The gray box syndrome

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Cannot display some imported graphics.
 The images will appear as gray boxes"
"At least one original filter used for graphics
 imported by reference is not available, ..."

These messages represent a FAQ that I thought would deserve a thorough
description. I have made a web page answering the following questions:
- What are the possible reasons for gray boxes?
- How does import by reference and by copy work?
- What's a graphic filter?
- What graphic file formats can give gray boxes?
- What's a facet, how can it become lost, and what's a FrameImage?
- How do you find the problem and solve it?

Whether I have succeeded is up to you to decide. Visit and read:
http://w1.133.telia.com/~u13304072/framers/graphics/graybox.html

It's a bit long, but the focus is on *explaining* the problem.
Feel free to give me feedback on content, organization, language, etc.

 
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Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
mailto:Thomas.Michanek@telia.com   (Sweden)
  http://go.to/framers , or go directly to:
  http://w1.133.telia.com/~u13304072/framers
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