Re: Mif2Go: Substituting Graphics, Removing Bolds and titles - How do I...

["Jeremy H. Griffith" <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:58:54 -0400, "Rebecca Downey" <rdowney@matrox.com> 
wrote:

>I am very new with Mif2Go (having just cracked it open yesterday - and yes
>I've purchased the software), but I've been trying to get these two problems
>solved *without* having to resort to a search and replace throughout the
>list of files.

You're in luck; no S&R is needed for these...

>I'm using Mif2Go to convert a large FrameMaker book to MS HTML Help. I've
>read, and re-read the help file; maybe I'm missing something?
>
>If anyone can suggest some answers (even guesses at this point) I'd really
>appreciate it.

We're happy to help!

>Q1. How do you substitute graphics from one file format to another?
>I'm using Graphics Workshop to convert BMPs to GIFs.
>The file names are the same in the FrameMaker source as they are in the HTML
>files, except that I need the extension to change from .bmp to .gif
>
>I have tried using:
>	[Graphics]
>	UseOriginalGraphicName=Yes

That's correct.

>As 19.3.1.4 (pg318) in the help suggests - but this leaves my graphic files
>as named .bmp
>
>When I add the line:
>	GraphicSuffix=gif
>
>My graphic files are still named *.bmp instead of *.gif

That's because the setting isn't named "GraphicSuffix".  Try:

   GraphSuffix=gif

and all will be as you want it.

>Q2. How do you remove the bold from html tags?
>I see no command for suppressing a character tag in the mif2go ini file.
>Is there any other way than modifying the template used in the book?

We're a little unclear on the problem here.  You map any char
formats you want to *keep* to HTML tags in [CharStyles].  If 
you *don't* map a char format there, it's gone.  Could you give
us an example of what you mean?

>Q3. How do I set the title of a file?
>The first file (before the split) has a title of "Test file for MIF2Go".
>It starts with the paragraph style Chapter.number (which is set to delete)
>and is immediately followed by Chapter.name, which is identified in the
>HtmlStyle section of the mif2htm.ini file:
>
>	[HtmlStyles]
>	Chapter.name=Title
>	Head1=Title Split
>
>I want the file title to be equal to the Chapter.name.
>Also I want the Chapter.name to appear in the file as a H1.
>It currently does not, even though I have:
>
>	[ParaStyles]
>	Chapter.name=H1
>
>in the ini file.

Sounds like the name isn't matching.  Are you sure there's
no other characters in it?  We might need to look at your
file to answer this one.  Your syntax is perfectly correct.

>I have other, minor problems - but these three are the biggest.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please write to us off list, with a .zip attached containing
an .fm file with the last two problems, the mif2htm.ini you
are using, the .prj file, and the mif2go.ini.  If you have
an imported conversion template .fm file, include that in the
same .zip.  And, in the email, tell us about those other
problems too!  Thank you!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  (jeremy@omsys.com)  http://www.omsys.com/

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