[framemaker-dita] Frame book printed to PDF - hyperlinks missing

[Valerie Lipow]

Thanks, Alan, that's probably it; I'll change the <xref>s to <fm-xref>s. All
of the items I want as targets have IDs, so it shouldn't be too time
consuming.

Val

On 6/12/07, Alan Houser <arh at groupwellesley.com> wrote:
>
> Are you publishing to PDF using FrameMaker or the DITA Open Toolkit? If
> you are publishing in FrameMaker, I would suggest using the <fm-xref>
> element instead of <xref>. The <fm-xref> element is a true FrameMaker
> cross-reference element (providing the ability to use cross-reference
> formats) and will convert to "live" hyperlinks in FrameMaker-generated
> PDF output.
>
> The <xref> element is defined as a FrameMaker container element. This
> allows the author to insert the link text (rather inefficient, IMHO, but
> also common in several standard XML content models, including DITA and
> Docbook).
>
> The FrameMaker DITA plug-in automatically converts <fm-xref> elements to
> <xref> elements upon saving to XML, so that the XML does conform to the
> DITA standard.
>
> Another "gotcha" -- FrameMaker will only support cross-reference targets
> that have an "id" attribute of type "ID". Many DITA elements have an
> "id" attribute of type "CDATA".
>
> If you are generating PDF using the DITA Open Toolkit, something else is
> going on.
>
> -Alan
>
> --
> Alan Houser, President
> Group Wellesley, Inc.
> 412-363-3481
> www.groupwellesley.com
>
>
>
> Val wrote:
> > When I want to output my DITA book created in Framemaker 7.2 using the
> > DITA Toolkit, I opt to print the book from FM using the Adobe Acrobat
> > (8) print driver. The book generates properly, but the only active
> > hyperlinks in the PDF are in the Table of Contents. The hyperlinks
> > created with the <xref> element are not generated; in addition, the
> > Index links are not created.
> >
> > Please advise.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Val
> >
> > Valerie L:ipow
> > Brendan Technologies, Inc.
> > Carlsbad, CA USA
> >
> >
>
>


-- 
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com