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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Angela Akridge [EMAIL PROTECTED],
framers@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.
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