Batch Conversion of Frame Referenced Graphic Calls

[Scott Prentice]

Sorry .. jumping in late.

You might want to check out our FileTools plugin. It has a Process Files 
option that will export all files in a book as the specified file type 
(MIF for example), then it will run the specified command line on each 
of those files (could specify a Perl or other script), then it will 
import the resulting files back into the book and replace the original 
FM files (all from one command) ..

    http://leximation.com/tools/info/filetools.php

Only slight problem is that FileTools has not yet officially been 
updated for FM8 or FM9 (yes .. we're a bit behind, I know) .. but if you 
contact me directly, I can point you at a beta version that does mostly 
work with FM8/9. The Process Files command does work to do MIF-based 
search/replace processing (I just tested it).

The 30-day trial will let you validate that it does the job without 
needing to pay for it.

Let me know if you have any questions.

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892




Combs, Richard wrote:
> Scott Turner wrote: 
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>> The alternative to making a script, is to use a full-featured text editor
>> like TextPad. The feature you are looking for is the ability to search and
>> replace through files in a directory, or open files. Oxygen is another text
>> editor that can do this.
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> But that doesn't address the problem of how to expeditiously save whole directories (or drives) of binary FM files as MIF. Or how, after running them through the edit process, to save all the modified MIF files back to binary FM. A FrameScript script would let you automate all three stages of the process (including invoking the editor of your choice to do the global replace). 
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