Hyperlinks Missing in PDF

I have successfully added the hyperlinks in Indesign File thru scripting. But when i made the indd file to ps then i converted ps to PDf using Acrobat distiller 8.0. Hyperlinks are not working.
Indesign CS2
scripting: VB.net
Please suggest.
Regards,
Suresh

On 22/11/08 4:12 AM, "suresh devarajan" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have successfully added the hyperlinks in Indesign File thru scripting. But > when i made the indd file to ps then i converted ps to PDf using Acrobat > distiller 8.0. Hyperlinks are not working. That's right. They only work if you export to PDF directly. -- Shane Stanley <[email protected]> AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <a href=http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

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