[Framers] Does FrameMaker Have Something Similar to Word's Embedded Files?

[Robert Lauriston]

Typically files won't be accessible to the person who's reading a PDF,
so you'll get a nice clickable image that gives a "file not found"
error.

You could bundle the file with the PDF in a .zip archive.

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Stefan Gentz <gentz at adobe.com> wrote:
> Ho Robert,
>
> nothing special. PDF does not support embedded files within page content. Basically it's similar to Word (Packager Shell Object). So, in PDF you will likely just see nothing or a tiny small file name, maybe an icon (not sure).
>
> What you can do in FM, which might be quite nice of you want to get a clickable link in PDF (or HTML5 output):
> Insert a hypertext marker with content "message URL mytextfile.txt", place a nice txt file icon as an inline graphic after it and put a character style like "link" over the marker and the inline AFrame.
>
> This way you will get a nice clickable image that will open the external file (in my sample the txt file "mytextfile.txt") (in the browser).
>
> Regards,
> Stefan Gentz
> Adobe Worldwide TechComm Evangelist
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+gentz=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 18:59
> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Does FrameMaker Have Something Similar to Word's Embedded Files?
>
> How is the embedded file handled when you save that FrameMaker document as a PDF?
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:33 AM, Stefan Gentz <gentz at adobe.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sandra,
>>
>> You might want to test this:
>>
>> Create a FrameMaker document, place the insertion mark to where you want the text file to appear.
>> Now go to > File > Import > Object. In the "Insert Object" dialog, select "Create from File" and click "Browse..." to select your text file.
>> Activate the "Link" textbox, if you want to insert the object as a link instead of embedding it. Otherwise leave it unchecked (will embed the text file).
>>
>> Once inserted, you can double click on it and it will open the application associated with your object (in your case the application that is associated with txt files, which is usalle Windows Notepad).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stefan Gentz
>> Adobe Worldwide TechComm Evangelist
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Framers
>> [mailto:framers-bounces+gentz=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
>> Behalf Of Sandra Rybarczyk
>> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 00:19
>> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Subject: [Framers] Does FrameMaker Have Something Similar to Word's Embedded Files?
>>
>> I have a Word document that I'd like to convert to Frame 12.
>> The Word document has embedded txt files that display as icons and only show the file content (in a separate window) when the icon is double-clicked.
>> Does FrameMaker have a similar feature?