RE: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

[Wei Jiang (PT_CN)]

Dear Alison,

 

I had met similar problems 10 years ago, when I started translating and
typesetting FM documents. There was/is not a short-cut solution to the
problems. But the lessons that I learned are:

 

1.   Never change the relative path info in the FM files. Be careful of
your fingers when you are prompted to locate the missing images, say when
you need to re-save FM documents into MIF, to be processed by a CAT tool.
Just consistently ignore and never redirect! Actually there are
tools/scripts out there which can automatically re-save every FM in a  book,
or in a folder (and its subfolders) while keeping the original linking info
intact.

2.   Just in case that the path info has been changed, say from relative
paths to absolute paths, which is your case, I am sure you can still change
them back, in a dirty, quick way. First, you need to save all FM files into
MIF. Then you can use a search-and-replace tool that supports
wildcards/regular expressions, such as the legendary UltraEditor - just
replace the c:\folder\subfolers\ stuff with ..\..\ - of course the
strings look differently in the MIF, but this is a just a quick example. And
finally, you resave all MIF's back to FM's. Actually, I have been thinking
about creating a tool to streamline this whole process, though I personally
do not need it, as I had learned my lesson, and I have had my associates
learn it too.

 

But, before you try the above, you must ensure that the path info in our FM
files have REALLY been changed. Actually, if  the files are saved in the
root directory of your disk, say c:\, then when opening them, FrameMaker
may try locating the linked image files in c:\, not in their relative
path. So, I would suggest that you copy your FM files into a folder that is
deep enough, and see if FrameMaker will suggest relative paths when
opening them.

 

Kindest regards,

 

Wei Jiang
Senior Chinese Translator, 
Project Manager of Multilingual Localization Projects
Beijing, China

 

 

From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 5:15 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

 

FM 9 Version: 9.0p255

Unstructured

OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)

 

After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated
Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary
consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to
PDF.

 

My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had
the relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every
one of them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I
use icons in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound
machines).

 

In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but
these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years
of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.

 

Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path?
Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would
still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.

 

FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen
again.

 

Alison

 


Alison Craig, Technical Writer

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation

Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127

E-mail:  mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com

 

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Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

[Wei Jiang (PT_CN)]

Dear Alison,



I had met similar problems 10 years ago, when I started translating and
typesetting FM documents. There was/is not a short-cut solution to the
problems. But the lessons that I learned are:



1.   Never change the relative path info in the FM files. Be careful of
your fingers when you are prompted to locate the missing images, say when
you need to re-save FM documents into MIF, to be processed by a CAT tool.
Just consistently ignore and never redirect! Actually there are
tools/scripts out there which can automatically re-save every FM in a  book,
or in a folder (and its subfolders) while keeping the original linking info
intact.

2.   Just in case that the path info has been changed, say from relative
paths to absolute paths, which is your case, I am sure you can still change
them back, in a dirty, quick way. First, you need to save all FM files into
MIF. Then you can use a search-and-replace tool that supports
wildcards/regular expressions, such as the legendary UltraEditor - just
replace the "c:\folder\subfolers\" stuff with "..\..\" - of course the
strings look differently in the MIF, but this is a just a quick example. And
finally, you resave all MIF's back to FM's. Actually, I have been thinking
about creating a tool to streamline this whole process, though I personally
do not need it, as I had learned my lesson, and I have had my associates
learn it too.



But, before you try the above, you must ensure that the path info in our FM
files have REALLY been changed. Actually, if  the files are saved in the
root directory of your disk, say "c:\", then when opening them, FrameMaker
may try locating the linked image files in "c:\", not in their relative
path. So, I would suggest that you copy your FM files into a folder that is
"deep" enough, and see if FrameMaker will suggest relative paths when
opening them.



Kindest regards,



Wei Jiang
Senior Chinese Translator, 
Project Manager of Multilingual Localization Projects
Beijing, China





From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 5:15 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute



FM 9 Version: 9.0p255

Unstructured

OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)



After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated
Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary
consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to
PDF.



My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had
the relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every
one of them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I
use icons in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound
machines).



In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but
these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years
of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.



Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path?
Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would
still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.



FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen
again.



Alison




Alison Craig, Technical Writer

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation

Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127

E-mail:  <mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> alison.craig at ultrasonix.com



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Re: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

[Scott Turner]

You can do this in a MIF file, and if you have a text editor that will do a 
grep search with patterns, you can replace the absolute link pathname with a 
relative link.

On Mar 31, 2011, at 16:15, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote:

 FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
 
 Unstructured
 
 OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)
 
  
 
 After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated 
 Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary 
 consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF.
 
  
 
 My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the 
 relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of 
 them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons 
 in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines).
 
  
 
 In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but 
 these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years 
 of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.
 
  
 
 Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? 
 Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would 
 still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.
 
  
 
 FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn’t happen 
 again.
 
  
 
 Alison
 
  
 
 Alison Craig, Technical Writer
 
 Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
 
 Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
 
 E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com
 
  
 
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RE: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute - SOLVED

[Alison Craig]

Thanks to everyone who replied.

I did the save as MIF, find and replace, then saved back to FM and the 
problems have cleared up.

I was going to wait for a fresh morning brain but after I did a test (on a 
copy of the file) and everything went well, I just went ahead and got it over 
with.

Alison


From: Alison Craig
Sent: March 31, 2011 2:15 PM
To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)

After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated 
Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary 
consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF.

My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the 
relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of 
them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons 
in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines).

In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but 
these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years of 
list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.

Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? 
Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would 
still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.

FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen again.

Alison

Alison Craig, Technical Writer
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.commailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com


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Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

[Alison Craig]

FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)

After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated 
Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary 
consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF.

My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the 
relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of 
them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons 
in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines).

In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but 
these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years of 
list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.

Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? 
Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would 
still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.

FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen again.

Alison

Alison Craig, Technical Writer
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com


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[Scott Turner]

You can do this in a MIF file, and if you have a text editor that will do a 
grep search with patterns, you can replace the absolute link pathname with a 
relative link.

On Mar 31, 2011, at 16:15, Alison Craig  wrote:

> FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
> 
> Unstructured
> 
> OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)
> 
>  
> 
> After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated 
> Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary 
> consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF.
> 
>  
> 
> My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the 
> relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of 
> them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons 
> in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines).
> 
>  
> 
> In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but 
> these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years 
> of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.
> 
>  
> 
> Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? 
> Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would 
> still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.
> 
>  
> 
> FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn?t happen 
> again.
> 
>  
> 
> Alison
> 
>  
> 
> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> 
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> 
> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> 
> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
> 
>  
> 
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[Alison Craig]

Thanks to everyone who replied.

I did the "save as MIF", "find and replace", then saved back to FM and the 
problems have cleared up.

I was going to wait for a "fresh morning brain" but after I did a test (on a 
copy of the file) and everything went well, I just went ahead and got it over 
with.

Alison


From: Alison Craig
Sent: March 31, 2011 2:15 PM
To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
Subject: Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
Unstructured
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)

After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated 
Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary 
consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF.

My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the 
relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of 
them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons 
in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines).

In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but 
these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years of 
list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.

Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? 
Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would 
still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.

FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn't happen again.

Alison

Alison Craig, Technical Writer
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com>


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