Turns out that the extension was in my .pdf filename. I removed the ".book" from the filename and things work now. However, when I clicked on the xref, the other book launched (that's good), but then the first book disappeared. I didn't know that book-to-book xrefs had this limitation: how does the user get back to the other book? I'm thinking that I should use book variables for manuals, and conditionalize book-to-book references for online help only. Is this a bad idea?
Angela On 8/4/07, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: > Steve is correct that all books that are referred to must be open > when you generate the PDF that contains the x-refs. > > But two other gotchas are that all of the PDF files must have > *exactly* the same name as the corresponding FrameMaker > book files (except for the extension, of course), and the PDFs > must have the same relative locations as the book files. If the > book files are in the same directory on your system, the PDFs > must also be be in the same directory on your system and on > any medium or server that you put the PDFs on. If the book > files are in separate subdirectories, you must place the PDFs > in subdirectories with exactly the same names and relative > locations as the book files, and that same subdirectory structure > must be maintaied when the files are delivered. > > Shlomo Perets used to have an excellent document on this > whole issue on his website (http://www.microtype.com), but > I haven't looked for it in many months so I don't know if it > is still there. > > Fred Ridder > > > >From: Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> > >To: "Angela Akridge" <angela.akridge at gmail.com>, > >framers at lists.frameusers.com > >Subject: Re: Book-To-Book Xrefs & File Not Found > >Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:17:08 +0100 > > > >At 12:10 -0700 4/8/07, Angela Akridge wrote: > > > > >I use book-to-book xrefs. The xref formats look good. When I update my > > >books, Frame doesn't complain about broken links. However, after I > > >generate the pdf and test the book-to-book links, I get an error that > > >says the file can't be found. When I go to xref in the source file, > > >and launch the source file in the other book (Go to Source button) the > > >file launches perfectly. > > > > > >I thought perhaps I need both to/from books open, so I did that and > > >then regenerated the pdfs, but this didn't fix the problem. Any idea > > >what the problem is? > > > >I think you need to have all books that are cross-referenced open when you > >generate the Ps. > > > >-- > >Steve > > _________________________________________________________________ > Puzzles, trivia teasers, word scrambles and more. Play for your chance to > win! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_hotmailtextlink > > -- Angela Akridge _____________________________ Loans that change lives http://www.kiva.org/