Linking to a bookmark in a PDF File

Hello All,
In our Web project, we have a .PDF which opens when the user
clicks on the appropriate link. Is it possible to modify the link
so the PDF opens at a specific location. For other purposes, we
have inserted bookmarks in the PDF using Adobe 7.0 Professional.
I suspect, although not sure, we could have the RoboHelp link
point to a Redirect topic. However, I am not sure if we could
insert a Shortcut control and have it function in a Web Help
format. If not, what other alternatives are available. If a
Shortcut control is possible how do I identify the PDF bookmark in
the Program Parameters.
Cheers,
CRO

I tried the Google search and a lot of other things. No
complete success, but . . .
RoboHelp for Word will reliably generate a link to a pdf file
that opens the file at the top (ditto Robohelp for HTML). I.e., the
source .doc has
mytext!JumpHtml('C:/aFile.pdf')
in it. Then if you create a WebHelp file, the .htm file has
<a href="C:/aFile.pdf">mytext</a>
in it. It works. However, Robohelp does not seem to offer the
ability to specify a nameddest, i.e., a defined place anywhere in
the .pdf. You can type a nameddest into the souce .doc, i.e.,
selText!JumpHtml('C:/aFile.pdf#nameddest=sheep')
but then the WebHelp .htm has no corresponding href in it at
all. (But it works for WinHelp output, see below.) If you don't put
the nameddest in the source .doc, and instead yourself insert it
into the output WebHelp .htm, i.e.:
<a
href="C:/aFile.pdf#nameddest=sheep">selText</a>
then naturally it works. The runtime hotlink jumps to the
desired place inside the .pdf. So, there's one way to do it.
However, having to hand enter the link in the .htm is suboptimal -
RoboHelp *should* automate it.
One wrinkle is, if you hand enter the nameddest in the source
.doc, and then generate a WinHelp output (instead of WebHelp), that
seems to work as desired, provided you include the .pdf in the
baggage files and enable the special included .dll. So there's a
WinHelp solution that at least lets you enter the nameddest in the
source file, but it doesn't work for WebHelp. That difference makes
me think I'm missing some setup parameter.

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