Path to graphics updated in FM8

[Bill Swallow]

Are the FM files and the images on the same drive/server? If they are
differnet (e.g., FM files local and images on server) then FM has no
choice but to use an absolute path since it's impossible to create a
relative path to another machine.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:57 AM,  <bruce.macarthur at vsea.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> Our documents have the potential of being generic to be used in multiple
> manuals. To achieve that, our safety icons are in a common location. The
> FM files and associated graphics should always be together. When we move
> the folders to another manual, everything should remain relative. With
> FM8, writers go to our server and open a file, if the graphics are not
> positioned correctly, the writer updates the location and FM8 changes the
> location to absolute. Subsequent files that are opened and saved change
> the graphic path to absolute and do not ask for the path change. Is there
> any way to shut this off so that if a file is opened and the relative path
> is incorrect, that it asks for the path update. The only other way of
> verifying the path is to do a LOR.

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