issue with links to external file. But you just triggered an idea in me:
In PDF you can have "Attachments" (just drag and drop external files into the Attachment panel of an open PDF). And you can create links to attachments (however, only to PDF attachments) ... And there are PostScript frames and pdfmarks ... Hmmm ... :-) Regards, Stefan Gentz Adobe Worldwide TechComm Evangelist -----Original Message----- From: Framers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 22:05 To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Framers] Does FrameMaker Have Something Similar to Word's Embedded Files? Typically files won't be accessible to the person who's reading a PDF, so you'll get a nice clickable image that gives a "file not found" error. You could bundle the file with the PDF in a .zip archive. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Stefan Gentz <[email protected]> wrote: > Ho Robert, > > nothing special. PDF does not support embedded files within page content. > Basically it's similar to Word (Packager Shell Object). So, in PDF you will > likely just see nothing or a tiny small file name, maybe an icon (not sure). > > What you can do in FM, which might be quite nice of you want to get a > clickable link in PDF (or HTML5 output): > Insert a hypertext marker with content "message URL mytextfile.txt", place a > nice txt file icon as an inline graphic after it and put a character style > like "link" over the marker and the inline AFrame. > > This way you will get a nice clickable image that will open the external file > (in my sample the txt file "mytextfile.txt") (in the browser). > > Regards, > Stefan Gentz > Adobe Worldwide TechComm Evangelist > > Connect with us: > Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube | Our Blog | Adobe TCS > User Forum > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 18:59 > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Does FrameMaker Have Something Similar to Word's > Embedded Files? > > How is the embedded file handled when you save that FrameMaker document as a > PDF? > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:33 AM, Stefan Gentz <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Sandra, >> >> You might want to test this: >> >> Create a FrameMaker document, place the insertion mark to where you want the >> text file to appear. >> Now go to > File > Import > Object. In the "Insert Object" dialog, select >> "Create from File" and click "Browse..." to select your text file. >> Activate the "Link" textbox, if you want to insert the object as a link >> instead of embedding it. Otherwise leave it unchecked (will embed the text >> file). >> >> Once inserted, you can double click on it and it will open the application >> associated with your object (in your case the application that is associated >> with txt files, which is usalle Windows Notepad). >> >> Regards, >> Stefan Gentz >> Adobe Worldwide TechComm Evangelist >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Framers >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Sandra Rybarczyk >> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 00:19 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Framers] Does FrameMaker Have Something Similar to Word's Embedded >> Files? >> >> I have a Word document that I'd like to convert to Frame 12. >> The Word document has embedded txt files that display as icons and only show >> the file content (in a separate window) when the icon is double-clicked. >> Does FrameMaker have a similar feature? _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frameusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3e6d3ff337c2425ea18508d48c1661de%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636287475138080996&sdata=1O9uVtJfGqi9wqT2BNQtz9geM%2BZU7dn1u%2F9S42hbjjU%3D&reserved=0 Archives located at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fframers%2540lists.frameusers.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3e6d3ff337c2425ea18508d48c1661de%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636287475138080996&sdata=EHO%2FM76BUmkl4mu8TLXaZYAzCAXoHMj96cgmYuQKhkk%3D&reserved=0 Subscribe and unsubscribe at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.frameusers.com%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fframers-frameusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3e6d3ff337c2425ea18508d48c1661de%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636287475138080996&sdata=Gunz4wCU7IApKVAgG2vrPF1XdPR9DE%2FEz3jVMQZmOf0%3D&reserved=0 Send administrative questions to [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
