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How can you create a link with hyperref in a PDF file to open a LaTeX file?

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If you prefer to discuss your question in german, consider asking at golatex.de or mrunix.de. – Benedikt Bauer Dec 21 '12 at 12:19
I asked a similar question, but for pdf files on record in bibtex database. tex.stackexchange.com/questions/86189/… – ADP Dec 21 '12 at 12:57

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The trick is to use run:/. like

\href{run:./myFile.pdf}{LinkText}

To make a Link to the PDF myFile.pdf in the same directory as the LaTeX file (more precisely the created PDF from that file). It is then opened in the PDF-Viewer thats standard for viewing PDFs on that specific system.

Edit I had that in my file to Link to a TeX file, of course that works the same way

\href{run:./myFile.tex}{LinkText}

It should then open in the standard editor for .tex files. Thanks for mentioning in the comments.

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The questioner wants to open a LaTeX file whose extension is .tex. – Click Me Dec 21 '12 at 12:23
Thanks, i extended my answer. – Ronny Dec 21 '12 at 12:27
Whether or not this works is of course viewer dependent, and in Adobe requires disabling "Enhanced security". – cyberSingularity Dec 21 '12 at 13:04
Thank you, this was just what I needed. The remark is correct, that the matter is viewer dependent. With Adobe it works, but what about sumatra? For some reasons I want to use this PDF viewer. – Klaus Wagner Dec 21 '12 at 16:12

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