Linking to external files - NOT for web publishing

[Toby]

Hi
I am using publisher to create a CDROM (only software that was available at
the time!) – basically just using the “publish to web†function then whacking
it on a CD. Only problem I have is that I’m including some PDFs and when I
link to these it links to them on my computer so when I stick them onto CD it
looks for them on my drive. Is there a way of changing the route to the file
for when they’re put on CD? And if so should it be the C:/ drive or D:/? I
know usually I would publish them to the web but not all users will have web
access. The usual pathway is something like C:\Documents and
Settings\tobychelms\Desktop\ROM_files\DATAFILEs\example P6.pdf

with DATAFILES being a seperate file containing the PDFs within the
Publisher generated file. Any suggestions on how I can change this routing?

Thanks very much

Cheers!

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

actually since you are creating html files this IS web publishing and a web
design forum topic, not programming. Where the web output goes, a local
folder, a web server, or a CD media, doesn't matter. It's all the same
thing. The files have to be linked properly and files have to be in the file
paths as written in the html code. Your problem is still the same as in this
article - http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157 - you are
going thru the hyperlink dialog and browsing to the file. That is incorrect.
You need to place the file with the Publisher output and create links
yourself.
If you create a "publish" folder in My Documents to save the publisher web
to (sub-folder off), you would then copy your external file to the Publish
folder. Then in the hyperlink dialog you do not browse and let Publisher
make the link path, no, you enter the file path address yourself. Using this
example of having all files in one folder the link would simply be a
relative link of "mypdffile.pdf". If you created a sub folder for external
files then you would enter a link such as "/myfolder/myfile.zip".
btw if you need it -
http://www.davidbartosik.com/2004/10/make-autorun-cd-rom.htm


David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com