hypertext marker problem

[Rick Henkel]

Paul Grigg wrote:
> Using Framemaker 6.0, Webworks professional 7.0
> =================================================
>
> When you have a hypertext link in a CHM file that points to an external
> website, the default behavior is to open that website within the CHM. If you
> want the link opened in the browser, then the link needs to have
> TARGET="_NEW" appended to it. 
>
> However, when you create hypertext markers in framemaker with TARGET="_NEW"
> appended to them, the resultant link in the compiled CHM file does not work.
>
>
> Has anyone come across the problem, and is there a solution?
>   


I haven't tried this with any version of Webworks or CHM files, but when 
I run my Frame files through Flare, changing

message URL http://www.adobe.com

to

message NewURL http://www.adobe.com

creates the following hypertext link in WebHelp:

<a href="http://www.adobe.com" target="_blank">


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