topic repost: links in Publisher generated PDFs in Documentation

repost: links in Publisher generated PDFs

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:53:45 GMT

Hello, in AC19, in PDFs created by Publisher, it possible to produce active links?

I am unable to figure out how to produce links in interactive schedules, and even if I include URLs in a Note field, the text is not active as a link in the generated PDF file. I have placed an external drawing, a pdf with working links, but those links are not active in the pdf generated Publisher.

Have searched ArchiCAD Help Center, unable to find info, thank you

Re: repost: links in Publisher generated PDFs

David Shorter — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 04:30:35 GMT

Hi Paul
I did some experimentation with this and found the following.
If a link to a product web is placed in the Notes/Comment field of the object and the schedule which includes the object is saved as a PDF the link is maintained.
I added one to a door and have attached the PDF as an illustration.
The link should take you to a SMEG cooktop web page
Hope this helps

Re: repost: links in Publisher generated PDFs

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:26:14 GMT

David wrote:
Hi Paul
I did some experimentation with this and found the following.
If a link to a product web is placed in the Notes/Comment field of the object and the schedule which includes the object is saved as a PDF the link is maintained.
I added one to a door and have attached the PDF as an illustration.
The link should take you to a SMEG cooktop web page
Hope this helps

Thank you David, I see that this does work and I can adapt the solution to my needs. Even better would be the ability to produce a link like: <a href="https://xxx.com">Range</a>, or to be able to place a PDF in a (drawing/schedule on a) layout with an already formatted link as above.

Thanks again for your help and solution.

Re: repost: links in Publisher generated PDFs

David Shorter — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 22:40:32 GMT

Hi Paul
It also seems to work if the schedule is placed on a layout and saved as PDF as well as the link being added to the project notes and the text placed in the plan view. It works when a link is placed in an object field.