How to Open a File from a Hyperlink | /en/2008/10/how-to-open-a-file-from-a-hyperlink/

yihui 2022-12-16 16:01:16

How to Open a File from a Hyperlink

giscus-bot 2022-12-16 16:01:16

Guest *Ft* @ 2009-03-05 23:48:54 originally posted:

Thank you!!

giscus-bot 2022-12-16 16:01:17

Guest *gilberto* @ 2009-09-02 11:46:31 originally posted:

it didn't work for me!! 😢

yihui 2022-12-16 16:01:22

At least it works for Windows and MikTeX (compile by pdflatex), e.g.

documentclass{article}
usepackage{hyperref}
begin{document}
href{run:c:/downloads/run.txt}{hi}
end{document}

Originally posted on 2009-09-02 23:05:11

giscus-bot 2022-12-16 16:01:18

Guest *gilberto* @ 2009-09-03 01:31:44 originally posted:

At the end I got it working on my Mac:

documentclass{article}
usepackage{hyperref}
begin{document}
href{run:./sameDirectoryAsMaster/run.txt}{hi}
end{document}

But the link only worked with AdobeAcrobat, not with Apple's Preview.

yihui 2022-12-16 16:01:23

I see. Maybe the run protocol only works for Windows/Acrobat.

Originally posted on 2009-09-03 01:38:51

giscus-bot 2022-12-16 16:01:19

Guest *Peter* @ 2010-03-04 02:07:31 originally posted:

Can you get it to open at a specific page in the target document?

yihui 2022-12-16 16:01:24

Sorry, I don't know.

Originally posted on 2010-03-04 02:38:10

giscus-bot 2022-12-16 16:01:20

Guest *Nivir* @ 2013-01-24 17:59:23 originally posted:

Is there any other alternative to make it work in mac and preview ? Thanks :)

yihui 2022-12-16 16:01:25

I do no know, but you can see the comment by gilberto below.

Originally posted on 2013-01-24 20:52:55

giscus-bot 2022-12-16 16:01:21

Guest *Wagner* @ 2013-03-03 01:36:41 originally posted:

This do not work with .jar files.