19.3.3 Linking to an arbitrary location
To create a link to an arbitrary location in a file, you must identify or establish a target at that location. You can use an existing FrameMaker ObjectID as the target, and in the reference follow the file name with # then the ObjectID:
<a href="filename#ObjectID"></a>
However, a FrameMaker ObjectID will change if you do any of the following to the paragraph containing the object (see §5.3.2 Working with FrameMaker ObjectIDs):
• copy and paste the paragraph (the pasted copy gets a new ID)
• delete the paragraph and then retype it
• hide the paragraph with a condition and then show it.
You can also use a format macro to create and name the target. For example, suppose one of your HTML files includes a procedure, and you want to create a link to the procedure rather than to the beginning of the file. Suppose your procedures always start with a paragraph format called ProcHead. You could assign the following properties and code to ProcHead:
ProcHead=<a name="startproc" id="startproc"></a>
If the procedure is in HTML file xx123456, the link would look like this:
<a href="xx123456#startproc"></a>
You must ensure the target file contains no conflicting uses of the same target name, for example in newlinks.
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