I am envisaging using the Glossary User Tab as a Reference Library with hyperlinks from content to formal documents held either on the web - no problem using hyperlink http:// format - or documents (pdf) held in a co-located folder. Could you please explain the hyperlink format to use when linking to a document in a folder.
Thanks Phil. I dare say I'm am being particularly dumb! When I place the document (my file name) in a folder (documents)in the same relative position as the 'data' and 'player' folders under the published file folder, and set the hyperlink to '/documents/my file name', I get a "Cannot find 'file:///C:/documents/(my file name)" message. It would appear that the hyperlink is attempting to look for an absolute address rather than a relative one - though why there are 3 '///' I have no idea. What am I doing wrong! Many Thanks in advance.
Are testing it online, if you test locally this might not work, we use relative hyperlinks all the time with the glossary and have no problems, if you are testing online make sure you are case sensitive and i would avoid spaces
I am publishing to CD for test as at this stage I don't know whether a client will want the package on line or not. I suspect they might want both. However I have identified the problem. I was publishing the presentation on a network drive. When I brought it down to a local drive, the hyperlink relative address was located as intended!
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Hi James /yourfoldername/yourfilename should find any documents placed in a folder in the root directory of the published output
Thanks Phil. I dare say I'm am being particularly dumb! When I place the document (my file name) in a folder (documents)in the same relative position as the 'data' and 'player' folders under the published file folder, and set the hyperlink to '/documents/my file name', I get a "Cannot find 'file:///C:/documents/(my file name)" message. It would appear that the hyperlink is attempting to look for an absolute address rather than a relative one - though why there are 3 '///' I have no idea. What am I doing wrong! Many Thanks in advance.
Hi James
Are testing it online, if you test locally this might not work, we use relative hyperlinks all the time with the glossary and have no problems, if you are testing online make sure you are case sensitive and i would avoid spaces
Phil,
I am publishing to CD for test as at this stage I don't know whether a client will want the package on line or not. I suspect they might want both. However I have identified the problem. I was publishing the presentation on a network drive. When I brought it down to a local drive, the hyperlink relative address was located as intended!
Live and learn
James
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