Broken links when PDF'ing from Structured Framemaker 8.0 in Windows XP

We have a large number of links in our documents that are created using structured Framemaker 8.0 in a Windows XP environment. The xrefs work fine in FM, but once they have been PDF'd all of the links are broken. Since these are large documents, it can take over a day to relink everything. All links are created using the fm-xref tag and link to other topics/items within the FM book.
Any suggestions for what may be the problem?
I am also posting this in the Framemaker forum.

The Set Destination option isn't working for us either.
This is what we are seeing:
In our source doc, a cross-reference is created using the fm-xref structured tag. At that point the cross-reference works. We create a series of topics using cross-references the same way.
These topics are assembled into ditamaps. The cross-references are still working.
A book is then created and all ditamaps are created as chapters within the book.
At this point, the fm-xrefs stop working. In some cases, they were converted to xrefs instead of retaining the fm-xref tag. At this point, some of the formatting is ignored. For example, an example tag that looks lovely in the left column, suddenly becomes a Heading 1 which is a chapter heading.
Needless to say, the frustration level is very high. I would attach, but it appears that .fm or book files are not an acceptable file type.
Please help us. It may be something terribly simple, that we just can't see anymore because we're cross-eyed from troubleshooting.
We love FM and would like to continue to use it, but not if it causes this type of frustration. In fact, we're considering becoming nurses.

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