RE: Can't link from HTML Help or PDFs to PDF "destinations"

["Vander Sluis, Mic" <Mic -dot- VanderSluis -at- Eclipsys -dot- com>]

Good grief! Are we talking about Acrobat 6? 

Acrobat's instructions make no mention of having to put this on a server to
make it work. That's absurd, and unusable, for distributed client systems.

Thanks for the info, James.

- Mic

-----Original Message-----
From: James E. Matteson [mailto:jmatteson -at- san -dot- rr -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:05 PM
To: Vander Sluis, Mic
Subject: Re: Can't link from HTML Help or PDFs to PDF "destinations"

The code adobe uses is very simple but only works on a server,.that is
opening to a specific page only works if the PDF is on a server. Client
workstations then are taken to the correct page by the link. But if you are
trying to use a link from one PDF to another on a client machine, it won't
work.

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vander Sluis, Mic" <Mic -dot- VanderSluis -at- Eclipsys -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:38 AM
Subject: Can't link from HTML Help or PDFs to PDF "destinations"


>
> I've been trying to link to PDF destinations. I've established
destinations
> in PDFs, according to the Acrobat instructions, but I'll be darned if I
can
> get any form of linkage to work, either from another PDF or from a CHM
file!
> The links to PDF page numbers (#page=pagenumber) don't work either.
>
> I've tried to link to PDF destinations:
>
> A) From other PDFs. I used the instructions in Acrobat, but the link only
> opens the target PDF at the start page, and doesn't go to the destination!
>
> B) From hyperlinks (href links) in pure HTML files. I've used the
following
> link syntax:
>
>    Standard syntax:
>        <a href="MyDoc.pdf#nameddest=destination">My link</a>
>
>    Excluding nameddest= from the syntax:
>        <a href="MyDoc.pdf#destination">My link</a>
>
> C) From hyperlinks in HTML Help files (.chm files). I tried all
permutations
> of file and web link formats, plus the syntax options listed above...
nada!
>
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong? Or is there a bug on Acrobat side,
HTML
> Help engine side, or on the RoboHELP side?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mic Vandersluis
> 707-541-2555


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