Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-21 Thread DaveB
Original Message From: Stephan Bergmann [mailto:sberg...@redhat.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020, 13:35 UTC To: LibreOffice Users Cc: Dave Barton Subject: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file? > On 19/09/2020 16:33, Dave Barton wrote: >> I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-21 Thread Stephan Bergmann
On 19/09/2020 16:33, Dave Barton wrote: I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) always fail with a "not an *absolute* URL" error.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-20 Thread DaveB
Hi Regina & all, Even though I was following instructions to the letter I must have been doing something wrong wrong yesterday. Today I started the computers (Win 10-2004 x64 & Linux Kernel 5.8 x64) running LO 7.0.1.2, opened the odt file and the relative links worked perfectly. I am still unsure

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-20 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/09/2020 01:07, Robert Funnell wrote: FWIW, I just tried it in LO 6.1.5.2 under Debian Linux 10 and it worked as you said, without an error message, and with the very misleading appearance of the absolute path in LO (but with the relative path appearing in content.xml). - Robert F. On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Dan Lewis
On 9/19/20 17:22, DaveB wrote: On 19/09/2020 20:01, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Dave, I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Robert Funnell
Regina - FWIW, I just tried it in LO 6.1.5.2 under Debian Linux 10 and it worked as you said, without an error message, and with the very misleading appearance of the absolute path in LO (but with the relative path appearing in content.xml). - Robert F. On Sat, 19 Sep 2020, Regina Henschel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Dave, I have now used an English UI, and now the correct fields. Open Hyperlink-dialog, click Document. Click "Open File" button at the ride side of the Document Path field. I have tried with system open file dialog and with LO's own dialog. It works in both cases. Ctrl-click opens e.g.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread DaveB
On 19/09/2020 20:01, Robert Großkopf wrote: > Hi Dave, > >> I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files >> in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths >> everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) >> always fail with a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Remy Gauthier
Hi, Does not seem to work with something like file://./abc.xyz either.Rémy. Le samedi 19 septembre 2020 à 15:33 +0100, Dave Barton a écrit : > I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to > filesin the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute > pathseverything

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread DaveB
On 19/09/2020 19:56, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Dave, > > please excuse, same in English: No problem. Your English is a million times better than my tiny understanding of German. > Regina Henschel schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 20:47: >> Hi Dave, >> >> Dave Barton schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 16:33: >>> I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dave, > I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files > in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths > everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) > always fail with a "not an *absolute* URL" error. The links will be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Dave, please excuse, same in English: Regina Henschel schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 20:47: Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 16:33: I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 16:33: I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) always fail with a "not an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Dave Barton
On 19/09/2020 17:55, Luuk wrote: > > On 19-9-2020 16:33, Dave Barton wrote: >> I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files >> in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths >> everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Luuk
On 19-9-2020 16:33, Dave Barton wrote: I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) always fail with a "not an *absolute* URL" error.

[libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-19 Thread Dave Barton
I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) always fail with a "not an *absolute* URL" error. TIA Dave PS. Apologies if this is a