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Open Parameters not work

2009-05-10 17:06:47

deadfish

Registered: May 10 2009

Posts: 6

I have a javascript file, which allow users to browse a pdf file located at the local hard drive. How to open the pdf file to a bookmarked page?

I have tried to create bookmarks, named destinations and open the file as:
"c:\mypdf.pdf#nameddest=mydest"

It opens the file, but it doesn't jump to the bookmarked page.

How to link to the destinated page in the javascript file? I am using Acrobat 8.1.3 with Adobe Reader 8.1.4. Thanks a lot!

2009-05-11 06:44:49

gkaiseril

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Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4308

The pdf open parameters only work with HTML links. If you need to do this for a networked dirve, you can create destinations and open going to the destination or add JavaScript to open the PDF and goto the page or execute the bookmark.

George Kaiser

2009-05-11 18:02:01

deadfish

Registered: May 10 2009

Posts: 6

That means it will work for a mapped network drive??

or the URL must be in : "http://......."

cannot be "Z:\".....etc?

2009-05-11 19:17:12

daka630

Registered: Mar 1 2007

Posts: 1420

Quote:

That means it will work for a mapped network drive??

No; a mapped network drive is not a URL.

URL = http:// or one of the other schemes designated by W3C.

Mapped drives, \\server name\share, etc. would be UNC; not URL.

Be well...

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2009-05-11 22:23:08

deadfish

Registered: May 10 2009

Posts: 6

I have also tried:

http://mypage/mypdf#nameddest=mydest-1

It fails to jump to the nameddest

only AcroRd32.exe /a nameddest=mydest-1 "C:\mypdf.pdf"

could works....

2009-05-12 06:06:34

daka630

Registered: Mar 1 2007

Posts: 1420

Quote:

http://mypage/mypdf#nameddest=mydest-1

The target file is missing its file extension (".pdf")
Try:

Quote:

http://mypage/mypdf.pdf#nameddest=mydest-1

Be well...