We use the Archive plug-in as part of our version control process. We single-source as much as possible, using boilerplate files inserted into all the books, as well as text insets, shared appendices that leverage product- and purpose-driven conditional text, and shared graphics. It makes the archive process a SNAP and ensures that we get ALL of what is used in the current version and ONLY what is used in the current version, a process which previously took about a day on the 150-pg docs.
Rene L. Stephenson ----- Original Message ---- From: Stuart Rogers <[email protected]> To: J. Paul Kent <jopakent at comcast.net> Cc: Framers <framers at frameusers.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:55:38 AM Subject: Re: List of linked graphic file locations J. Paul Kent wrote: > Frame 7.1, Win XP > > Just before a recent deadline, I had to cobble together a bunch of content > from disparate locations. > > I'm going to need to archive my source files soon and it occurs to me that > locating all of the graphics is going to be tricky. > > I'd like to generate a list of all the linked graphics, move all of the > stragglers into sub-directories and then redo the links. > > There are about 40 files in the book. I guess I could generate MIF files and > look through for .graphics files, but that seems tedious. Is this my only > option or can I generate a list that shows the various file locations > directly from the book? > > Thanks in advance. > > J. Paul Kent > 206-383-0539 > 206-508-1144 > In addition to others' suggestions, may I recommend the Archive plug-in by Bruce Foster: http://tinyurl.com/2p34x9 "Archive is a shareware plugin for FrameMaker that copies a book to an archive directory and gathers all documents, referenced graphics, and text insets for that book into the archive directory. " An inexpensive tool at $25. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com If it makes things work more easily, why isn't it called lubrican? _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rinnie1 at yahoo.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rinnie1%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
