[Framers] Text inset links in PDFs in FM 2017 and no updates to purchased version

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Sat Feb 4 12:28:36 PST 2017


Your friend could get a free trial and see if it has been fixed.

I think I first encountered the bug that made cross-references in text
insets not work in FM6. It was definitely in FM7 since I covered the
workaround in an in-house tech writers' guide I wrote at an old job:

The workaround is to use gotolink and newlink markers instead.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:34 PM, LGLists <Lists at techcomplus.com> wrote:
> ... According to FM support,
> the bug that caused x-refs from text insets to not be working links in PDFs
> was reported in FM 10 and does not now show up on the list of bugs. This
> makes is sound like it's been fixed. Has anyone has tested this in FM 2017
> to see if links work without having to run a script in FM to get them to
> work? ...


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