Hyperlinks not working in Index

[_Ingrid_Exner_]

I have put in my index markers and run my "standard " index but, the entries are not hyperlinked.

Can anyone tell me why my hyperlinks would not be appearing. I have checkked off the little tick box " hyperlinks" when creating the standard index.

Thanks,

Ingrid

[Arnis Gubins]

Ingrid,

Is this in the FM file or in a generated PDF?

[_Ingrid_Exner_]

I am using Framemaker 8 and the hyperlinks are not in the generated Index file in Framemaker nor are theere active hyperlinks when I covert file to PDF.

Thanks,

Ingrid

[Arnis Gubins]

Silly question, but did you have the "Create Hypertext Links" option
checked in the Index setup dialog window?

If so, then a quick check in the FM files is to hold down the ctrl and
alt keys and then mouse over any link areas. Your pointer should
change to a hand with a pointing finger over any active hypertext
areas. If you then click on these, it should make the jump to the
target.

If you have active hypertext areas in your FM documents, then when
creating the PDFs, make sure that you have the Generate Acrobat Data
option enabled, if not using the Save As PDF option (i.e. printing to
a postscript file and distilling).

[_Ingrid_Exner_]

Hi Arnis,

Thanks for your reply. My links are working in the Framemaker doc (framemaker 8.0) but, when I convert/ save to PDF, they are not working. I found that when I initially created my TOC- those links were not initially carried over either.

[Arnis Gubins]

Ingrid,

Exactly how are you creating the PDFs (step-by-step)?

If you have Acrobat, you can use the Link tool to see if there are any
link areas at all on your PDF pages.

[_Ingrid_Exner_]

Thanks Arnis,

The hyperlinks are working now in the book PDF. My problem was that I was trying to create an independent PDF file of just the Index only (re: not in the book.) I am able to habe working hyperlinks in the PDF file.

Thanks,

Ingrid

[_M_Daley_]

I have a document and want to link additional separate .pdf documents to it. Is it possible to create a marker(???) that is the link to (for example: Drive:/Foldername/)
and then a hypertext (Filename.pdf)

In the event my folder containing all of the .pdf documents is moved or changed,I would not have to change all the hyperlinks, just the Marker.

Is this possible?

[Gloria_Mc]

This is an old thread, but I am having this problem in 2010. I am working with FrameMaker 8.0p277 (clien'ts requirement) on Windows XP 2002 SP2, and have Acrobat 9.1.2.

I have an index in Frame - created with the "Create Hyperlinks" option, and the links do not work in Frame or in Acrobat. In Frame, CTRL+ALT clicking these links yields an error message that says, "Index Specification." In Acrobat they simply do not work. Other types of links work (TOC and cross ref's).

The Index Specification on the reference page in the index file reads:

Index Specification
openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>

I have been using Save as PDF to create the PDF file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

  --Gloria Mc

[Arnis Gubins]

Gloria,

The Index Specification (link component) looks correct for an unstructured FM one. Is the specification complete?, e.g.

-_–—

openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>

Level2IX

Level1IX

1, 2–3

<$symbols><$numerics><$alphabetics>

Symbols[\ ];Numerics[0];A;B;C;D;E;F;G;H;I;J;K;L;M;N;O;P;Q;R;S;T;U;V;W;X;Y;Z

<$pagenum>

It might just be easier to rename this IX file and then create a new one for the book. You can then import any required paratags, character formats  and page layouts from the renamed file.

[Gloria_Mc]

Arnis,

Thanks for the help. Yes, my index spec. had everything yours did. The lines were in a different order, but I rearranged them. It didn't do any good.

I had also tried creating a new index before, but that also didn't work.

The marker for the page numbers is Hypertext - Index Specification - is that correct?

--Gloria

[Guest]

Gloria, I'm unclear when you say that when you tried creating a new index but that didn't work, do you mean that in the new index there were actual entries created, it's just that they aren't hyperlinked, or do you mean that no entries are created in the index?

As a test, I'd suggest making a brand new chapter with a couple of index entries, new book,  new index, and see if things work correctly there. If so, you'd then have a functioning entry and a correct reference page to compare to your problem files.

Sheila

[Arnis Gubins]

Gloria,

I'm with Sheila on this. Create a small test file and insert some random Index markers. Then try to create an index using FM's defaults (just make certain that the generate hypertext links option is enabled when creating the IX file). Do the links work in this file?

The order of the lines in the Index flow on the Reference page wouldn't make any difference.

The marker for the page numbers is Hypertext - Index Specification - is that correct?

Is that what you used to insert the Index markers? It should be just a plain Index marker.

[Gloria_Mc]

Arnis and Sheila,

Thanks for pushing me to do the test file, which turned out just fine.  In comparing the ref. page to the one for the file that did not work, I discovered that the Index Specification in the bad file had the title "Index Specification" above the actual spec., as follows. (The "title" here was defined as ActiveIX paragraph style, too.)

Index Specification
openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>

1, 2–3
Level2IX
Level1IX
Symbols[\];Numerics[0];A;B;C;D;E;F;G;H;I;J;K;L;M;N;O;P;Q;R;S;T;U;V;W;X;Y;Z
<$symbols><$numerics><$alphabetics>
-_–—
<$chapnum>-<$pagenum>

D'oh! As soon as I removed the "title," the index worked as it should.  The template was given to me by the co. for which I'm working. That "title" looked so innocuous. Ha!

Thanks again,

  --Gloria Mc

P.S. (Re: your question - Is that what you used to insert the Index markers? - No. The marker info I gave you is what was showing up in the Index - it was the marker attached to the page numbers.)

[Arnis Gubins]

Gloria,

FYI, FM tries to interpret any "IX" paratag style that is placed in the Index flow (same applies for other generated file types, TOC, LOR, LOT, etc.). So in this case, FM couldn't understand what the "Index Specification" statement was trying to do as an ActiveIX tag. If you apply a non-IX tag to this (Title, Heading1 or whatever), then FM will ignore it and you can "comment" your IX flow entries accordingly.

[Gloria_Mc]

Thank you for the explanation. I suspected as much when I checked that title's para. format. --GMc