Page to page PDF links under Linux

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3 total messages Started by Jack_DeLand Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:53

#1469

Author: Jack_DeLand
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:53

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I'm using Framemaker version 8.0p277.

I have created separate pages for a menu hierarchy that cascades from "contents.pdf" down to subordinate pages like "genh_toc.pdf". Each file is a single page; no menu is collected into a book (but easily could be - I just inherited this setup). Subordinate pages have links to manuals, which are comprised of 4 to 20+ files.

The menu links are made using the Hypertext command, openlinkfitwin. They work under Windows, but not under Linux. I can see that the names are correct in the Linux status bar.

Your thoughts?

Re: Page to page PDF links under Linux

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Author: Dave_Hayes
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:05

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If the links work okay on Windows Adobe Reader but not Linux Adobe Reader, and you are using relative pathnames in your links, then this could be a Linux Adobe Reader problem. Several versions of Adobe Reader on various platforms are notorious for document links not working, especially if the link has to open a document in a different directory.

You could try updating your Linux Adobe Reader version, although bug-fixed versions of Reader are not always rolled out on all platforms - Linux users often have to wait a long time for a fixed version.

Or you could (as I have been forced to do by this chronic and recurring bug) abandon Reader altogether and use xpdf instead.

Re: Page to page PDF links under Linux

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Author: Jack_DeLand
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:52

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Thanks, Dave - I think. ;) We have tested on 3 machines with 3 different results. At one point, using the PDF extension instead of FM worked on Linux, but the machine is in the UK and I can't see it as it happens. The same link fails on my test machine in Michigan. I'll see what The Boss thinks about going to xpdf after I do a little research. Thanks again.

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