RE: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path
Janice, we used a similar file organization at my former employer, which was a couple of years and versions ago, and we had extensive cross-references throughout our library of manuals. If I remember right, to make the cross-references active in the PDFs, all of the FrameMaker books had to be open at the time the PDFs were created. Maybe somebody else can confirm this. jan. jan e patterson sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, az -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Janice Cadel; Beth Hamilton Subject: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path We use Windows XP operating system, Frame 7.2 (some of us may still be on 7.0), and Acrobat 7.0. We organize our folders to have a main folder for the manual. That folder contains 2 sub-folders (fm_source and docs). fm_source contains all the Framemaker files that make up the book. In addition to the book and generated files, each Framemaker file is a chapter in the book. We have set up x-refs so that it is not a problem cross-referencing from one chapter to another within the book. My question, is, how do we set up cross-references so that we can cross-reference to a file (in our case, a chapter) in another book (which is embedded within a different folder and sub-folder). When we tried to do this using the same method for setting up x-refs within the book, it worked in FrameMaker, but it did not work once we created our PDFs. For example, we created a x-ref from Chapter 1 in Book A to Chapter 2 in Book B. We created a PDF of Book A and a PDF of Book B. When we click the link in Book A, it says it cannot find the file, and it gives the whole path of where it is looking for Book B. Do you know what we are doing wrong? Or, how we should be doing this? Thank you, Janice Cadel --- Janice Cadel Principal Technical Writer/Editor Hughes Network Systems, LLC 11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, MD 20876 301-601-7434 fax: 301-428-2801 --- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path
The problem is when we move the PDFs from the directory in which they were created to a different directory, they still look for the PDFs in the original directory. Janice --- Janice Cadel Principal Technical Writer/Editor Hughes Network Systems, LLC 11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, MD 20876 301-601-7434 fax: 301-428-2801 --- Patterson, Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/2006 12:10 PM To: Janice Cadel [EMAIL PROTECTED], framers@lists.frameusers.com cc: Beth Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path Janice, we used a similar file organization at my former employer, which was a couple of years and versions ago, and we had extensive cross-references throughout our library of manuals. If I remember right, to make the cross-references active in the PDFs, all of the FrameMaker books had to be open at the time the PDFs were created. Maybe somebody else can confirm this. jan. jan e patterson sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, az -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Janice Cadel; Beth Hamilton Subject: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path We use Windows XP operating system, Frame 7.2 (some of us may still be on 7.0), and Acrobat 7.0. We organize our folders to have a main folder for the manual. That folder contains 2 sub-folders (fm_source and docs). fm_source contains all the Framemaker files that make up the book. In addition to the book and generated files, each Framemaker file is a chapter in the book. We have set up x-refs so that it is not a problem cross-referencing from one chapter to another within the book. My question, is, how do we set up cross-references so that we can cross-reference to a file (in our case, a chapter) in another book (which is embedded within a different folder and sub-folder). When we tried to do this using the same method for setting up x-refs within the book, it worked in FrameMaker, but it did not work once we created our PDFs. For example, we created a x-ref from Chapter 1 in Book A to Chapter 2 in Book B. We created a PDF of Book A and a PDF of Book B. When we click the link in Book A, it says it cannot find the file, and it gives the whole path of where it is looking for Book B. Do you know what we are doing wrong? Or, how we should be doing this? Thank you, Janice Cadel --- Janice Cadel Principal Technical Writer/Editor Hughes Network Systems, LLC 11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, MD 20876 301-601-7434 fax: 301-428-2801 --- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path - SOLUTION FOUND!!!
First I want to thank Rick Quattro, Fred Ridder, and Jan Patterson for helping me out. The solution provided by Rick Quattro was successful. In a nutshell, here is what we needed to do: Because the files needed to remain in the relative path in which the PDFs were created, we saved each book file to the same folder location. This folder was a a level higher than the folders holding the frame files that made up the chapters of each of the books. We created our PDFs of each of the books in that folder. That meant all the PDFs were co-located in the same folder. We were able to copy the PDFs to a different folder, once again co-locating them in the same folder. The links remained linked. Janice --- Janice Cadel Principal Technical Writer/Editor Hughes Network Systems, LLC 11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, MD 20876 301-601-7434 fax: 301-428-2801 --- Janice Cadel 11/28/2006 11:42 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com cc: Janice Cadel/[EMAIL PROTECTED], Beth Hamilton/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Creating x-refs to files using a relative path We use Windows XP operating system, Frame 7.2 (some of us may still be on 7.0), and Acrobat 7.0. We organize our folders to have a main folder for the manual. That folder contains 2 sub-folders (fm_source and docs). fm_source contains all the Framemaker files that make up the book. In addition to the book and generated files, each Framemaker file is a chapter in the book. We have set up x-refs so that it is not a problem cross-referencing from one chapter to another within the book. My question, is, how do we set up cross-references so that we can cross-reference to a file (in our case, a chapter) in another book (which is embedded within a different folder and sub-folder). When we tried to do this using the same method for setting up x-refs within the book, it worked in FrameMaker, but it did not work once we created our PDFs. For example, we created a x-ref from Chapter 1 in Book A to Chapter 2 in Book B. We created a PDF of Book A and a PDF of Book B. When we click the link in Book A, it says it cannot find the file, and it gives the whole path of where it is looking for Book B. Do you know what we are doing wrong? Or, how we should be doing this? Thank you, Janice Cadel --- Janice Cadel Principal Technical Writer/Editor Hughes Network Systems, LLC 11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, MD 20876 301-601-7434 fax: 301-428-2801 --- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
