There is a difference between linking within a PDF document and linking
to a file. I have had this problem going from the PC to the Mac
platform; maybe it is similar to what you are experiencing. When you link
to a file, the platform you are working in (in your case the Mac), uses
Mac syntax to record the path to the file. That syntax is hard-coded into
the PDF file. Your error message would indicate that your Unix machine
is looking for a file pathname expressed in the PC language. But
unfortunately your pathname was recorded on a Mac.
That was my experience in Acrobat 2.1, that the Link to File feature
would not work across platforms. I don't know if 3.0 has fixed this
problem - it sure would make my life easier....

Bob Perry
www.cgf.org (Tons of PDFs)


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>Date: 8 Apr 1997 11:20:29 -0800
>From: "Stephen N. Spencer" <spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
>Subject: linking from PDF to local HTML document...

>I've got a situation for which I need to find a solution. I'm *almost*
there,
but not all the way.

The particulars: ISO 9660/Mac hybrid CD-ROM, with a mix of PDF and HTML
documents. Using PDF version of 'table of contents' with links from it to

PDF and HTML content on the CD-ROM. (no off-CD links)

Links from PDF to PDF work perfectly on Mac/W95/UNIX platforms.
Links from PDF to HTML work perfectly on Mac/W95, fail on UNIX -- I get
an

Could not open the specified file '/CDROM/iso9660/a/b/file.htm'

which is the correct path on the CD-ROM to the HTML document. (And yes,
I'm being careful about the letter case -- I realize it's important.)

Used "open file" action in creating the link from PDF to HTML document.
Did not use "World Wide Web Link" because (a) the HTML document isn't on
the Web and (b) the Exchange online documentation doesn't say the "file"
URL is supported by WebLink, only ftp, http, and mailto URLs.

>Stephen N. Spencer 614.292.3416 (v) Graphics Research
>Specialist
>spencer@siggraph.org 614.292.7776 (f) ACCAD - The Ohio State
>University
>spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu SIGGRAPH Director for
>Publications
>spencer@acm.org "After ecstasy, laundry." - Zen
>writing
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