Re: Hyperlinks

Kenneth has more network experience than I do, but a couple of thoughts 
come to mind.

Assuming you are linking from the same document that is successful with 
links to other ordinary documents (which tells us that the hyperlink 
feature is active and working properly in /that/ particular WPD document):

1. Is the HTML document available on the network? That is, if you use My 
Computer or Explorer and double-click on the HTML's filename, does it 
load in your browser? (It does for me.) If not, your Windows might need 
to associate .html files with your browser: My Computer > Tools > Folder 
Options > File Types. Scroll down to HTM and HTML. These should be 
associated with your browser.

2. Is your WP12 program up to date? When I create a hyperlink to a HTML 
document in a different folder on my system (using WP 12.0.0.602), 
clicking the hyperlink causes the HTML document to immediately load in 
my Firefox browser. See "What version of WordPerfect do I have; what 
updates/patches are available?" at
http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4818

Barry

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Gary Mrenak wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Hobson wrote:
>>
>> Possibly a shadow cursor setting issue.  See Barry's site for a
summary.
>>
>> http://wptoolbox.com/library/NoteTools.html#whyhyperlinkscanfail
>>
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> I read Barry's tip and checked out his suggestions, but still the link 
> doesn't work. The link is activated, but nothing happens when I click it.
> 
> When I link to another WordPerfect document, the link works fine, but 
> not to an html document. Maybe this doesn't work with non-WordPerfect 
> documents?
> 
> Gary
> 

WP 12.0.0.602

Within a document I set a hyperlink to a network .html document, but it 
doesn't work (nothing happens when I click on the link). If I 
Right-Click | Open Hyperlink, I get a new document. Activate Hyperlinks 
in Environment options is checked.

Any clue?

Gary

Possibly a shadow cursor setting issue.  See Barry's site for a summary.

http://wptoolbox.com/library/NoteTools.html#whyhyperlinkscanfail

Kenneth Hobson wrote:
>
> Possibly a shadow cursor setting issue.  See Barry's site for a summary.
>
> http://wptoolbox.com/library/NoteTools.html#whyhyperlinkscanfail
>
Thanks for your reply.

I read Barry's tip and checked out his suggestions, but still the link 
doesn't work. The link is activated, but nothing happens when I click it.

When I link to another WordPerfect document, the link works fine, but 
not to an html document. Maybe this doesn't work with non-WordPerfect 
documents?

Gary

Barry MacDonnell wrote:
>
> Kenneth has more network experience than I do, but a couple of 
> thoughts come to mind.
>
> Assuming you are linking from the same document that is successful 
> with links to other ordinary documents (which tells us that the 
> hyperlink feature is active and working properly in /that/ particular 
> WPD document):
>
> 1. Is the HTML document available on the network? That is, if you use 
> My Computer or Explorer and double-click on the HTML's filename, does 
> it load in your browser? (It does for me.) If not, your Windows might 
> need to associate .html files with your browser: My Computer > Tools
> 
> Folder Options > File Types. Scroll down to HTM and HTML. These should 
> be associated with your browser.
>
> 2. Is your WP12 program up to date? When I create a hyperlink to a 
> HTML document in a different folder on my system (using WP 
> 12.0.0.602), clicking the hyperlink causes the HTML document to 
> immediately load in my Firefox browser. See "What version of 
> WordPerfect do I have; what updates/patches are available?" at
> http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4818
>
> Barry
>
> -------------------------
> Toolbox for WordPerfect -
> tips, macros, and more at
> http://wptoolbox.com
> -------------------------
>
>
>
> Gary Mrenak wrote:
>>
>> Kenneth Hobson wrote:
>>>
>>> Possibly a shadow cursor setting issue.  See Barry's site for a 
>>> summary.
>>>
>>> http://wptoolbox.com/library/NoteTools.html#whyhyperlinkscanfail
>>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I read Barry's tip and checked out his suggestions, but still the 
>> link doesn't work. The link is activated, but nothing happens when I 
>> click it.
>>
>> When I link to another WordPerfect document, the link works fine, but 
>> not to an html document. Maybe this doesn't work with non-WordPerfect 
>> documents?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>
Yes, the document is available on the network; when clicked from 
Explorer, the document opens in my browser. When I do this, I do get an 
error message saying that document could not be found, but the document 
appears in the browser anyway just a moment or two later. I think this 
is related to some DDE-related mis-settings in the file/application 
association for html documents. I guess it's possible that this 
momentary error and message could cause WordPerfect to somehow abort the 
attempt to open the link.

I've got 12.0.0.602 .. I think that's the latest for Standard WP.

Gary