[Framers] X-ref issue: FM links that work in the FM file but don't work in the PDF file that is generated from it

[Reng Winfried]

Hi,

In Acrobat open the "Edit PDF" tool.
Click on the Link icon and select "Add/Edit Web or Document Link".
This will highlight all links (e.g. cross-references).
When you right-click on a link and select properties,
you can check in the Action tab the destination.

Best regards

Winfried

-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+w.reng=carecom-solutions.com at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Peter Gold
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 6:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] X-ref issue: FM links that work in the FM file but don't work in the PDF file that is generated from it

IIRC there's a way to expose the information in links within a PDF. Perhaps the "missing link" to the failure can be found there. Unfortunately, I've forgotten how to do that magic.

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:39 AM Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:

> What version of FrameMaker are you using? If you have the PDF Setup 
> dialog box, make sure you check the "Create Named Destinations for All 
> Elements and Paragraphs" checked in the Links tab of the dialog box.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers 
> <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com>
> On
> Behalf Of Barry.Meislin at nuvoton.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 11:33 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: [Framers] X-ref issue: FM links that work in the FM file but 
> don't work in the PDF file that is generated from it
>
> Greetings,
> A cross-reference problem has cropped up in FM-to-PDF generation.
> Links that work in an FM file (i.e., when you double click on a link, 
> clicking the resulting "Go to Source" button jumps you to the correct
> source) do NOT always work when the file is converted to PDF.
> This means that to check the validity of x-refs, you cannot rely on 
> the FM file but have to search the PDF file.
> (Needless to say, this is extremely tedious...) I suspect that the 
> phenomenon is caused by a combination of conditional text and X-ref 
> markers that have somehow been perverted but what I don't understand 
> is why FM doesn't (or can't) identify the perverted links as "bad links".
> If you have any ideas, TIA,
> Barry Meislin