Oh, dear. I think I've misled you. Both FM files are in the same book, which is turned into a single PDF file. Everything is internal to that PDF file. I have done it before, I'd simply forgotten I had to do this down on the server.
It's been a stressful couple of weeks, and my brain went to la-la land. On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Scott Prentice <s...@leximation.com> wrote: > Linking an xref (of fm-xref) to a target in a FM file will never result in > the link going to a PDF file that's generated from that FM file. The only > way for an xref to link to a PDF is to use an external xref, and set the > @href attribute to the file name of the target PDF file (assuming the > target PDF is in the same folder as the PDF that you're linking from). Even > then I'm not sure it'll work, but in theory it should. If you want to link > to a target within a PDF, you'll need to add the necessary coding to the > @href attribute that will make that happen. Off hand I'm not sure what that > coding is, but in theory it's possible .. I think. > > The problem with linking to the source FM file, is that it won't know what > the yet-to-be-created PDF file name is, and that's really what you need .. > the PDF links to a PDF, not to a FM file. > > To create an external xref, insert an "xref" (not an fm-xref), and choose > the "External" button from that dialog. This will let you specify the href > (either a path/filename or a URL to the PDF file), the link text, and the > scope (choose "external"). This should set the @format attribute to "pdf". > > When you generate the book (and then the PDF) from the ditamap, if the > resulting PDF is placed in the same folder as the linked PDF, the link in > the "DITA" PDF should open the target "FM" PDF. Be sure to select the > "Convert xrefs to Hyperlinks" in the Book Build Options dialog when > generating the book from the ditamap in FMx. > > I hope that helps. > > ...scott > > > > On 11/22/16 12:15 PM, Lin Sims wrote: > > I don't care if it works in Frame, as long as it works in the PDF! > > And I suspect part of the problem is, as I said, because I was not working > in the fully structured environment we maintain on our server. FM2016 is > set to the structured interface on my personal laptop (we all have it that > way), but without the EDD/DTD, I couldn't get anything meaningful in the > elements list. Once I used the server-installation of FM, I was able to add > an fm-xref, which is I think an internal definition(? or yours, I forget > which) that allows us to refer to paragraph tags as well as elements for > xrefs. > > With luck, FM2015 will be installed on the server soon, and things will do > what I want them to do. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Scott Prentice <s...@leximation.com> > wrote: > >> FYI .. no, not possible (in a meaningful way) to create an xref from a >> DITA file to an unstructured FM file. In theory you could create an >> "external" xref to the FM file, but the best you could hope for would be >> that it would open the FM file in FM when the link was clicked (and likely >> that wouldn't even work). >> >> ...scott >> >> >> On 11/22/16 10:48 AM, Lin Sims wrote: >> >>> Never mind, figured out that (part of the problem) is that I was working >>> with my local version of Frame, that has no links to an EDD/DTD. The >>> server >>> version (which does) works fine. >>> >>> Now to get the tools guy to upgrade the server from FM12 to FM2015, so I >>> don't have to save down for everything. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Is this even possible? I've got both files open, but when I try to insert >>>> an xref, I only get the DITA menu and it won't let me select anything >>>> but >>>> elements. Which the other file doesn't have, of course, it not being >>>> DITA/xml. >>>> >>>> I tried to email Scott directly, but I got a bounce, so I obviously have >>>> the wrong address. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lin Sims >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This message is from the Framers mailing list >> >> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com >> Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com >> Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/fr >> amers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >> Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/li >> stinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >> > > > > -- > Lin Sims > > > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com