User Guide

ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide
Designing Stamps
5.1.5. Using Absolute / Relative Addressing
When creating stamps that execute an open file or GoTo remote page action it is
possible to specify whether to use absolute or relative file addresses.
• Absolute Addressing
Absolute Address is best used when it's likely that the stamped document may need
to be moved or copied to a different location in the file system, without any target
files moving in relation.
By default, browsing to the target file using the Open File dialog produces an
absolute address i.e. C:\target.pdf
• Relative Addressing
Relative Addressing is most appropriate for PDFs published to CDs/DVDs or when the
entire file system is copied and must remain relative to the source. Relative
addresses describe the path to a file, relative to the source PDF.
To use relative addressing, please follow the syntax example below.
Example:
You have the stamped PDF file 'stamped.pdf' and is stored in a directory
C:\directory 1\directory 2\ (i.e. C:\directory 1\directory 2\stamped.pdf)
If the file to open with the action stamp is in the same directory as the stamped
document (‘stamped.pdf’)
i.e. C:\directory 1\directory 2\target.pdf
then use '.\ target.pdf'
If the file is in one directory above the stamped document
i.e. C:\directory 1\ target.pdf
then use '..\ target.pdf'
If the file is in two directories above the stamped document
i.e. C:\target.pdf
then use '..\..\ target.pdf'
If the file is in one directory below the stamped document
i.e. C:\directory 1\directory 2\directory 3\ target.pdf
then use'.\directory 3\ target.pdf'
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