Links not working: Frame 8 to PDF to external file

[Stuart Rogers]

On 23/12/2010 12:41 AM, Tina Ricks wrote:
> Hi everyone,

> Frame version: 8.0p277
>
> Adobe Acrobat Pro version: 8.2.5

> I'm creating a giant PDF file (in Frame) of conference papers for a
> professional conference. It will be burned on a CD. I have my giant PDF, and
> I have a folder called Attachments. Inside the Attachments folder are a
> whole load of PowerPoint Show files (.pps)

> GiantPDF.pdf
>
> Attachments
>
>                  Filename.pps
>
>                  Filename_2.pps

> (etc. etc.)

> In Frame, I created hyperlinks with this setting:

> Special>  Hypertext
>
> Command: Message Client
>
> Syntax box:
>
> Message openfile Attachments/Filename.pps
>
> (this seemed like the correct syntax for a relative pathname, based on
> several internet resources)

> On my computer, this works great. I can create my PDF, I can move my folder
> structure elsewhere on my computer and things work.

> When I create a CD and take it to a different computer, my giant PDF can't
> find the PPS files. Why?

> All internal links within the PDF work fine.

> What am I doing wrong?
>


Are the .fm files from which you create the GiantPDF located in the 
folder that contains the Attachments folder?  If not, FM may be 
substituting absolute paths.

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Stuart Rogers
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