Table of Contents for PDF

[rry2k]

Hi,

We have started creating PDF files out of an Access database that contains reports that we sent to clients. We then email the PDFs to the clients. It would be great to have a table of contents in the PDF that you can click on and jump right to the page you are interested in. Any thoughts on this or on automating the creation of PDFs so I can do it in VB code or a macro?

Thanks..Russ

 

[mscraig]

Russ,
What you are talking about is possible. It is rather involved. Your idea of a table of contents is Ok, but I found that making BookMarks on the fly was a slicker solution than a Table of contents. You'll need to manipulate the Post Script code in your .ps files. Check out Pdfmarkex.ps and Rundirex.txt located (in ver. 3.o) in c:\acrobat3\Distillr\Xtras or somewhere similar.
I have some code I could email to you that was for a project I was emvolved in.
mscraig@northropgrumman.com

 

[rry2k]

I would appreciate the email. My address is
rregner@salemsupport.com

Thanks..Russ