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

[Keith M. Chugg]

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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