Calling up a specific PDF page from TW ?

Hi I've been happily using MyBase to structure my notes and
other data
for several years.
It uses tree structured outlining methods with parent/child
directories to organize groups of information.
I see that something like this can be done in TiddlyWiki by
using the
TagglyTagging plug-in.
Is it also possible in TiddlyWiki to have hyperlinks which
can call up
a specific page in a PDF document?

as in:

"These are examples of valid action commands for PDF
documents linked
from HTML:

<a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodlist.pdf#page=3">"


This can't be done from MyBase and it would be a great help
to be able
to do this if it would work for PDF documents contained in a
local HD
archive.

Regards,
Dick Treen


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I just tried it out and it worked just fine pulling up a pdf
on my
local machine.  I wasn't aware of this potential which could
be really
useful.  Thanks for asking the question.  Below is an
example of what
I put in a tiddler to see if this would work in TW.

[[pdf page test|file:///C:Documents and SettingsRexMy
Documents
sample.pdf#page=3]]

~Rex

On Oct 17, 4:51 am, "treenoa...googlemail.com"
<treenoa...googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi I've been happily using MyBase to structure my notes
and other data
> for several years.
> It uses tree structured outlining methods with
parent/child
> directories to organize groups of information.
> I see that something like this can be done in
TiddlyWiki by using the
> TagglyTagging plug-in.
> Is it also possible in TiddlyWiki to have hyperlinks
which can call up
> a specific page in a PDF document?
>
> as in:
>
> "These are examples of valid action commands for
PDF documents linked
> from HTML:
>
> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodlist.pdf#page=3">"

>
> This can't be done from MyBase and it would be a great
help to be able
> to do this if it would work for PDF documents contained
in a local HD
> archive.
>
> Regards,
> Dick Treen


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On Oct 17, 12:49 pm, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just tried it out and it worked just fine pulling up
a pdf on my
> local machine.  I wasn't aware of this potential which
could be really
> useful.  Thanks for asking the question.  Below is an
example of what
> I put in a tiddler to see if this would work in TW.
>
> [[pdf page test|file:///C:Documents and
SettingsRexMy Documents
> sample.pdf#page=3]]
>
> ~Rex

Thanks for clearing that up. I can hardly wait to get
started
Regards,
Dick Treen


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On Oct 17, 12:49 pm, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just tried it out and it worked just fine pulling up
a pdf on my
> local machine.  I wasn't aware of this potential which
could be really
> useful.  Thanks for asking the question.  Below is an
example of what
> I put in a tiddler to see if this would work in TW.
>
> [[pdf page test|file:///C:Documents and
SettingsRexMy Documents
> sample.pdf#page=3]]
>
> ~Rex

I just tried it out and it works beautifully, just as you
described
Rex.
Is it possible to write the code in a way that will get the
pdf
document to open in Acrobat rather than a browser window?


 Regards,
 Dick Treen


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Hi,

You can use this format:

file://E:My%20Documentspdfdocument.pdf

or you can make it look better this way:

[[pdfdocument|file://E:My%20Documentspdfdocument.pdf]]


Also, I'm not sure if its commonly known, but if you have a
lot of
these to do, you might want to google "copy path to
clipboard" so you
can do that from windows explorer.

HTH
Dave Parker


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woops, I didn't see this had already been answered (how
embarrassing)


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If you are using Firefox, then you can set the browser to
open pdf
files in Adode Acrobat.  Go to Tools > Options and then
on the
"Content" tab select "Manage" from the
file types section.  From there
you can associate the pdf file type with Acrobat.

If you use IE, then I don't know what to tell you.  It may
be possible
to do the same thing, but I couldn't figure it out.  The
only reason I
even tried was because our IT guy wanted to keep everything
on IE, but
finally agreed that Firefox just works better with TW and it
wasn't
worth spending any more time trying to get IE7 to
cooperate.

~ Rex

On Oct 17, 7:52 am, Treenoakio <treenoa...googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 17, 12:49 pm, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I just tried it out and it worked just fine
pulling up a pdf on my
> > local machine.  I wasn't aware of this potential
which could be really
> > useful.  Thanks for asking the question.  Below is
an example of what
> > I put in a tiddler to see if this would work in
TW.
>
> > [[pdf page test|file:///C:Documents and
SettingsRexMy Documents
> > sample.pdf#page=3]]
>
> > ~Rex
>
> I just tried it out and it works beautifully, just as
you described
> Rex.
> Is it possible to write the code in a way that will get
the pdf
> document to open in Acrobat rather than a browser
window?
>
>  Regards,
>  Dick Treen


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On Oct 17, 5:54 pm, Dave Parker <cedar...telus.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can use this format:
>
> file://E:My%20Documentspdfdocument.pdf
>
> or you can make it look better this way:
>
>
[[pdfdocument|file://E:My%20Documentspdfdocument.pdf]]
>
> Also, I'm not sure if its commonly known, but if you
have a lot of
> these to do, you might want to google "copy path
to clipboard" so you
> can do that from windows explorer.

Thanks, that's a great time and effort saver.
Regards,
Dick Treen


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On Oct 17, 8:46 pm, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
> If you are using Firefox, then you can set the browser
to open pdf
> files in Adode Acrobat.  Go to Tools > Options and
then on the
> "Content" tab select "Manage" from
the file types section.  From there
> you can associate the pdf file type with Acrobat.

That's great, thanks. I had an inkling of this method but I
wondered
if it was possible to include code in the original line that
would
selectively over-ride the Firefox setting of having PDF
pages open in
the browser. This would be a  useful refinement of the
already
adequate method you describe.
I'm beginning to get the idea that just about anything can
be done in
a TW page, which is both exciting and also daunting in terms
of coding
requirements.


> If you use IE, then I don't know what to tell you.  It
may be possible
> to do the same thing, but I couldn't figure it out. 
The only reason I
> even tried was because our IT guy wanted to keep
everything on IE, but
> finally agreed that Firefox just works better with TW
and it wasn't
> worth spending any more time trying to get IE7 to
cooperate.
>
> ~ Rex

I keep IE handy for just one thing these days and that's to
"Listen
Again" to BBC radio programmes.The volume and jump
forward controls
work better in IE than Firefox, though that may just be a
minor
adjustment problem that I missed.

Regards,
Dick Treen


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> I'm beginning to get the idea that just about anything
can be done in
> a TW page, which is both exciting and also daunting in
terms of coding
> requirements

...so I should make the above information even a bit more
complete:
there's also a nice plugin to start external applications
(or open
documents in them): "LaunchApplicationPlugin"
http://remotely-helpful.com
/TiddlyWiki/LaunchApplication.html#LaunchApplicationPlugin

And here is one (of almost endless) example how it could be
used: "how
you could set up a TiddlyWiki with WebRunner on a usb drive
in real
life plus making WebRunner load your favorite web
applications"
http://groups.google.com/group/GTD-TiddlyWiki/
msg/7433ca3758cb49a6


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I have a question about the page call in this link. I am
able to call
up the document alright using this sort of link to a pdf
document.
However, it always call the first page and does not go to
any specific
pages as this example shows. Do you have to  first add
anchors in the
pdf document on the specific page for this to work as
presented?

Cradit

On Oct 17, 6:49 am, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just tried it out and it worked just fine pulling up
a pdf on my
> local machine.  I wasn't aware of this potential which
could be really
> useful.  Thanks for asking the question.  Below is an
example of what
> I put in a tiddler to see if this would work in TW.
>
> [[pdf page test|file:///C:Documents and
SettingsRexMy Documents
> sample.pdf#page=3]]
>
> ~Rex
>
> On Oct 17, 4:51 am, "treenoa...googlemail.com"
>
> <treenoa...googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi I've been happily using MyBase to structure my
notes and other data
> > for several years.
> > It uses tree structured outlining methods with
parent/child
> > directories to organize groups of information.
> > I see that something like this can be done in
TiddlyWiki by using the
> > TagglyTagging plug-in.
> > Is it also possible in TiddlyWiki to have
hyperlinks which can call up
> > a specific page in a PDF document?
>
> > as in:
>
> > "These are examples of valid action commands
for PDF documents linked
> > from HTML:
>
> > <a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodlist.pdf#page=3">"

>
> > This can't be done from MyBase and it would be a
great help to be able
> > to do this if it would work for PDF documents
contained in a local HD
> > archive.
>
> > Regards,
> > Dick Treen


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Cradit:  I see what you mean.  The pdf document I tested
with this
morning worked just fine.  Now I can't reproduce the same
result using
other pdf files.  I've tried just about every combination of
factors I
can think of (opening in Reader, opening in Acrobat, opening
in IE,
opening in FF) and nothing works.  So I suspect it may have
something
to do with the PDF file itself, but that's just a guess. 
Hopefully
someone will know why this would work sometimes and not
others.

schilke: Thanks for the webrunner plugs you've been posting.
 I
finally got webrunner working using the .bat file approach. 
As far as
I can tell, webrunner is going to work with what I want to
do, which
will make for a cleaner looking UI and our IT department
won't have to
worry about installing FF on several workstations just to
accomodate
our use of TW files.

I wish I could find a "How to create WebRunner bundles
'for dummies'"
The .bat approach works, but I'd like to experiment with the
.webapp
method.  Unfortunately, the steps listed at http://wiki.
mozilla.org/WebRunner:Bundle,
while they appear simple, must assume some knowledge that's
escaped
me.  Particularly the zip to [whatever].webapp step.  I
don't
understand just what's being communicated by that step.

~Rex

On Oct 18, 9:48 am, Cradit <conrader...comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a question about the page call in this link. I
am able to call
> up the document alright using this sort of link to a
pdf document.
> However, it always call the first page and does not go
to any specific
> pages as this example shows. Do you have to  first add
anchors in the
> pdf document on the specific page for this to work as
presented?
>
> Cradit
>
> On Oct 17, 6:49 am, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I just tried it out and it worked just fine
pulling up a pdf on my
> > local machine.  I wasn't aware of this potential
which could be really
> > useful.  Thanks for asking the question.  Below is
an example of what
> > I put in a tiddler to see if this would work in
TW.
>
> > [[pdf page test|file:///C:Documents and
SettingsRexMy Documents
> > sample.pdf#page=3]]
>
> > ~Rex
>
> > On Oct 17, 4:51 am, "treenoa...googlemail.com"
>
> > <treenoa...googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi I've been happily using MyBase to
structure my notes and other data
> > > for several years.
> > > It uses tree structured outlining methods
with parent/child
> > > directories to organize groups of
information.
> > > I see that something like this can be done in
TiddlyWiki by using the
> > > TagglyTagging plug-in.
> > > Is it also possible in TiddlyWiki to have
hyperlinks which can call up
> > > a specific page in a PDF document?
>
> > > as in:
>
> > > "These are examples of valid action
commands for PDF documents linked
> > > from HTML:
>
> > > <a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodlist.pdf#page=3">"

>
> > > This can't be done from MyBase and it would
be a great help to be able
> > > to do this if it would work for PDF documents
contained in a local HD
> > > archive.
>
> > > Regards,
> > > Dick Treen


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Thanks Simon.  I was making it too hard.

~Rex
"Speak friend and enter"
"What's the elvish word for 'friend'?"

On Oct 18, 7:43 pm, "Simon Baird"
<simon.ba...gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/19/07, Rex <rexwalter...yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > me.  Particularly the zip to [whatever].webapp
step.  I don't
> > understand just what's being communicated by that
step.
>
> You make a zip file, eg myapp.zip, with the required
files in it, then just
> rename it to myapp.webapp.
>
> Simon.
>
> --
> simon.ba...gmail.com


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