Save as PDF Breaks Relative Links to Other PDFs

[Saracoglu]

I have a bunch of visio files with hyperlinks to several pdf documents.
All hyperlinks are relative links (also checked the relative checkbox).
When I save the visio drawings as pdf files using save-as (or publish as
pdf),
the relative hyperlinks gets saved as hard-links including the path of the
visio file itself (ie. file:///c:\documents and settings\username\.... etc)
The very same result is also when I publish as xps document.
On the document properties, I can enter a base path, yet, this is then an
http path, and not relative, and also not appropriate.

Is there a way to trick the SaveasPDF Add-in so that it respects the relative
paths of the hyperlinks in visio upon publishing as pdf?

 

[James W.]

This sounds like the limitation mentioned in KB923700.

 

[Saracoglu]

Hi James,

none of the conditions on KB923700 apply. The file saves fine as web page,
and the links remain relative as entered.

The relative links get broken when using the SaveasPDF / SaveasXPS
function (Addin?) of Visio 2007.

 

[James W.]

Actually saving in the PDF format is not isolated to Visio. What happens if
the same scenario was setup with a Word file are the results the same?