Hyperlink that opens a folder on the server

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October 20, 2009
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Hi

I need to insert a Hyperlink in a FrameMaker 8.0 document that opens a folder on the server when clicking on it.

It would be really nice if the link worked both in FrameMaker and in the PDF-file...

1. Should I use the Hypertext function? If so, what "Command" should I use and exactly how should the url (or adress) look like?

2. If not the Hypertext function, then what?

Thanks

// Mike

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Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

Try using the "message openfile folder-path" format in the hypertext marker.

This should open the folder in explorer.exe

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Anonymous

Well, after some more investigations it seems that I should choose the "Go to URL"-command and write the adress according to the
\\folder1\folder2\nn formula.

However , if the networkadress gets to long it stops working (the 255-letter limit?).

Is there a way around this? I work at a quite large company with a deep folder structure that I can not change at all...

/ Mike

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

Mike,

FM's marker have a 255 character limit, so you'll be hitting that even sooner when trying to use pathnames that are 255+ characters in length.

The only possible workaround may be using Shlomo Perets' Timesavers tool. Since this does post-processing of the created postscript file, it is possible to use a pdfmark " /Launch /File (filename)" to swap in the very long pathnames from a look-up file (filename). This will give the same result as "message openfile" operation.

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