Export Named Destinations

In business I have to work with technical drawings that contain field equipment like sensors e.g. Each equipment has a tag (string). The CAD system generates bookmarks/named destinations for them.
However, I have to know on which page each sensor is located, without searching by hand and writing down the page number.
I found that all information I need (plus more) is stored in the Named Destinations pane in Acrobat, but it's not possible to export that information!
Is there a way to do it (and without scripting)?
Thanks a lot!

Almost,
It does create a nameddest but it does not give it the name specified.
Using your suggestion I found a way to create a named destination and I called it Testlink
When I tried accessing it by that given name it did not work. http://MySite/help/operation.pdf#nameddest=Testlink
When I viewed the doucment in Acrobat and asked it to show me Destination Navigation panel
I finally found my link but FrameMake renamed it to M8.newlink.Testlink.
I tested that with internet explorer and it worked http://MySite/help/operation.pdf#nameddest=M8.newlink.Testlink
Which I could live with if I can be guaranteed that the M8 will never change.
Does anyone know what the M8 represents? Is it stable or will it change over time as the document gets edited?

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I also had this question and, seeing no response to your post, submitted my own at:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5856231
However, I was told by Adobe that a solution is not available (below). Have you discovered anything to the contrary? I was not able to get the suggested solution by Jongware to work for me.
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Named destination

Hi,
I need to implement named destination parameter with url to open pdf file at a particular bookmark using adobe X/XI.
We exported MS Word to PDF with creating bookmarks as Word bookmarks selected,but named destination not working.
When we exported open office to PDF with bookmarks,than that bookmarks working as named destination but with MS word its not supporting.
Can you please help me how to create named destination from MS word that will support in adobe reader X/XI to open pdf at that bookmarks and support in all browser(IE/FF/Safari)
One more issue i got in pdf when using search parameter
When we used search parameter with url to open pdf than always in search left panel its showing 2 pdf documents as shown in attached image.
Waiting for response

Thanks Bernd,
Except Acrobat is any other way is there to create named destination?
One more help.
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How to check this issue.

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Am 24.09.2009 um 13:19 schrieb JeroenW5:
It was helpfull but it does not solve my problem. The gotolink
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--GMc

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