Re: Importing Images & working cross-platform.

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:41 AM 4/9/00 -0700, Ian Whitney wrote:
>Well, I searched through the archives & didn't find anything, so I'm taking 
>my problem right to the people.
>
>FM 5.5.6, working on both NT 4.0 & Mac 8.6.
>
>While working on the NT machine, I am importing GIF image files into my 
>book. Using File>Import>File. I select the GIF file I want & then I choose 
>Copy Into Document. I choose the DPI & the image is imported into the 
>document.
>
>I save the file & when I try to open it on my Mac I get the dreaded grey 
>boxes "some images could not be displayed..."
>
>Looking at the Object Properties of the screenshot in FM (on the NT machine 
>or Mac), the image has a GIF facet & under Referecned File it says "No 
>File".
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Of course there's no file. You imported the graphic by copy, which means
that the graphic is physically part of your document file. The only way
you'll see a referenced file is if you import by reference, not copy.
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