Buttons don't work correctly

Report · May 10, 2016

My problem, I want links in my pdf to open websites and documents in other windows.

So far.. I've created a pdf with links to websites and forms.

First I created the links with the hyperlink function. The hyperlinks don't open in a new window and there is no way to achieve this behavior with hyperlinks. the hyperlinks do work in all browsers.

Next I created buttons that link to the webpages and documents. The buttons only work in IE and don't work in any other browser. The buttons in IE don't open in another window.

How do i solve this issue?

Report · May 10, 2016

You might have a look at how HTML links open a new window. Then add that syntax to your hypelinks in the PDF.

However, it may be possible that you encounter strange behavior when trying to open the links from outside of a browser.

Report · May 10, 2016

target="_blank" does not work in a pdf link, there is no place to add it...

I added buttons using javascript and it works perfectly when the pdf is loaded through reader on my computer.

app.launchURL("http://myurl.com", true);

The issue arises when the pdf is viewed in the browser. the issue is that i have over 30 pdfs that all contain several links and the buttons don't work in Chrome, Firefox or Opera, and only work in IE but they don't open in a new window.

So...