InDesign TOC but no hyperlinks

I'm going nuts. I can generate a TOC for a book and place it on a page, but it will not generate hyperlinks. Where should I start looking?

The hperlink will show when epxport to PDF and open on Acrobat.
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that you very much for analysis and patience!
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to present the original layout here, but I built a sample file instead.
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Page 5: contains 2 stories/frames; the threaded one and a second index story (just for testing purposes)
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Screenshot no. 1
Screenshot no. 2
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Screenshot no. 3
Screenshot no. 4
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