The meta book is always a good strategy for global operations like
this, provided you have a fast network that won't hang files while
opening... Otherwise you may have to try to open all of 'em, which has
the potential to be really ugly.
Art
On 5/30/07, Pinkham, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It does help, indeed. Two very good suggestions!
Thanks,
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:02 PM
To: Pinkham, Jim; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Tracing the Graphic Lineage
Pinkham, Jim wrote:
> If one has a figure at
> c:\docs\manuals\widgets\bigredwidget.eps, is there a ready way to
> determine what FM manuals are importing bigredwidget.eps by reference?
Art's on the right track, but I strongly recommend you generate an
_Index_ of References, not a List. The latter will list imported
graphics in order of occurrence, while the former will list them in
alphabetical order. That makes Art's idea of making a table and sorting
unnecessary.
Also, you can make one or more new "metabooks" containing all the FM
files from all your manuals (or some reasonable subset, like all for one
product, release, whatever), and use the metabook(s) just for generating
the index(es) of references. That reduces or eliminates the need to
merge multiple lists.
HTH!
Richard
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Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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