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wendy_lewis -at- goodyear -dot- com asked:
> > Why won't Frame 7.1 allow me to make hyperlinks to files starting with
> some letters? Letters like F and T. The syntax that I'm using is:
> message openfile reference\FestoCylinderClamp.pdf
> > Somehow the \ is reacting with the F and causing the syntax to
> automatically change to:
> message openfile referenceestoCylinderClamp.pdf
> With some other letters, it doesn't change, just doesn't work.
>
> So instead, I have to rename the file and make the link:
> message openfile reference\pFestoCylinderClamp.pdf
The reason is that you are using the whong character. According to
the topic "About pathnames in commands" in the Hypertext chapter
of the FrameMaker User Guide:
"In a pathname, folder levels are separated by a slash (/), even in
Windows and Mac OS."
FrameMaker treats the backslash as a reserved character that is
used as a prefix for certain "escape" switches.
Fred Ridder
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