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HTML to PDF including the pages of the links

Sep 24, 2013 11:16PM PDT

I want to know if software like this exists: I have a website page. I want to convert that page to a PDF. Now, that is possible. There are solutions everywhere. What I want is to be able to convert that current page to a PDF, but if there is a link in it. I want that link to be in the document, not as a link reference, but as a real page within the PDF.

Also the links still exists, but will link to the page number of the PDF document where the link should direct to.

I know this is a kind of vague question, but I hope you get what I mean...

Can you help me?

Sincerely,
Guido

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Sep 26, 2013 12:36AM PDT

Finally after searching for hours. The answer I was looking for was Adobe Acrobat. This piece of software has the functionallity I need.

It scans the entire domain or a smaller scope if you prefer that.

Open Acrobat and hit: Ctrl + Shift + O

Thanks to the people who looked into this for me!

Sincerely,
Guido

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Re: pdf
Sep 24, 2013 11:28PM PDT

That's a nice idea. Now suppose the link is to a 1 GB movie or to an mp3-file or to a file that needs a program you don't even have on your PC to be opened, how would you want to see that in your output?

I don't think it's feasible.

Kees

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Sep 24, 2013 11:36PM PDT

If there's a company who built this sort of software, they probably figured out how to fix that. By checking the links for specific formats for example.

It's not a question if it's possible, because I know it is. It's a question if the software already exists. If yes, please give me a link.

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Forgot to end my message properly
Sep 24, 2013 11:49PM PDT

Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,
Guido

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If that's the question, my answer is no.
Sep 25, 2013 5:30AM PDT

So if you feel you need it, I'm afraid you have to write it yourself.

Kees

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You wrote you know it is however.
Sep 25, 2013 6:00AM PDT

I doubled checked and I can't find where Adobe has it in the spec to embed .EXE and other files into the PDF.
Bob