CFDocument and PDF Named Destinations

In essence I am building a single merged document (PDF)
combining a single HTML document and n number of names from a SQL
database. My plan is to use CFDocument to create a complete page
set for each individual in the database and tack it on to the end
of the PDF.
As I process each individual I would like to insert a Named
Destination in the PDF for that person at the beginning of their
Page Set. Does anyone know how this can be done? Your help is
greatly appreciated.
Would it be better to use CFReport for this merge process?
Can you add a Named Destination in CFReport generated PDF?

Functionally, it appears that processing the allowed PDF parameters after opening a PDF involves (1) open the PDF then (2) process the parameter or parameters.
Once the target PDF is "open" a second pass that attempts to process a parameter or parameters, on the now open PDF seem to not "take".
So, typically, after open-process parameter(s) happens the PDF has to be backed out of. Then the same PDF can be "opened" again followed by processing of the parameter(s).
If not already in hand, here's the reference document.
Parameters for Opening PDF Files
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters_v9.pdf
Be well...

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Embedded pdf named destinations

when i link my embeded pdf to a named destination it does not focus on the destination. it just goes to the page of the destination
hers the code
            if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){
                while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
                     $DEST = $row[deskID];
                    echo "<OBJECT CLASSID='clsid:adb880a6-d8ff-11cf-9377-00aa003b7a11' WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=400>
                        <PARAM NAME='SRC' VALUE='BuildingPlan.pdf#nameddest=$DEST'>
                        <EMBED SRC='BuildingPlan.pdf#nameddest=$DEST' HEIGHT=450 WIDTH=600>
                            <NOEMBED> Your browser does not support embedded PDF files. </NOEMBED>
                        </EMBED>
                        </OBJECT>";
This is a really urgent problem if any one has any idea i would be very greatful

Functionally, it appears that processing the allowed PDF parameters after opening a PDF involves (1) open the PDF then (2) process the parameter or parameters.
Once the target PDF is "open" a second pass that attempts to process a parameter or parameters, on the now open PDF seem to not "take".
So, typically, after open-process parameter(s) happens the PDF has to be backed out of. Then the same PDF can be "opened" again followed by processing of the parameter(s).
If not already in hand, here's the reference document.
Parameters for Opening PDF Files
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters_v9.pdf
Be well...

Inconsistencies with file saving and PDF naming

Sometimes when I save a file (or export a PDF) the assumed location is where I opened the file. Other times it the assumed location is the last place I saved a file. There does not seem to be any consistency.
Also, when I save a PDF, the automatic name when saving is sometimes the same as the name of the INDD file I'm exporting from, other times the automatic name is from an older file version of an export. For example my INDD file might be V7.INDD, but when I export to a PDF it goes back to a former version like V4.INDD.
I don't mind how something is done, but I would like consistency to prevent errors on my part. Are there settings that I'm missing?

Check the title stated in the metadata of the file. This gets created by all Adobe applications at creation of the file and if you export, print, or Create PDF the file name is gathered from that information.

Links to named destinations in IFRAME positioning the PDF a page and half past

I created a PDF file w/ named destinations so that I can allow the Internet user w/ browser and Acrobat Reader plug-in to link to specific sections of the PDF. The zoom is set to Fit Horizontally, and the position is the top of the page in my example PDF. I used Acrobat Pro 8.1 to create the PDF.
Problem is when trying to load the PDF into an IFRAME, displayed with the named destination using a tag like:
<a href="http://ekensqldev5/ePadmin/documents/Raw.pdf?rand=1000#view=FitH&nameddest=Mission" target="myframe" >Click 1 </a>
When clicking on the link to the named destination, the .pdf is loaded or reloaded into an IFRAME and the page with the named destination is usually correctly displayed. Only in IE 6,7,8 the pdf will frequently (about 1 out of 4 times) be positioned a page and a half past the named destination. Clicking to a different link, and then back to the original link will usually reposition the PDF correctly. Chrome and Firefox always position the PDF exactly to the named destination. I'd like to know how to create the named destination so that it will always be positioned correctly, or to use a different link that will always position correctly. I'm using Reader 9.1.2
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
</head>
<body>
<p>
<a href="http://ekensqldev5/ePadmin/documents/Raw.pdf?rand=1000#view=FitH&nameddest=Mission" target="myframe" >Click 1 </a> <p>
<a href="http://ekensqldev5/ePadmin/documents/Raw.pdf?rand=1100#view=FitH&nameddest=Highlights" target="myframe">Click 2 </a> <p>
<a href="http://ekensqldev5/ePadmin/documents/Raw.pdf?rand=1200#view=FitH&nameddest=Trustees" target="myframe">Click 3</a> <p>
<a href="http://ekensqldev5/ePadmin/documents/Raw.pdf?rand=1201#view=FitH&nameddest=Statement_of_Op erations" target="myframe">Click 4</a> <p>
<a href="http://intranet" target="myframe">Click 5</a> <p>
<iframe name="myframe" width="100%" height="800">
</iframe>
</body>
</html>

I'm working with Lyle on this, and I have done some additional testing.
What I found is that the positioning for named destinations seems to work ok with IE8 when the html page and pdf file are located on one of our external web servers (rather than local intranet servers).
I am wondering if this is due to the latency involved in downloading the file, allowing the DOM to register the plugin?
I've posted a query at Microsoft's forum, but they are pointing me back to Adobe...saying they cannot know how the plugin handles rendering...even though I responded that it seems to work across the board with Firefox and Chrome.
Here is my thread in the Microsoft forum.
Erratic Behavior with PDF named destinations
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/thread/4f6adaa2-de8f-47d6-b e4b-444edfdd26d7/

How to control Named Destinations in Bookmarks?

Using Frame 8, Acrobat Pro X.
In the generated pdf, properties of the bookmark show we will “Execute a menu item” and “Use Named Destination”, e.g. G1.1007744. If I choose Browse, a long list of destinations is provided but I have no idea
- what they mean;
- how I can adjust them;
- if I can add any.
Can you help?
Where do I find out more about Named Destinations in a pdf?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Theresa

See here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195ff-7cb8.w.h tml

How to add named destination while exporting ms word to pdf that will support in adobe reader 10 and 11

Hi,
I need to add named destination in pdf when ms word is exporting to pdf that will support named destination in adobe reader 10 and 11.
I tried with options create bookmarks as word bookmarks but that also not supporting in adobe reader 10/11.
Please let me know how we can create bookmarks while exporting MS word to PDF.
And when we are opening pdf in IE with search parameter,its always opening PDF with 2 document on left serach panel.
Suneetika

Might be better to post this in the Acrobat or Indesign forums.

Bookmarks, named destinations and how to "robust" link to PDF from HTML?

I need a way to link to topics (from an HTML page) within a structured PDF file generated from InDesign, i.e. one that has an interactive bookmarks
panel, that doesn't break the links when the file is updated.
In particular, I don't want to refer to:
* page numbers because the document will repaginate when it is updated, breaking existing links
* named destinations that are numeric as addition/deletion of topics renumbers the named destinations, breaking the links.
Is there any option in InDesign that creates named destinations derived from bookmark titles as that would seem to solve my problem?

I did some more trials, and here is where I am at:
As page-break-after:always; was ignored by PDFGenerator, I used a hack: I wrapped my pages inside div's which have the height of the page, and this seems to work. In addition I had to edit my CSS, and remove the @media print wrapper around my print specific CSS parts, to get my print media specific formatting inside HTML to the PDF page.
I do not consider this a solution, but more of a hack - but it might work for what we are doing, and maybe it works for somebody else.
But what I am actually trying to do is the following:
We have a systems which creates reports in HTML which can be viewed in a browser, and printed from the browser, now we try to use PDFGenerator, to generate reports in PDF, with a minimal effort ( I know this is a the wrong way arround, HTML is not a language targeted at creating printable reports, but that's what we are doing now, and I think many other people are in the same boat)
Still if anybody has a better solution, please chime in, or tell me why the hack I did is a real bad idea - any feedback is welcome
Thomas

Problem with linking PDF documents using named destinations

Linking from one PDF document to another PDF document using named destinations viewed in Reader works great but once the documents are viewed inside a browser environment the link will only open the go to document and will not go to the named destination.
If I make the links using the page number - yes they will work perfectly in the browser. But my problem is that the documents may change in the future and the links may be on differnt pages, so I need to use named destinations to bring me to the page of the PDF they are on.
Any suggestions? I need them to work in IE.
Thanks

You can link to a named destination with a URL. This might work better in
your case... To do it use the following format:
http://example.org/doc.pdf#nameddest=Chapter6

Named Destinations not Working in PDF

We have book files that contain several chapters and a glossary. We created numerous named destinations (specify named destination/jump to named destination) throughout the FM files. If we check the links in the FM files, they work fine (i.e. the linked word jumps to the correct spot). However once we PDF, it loses some (not all) of those links. Anyone have any suggestions for figuring out why or fixing the issue? To PDF, we print a PS file then distill it. We are using FM 10. There appears to be no rhyme or reason for which words work and which words don't. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

FM will always have at least two versions of the maker.ini on your system. The first version is in the default FM installation folder. The other is each of the Users areas. The one(s) in the Users area contain your specific settings to the FM environment. So it looks like your display settings are set properly in FM.
It really helps seeing the FM & PDF versions.
What specific version of the Palatino TTF font are you using (mine is the 5.00 as shown in the previous reply)?
In your FM paragraph designer, you seem to be using a Justified setting. What are your settings that you have in the Advanced properties of the paragraph designer for tthe Word Spacing options? I've tried duplicating your example (using a wid range of settings), but I don't seem to have any spill over issues:
In your example, it looks like only the word-spacings are messing up. The individual word lengths look to be correct when compared ot the FM file. Did you use any special spaces (i.e. non-breaking, numeric, etc.) between any of the words. (Turn on your View > Text Symbols in FM)? Are you using any special character tag, the default Emphasis tag or did you manually apply Italic (or footnote superscipt formatting) in the paragraphs that shoot over the margins?
What PDF joboptions did you use for creating the PDF?
Are you using the AdobePDF printer instance for creating the PDFs?
In Acrobat, have you checked to see if you actually have the Palatino Linotype being used in the PDF document? (Use either the File > Properties... and then look at the Font tab or use the Edit Object tool, click on the wonky text area and the right-click to get the Proprties context menu and look at the Text tab).

Impossible (?) to link to Named Destination/Bookmark in Local PDF from PDF?

Goal: Very simple... in a PDF, click on a link that (a) opens a second PDF on local drive, and (b) navigates to a named destination or bookmark in that second PDF... just like our normal everyday HTML links work, and even Word itself does this.
According to PDF Open Parameters, trial and error with Acrobat (X) itself, and all other articles I've found, this can only be done IF the second PDF is not local but accessed through an HTTP URL on a server elsewhere.
Yet I find this very hard to believe, and think I'm missing something obvious. Any suggestions?
Thanx.

Actually, it can be done, but it's not very intuitive.
When you create your link and the Action window appears, select "Go to a
page view". Now a floating window opens that lets you set the link. The
tricky bit is that you can now open a different file and set the link there.
If you want to set it to a named destination you need to open that panel and
double-click on that destination.
Linking to a bookmark is not possible, only with a custom-made script.

How to open PDFs at named destinations with MS-Word hyperlinks?

Hi forum,
In MS-Word you can create hyperlinks
to open local files, (protocol: file://...)
to open websites or (protocol: http://...)
to go to intern bookmarks or so.
Is it possible to open a local PDF this way at a defined point inside it? For example at a named destination or a bookmark...
In a word file I discuss some different PDFs and compare some issues in these PDFs. And so I want to hyperlink some views in the PDFs to illustrate the discussion.
thx 4 tips an tricks :-)
stefan.thaens

Yes, I think you're right. I tryed the same in the HTML-protocol and it works: example:
http://profiroll.fidom.de/pdf/01_Lastenheft_PPA_LH3_8.1_Elektrik.pdf#page=42
It would be nice to find a workaround to use this "addressing" in MS-Office!

FM10/Acrobat X 10-use named destinations for PDF linking

My company wants our documentation to be accessible from a web page. No problem there. But they want to provide users with links that open the PDF files to a specific section.
My books are in FM10. I created hypertext named destinations (example hyperlink syntax: newlink alarm) at the points where they want to open the PDF. I then saved the book to PDF, with the Create Named Destinations for All Paragraphs check box selected.
We are now trying to build a link from the web page to open the PDF at the named destination. Here is some info from the web developer on his syntax:
These zoom but do not position you to the named destination:
     <a href="Documentation/IO.OS 2.1.3 Technical Overview.pdf#nameddest=alarm&zoom=40">Tech Doc</a>
     <a href="Documentation/IO.OS 2.1.3 Technical Overview.pdf#alarm&zoom=40">Tech Doc</a>
This positions to the indicated page and zooms:
     <a href="Documentation/IO.OS 2.1.3 Technical Overview.pdf#page=20&zoom=40">Tech Doc</a>
What are we doing wrong? I've been searching the forums and community help and we've tried all the syntax examples we can find. Thanks so much for any help you can provide!

Hi Kim,
Our team recently found a way to put custom named destinations in our FrameMaker files that can be used for linking to specific places in the PDF output (with no strange alphanumeric codes added to the named destinations).
The named destinations are anchored in FM so they stay with whatever heading/text/graphic/etc they are "attached" to, even as content is added to/removed from the FM files.
Will the following work as part of the solution you're looking for? (We're also using FM10 and Acrobat X.)
In FM, insert a new text frame object.
Type the following code in the text frame: [/Dest /Help123/Dest pdfmark
where “Help123” is the name that will appear in the PDF for this named destination. This is name you would use in your hyperlinks. Our programmers use this name for the context-sensitive help links in the user interface.
Right-click on the text frame and select Object Properties. Click to select the PostScript Code check box, then click the Set button.
NOTE: Once the PostScript Code check box is selected, the text in the text frame cannot be edited. To edit the text in the text frame, you have to first turn off the PostScript Code option, edit the text, and then turn the PostScript Code option back on.
Select the text frame object, then cut and paste to create a new instance of it. This places the text frame inside an anchored frame.
You can now “attach” the anchored frame to whatever heading/figure/text/etc the named destination should link to.
Here's the catch. To get the named destination in the PDF output, you can’t use the “Save as PDF” command in FM – you must print to PDF instead:
In the FM file, click File >> Print Setup.
Select Adobe PDF in the Name drop-down list, then click the Properties button.
Deselect the Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts check box, then click OK.
Click OK.
Click File >> Print.
Select the Generate Acrobat Data check box.
Click the PDF Setup button to define bookmark links, print quality, etc, then click the Set button when done.
Click the Print button.
The generated PDF file should contain all the bookmarks you’ve defined as well as all the named destinations you added (with the exact names you specified).
Hope that helps. Thanks, and good luck,
Jason

PDF goto named destination link with current zoom level

Hi,
I am created PDF file from 3b2 software with many links and bookmarks, The links with in documents are created with named destination bookmark names.
When I am click the link to navigate with in document it will goto the bookmarked location and zoom level will changed into “FIT TO WIDTH” but I am want to navigate over the document with current zoom level from the link where I am clicked.
For this process I am tried one method that is javascript action in link.
Using link properties
Action -> Add Action -> Select Action (Run Javascript)
Script
main()
function main()
var zoom = this.zoom;
this.gotonameddest(“bk1”);
this.zoom = zoom;
By this method I am get what I am looking but I am having one problem,
First I will goto that book marked page with and after only it will fit to the current zoom level, so when I am go for previous view it will goback to "FIT TO WIDTH" zoom level, so this method failed.
And also I am unable to edit all the links in my PDF document by Manually.
So please advice me what is right way to navigate over the document with current zoom level from link where I am clicked.
Note:
The output PDF document will contain 100 number of links so I want to update all the links with my requirement by automation.
Is there is any way to handle this process by Acrobat SDK with C# , .NET
Regard
Thirusanguraja V

Thank you Very much,
If you do't mind could you give me sample PS file with,
Destinations specify a particular location in a file, and a zoom factor.
The zoom level must be current zoom level of the page where i am link click.
Sample PS syntax i am tryed:
[/Dest /bmkaff1 /Rect [2000 3062 2100 2886] /View [/XYZ 0 0 0] /LNK pdfmark
Reference I am used for this:
pdfmark Reference
© 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Adobe® Acrobat® SDK 8.0 pdfmark Reference for Microsoft® Windows®, Mac OS®, Linux®, and UNIX®
Edition 1.0, November 2006
Chapter 3 : 3 Actions and Destinations................44

OK, I need to be able to have a linked TOC, and also have destinations created in FM10 that will not be lost when I 1. Save the book as a PDF. then 2. need the PDF to be as small as possible, but without losing my destinations. Anyone know how to do that

OK, I need to be able to have a linked TOC, and also have destinations created in FM10 that will not be lost when I 1. Save the book as a PDF; then 2. I need the PDF to be as small as possible, but without losing my destinations. Anyone know how to do that??
I had been saving as a PDF and then reducing the size of the PDF by printing it as a PDF with a degree of image compression. I write manuals with a LOT of screen captures and line art that needs to be clear. So it is a balancing act between image clarity and PDF size. The PDFs on the web need to be smaller - sure you can undertsand.
Anyway, when I print the PDF again, I lose both my destinations and bookmarks.
Anyone know of any way to avoid that?

Control the images by creating a custom PDF Job Options and then selecting it in the PDF Job Options drop-down of the PDF setup dialog box (File > Save as PDF...)
Create the custom PDF Job Options file with Distiller. If you do not have Distiller, open the Printing Preferences of the Adobe PDF printer. Start with the Smallest File Size Job Options settings and Edit.

CFDocument and trouble converting to pdf

Hello,
I'm simply trying to convert a word doc to .pdf using CF9. But when I try it, I get the following error...
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.
Also, coldfusion services seem to go down for a few moments (i can't render any coldfusion pages on the server) and then after a few moments the CF services are back.
What could be causing this???
Here is the simple code I am using...
<cfdocument format="pdf" srcfile="\\srvTestServer\wwwroot\officetopdf\worddocs\Infograms Inventory.doc" filename="\\srvTestServer\wwwroot\officetopdf\pdfdocs\test.pdf"></cfdocument>
Now if I take out the srcfile section of the tag and hard code text into the cfdocument, it works with no problem???
example
<cfdocument format="pdf" filename="\\srvTestServer\wwwroot\officetopdf\pdfdocs\test.pdf">This is a test message for my pdf file</cfdocument>
I hope someone can shead some light on this?
Thanks In Advance,
Cedric Gaines

Is OpenOffice installed on your machine? I believe this is a requirement to work with Word files in CF9.
Office file interoperability
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WS56EA2935-FBD2-4089-8402-FDDA2BAF55 FB.html
Configuring OpenOffice
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Installing/WS899EE911-747B-45cf-8550-DC91238233 64.html

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