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From: "Stephen A. Tjemkes" <Stephen.Tjemkes@eumetsat.int>
Subject: Re: Start of application within a context document
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:33:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <s3202195.034@gwn0201.eumetsat.int> (raw)

Will try this

thanks

stephen

>>> pragma@wxs.nl 08/09/05 10:22:06 >>>
Stephen A. Tjemkes wrote:

>Hi,
>
>If you excuse my ignorance, but I am looking for  a simple example how to launch an executable (a tcl/tk script in my case) from within a pdf document prepared by context. 
>
>During a presentation i would like to show some graphics which are generated through the execution of a tcl/tk script. 
>One could close the pdf file and open the tcl/tk script, but it would be nice if one could symbolically link the script within the pdf file. 
>Because I prepare the pdf file using context, I searched the context manuals, but didnot find a solution to this problem. 
>
>Therefore if somebody has solved this already and is willing to share his/her experience I would be grateful
>  
>
the best way to do it is to make a cmd file (batch file) and use the \goto{whatever}[program(somename.cmd)] feature; this kind of functionality has never been robust in acrobat and batch files permit you to set up things properly (paths, command line arguments, etc); 

an alternative is to use http requests and a local http server, but then you end up with acrobat waiting for some response (url or submit methods) 

Hans 

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             reply	other threads:[~2005-09-08  9:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-08  9:33 Stephen A. Tjemkes [this message]
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2005-09-08  6:33 Stephen A. Tjemkes
2005-09-08  8:22 ` Hans Hagen
2005-09-08 15:10   ` Peter Münster
2005-09-08 18:57   ` Mojca Miklavec
2005-09-08 19:45     ` Hans Hagen

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