Re: [docbook] Linking to external documents

[Křištof Želechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>]

Dnia środa, 24 sierpnia 2011 o 17:45:49 Steffen.Wagner.Hays@zf.com napisał(a):
> Hello,
> 
> I hope you can help me.
> 
> I am using DocBook 5.0 on Windows XP (with FOP) and try to link to an
> external (Word, Excel, Text, ..) document.
> 
> Linking to an PDF works, but only with drive letter:
>   <link xlink:href="c:/user/documents/sample.pdf">Sample.pdf</link>
> 
> Removing the drive letter and the link (in AcrobatReader) does not work.
> 
> Question: how do I link to an external document with absolute or relative
> path and without a drive letter?

Relative: href="./relative" should work.

Why do you want to use an absolute path without a drive letter?  To refer to the "current drive"?  This is an edge case and it is probably unsupported, especially beacuse the concept of the "current drive" is per application, not per document.

> Is this a DocBook or a FOP or an Acrobat Reader problem?

It is an architectural problem in Windows XP, if anything.

IMHO,
Chris