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Linking HTML to PDF files trouble

MacrossPerfect
Registered: Oct 3 2008
Posts: 2

Hello, not sure this is the right thread but I have searched and searched for a solution to this problem....I quite simply would like to have only one large pdf file on my website....I would like it for the user to click on a tittled section and the pdf opens on that section (With the rest of the pdf there) I have tried pdf#page=x I have tried defining destionations (PDF#Destinationname) The only current fix has been to chop up my pdf file into smaller seperate files that take the user to the info they click but only display that area of the file and nothing else...The link seems to be ignoring the #page= and #destinationname tottally as it always opens up at the top of the pdf file. Any suggestions?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 5.x or older, Macintosh
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Here are some examples from the PDF Open Parameters reference

http://example.org/doc.pdf#nameddest=Chapter6
http://example.org/doc.pdf#page=3


Do you have this document? Have you tried different Acrobat Versions and types? Like a later version of Reader? Acrobat 5 is a bit behind the times. It's possible that these parameters do not work with 5 (BTW: there is no such thing as Acrobat Standard 5, Standard didn't exist until Acrobat 6).

There is another way to do this. Place your own navigation system in the PDF. Write a document script to parse the PDF's URL for the query parameters and navigate to the correct page.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script