-------- Original Message -------- From: Stephan Bergmann [mailto:sberg...@redhat.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020, 13:35 UTC To: LibreOffice Users Cc: Dave Barton Subject: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?
> On 19/09/2020 16:33, Dave Barton wrote: >> I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files >> in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths >> everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) >> always fail with a "not an *absolute* URL" error. > > What version of LibreOffice are you using, and what is the exact wording > of the error message? At least with recent versions of LibreOffice, the > wording of the error message when clicking the link should be: > "'file://abc.xyz/' cannot be passed to an external application to open > it (e.g., it might not be an absolute URL, or might denote no existing > file)." > > And note that <file://abc.xyz/> is not a relative URL, it is an absolute > file URL with an "abc.xyz" authority, which is interpreted by > LibreOffice at least on Windows to denote the root directory of some > (most likely non-existing) abc.xyz UNC share. Hi Stephan, Thanks for taking the time to reply, but as I said in response to Regina and others later in this thread: "Today I started the computers (Win 10-2004 x64 & Linux Kernel 5.8 x64) running LO 7.0.1.2, opened the odt file and the relative links worked perfectly." I am unable to discover or explain why it did not work initially. My issue now is to find a way to get those relative links working in an exported PDF copy of the file. I have tried several different export options, but clicking the links in the PDF file always returns the "File <Absolute Path> not found" error. Best Regards Dave PS. I am subscribed to the list so the cc isn't necessary. ;) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
