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1. Re: Acrobat 7 - is there a menu entry somewhere for "Create Link" (other than in the context menu)?
Test Screen Name Dec 2, 2014 3:34 AM (in response to David.G.P)Do believe there is any such menu. Context items tend not to be duplicates of application items except for select/copy/paste actions. Did you check out the link tool as a more streamlined way of working?
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2. Re: Acrobat 7 - is there a menu entry somewhere for "Create Link" (other than in the context menu)?
David.G.P Dec 2, 2014 4:03 AM (in response to Test Screen Name)Thanks -- however, context menu items do tend to be duplicates of application menu items as you can see from any application of your choice.
The link tool does not help since it is not capable to
> create internal PDF hyperlinks on selected text
Therefore I really am looking for an application menu item for creating a hyperlink (similar like with the highlighting of selected text via "Comments" --> "Edit Text" --> "Highlight Selected Text", to be found a second time under "Tools" --> "Commenting" --> "Edit Text" --> "Highlight Selected Text").
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3. Re: Acrobat 7 - is there a menu entry somewhere for "Create Link" (other than in the context menu)?
Test Screen Name Dec 2, 2014 4:11 AM (in response to David.G.P)Yes, I understand you are looking for this, but I am sorry I mistyped. I meant to say "I do NOT believe there is any such menu".
Perhaps if you outline why right clicking is unacceptable, we might have broader replies, at least those that can remember back that far...
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4. Re: Acrobat 7 - is there a menu entry somewhere for "Create Link" (other than in the context menu)?
David.G.P Dec 2, 2014 5:30 AM (in response to Test Screen Name)> I meant to say "I do NOT believe there is any such menu".
I know, because only this was consistent with your second sentence.
The present issue is about automation. I need to initiate link creation from an external program that sends keystrokes and the like to Acrobat 7.
Highlighting for example can be done by sending "PostMessage, 0x111, 6339" to Acrobat which is the program code for the "Highlight Selected Text" application menu item.
Unfortunately, the context menu item for "Create Link" does not have such a fixed code, which is why I am looking for another way of initiating link creation.
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5. Re: Acrobat 7 - is there a menu entry somewhere for "Create Link" (other than in the context menu)?
Test Screen Name Dec 2, 2014 5:34 AM (in response to David.G.P)I don't think Adobe care for such automation, since they have a huge and rich SDK for automation. The SDK, for instance, includes an API for invoking menu items by name. Unfortunately the Acrobat 7 SDK is no longer available. Automating links is really a job for plug-ins (written in C/C++), though there is a far from ideal way with JavaScript (far from ideal because it can only create JavaScript links, which many viewers will ignore).
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6. Re: Acrobat 7 - is there a menu entry somewhere for "Create Link" (other than in the context menu)?
David.G.P Dec 2, 2014 6:06 AM (in response to Test Screen Name)> The SDK, for instance, includes an API for invoking menu items by name.
If there were a menu item name for the command in question, the problem probably would be solved.
Thus, if anyone else knew name and/or location and/or WM_COMMAND message number for the "Create Link" command, I'd be happy to know about it.


