Strange PDF Problem

Robert Shelton rshelton at opentext.com
Tue Mar 20 12:57:14 PDT 2007


I'm by no means an expert on Frame or Acrobat, but I just renamed a file created with Save As PDF from Frame 7.0 (578) and the internal links all still work. So not all internal links contain the filename and break when you change it.

Bob
"Let what comes come,
Let what goes go,
Find out what remains"
--Sri Ramana Maharshi


> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+rshelton=opentext.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+rshelton=opentext.com at lists.frameusers.com]On
> Behalf Of Diane Gaskill
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:52 PM
> To: ActionA at aol.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Strange PDF Problem
> 
> 
> Hi Nancy,
> 
> This is not a strange problem. It is the way that Acrobat is 
> designed.  The
> links contain the filenames that exist when you creat them.  
> You cannot
> change the external name of the file afterward and expect the 
> internal link
> names to change too.  It doesn't happen.  Your observation is correct.
> Acrobat is looking for the original file names.
> 
> The solution is to decide on the final file names before you 
> save as PDF
> from Frame.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Diane Gaskill
> ======================
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On
> Behalf Of ActionA at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:40 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Strange PDF Problem
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We are experiencing a strange pdf problem. We have several 
> Frame books that
> we create pdf's from. We're using Frame 7.2 and I select the 
> Save As feature
> and  then save as pdf. The problem happens when we change the 
> name of the
> pdf
> file to  anything different than the name of the book file 
> (with the .pdf
> extension).  Many of the links in the index and TOC say that 
> the pdf file
> does not
> exist  because it seems to be looking for the name of the 
> book file (with
> the
> .pdf  extension) and not the new name of the pdf file.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nancy Adams
> 
> 
> 
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