Linking Problem......solved

[Eduardo F. Cidade Sr.]

I think it was the "way" I used the marker

I've been using "message URL" to make the jump

Instead, on a "Hail Mary Pass", I used this:

openlink //jetblue.com/Docs/Manuals/jbdocs/MANUAL SUPPLEMENTS/Onboard Delay Escalation 
Policy (ODEP).pdf

notice how it now reads "openlink" to make the jump....

.....and it works!.....what a lesson I learned today

Thank you to all who offered their assistance!  Much appreciated Fellow Framers!

On Tue 02/08/11 16:28 , Fred Ridder docudoc at hotmail.com sent:
> As others have noted, the backslash is a reserved character in
> FrameMaker dialog boxes. There is a whole series of backslash codes
> defined to allow you to type special characters (i.e., characters
> that you can't produce directly from the keyboard with only the Shift
> key as a modifier) in dialogs. If you refer to Appendix B of the
> FrameMaker User Guide (in PDF form in the Documents directory of your
> FrameMaker installation) you will see that the substitutions in your
> hypertext command mostly match the backslash codes:
> D (Shift+d) produces a double dagger, as in your example
> M (Shift+m) is supposed to produce an em-space--no idea why it came
> through as "sm" in your example
> F (Shift+f) produces a florin, as in your example
> j is not defined and therefore comes through as literal characters,
> as in your example
> The trick to get FrameMaker to render a literal backslash is to
> double it. But that doesn't explain why the doubled backslashes at
> the start of your pathname came through as doubled backslashes in the
> result--it should have come through as a single. To get doubled
> backslashes, you should theoretically have needed to type four in a
> row.
> -Fred Ridder
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:41:49 -0400
> > Subject: Linking Problem
> > From: ecidade at zoominternet.net
> > 
> > Good afternoon
> > 
> > I’ve been experiencing a tDEFANGED_Onload of trouble linking to
> documents in a server where the 
> > address contains backslashes “” and NOT forward slashes “/”
> > 
> > Problem: whenever I write the syntax to go to the hypertext
> link?...FrameMaker does funny 
> > things to the link itself….
> > 
> > Example:
> > 
> > message URL \jetblue.comDocsManualsjbdocsFlight Operations Training
> Manual (FOTM).pdf
> > becomes the following when I click “Edit Hypertext Marker”…..
> > message URL \jetblue.com‡ocssmanualsjbdocsƒlight Operations
> Training Manual (FOTM).pdf
> > 
> > I think the use of the backslash is causing this….or……is it a
> bug???
> > 
> > So I’m trying to use any tool native to FrameMaker to keep the
> link intact.
> > 
> > This has been bothering me for a long time and it’s one of the
> laundry list items I’ve been 
> > trying to cure.
> > 
> > Any assistance would be most appreciated….
> > 
> > 
> > Eduardo F. Cidade, Sr.
> > Manager Fleet Publications
> > JetBlue Airways
> > 118-29 Queens Boulevard
> > 5th Floor
> > Forest Hills, NY 11375
> > Phone: 718-709-2884 (Office)
> > 347-684-2782 (Work Cell)
> > Fax: 718-709-2280
> > 
> > To fly: Call 1-800-JETBLUE or log on to jetblue.com
> > 
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