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Creating PDFs from Visio hyperlink issue

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2008-03-17 09:55:49
tyancey
Registered: Mar 17 2008
Posts: 6

I have many shapes in a Visio document that have hyperlinks to files. The hyperlinks contain a question mark and equal signs. When converting this document to a PDF, everything after and including the question mark is omitted. This seems to be an issue with Acrobat. For example, the hyperlink to somefile with the parameter of id=wx8843 (somefile.cfm?ID=wx8843) is truncated to (somefile.cfm). Is there a solution to this?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.9, Windows
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2008-03-19 10:20:13
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Do you use the PDFmaker macro to create your PDF? Also, do you have all the updates for Acrobat 7 (7.0.9)? Earlier versions of Acrobat 7 did have an issue with some hyperlinks.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-03-19 10:24:07
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tyancey
Registered: Mar 17 2008
Posts: 6
Yes I do to both. It seems that Acrobat does not like having '?' within hyperlinks. Does Acrobat 8 Pro have the same issue?
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2008-03-19 10:43:43
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Have you tried using a fully qualified pathname like c:\temp\file.cfm? I've see this issue come up with Acrobat 8 and Office 2007. What version of Visio are you using?

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-03-19 10:48:52
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tyancey
Registered: Mar 17 2008
Posts: 6
Visio 2003 and full pathname does not work either. I'm downloading the trial for 8 pro. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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