Captivate: Export PDF

[TerryLG]

I have a button that opens a PDF. It works in Preview. When I publish to Export PDF, the button no longer works. Thoughts?

[Captiv8r]

It's likely Flash Security settings preventing the link from working. You will either need to flag the location as "trusted" or put the Captivate and PDF on a web server to test. As long as it worked in preview and it's going to end up on a web server, your end users won't have issues and the link should work fine.

Cheers... Rick

[TerryLG]

Hey Rick,

The published PDF opens and works as expected EXCEPT for the button that, when clicked, should open a linked PDF (a PDF'd Word doc).

If it were the Flash Security settings, wouldn't there be issues with the published file opening?

Terry

[Captiv8r]

Hmmm, perhaps I misunderstood. Sounds like you have sort of an "inception" thing going on? Are you by chance using Captivate published as a PDF to try and open a linked PDF from inside a PDF?

[TerryLG]

Kinda - sounds like you are one level deeper than I am actually attempting...

The same Captivate published as a PDF won't open a linked Word doc either.

So, in short, when I publish my Captivate demonstration to PDF, the fields and buttons all work EXCEPT using a button to open a linked file. (I can successfully use the SWF file from that same publishing effort to open the document (as a PDF or Word doc)).

Export to PDF limitation?

Thank you.

[BDuckWorks]

Are the target PDF and Word doc in the same folder as the published Cp PDF?

When you create a link to an external file Cp try to help by copying it near the cptx file, but you have to copy it to the published folder, AFAIK.