Thanks, Alan, that's probably it; I'll change the <xref>s to <fm-xref>s. All of the items I want as targets have IDs, so it shouldn't be too time consuming.
Val On 6/12/07, Alan Houser <arh at groupwellesley.com> wrote: > > Are you publishing to PDF using FrameMaker or the DITA Open Toolkit? If > you are publishing in FrameMaker, I would suggest using the <fm-xref> > element instead of <xref>. The <fm-xref> element is a true FrameMaker > cross-reference element (providing the ability to use cross-reference > formats) and will convert to "live" hyperlinks in FrameMaker-generated > PDF output. > > The <xref> element is defined as a FrameMaker container element. This > allows the author to insert the link text (rather inefficient, IMHO, but > also common in several standard XML content models, including DITA and > Docbook). > > The FrameMaker DITA plug-in automatically converts <fm-xref> elements to > <xref> elements upon saving to XML, so that the XML does conform to the > DITA standard. > > Another "gotcha" -- FrameMaker will only support cross-reference targets > that have an "id" attribute of type "ID". Many DITA elements have an > "id" attribute of type "CDATA". > > If you are generating PDF using the DITA Open Toolkit, something else is > going on. > > -Alan > > -- > Alan Houser, President > Group Wellesley, Inc. > 412-363-3481 > www.groupwellesley.com > > > > Val wrote: > > When I want to output my DITA book created in Framemaker 7.2 using the > > DITA Toolkit, I opt to print the book from FM using the Adobe Acrobat > > (8) print driver. The book generates properly, but the only active > > hyperlinks in the PDF are in the Table of Contents. The hyperlinks > > created with the <xref> element are not generated; in addition, the > > Index links are not created. > > > > Please advise. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Val > > > > Valerie L:ipow > > Brendan Technologies, Inc. > > Carlsbad, CA USA > > > > > > -- Valerie Lipow vallipow at gmail.com