Re: Graphic won't stay linked

[Keith Smyth <smythkl@xxxxxxxx>]

John, Alice:

On all the contracts that I have had using Frame, we always made it
a rule that the linked graphics went into a subdirectory of the directory
containing the book. This insured that the graphics were always linked.

If we ftped the file to our service provider, the whole directory was sent.

Only when the graphics were linked higgledy-piggledy all over the place
did Frame lose it's graphics pointers.

I have not tried putting one type of graphics in a subdirectory of the
book directory, (say icons), then putting a second type of graphics
(say screen captures) in a subdirectory of the icon directory.

I don't know if this would work or not. Might be worth a try.

I will try it when I get through with these idiotic Visio drawings
I am having to do.

Aaarrrrggggghhhhh!

Alice Preston wrote:

> John,
>
> Though I'm using an older version of FrameMaker (5.5.1 on Windows/NT), I see
> similar behavior when I have some graphics in one directory and some in another.
> It can apparently deal fine with one source for graphics, but two sources seem
> to confuse it--I think this started with release 5, but am not completely
> certain.  Has anybody else seen this type of behavior (it's a drag when I want
> to separate, say, screen captures from icon images)?  Actually, the width of the
> error/correction dialog often keeps us from being able to see exactly what
> graphic it is, too, which is also a drag.  What happened to the relative
> pathname idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Alice Preston
> Telcordia Technologies
> formerly Bellcore
> Piscataway, NJ   USA
> ---------------------------------
> Subject: Graphic won't stay linked
> From: John Hoppe <johnh@radionics.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:25:43 -0400
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a graphic that won't stay linked.
>
> Each and every time I open this fm doc, I get the "Missing File...Looking
> for: ________" error. Each and every time, I re-link the graphic file and
> make sure "Update Document to use New Path" is checked. Why won't it stay
> updated? I save, I save and quit, I save and save and save and it still
> refuses to find this one graphic at start-up. Any clues?
>
> I'm using Frame 5.5.6 on Mac PowerPC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Hoppe
> johnh@radionics.com
> Technical Writer, Surgical Planning Products
> Radionics Software Applications, Inc.
> 781-272-1233  x328
>
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