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Sreekanth_S
Brainiac
March 12, 2013
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Globally change hyperlinks to open in new window

  • March 12, 2013
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Hi

I have imported a huge FrameMaker book which has about 30 hyperlinks to URLs spread across multiple topics.

So, is there a way I can globally configure all URLs to open in a new window after importing the book into RH? I did not use target="_blank" in FM hypertext as it was resulting in some formatting error whenever hyperlinks appeared with a custom FM Style.

I am using FM11 with RH10.

Sreekanth

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Correct answer Sreekanth_S

The syntax in FrameMaker should be:

message URL http://myurl.com/index.htm" target="_blank

I am not sure whether it will work in HTML help though.

Sreekanth

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Jeff_Coatsworth
Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
March 12, 2013

I’m not sure why it wouldn’t have worked by placing it in the FM source content, but now that it’s in RH, your only choice is to use a find & replace to fix them up I think.

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feline_1973
Inspiring
September 4, 2013

How does one use "target=blank" in the FrameMaker 11 hypertext marker syntax?  I currently have a Hypertext tag, with the following contents:

message URL http://www.mylink.com target=blank

When I import this to RoboHelp 10 and generate HTML Help, I get a link of "http://www.mylink.com%20target=blank", which obviously isn't right!

Mind you, will target=blank even work in the standard Microsoft HTML Help viewer anyway?

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Sreekanth_SAuthorCorrect answer
Brainiac
September 4, 2013

The syntax in FrameMaker should be:

message URL http://myurl.com/index.htm" target="_blank

I am not sure whether it will work in HTML help though.

Sreekanth

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