[pstricks] PS code in pstricks

[Franco Bagnoli]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Yuri S. Ledyaev wrote:

> Hello! I use pstricks to produce PDF files for presentations.
> In particular, I am interested in launching another application from my pdf
> file. 

\newsavebox{\MyBox}

\newcommand{\StartApp}[2]{% 

\savebox{\MyBox}{#1}% 

\vskip2cm

\pdfannot width \wd\MyBox height \ht\MyBox depth \dp\MyBox{
/Subtype /Link
/A <<
/S /Launch
/F (#2)
>>
%/Border [16 16 0] 
}#1}



and then


\StartApp{text}{application}


(tested only on unix/linux and dvips)
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