Links to FM Cross References do not work in Generated PDFs

Windows XP Professional SP2, FrameMaker 7.0p576, Acrobat Professional 8.1.2.
I have multiple volumes that are intended to ship together. So, for argument's sake, I have Book_1.fm, Book_2.fm, Book_3.fm.
Within Book_2.fm, I create cross-references to Book_2.fm and Book_1.fm.
When I generate the PDF files for all three books (using Frame's Print Book, Printer set to Adobe PDF, Generate Acrobat Data so my bookmarks are generated as links), Book_2.pdf's cross-referenced links to within Book_2.pdf work perfectly. However, Book_2.pdf's cross-references to Book_1.pdf result in the following message:
There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be found.
The problem occurs whether the books reside independently, as a single combined PDF file, or as a PDF package (single combined and package both generated after the three individual Book_x.pdf files exist).
I have kept all PDF filenames identical (minus the extension) to the FrameMaker .book names.
Thanks for your input.

Sandra,
This is an explanation and NOT a solution. When you create a cross-reference to another file, you have to have the file open. Apparently, Frame sees a file in a different book as just a file; it seems to have no way to know that it is part of a different book. Hence, the link points to a chapter name, not a book name. Again this is just an explanation.
I do not know how, or if there is a way, to do what you want to do, other than edit the links after the PDFs are created, which I am sure is not what you were intending to do.
Maybe the gurus on these forums have a way to do it.
Van

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