Hi Keith
I think you want the `linkClicked` message. Navigation via links is under
script control so possibly what you want is:
on linkClicked pAction
if pAction[“type”] is “goto” then
set the currentDestination of me to pAction
end if
end linkClicked
> On 9 Dec 2021, at 2:01 am, Keith Clarke via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
> Can anyone share any experiences with the PDF Viewer widget that’s available
> via the old Business Edition or Pro Pack subscription?
>
> I’m testing this on LC 9.6.5 with a Pro subscription on Mac 11.6. Following
> the PDF guide https://livecode.com/resources/guide/ I’ve been able to load
> various PDF documents into the viewer widget and view, paginate, scroll, etc.
> I can select text, as per the example code in the guide and this ability to
> select toggles with the autoHighlight property on the widget - as expected.
> However, I’m struggling to get much else.
>
> The widget seems to be rendering the PDF documents in a passive ‘preview’
> mode, in that they seem to lack any of the interactive behaviour available
> when opened in Preview or Adobe reader. There are no hovers or navigation on
> obvious links or bookmarks. Furthermore, other than documentPages and
> documentMetadata, all of the arrays that should handle these navigation
> elements are empty - documentBookmarks, documentNamedDestination, linkStyles.
>
> Maybe I’ve missed another property that needs to be set to enable
> interaction? I don’t see any obvious setting to change in the dictionary, the
> LC guide doc, LC forums or online sources of documentation.
>
> Any clues gratefully received...
> Best,
> Keith
>
>
>
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