How attach a picture to an icon?

Question

I want to attach a picture such as a GIF or a JPG about 640 x 659 pixels in size to an icon such that when the icon is clicked the picture will open full size in a floating window. My method has been to use Add Video and simply point the icon the the picture (a GIF actually). However, when I do so the picture never appears in the folder where I expect to find it.

I don't know, but one guess is that the folder is set up for video, and it decides on that basis simply not to show the GIF. So maybe I should put it in its own folder by itself? But before I try that and still other possible solutions, could someone tell me if there a standard approved way to do this instead?

Thanks!

Luke Jennings3 · Answer

Is the icon an element in the pdf or is it the picture representing a file? If it's on the pdf, you can create a button from the icon and set the button properties to run a javascript-

this.exportDataObject({ cName: "flowers.jpg", nLaunch: 2 });

This will open an image attached to the pdf, in the example, the name of the attachment is flowers.jpg

Acrobat & Reader will warn you about opening an image in another application, but if the image is a pdf you won't see the message.

I have attached a demo pdf.

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