re: Named Destinations other than FrameMaker files

[Shlomo Perets <shlomo2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Elizabeth,

You wrote:

> ... Is it possible to create a link to a file that is not a FrameMaker file
> such as the PDF file I am using? ...

Use "message openfile" hypertext marker, such as:
message openfile cablingdiagram.pdf

openlink/gotolink indeed look for a FrameMaker file target, with a specific 
destination (such as firstpage, lastpage, or custom destinations defined 
using the "newlink" hypertext marker). A openlink/gotolink hypertext 
pointing to PDFs will be converted to PDF and may even work in most cases, 
but technically it is a bad link (and would be flagged as such by PDF link 
checking mechanisms), since the resulting link also looks for a specific 
destination (in your case, it looks for "M8.newlink.cable" destination in 
the PDF). "message openfile" opens the target PDF at the default page 
without looking for a specific named destination.


Shlomo Perets

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