• Link to an Attachment from a Topic Frame
  • Link to an Attachment from a Topic Frame
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  • Within a topic, you can link from any frame to one or more attachments. Attachments linked at this level provide information to your users as they view a topic. For example, you might link from a frame to a spreadsheet listing department codes or other reference information that users need at a particular step in a procedure. Like concept and bubble text links, links to attachments from topic frames become part of the parent document. If you then move the topic or reuse it elsewhere in your content, the linked attachment remains associated with that frame of the topic. Conversely, deleting the link to an attachment from a topic frame in one location removes the link in all places where the topic is used.
  • The Frame Link toolpane of the Topic Editor provides the tools for linking to and managing the links to attachments from topic frames. When linking to a package file or web page, you can filter the display to include packages or web pages only and navigate through the Library folders to the specific file you want to link. When linking to a URL, you can type or paste a base URL and then follow links in the preview displayed in the results pane of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box to reach your desired target.
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  • Base URL
  • Relative URLs are useful when the content developer is not sure of the location where the content is to be deployed. They allow the content developer to link to content outside of the Library in the Developer.
  • The Base URL can be set in the Developer and can be changed, if necessary, in the Player Package after publication.
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  • Base URL
  • The procedure for linking to an attachment from a topic frame differs slightly from that for concepts and bubble text. When you link to an attachment from a topic frame, you can select an icon for the link and add a tooltip. The icon appears in the frame bubble when the user views the topic in the Player, and the tooltip appears when the user rests the mouse pointer over the link icon. The icon and tooltip are stored with the link itself, rather than with the attachment. Therefore, when you link to the attachment from another location in your content, you can choose to add a different icon and/or tooltip, if desired.
  • A single frame can link to multiple attachments. You manage all of the attachments linked at the frame level from the same dialog box, but you can assign a different icon and/or tooltip to each of the links. You can also change the order in which multiple attachments are linked to a single topic frame. As you navigate among the frames in a topic with the Frame Link toolpane open, the display updates dynamically to show the links for each frame. This provides a simple means of managing all frame links in a topic and analyzing the overall topic layout.
  • To link to an existing package file or web page from a topic frame:
  • With the topic open in the Topic Editor, navigate to the frame from which you want to link to a package file or web page.
  • Display the Frame Link toolpane, if necessary.
  • In the empty row in the Frame Link toolpane, click the
  • Name
  • Click
  • Create link
  • In the Link to pane, select
  • Document in Library
  • Packages
  • Web pages
  • Type
  • Navigate the Library to the folder containing the package file or web page to which you want to link.
  • Select the desired package file or web page document.
  • Click
  • OK
  • An icon is added to the link by default. If desired,
  • change the link icon
  • The word "Link" is added as the default tooltip. If desired,
  • change the link tooltip
  • You can repeat steps 3-10 to link to additional package files or web pages from the same frame or click
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  • Create new web page
  • With the topic open in the Topic Editor, navigate to the frame from which you want to link to a URL.
  • Display the Frame Link toolpane, if necessary.
  • In the empty row in the Frame Link toolpane, click the
  • Name
  • Click
  • Create link
  • In the Link to pane, select
  • URL
  • In the
  • Address
  • Base URL
  • Click
  • Go
  • Click
  • OK
  • An icon is added to the link by default. If desired,
  • change the link icon
  • The word "Link" is added as the default tooltip. If desired,
  • change the link tooltip
  • You can repeat steps 3-10 to link to additional URLs from the same frame or click
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  • Display the Frame Link toolpane, if necessary.
  • In the empty row in the Frame Link toolpane, click the
  • Name
  • Click
  • Next
  • Browse to and choose the files/folders that you want to add to the package and click
  • Next
  • Type a name for the new package and browse to a location in the Library where you want it saved (if you do not want to save it in the default location).
  • Click
  • Next
  • Choose a file in the package that is to be launched from the frame. Navigate through any folders contained in the new package, if appropriate.
  • Click
  • Next