18.5.2.2 Understanding when to use openlink or gotolink

The syntax for openlink is ambiguous. The FrameMaker Hypertext dialog says it is:

openlink filename:linkname

which could mean either:

openlink [filename:]linkname

(link name required, file name optional) which is how gotolink works, or:

openlink filename[:linkname]

(file name required, link name optional) which how openlink works.

Use gotolink for targets within the same FrameMaker file.

Use openlink only for targets that are in a different FrameMaker file; always specify the file name, including the .fm extension.

See §32.1.2 Using markers to add links and instructions.

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