[f2a] RE: Hypertext links not working

Mon Aug 26 09:11:11 PDT 2013

I think your problem may be in the use of a watched folder. The problem may be caused by the fact that the relative locations of the files in the watched folder is not the same as their relative locations in the directory structure of either the source directory or the target installation directory; the watched folder flattens the directory structure to a single level. 

I'd try two alternate approaches.
1) Create a watched folder directory structure that matches the source and target structures.
2) Print to the Adobe PDF virtual printer to create the PDF files directly in the target directory structure.

-Fred Ridder

Subject: RE: [f2a] RE: Hypertext links not working
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:59:37 -0700
From: Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com
To: gail.bergan at bergan.com
CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com; frame2acrobat at yahoogroups.com

2013-08-26-01T16:00Z Gail – Yes, I print the book all at once to only one watched folder.  I’m using File | Print Book… > Separate File for Each Docu.  The arrangement of the .fm files is the same as arrangement of the .pdf files is to be. This is the first time in _years_ that I’ve needed to do this, so it’s mighty perplexing.  I, too, customarily print large books including tables of contents and indices and such.  Those files are in only one folder, and I use File > Single File.  Everything works great. But not with the source and output files in different folders . . .. Regards,Dave StammInformation EngineerGeneral Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc.Integrated Log Engr Svc, Logistics Section1700 Magnavox Way, Suite 200     We'll hit your targets from here.™Fort Wayne, Indiana  46804-1552; UStel:  260-434-9620              fax:  260.434.9501 / 9509dave.stamm at gdc4s.com     http://www.gdc4s.com/ This message and / or attachments may include information subject to GDC4S S.P. 1.8.6 and GD Corporate Policy 07-105 and are intended to be accessed only by authorized recipients.  Use, storage and transmission are governed by General Dynamics and its policies.  Contractual restrictions apply to third parties.  Recipients should refer to the policies or contract to determine proper handling.   Unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the original message. From: Gail Bergan [mailto:gail.bergan at bergan.com] 
Sent: 2013-08-26-Monday 11:25
To: Stamm, David-P45904
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Subject: Re: [f2a] RE: Hypertext links not working Hi Dave, Is your begin_here.pdf being written to the same watched folder? I use a similar setup when producing my larger books (a Start.pdf file that has a large TOC that links to the individual "chapter" files). But I must write ALL files at once, including Start, hyperlinked Index, and individual chapters, from the book file so that relative links are not broken. When I test them in the Out folder, everything works, and then I can move them en masse to wherever the final files will reside. If I try to write the Start file by itself, then the Index by itself, or the chapters, I find I have broken links. I hope I understood your problem correctly and this helps. Gail---------Sent from my iPad---------Gail R. Bergan, PresidentBergan et al., Inc.413 So. Church St.Rockport, TX 78382361-727-2343 www.bergan.comwww.linkedin.com/pub/gail-bergan/30/aa6/391
On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:50 AM, <dave.stamm at gdc4s.com> wrote:  2013-08-26-01T12:50Z 

Tino – 

Thanks for your time, interest, and effort. Unfortunately, I failed to include in my original posting that I must produce _separate_ .pdf files. So, I still have the problem. 

After I print the book to separate files, I check a link while all the files are in [WatchedFolder] \ out. The links work great. Unfortunately, after I move “BEGIN_HERE.pdf” into its place and the other files into their place, the links don’t work. 

Please note that I’m posting this to the Frame-to-Acrobat list, too. 

Regards, 

Dave Stamm 

Information Engineer 

From: Heiko Haida [mailto:info at heiko-haida.de] 
Sent: 2013-08-23-Friday 11:31 
To: Stamm, David-P45904; Framers 
Subject: Re: Hypertext links not working 

Hi Dave, 

I just set up some files according to your description, with hyperlinks from each "target"-file to the others and back to the BEGIN_HERE.fm. 

Well, I could see no problems within the files or in the pdf... 

(My files are mainly local, but I also copied the folder to an external drive for the test.) 

Just to make sure: 

If "TargetA" is one example for a named hyperlink-destination in file "targetA.fm" (and so on...), and "BEGIN" is the named destination in the file "BEGIN_HERE.fm", the link options look like this: 

Link from BEGIN_HERE.fm to the other files: gotolink ABC_DEF/targetA.fm:TargetA (...and so forth for B, C, and D) 

Link from targetA.fm to targetB.fm: gotolink targetB.fm:TargetB 

Link from targetA.fm back to BEGIN_HERE.fm: gotolink ..//BEGIN_HERE.fm:BEGIN 

I am enclosing my PDF, if you don't mind. 

Good luck... 

Tino H. Haida. Berlin 

Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com: 

2013-08-22-04T20:00Z 

Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1 
4 GB RAM 
64-bit operating system 
FrameMaker 11.0.2.384 
FrameMaker installed on workstation 
Folder and all files on a server on the local area network in accordance with corporate policy 

I am unable to consistently encode hypertext links among five files in one unstructured book. 

Here's how the files are arranged: 

NOTE: The .book file and all the target files are "children" of folder \Abc_Def. File BEGIN_HERE.fm is "sibling" of folder \Abc_Def and is to contain links to all four targets. 

Folder \Abc_Def 
File dir_Abc_Def.book 
File targetA.fm 
File targetB.fm 
File targetC.fm 
File targetD.fm 
File BEGIN_HERE.fm 

I moved File BEGIN_HERE.fm out of folder \Abc_Def because a recipient of the informational product (portable document format files) wants it that way. I am using a character tag to constrain both the newlinks and gotolinks to small amounts of text. Before I moved file BEGIN_HERE.fm out of folder \Abc_Def, crossreferences among all files worked flawlessly. 

My latest attempt has been to specify named destinations (for example, newlink dir_About.fm) and jumps to named destinations (for example, gotolink dir_About.fm). 

In the source .fm files, these jumps work only a small part of the time. In the deliverable .pdf files, they don't work at all. 

Dave Stamm 
Information Engineer 

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