Now that my somewhat robust computer has laughed hysterically and duly chastened me and my folly, I'm here to tell you that even a meta-book for one category won't work, apart from further scaling. FM tried valiantly to add 1,696 chapter files to a book before indulging in aforesaid laughter. It must have appreciated how I'd trimmed the number down from twice that and more. But, alas, FM finally quit, stared at me glassy-eyed, not responding.
There must be a Plan B. Smaller books (what's the upper bound on number of docs)? Framescript? None of the above? Jim -----Original Message----- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:02 PM To: Pinkham, Jim; framers at 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 ------ Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------
