Controlling FrameMaker automatic link generation

[Stuart Rogers]

On 2015-Apr-02 3:37 PM, Harding, Dan wrote:
>
> Version: FrameMaker 12, Unstructured.
>
> When generating PDFs, Frame automatically converts (SOME!) URLs to 
> hyperlinks, which is great, but it’s not an exact science, and I’d 
> like to be able to fine tune some things globally rather than manually 
> inserting and editing a zillion hypertext links:
>
> 1.Frame recognizes www.xxxxxxxx <http://www.xxxxxxxx> (without an 
> http:// prefix) as a URL and converts it to a link. Fine. Spiffy. How 
> do I get it to automatically recognize non-www domains, e.g. bit.ly, 
> tinyurl.com, etc.? Where is this automatic conversion controlled?
>
> 2.Our formatting is such that we put urls in brackets, e.g., 
> [www.fubar.com]. Problem: Frame automatically appends the closing 
> bracket to the URL when creating the link, which of course breaks the 
> link. Only the opening bracket, not the opening bracket. Adding a 
> space, e.g., [ www.fubar.com <http://www.fubar.com> ] does not fix the 
> problem.
>
> 3.If I wanted to disable automatic link conversion in creation of the 
> PDF (yet maintain conversion of manually created hypertext markers), 
> where and how would I do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Dan
>
>

Hi Dan,

Seems you've run into this before! 
http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2010-September/021218.html

HTH,

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Stuart Rogers
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