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

[Keith Chugg]

BTW, I think this is a 10.4-preview bug, not a security feature.  I  
kept a copy of preview from 10.3 (preview 2.1.1) and it works with  
\href{run:file.xls}{open please...}.

Preview from 10.4 also has problems with equations pasted into  
figures in pdf files as has previously been discussed.  I submitted  
bug reports to apple on both...  We shall see...

Keith



On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Keith M. Chugg wrote:

> Method 1 (i.e., \href{run:foo.pdf}{see foo.pdf}) works in preview  
> too...  My reference on latex and the hyperref says to use \href 
> {foo.pdf}{see foo.pdf} and that works for Acrobat, but not preview,  
> and in Acrobat, the little yellow box showing the linked file name  
> is gone...
>
> It would be nice if preview would let you toggle off this  
> "protection" if it really is a security issues.  For example, I use  
> Mail and one click one click opens an attached excel sheet.  Why  
> would this be any less secure?
>
> keith
>
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>
>> 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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