Digital Workshop

Asking for 2 years now and counting ...

PLEASE allow us to place bookmarks in publication folder.

Many schools, companies and end users automatically CLEAN their TEMP folders.

VARIABLES have not seemed to work thus far.

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

I have spoken to our developers regarding your requirements and we will look into the possibility of adding a custom location for the bookmark file. In the meantime, please find below a link to download an example publication which demonstrates one way of creating your own bookmark functionality and having direct control over the location in which the bookmark is saved.

This publication uses a GetPage() script function on a Master Page and stores the current page name to a variable named <pagename>. This master page also contains a text box, into which I have inserted the <pagename> variable (so that the current page name is displayed when previewed, although this is not essential) and a button which writes the current page name to a text file (in the publication directory) and exits the publication.

I have then added a blank page to the start of the publication which reads from this text file and stores the result in a variable named <check>. If the <check> variable is not blank, a GoToPage() function is used to display the page referenced in the <check> variable. If <check> is blank (i.e; the publication has not yet been viewed), Page 1 is displayed.

I have finally added five pages which use the Master page and have simply added a button to each page to display the next page (apart from Page 5 which returns to the first page).

As long as all pages are set to use the Master page containing the bookmark functionality, the publication should always open at the last page viewed.

I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.

Kind regards,

Robin Garrett
Digital Workshop Technical Support