Opening files via relative filepaths

Hello everyone,
I've got a small problem with publishing a Captivate 3.0.1
project as an EXE file. The presentation ends with two buttons, one
opens a website (works fine), and the other should open a PDF file.
It also works OK, but only if I use an absolute path, which is
unacceptable in this situation - I need a _relative_ path.
I tried various possible ways to write the relative filepath
(file:///file.pdf, /file.pdf, ./file.pdf, .\file.pdf, iexplore
file.pdf, etc) but to no avail - the result is always the same. IE
opens with the filepath bluntly inserted into it's address bar, and
fails to open it (no wonder -
http://file.pdf is a bogus address,
wouldn't you know...).
I've also tried some other workarounds - creating an .swf
file, that would open the .pdf for me, and then embedding it inside
the presentation. Works fine until embedded; from within the
project, it acts exactly the same. I also couldn't get JavaScript
to work.
Do you have any solution for this problem? It would be very
helpful.
What's interesting, if I publish as .swf+.html, the
pdf-opening button works fine, but the website-opening button
doesnt. I didnt look into this very much, since I'm only interested
in an executable version. However... if making the .swf version
work is a lot simpler, I can wrap it up in an executable of my own
devising. Perhaps that will make more sense.
Looking forward to your replies,
Szymon Kurek

Welcome to our community, Szymon
See if the thread linked below helps with that.
Click
here to read the thread
Cheers... Rick

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