Hi Sonia!
thanks for your reply (here and by email). You guys are really the
best newsgroup I have ever posted to!
Unfortunately, the launch.exe method has the big disadvantage of
displaying the macro warning every time! Since I do not know of a way
to disable this, and I doubt anybody will be willing to share and
propagate this information, I guess I'll have to live with the macro
warning or find another way of correctly linking PDF files....
Best wishes,
Rene
"Sonia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<e8fFS$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I've replied to your E-Mail and provided a link to a tutorial that tells you
> exactly how to link your PDF if you are using ACDPC-Pro.
> --
>
> Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
> http://www.soniacoleman.com
> (Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
> PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
> Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003
>
>
> "Rene" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I've done some more testing:
> >
> > this seems to be a problem of defining the current directory, I
> > assume.
> >
> > 1) I have tested the same relative links with *.txt, *.doc, *.swf,
> > *.html, *.xls, *.ppt and *.pdf files
> > Outcome: it is not identical!!! *.ppt, *.txt, *.swf and *.html behave
> > as they should. *.xls starts Excel but then can't find the file, *.doc
> > doesn't do anything, and *.pdf.... well that's the problem:
> >
> > 2) With the linked PDF I get an error message that the path is
> > incorrect. Here's the bizarre thing: it's and Acrobat error
> > message!!!! In other words, linking to the *.pdf apparently starts the
> > Acrobat Reader, which then tries to find the file again. This is were
> > the error occurs. If I say "OK" and except the error, the file still
> > opens.
> >
> > Does anybody have a clue what's going on here?
> >
> > Sonia, I've tried linking the PDFs and creating a CD with your tool.
> > Same problem! I can't be the first person wanting to link PDFs on a
> > self starting CD, am I? Has anybody found a solution?
> >
> > Steve: I've commented downd below!
> >
> > Thanks everyone and have a great weekend!
> > Rene
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Steve Rindsberg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<OaFb$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > > > I have linked to other files in the "Presentations" folder and they
> > > > start perfectly!
> > > > However, I have linked to some PDFs in the same directory. Here comes
> > > > the weird stuff:
> > > >
> > > > These relative links work on my machine! If I create a CD the links
> > > > still work!
> > >
> > > How do you know they're relative links? IOW, can you be sure it's not
> just
> > > finding the linked files on your HDD?
> > > What happens if you rename the hdd folder where all this stuff lives?
> >
> > The links are relative... I've renamed the hdd folder, still works.
> > I'm using the full version of Acrobat, the other machines have the
> > Reader, that might be a difference. I know the links work, because if
> > I start the viewer on the other machines, open the correct PPT the
> > links are OK. It's just when you start it with autorun.inf or with a
> > *.bat that it doesn't
> >
> > >
> > > >If I take the CD to another computer and click on the
> > > > link, I get the message that the path is incorrect !!!!! Now the
> > > > really strange thing is, if I press "OK" the PDF will still start (in
> > > > Acrobat Reader of course)!!!!
> > >
> > > That's pretty mystical, I agree. Does it tell you what path it thinks
> is
> > > wrong?
> >
> > No, it doesn't tell me what path it's looking for... pretty strange I
> > agree.
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