Linking tables

[ptc-953397]

When I create a link to a paragraph I get the desired results. When I
create a link to a table the link does not work. I am using EPIC Editor
5.1 with 38784STD-BV7 fosi, dtd and supporting files.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

V/R William C. (Bill) Horn
Northrop Grumman DMS
Warfare Architecture & Engineering
468 Viking Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308
Ph: 757.498.5625
E-Mail: -

[ptc-953397]

I left out a bit of relevant information: The link to tables work fine
in EPIC but not when converted to .pdf. The paragraph link works fin in
.pdf.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ebenton]

Are you using Print Composer or what?

[AndyEsslinger]

Are you using the Arbortext Military Change Page Application (which is
where the BV-7 came from)?

-Andy
\ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero Tech Order Data
_____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 Box 748, Mail Zone 4285
\_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Ft. Worth, TX 76101-0748

[ptc-953397]

V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953397]

No I am not using CPA


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953397]

Yes I am using Print Composer


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ebenton]

We are using Arbortext Editor 5.2 M051, and we do not have any problem
with links to tables in PDF. I presume the tables are in the same file
you are publishing at the time.

[ptc-953397]

Yes they are.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ebenton]

Are you using Arbortext's built-in link functionality, or something
else?

[ptc-953397]

I am using the link function in Epic Editor.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ebenton]

I feel like I'm pulling teeth, here.

Are you using Acrobat Distiller (or Adobe PDF) as your default printer?
I don't really think that this would affect linking, but failure to use
Distiller as your default printer can cause some PDF problems.

If you are picking the correct id from the list when making the link and
your DCF file has your link tag defined correctly, which I assume it
does since links to paragraphs work, and it still doesn't work, then I
give up

[ptc-953397]

I will try distiller and see if that helps.

Sorry you feel as if you are pulling teeth but I do not know what to
tell you other than what you ask.

thanks


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[AndyEsslinger]

Some more teeth: Are you really talking about missing links or is it
the adobe bookmarks that are missing? How is the PDF made?

File->Print Composed

File->Compose PDF

-Andy
\ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero Tech Order Data
_____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 Box 748, Mail Zone 4285
\_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Ft. Worth, TX 76101-0748

[ptc-953397]

File->Print Composed

The links are there in pdf but are not recognized, I would say, since
clicking on the link does not cause the target to come up as it does
with paragraph.

V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953397]

When I go to print composed there is no distiller to choose.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953926]

Are your "id" attributes defined as ID and "reference id" attributes defined as IDREF? I've noticed that PDF links don't work if those are defined as simple string values (PCDATA).

[amy.flick]

Try looking for Adobe PDF rather than distiller.

Can you post a little snippet of your sgml/xml so we can see how you are tagging these links?

[AndyEsslinger]

Print Composed does not generate links or bookmarks. Compose PDF does.

To use "Compose PDF" you have to have Acrobat Distiler installed and the option "usedistiller" must be "on".

The help says:


set usedistiller= {on | off}


This option specifies the method Arbortext Editor uses to create PDF files when users choose File→Compose→PDF File. When set to off (the default), Arbortext Editor creates a PDF file directly from an XML file. When set to on, Arbortext Editor creates a PostScript file from an XML file, and then converts the PostScript file to a PDF file.


Note


You must have the Arbortext Publishing Engine installed and licensed for print/PDF composition to use the direct PDF method.

Direct PDF works IF you own the full version of Styler or the publishing engine and have the "Direct PDF" features turned on. I don't know anything else about Direct PDF.

-Andy
\ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero Tech Order Data
_____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 Box 748, Mail Zone 4285
\_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Ft. Worth, TX 76101-0748

[ptc-953397]

I hope you are referring to the .dcf file. I have attached it.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953397]

When I print composed my links to paragraphs work but not the links for tables.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953397]

When I print composed I select Adobe PDF, the links to paragraphs work
and the links to tables do not.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ebenton]

He's talking about the DTD, but I doubt if that's the problem, since you
say links to paragraphs work. I will go with using Compose PDF instead
of Print Composed, although I don't know why paragraph links would work
at all with Print Composed.

[amy.flick]

Try Compose - PDF and make sure Adobe PDF is set to be your default
printer.

[ptc-953397]

All,

The table link works when set within a paragraph. However, when I set it within a table column it will not go to the linked table.

figure
FO 5-5

Table
1-5

This is within a table column:

ID
1001 refer to table 7-8

V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ptc-953397]

When I try Compose - PDF File is grayed out and not selectable.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308

[ebenton]

Don't be put off by snarky comments like mine. I actually enjoy
thinking about other people's problems on Adepters, especially when I
might actually know something about the subject and I'm not up to my
eyeballs in alligators at work. I don't want to discourage you or
anyone else from asking questions.

[amy.flick]

Tools - preferences - advanced - usedistiller=on

[ebenton]

As mentioned earlier, you need to set usedistiller=on. You can do this
on the command line. However, you should put it in a pubrc, or
instance.acl file in your doctype directory.

[ptc-953397]

Ed,

I am not discouraged by your comments, have pulled my hair out over
this and seems there is no answer. I use the same _link
TargetTag="_target_XXX" for all, but when used within a table the link
to another table does not work but to a paragraph they do. Does not
make sense to me.


V/R William C. (Bill) Horn

Northrop Grumman DMS

Warfare Architecture & Engineering

468 Viking Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-7308