link to pdf file - urgent ! thanks !

[Simona]

Dear all,
I'am just getting start with AutoMedia Play and I have to conceice quickly a CD-ROM with many documents. Until now everything gone well but I have a question : I have a page containing a list and for each item of this list I have to insert a link to a pdf doc. what I have to do ? I woud lwonder if somebody can explain me the porcedure. I looked up in the help but I found only one page describing how to get the version and the path of the Acrobat Reader but afterwards .... nothing
thanks a lot for your help !!!
Simona

[Adam]

Re: link to pdf file - urgent ! thanks !

Simona,

To get a listbox of PDFs with each entry corresponding to a PDF file you must do the following:

1) Create the ListBox Object

2) Create a new entry. This entry should look like:

name that is displayed:ath to file

for example:

Book About cookies::%SrcDir%\PDF\cookiebook.pdf

3) Go to the Actions Tab and change the event to "On double click"

4) Enter the following actions:

List Box -> Get Selected
- %SelectedIndex% = ListBoxObject[ListBox1].GetSelected

List Box -> Get Item Data
- %ItemData% = ListBoxObject[ListBox1].GetItemData[%SelectedIndex%]

File -> Open
- File.Open(open, "%ItemData%)

5) Make sure that this PDF document exists in your distribution folder.

Now when you double click on any item in the ListBox it will do a file -> open with the path that you specified when you created the List Box.

[Simona]

Re: link to pdf file - urgent ! thanks !

Dear Adam,
thank you for your reply.
I have already a list of text boxes. every text box contains the title of my file. I would to make a link from every text box to the pdf which corresponds to that title. Is this possible using the procedure you sent me ? or I have to use text object in stead of text box ?
Thank you,
Simona

[Adam]

Re: link to pdf file - urgent ! thanks !

Simona,

The instructions that I gave you are for a ListBox with entries that correspond to specific filenames. In your reply you referred to a TextBox which does not have actions associated with it.

So my question is are you trying to use a ListBox or a TextBox?

If you are using a ListBox then my instructions above are still valid. If you are using a TextBox then I suggest that you include a separate button that would open the PDF file that is displayed in the TextBox.

Please clarify and a solution should be close

[Simona]

Re: link to pdf file - urgent ! thanks !

OK
my question concerns TextBox. I am sorry because I wasn't clear. Here is a description of the situation :
- I have a list of countries and for each country we have a report available in English and in French, so I already created for each country : a text box with the name of the country, then a text box "french" and an other "english".
- what I would like to do : for each text bow "french", respectively "english" to put an action which makes opening the pdf file which corresponds to the linguistic version.
- what I did : for each text box "english", "french", I added this action >> File / Open / %SrcDir%\Data\ and then the path of the pdf file (I copied all my PDF files in a folder "docs-pdf" which is in the folder "Data" contained in "Distribution"

One more thing : in my page, I clearly indicated that users need Acorbat Reader installed on their computer in order to be able to open pdf files + in the tab "on error" of the action File/Open I wrote a error message "to view this doc you need Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free from www.adobe.com"

Is right what I did or have I to add supplementary actions to be sure that the Pdf will be opened by the user ?

I hope I am clear with my explanations. am waiting for your answer.

thank you very very much for your help !!!

Simona