[OS X TeX] hyperlink to files in samefolder as pdf

[Claus Gerhardt]

If the file has the ending .pdf, then 3) also works in Preview  
(10.4.4), .xls doesn't work certainly because of security reasons.

Claus


On Jan 26, 2006, at 0:03, Keith M. Chugg wrote:

> I was trying to do the same thing today and I luckily found this  
> thread...
>
> One thing that I noticed is that using the suggestion:
>
>> \href{run:file.xls}{open please...}
>
> produces a link that
>
> * runs just fine in the TexShop preview window, in older versions  
> of TexShop (I think it was 2.03)
> * doesn't even show the little yellow box in the latest TexShop 2.09
> * shows the link/box in Preview, but bonks when you click
> * works fine in Acrobat after a warning dialog (you can disable  
> this after the first time).
>
> This makes me believe that it is some kind of security setting in  
> Preview.  Doesn't TexShop use the same basic engine as preview?  If  
> so, what was changed between 2.03 and 2.09 that shuts off this  
> hyperlinking?
>
> I also tried:
>
> 2) \href{full_path/file.xls}{open please...}
>
> and
>
> 3) \href{run:full_path/file.xls}{open please...}
>
> (2) shows up as a link in texhshop, preview and AA.  Get a bonk in  
> texshop and preview; AA tries to open in my default browser.  It  
> also displays as a link to a webpage rather than a local file...
>
> (3) shows as a link in all 3, works in AA, works in texhsop- 
> preview, and bonks in preview...
>
> So the change in 2.03 to 2.09 is that in 2.09 it seems you need  
> run:full_path to work in the texshop preview... This is frustrating  
> because this is a cool feature!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Gert van Oss wrote:
>
>> appreciate your feedback.
>> Guess I'm almost there but with the solution you offer I get one  
>> forward-slash to many and the word localhost. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> If I put the Excel file in the same folder as the LaTeX file (as  
>> with the folder in between it didn't work) and I put the code as  
>> follows:
>>
>> \href{run:file.xls}{open please...}
>>
>> I see appearing in the yellow box if I hover the mouse over the link:
>> file://localhost/User...etc....
>>
>> Guess with one slash less and without 'localhost' it should work  
>> but how do I get there? If I look in the yellow box that appears  
>> when I hover the mouse over the link with the full path mentioned  
>> I see:
>> file:/Users....
>> This one definitely works.
>> Still puzzled and any hints appreciated.
>> Gert
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19 Jan 2006, at 11:08, Luis Sequeira wrote:
>>
>>> When I want to put a link to a file in LaTeX, I use \href with an  
>>> url that starts with run:, as in
>>>
>>> \href{run:./excels/file.xls}{open the excel file}
>>>
>>> You can put the pdf and the excel files in a folder, zip it in  
>>> the finder and send the zip file to whomever you want; and  
>>> they'll get everything in place just by double-clicking the zip  
>>> archive and running the pdf within. Works like a charm.
>>>
>>> (By the way, this also a possible alternative for a movie  
>>> inclusion, if it gives too much trouble; just put a link to the  
>>> movie instead of embedding it)
>>>
>>> Luis Sequeira
>>
>>>> I can't seem to set up a 'local-hyperlink'. Does anyone know if  
>>>> this is possible at all?
>>>>
>>>> Something like:
>>>>
>>>> \href{/Users/gertmt/Documents/Opleidingen/Voorstel/Rapport/ 
>>>> VersieTextMate12/excels/test.xls}{This works}
>>>>
>>>> works but
>>>>
>>>> \href{excels/test.xls}{this doesn't work....}
>>>>
>>>> is not successful.
>>>>
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