Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

On 19/09/2020 19:56, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> please excuse, same in English:

No problem. Your English is a million times better than my tiny
understanding of German.

> Regina Henschel schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 20:47:
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Dave Barton schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 16:33:
> > > I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files
> > > in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths
> > > everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz)
> > > always fail with a "not an *absolute* URL" error.
>
> You create the hyperlink with Ctrl+K and then Document?
>
> Do not try to manually enter the link, but _always_ use the button at
> the right side of the Target input field. Of cause the target needs to
> be already in the same folder as the text file.
>
> Be not confused by the shown text. It does not show, what is stored in
> the file. The link is stored as relative. Such links are usually stored
> as relativ, even if not in the same folder. Only if a target is on a
> different drive, the link is absolute.
>
> If you are unsure about the saved text, open the file e.g. with 7Zip and
> look into the content.xml. You will find the link starting with ../
>
> Kind regards
> Regina

Hi Regina,

Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

The odt document and the linked files are all in the same local directory.

I open the hyperlink dialog either by the menu, toolbar or keyboard
Ctrl+K. I do not manually enter the link. In the hyperlink dialog I
select the "Open File" button to the right of "Document > Path", see:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/33hc7qwbjtc7dlp/Hyperlink_Dialog.png/file
Selecting the file from the open file dialog ALWAYS adds the full
(ABSOLUTE) path to the hyperlink in the document.

Maybe I have misunderstood or misinterpreted your explanation, but I
cannot find anything in the hyperlink dialog that provides an option to
create a RELATIVE hyperlink to to another file.

I should add that part of my reason for asking this question is that if
I can get this to work it will form the basis of a section in the next
edition of our official Writer Guide, so so telling our readers to unzip
odt files is definitely not an acceptable option.

Thanks & Kind Regards
Dave


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