Project: Birt
Bug 183809 PDF emitter does not render URLs with specified target correctly
Reported: 2007-04-24 11:14:23 | Status: resolved fixed

When the hyperlink has specified "_blank" target it's rendered with PdfAction(hyperlink) but when the target is "_parent" or "_top" or "_self" it's rendered with PdfAction.gotoRemotePage(hyperlink, bookmark, false, false) which causes something like "file does not exist" error in PDF viewer. The following change in PDFEmitter from: private PdfAction createPdfAction(String hyperlink, String bookmark, String target, int type) { if ("_blank".equalsIgnoreCase(target)) //$NON-NLS-1$ // Opens the target in a new window. { return new PdfAction(hyperlink); } else ... to: private PdfAction createPdfAction(String hyperlink, String bookmark, String target, int type) { if ("_top".equalsIgnoreCase(target) || //$NON-NLS-1$ "_parent".equalsIgnoreCase(target) || //$NON-NLS-1$ "_blank".equalsIgnoreCase(target) || //$NON-NLS-1$ "_self".equalsIgnoreCase(target)) //$NON-NLS-1$ // Opens the target in a new window. { return new PdfAction(hyperlink); } else ... works for me.

Files changed in fix:
engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.pdf/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/pdf/PDFPage.java