Re: hyperlink to "other file" problem

Steve - Please FAQ this! It is slick!


"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:VA.00002d46.584d1ebf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To make sure I have this right:

You create a new HTML file as below and include a hyperlink to it in your PPT
instead of linking directly to the PDF.

VERY slick.

Thanks for posting this.

In article <85318A04-B1D1-4D09-B5A6-0558CB73E95A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, WebTech411 wrote:
I just created a workaround, because we are experiencing the same problem.
Create an HTML file that has a redirect to the PDF. Within the HTML file
there is a javascript that is triggered by the page load. The JavaScript
will load the PDF file in the current browser window. This workaround allows
you to open a new window outside the presentation and the PowerPoint/Reader
issue.

Here is the code:
<head>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

<!-- Begin
redirTime = "100";
redirURL = "BB8151.pdf";
function redirFile() { self.setTimeout("self.location.href =
redirURL;",redirTime); }
// End -->
</script>
</head>

<body onLoad=redirFile()>

</body>

Hope this helps!

"designergb" wrote:

> We've recently upgraded to 2003 and I have created hyperlinks in
> presentations in 2000 and had no problems. Now, when I create a new > hyperlink
> and link to a PDF file located in the same folder as the presentation,
> Powerpoint isn't launching Adobe or the file automaticly. Only if the > PDF
> file is already open does Powerpoint bring it to the active window. Is > anyone
> else having this problem?


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