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Open a Hypertext link in a new IE8 tab

douda
Registered: Jun 6 2011
Posts: 1

Hi,
 
I've a little problem to open "correctly" my Hypertext links from PDF Files to Internet Explorer 8.
I originally want open these Hypertext link in a new tab but each time it's open in one tab that I already opened by myself.
 
This issue happens for XP/7 computers in IE8 (I tested with Firefox 4 to test and it was correctly open in a new tab). But my company is not allowed to change of browser.
I followed one KB from Microsoft : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509814/fr but the issue still happens. (I tested the 3 possibilities in this KB)
 
Is there any issue with the ie plugin or did I miss something with the settings ?
 
regards,
   

My Product Information:
Reader 10.0, Windows
JoelGeraci
ExpertTeam
Registered: Aug 17 2006
Posts: 80
I don't think you can control that from inside the PDF file.
UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
As an experiment, can you try editing one of your hyperlinks so instead of a direct "open a web page" action, it uses the "Run a JavaScript" action, and in the script enter the following:

app.launchURL("http://www.adobe.com/", true);

(put whatever you want in the URL, but the "true" parameter should tell the host application to open the link in a new window)

Let us know if that changes the behavior - if not, as Joel says there's nothing more you can do from inside the PDF.