Hyperlinks from PDF to CHM

Hallo, it's me again,
In this post I lamented the problems I had linking from CHM to PDF and said that I expected no problems the other way. Famous last words, it seems.
I wish to create a link in FrameMaker which will allow the user to click in the PDF and open a particular Topic inside a CHM file.
On a command line I can type hh MyHelp.chm::/MyTopic.htm#MyBookmark and get the result I need, but I have not been able to create such a link in a PDF.
The best I can mange is a Marker of type Hypertext with the text "message openfile MyHelp.chm", but this opens the CHM on its default home page. I have been unable to persuad it to go to a given topic, let alone a bookmark.
Anybody able to help?
--- Derek

I have made a dent in the problem, can't say I've cracked it yet.
RoboWizard has a page describing the use of HTML Help Shortcuts which is got me started (thanks Rick, if you'll post here I'll give you a "Helpful Answer").
The procedure I now use is, in RoboHelp: Insert > HTML Help Controls > Shortcut. I fill in second part of the wizard like this:
so that it calles Acrobat to display the PDF (full path given), with parameters to search for a string "bookmark_2".
Then in the PDF I add a comment using Comments > Tools > Highlight and edit its properties like this:
When I compile the CHM and click the link, Acrobat opens and searches for the string. I made sure it was unique so the user is brought to the correct place.
Now it's a bit clumsy since you have to add the bookmark manually after creating the PDF from Frame, but it does work.
The other problem is that the HTML Control is not editable except in RoboHelp's HTML view. You can edit it in Design view but the edit doesn't stick. In HTML view the link details are present three times and you have to edit them all.
Anybody have bright ideas to streamline this process?
--- Derek

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