Character limits in PDF Bookmarks

[cleccese]

Did anyone have an issue with PDF Bookmarks being truncated? It seems to max out around 63 characters or so. (FOSI, AE version 5.4)

[JasonBuss]

I have noticed this. I don't know if it's an issue with the DirectPDF and namespaced-markup solution, going to test that here later in the quarter.

Also, based on how you set up your DCF and use suppressed/gentext elements, some larger manuals require a lot of shuffling around to get the hierarchy of bookmarks correct.

[cleccese]

Thanks, Jason, please share your results. My main issue with the bookmarks is the truncation.

[naglists]

HEADS UP! Mail Headers have been changed! I do not think they are back to
the way they were before (but I could be wrong). I replied to Caroline's
email yesterday, but did not pay attention to the headers and accidentally
sent the reply JUST to her. So, here's the heads-up on the headers and a
resend, list-wise, of the info which may help others.

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Yup, it defaults to 64.

Create an ACL file and drop it in your init folder in your custom folder
(you may need this on both Editor and PE if you are using separate
customs). It should contain this command:

$main:df_bookmark_clip=128;

I haven't experimented whether you can set lengths greater (or, lesser)
than 128 as it was a sufficient fix for our documents/authors.


On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Caroline Leccese <
-> wrote:

> Did anyone have an issue with PDF Bookmarks being truncated? It seems to
> max out around 63 characters or so. (FOSI, AE version 5.4)
>

[BrettMcCorkle]

Add the following ACL to your Custom\Init folder. It will allow you to set the bookmark length to n in this example. The maximum value is 255.

$pdf_bookmark_clip=n;

In Reply to Caroline Leccese:

Did anyone have an issue with PDF Bookmarks being truncated? It seems to max out around 63 characters or so. (FOSI, AE version 5.4)

[cleccese]

It works! I had to put it in the pe server custom init folder. Thanks, Paul 'n Brett!