How can I jump to a named destination?

[JeroenW5]

I have separate Framemaker files for sections for which I specified a named destination at title. These sections are imported by reference into chapters of a number of books. Within the book I want to jump for example from chapter 2 to a section in chapter 3. Normally I would use a cross reference, but that does not work with an imported file. I tried to do this with a named destination, but it seems that Framemaker cannot jump from one chapter to another using a named destination. Does anyone know how I can jump from one chapter to imported file in another chapter?

See attached structure drawing: Named destination problem.ppt

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand-basb]

Jeroen,

I have not looked at your PPT, but it entirely possible to have cross-file hyperlinks.

In file1.fm you specify a named destination using a Hypertext marker with the content "newlink target1".

In file2.fm you can create a jump to this location with a Hypertext marker and the content "gotolink file1.fm:target1".

HTH,

- Michael

[JeroenW5]

Thanks for the reply,

It was helpfull but it does not solve my problem. The gotolink command is also in an imported file. I have all sections in separate files that are reused accross several books.

So the gotolink I have is for example from the file section 1 to the file section 2. With the command gotolink section1.fm:destination1 it work when I open the file Section1, but it does not work in the book where the file section 1 is imported in chapter 1 and the file section 2 is imported in chapter 2.

When I setup the command for the book gotolink chapter2.fm:destination1 it works in book 1, but not in book 2, because it has a different filename for chapter 2 or the section with the named destination might be in another chapter.

I have updated my attached PPT.

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand-basb]

Am 24.09.2009 um 13:19 schrieb JeroenW5:

It was helpfull but it does not solve my problem. The gotolink

command is also in an imported file. I have all sections in separate

files that are reused accross several books.

So the gotolink I have is for example from the file section 1 to the

file section 2. With the command gotolink section1.fm:destination1

it work when I open the file Section1, but it does not work in the

book where the file section 1 is imported in chapter 1 and the file

section 2 is imported in chapter 2.

When I setup the command for the book gotolink

chapter2.fm:destination1 it works in book 1, but not in book 2,

because it has a different filename for chapter 2 or the section

with the named destination might be in another chapter.

Okay, I should have looked at the PPT. But I understand that you are

working with "text insets".

When you import some text into another document "by reference" the

text is nevertheless completely copied into the (I call it) container

document — other wise FrameMaker would have a hard time getting the

formatting and numbering right.

But, the target file name has changed and I know of no way to have

that fixed automatically by FrameMaker.

In a similar setup I created a FrameScript script program, which

checked all cross-references and changed the target file name to that

of the container file.

- Michael

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[Arnis Gubins]

The link from Section 1 to Section 2 will never work when both are imported as text insets for the reasons that Micahel gives, i.e. the filename for the target has changed.

However, the link(s) from Chapter 1 to the text insets in Chapter 2 should work (as you seem to have partially gotten), provided you made the link to the Chapter 2 filename (with the inset already imported) instead of the Section 2 file externally.

When using insets, you can only specify link destinations or cross-ref targets, so you need to change your strategy with the re-usable content or perhaps chunk it down into smaller components and have the links placed outside the smaller inset chunks.