long target names in xref dialog
tom.kohn at kodak.com
tom.kohn at kodak.com
Thu Nov 13 05:14:24 PST 2008
With my installation of Frame 8.0p277, I tried using the modified module
fmdlg.dll from http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker36.html#4 without success:
FM 8 crashes --consistently-- when I select an image (imported by
cross-reference into a graphics frame), and select Graphics > Object
Properties.
I did use several other dialogs that were indeed made wider to accomodate
longer file names. However, the consistent crashes were unacceptable, and
I reverted to the original fmdlg.dll. Here's hoping that a version 8 dll
comes soon. I don't trust my abilities in using Resouce Hacker or similar
tools, though the advice to make a copy of fmdlg.dll before making edits
should avoid catastrophe...
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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:26:28 -0500
From: "Laurie Little" <llittle at words-tw.com>
Subject: RE: long target names in xref dialog
To: "'Stuart Rogers'" <srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com>
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
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Thanks Stuart - I've received two offline suggestions along these lines
and
am looking at it right now!
Thanks for all the on- and off-line responses!
Laurie
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:18 PM
To: Laurie Little
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: long target names in xref dialog
Laurie Little wrote:
> We have a document that is set up with the H1s as the menu path name (so
as
> to facilitate auto-population of online help).
>
> Some of these paths are quite long, with the result that the targets
listed
> in the cross-reference dialog are indistinguishable because many start
the
> same way, and the dialog box is not resizable.
>
> We have identified a few workarounds for this, including manually
creating
> distinct cross-reference markers in the text, or (less desirable for
this
> project) changing the structure of the H1s.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas?
> Thanks,
>
You could use a Resource Editor like http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/
to resize your x-ref_main dialog box to accommodate longer names.
Make a backup of fmdlg.dll in Program Files > Adobe > Framemaker >
fminit before you mess with it though!
HTH,
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