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Want a link/button to open another file AND go to a specific view in the opened file

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From: Eric_Else
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:54
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I Have hit a wall with my PDF development and found an interesting problem.

Links have an amazing ability... they can open another file and go STRAIGHT to a specific view on that new file.

Form buttons also have an amazing ability... they can open a file, and when both files (both the file with the button, and the file which the button opens) are moved together and kept in the same relative positions to each other, the button will still know where to look for that one file to open; you don't have to go through the whole file and change all of the buttons to point at the new location of the file to be opened. (pardon that huge ROS)

SO... what I want to do is to be able to put PDF files onto a CD, and when a button or link in one file wants to open another file it will know where to look no matter where you copy/move the group of files (as long as they are all in the same relative positions w/ respect to each other of course). I need a creative way to have this above-mentioned ability AS WELL AS the ability to go to a specific view of a just-opened PDF file (since links cannot look for files in relative positions - they need exact locations to know which file to open).

Any creative people out there? My juices have stopped flowing. Like I said, I've hit a wall.
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