Download the IMatch eval. I think it'll do everything you need, and
quite a bit more.
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On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Nancy Allison <maker at verizon.net> wrote:
> Yes, Chris, you've got the question right.
>
> As people have responded, I've refined my requirements:
>
> --Preview images easily. It would be nice not to have to fire up PaintShopPro
> or another program every time.
> --Version control. Prevent anyone storing a revised, updated image to the
> same filename as the older image. The older image may still be in use in
> older publications.
> --Access control. Currently anyone can open any file, edit it, and save it,
> without any controls.
> --Interact with FrameMaker. Ideally, be able to use "import by reference" as
> usual.
> --Metadata. Enable us to store identifying information.
> --Query function.
>
> I think that's it.
>
> The answers people have given are tremendous. I feel quite a bit overwhelmed
> with the learning curve.
>
> --Nancy
>
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2010, Chris Despopoulos <despopoulos_chriss at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>>But I don't understand how a db and FM interact. Is it
>>>possible to
> import a figure by reference into a FrameMaker
>>>file from a database?
> Can you point to a db directory the
>>>way you would to a regular Windows
> Explorer directory?
>
> Unless I missed it, the answers I saw to this question don't seem to hit the
> specific question -- can you have a Maker document open, put the IP somewhere
> (or select an anchored frame), and import a graphic *by reference* from a
> database? ?Especially important, I think, would be the notion that you don't
> have to launch the database and exercise the queries for each image every
> time you open the document. ?Likewise, if you're planning on an intranet or
> internet database connection, you couldn't be in the position of transferring
> the image over the wire every time you open the document.
>
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