Book-To-Book Xrefs & File Not Foun

[Angela Akridge]

Turns out that the extension was in my .pdf filename. I removed the
".book" from the filename and things work now. However, when I clicked
on the xref, the other book launched (that's good), but then the first
book disappeared. I didn't know that book-to-book xrefs had this
limitation: how does the user get back to the other book? I'm thinking
that I should use book variables for manuals, and conditionalize
book-to-book references for online help only. Is this a bad idea?

Angela

On 8/4/07, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Steve is correct that all books that are referred to must be open
> when you generate the PDF that contains the x-refs.
>
> But two other gotchas are that all of the PDF files must have
> *exactly* the same name as the corresponding FrameMaker
> book files (except for the extension, of course), and the PDFs
> must have the same relative locations as the book files. If the
> book files are in the same directory on your system, the PDFs
> must also be be in the same directory on your system and on
> any medium or server that you put the PDFs on. If the book
> files are in separate subdirectories, you must place the PDFs
> in subdirectories with exactly the same names and relative
> locations as the book files, and that same subdirectory structure
> must be maintaied when the files are delivered.
>
> Shlomo Perets used to have an excellent document on this
> whole issue on his website (http://www.microtype.com), but
> I haven't looked for it in many months so I don't know if it
> is still there.
>
> Fred Ridder
>
>
> >From: Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk>
> >To: "Angela Akridge" <angela.akridge at gmail.com>,
> >framers at lists.frameusers.com
> >Subject: Re: Book-To-Book Xrefs & File Not Found
> >Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:17:08 +0100
> >
> >At 12:10 -0700 4/8/07, Angela Akridge wrote:
> >
> > >I use book-to-book xrefs. The xref formats look good. When I update my
> > >books, Frame doesn't complain about broken links. However, after I
> > >generate the pdf and test the book-to-book links, I get an error that
> > >says the file can't be found. When I go to xref in the source file,
> > >and launch the source file in the other book (Go to Source button) the
> > >file launches perfectly.
> > >
> > >I thought perhaps I need both to/from books open, so I did that and
> > >then regenerated the pdfs, but this didn't fix the problem. Any idea
> > >what the problem is?
> >
> >I think you need to have all books that are cross-referenced open when you
> >generate the Ps.
> >
> >--
> >Steve
>
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