List of linked graphic file locations

[Rene Stephenson]

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 <srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com>
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?
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