Jody,
You wrote:
I am hoping to create cross-document links (external cross references)
in FM that are fully functional when we run our PDFs.
Standard cross references don't meet our needs because it is important
for our links to be relative links rather than absolute links, so that
we can move our PDFs from where they are creaated to the distribution
folders. To create relative links that work in our PDF output, I
create a hypertext link pointing to the PDF version of the manual I am
referencing as follows (it is important to know the NAME of that PDF
file ahead of time):
* Create a hypertext link where Command = Message Client.
* Use this syntax: message openfile ../<foldername>/<filename>
...
message openfile filename will only open the target PDF at the default
opening page, and cannot be adjusted to open a specific destination in the
PDF file.
To create cross-document links that open the target PDF at a specific
destination, cross-references or gotolink/newlink hypertext markers can be
used.
There is no difference between the two methods with respect to
absolute/relative path, but there are quite a few aspects you need to know
in advance and control accordingly-- target file name and path of the end
deliverables, book vs. chapter destination, output methods (and testing the
end-result is always recommended).
Shlomo Perets
MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
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