Changing image file linked to --- framers Digest, Vol 57, Issue 13

[Tony Marek]

Hi Dan -- I recently had to do something similar and the Frame Forum got 
me the solution. I think it will work for you.

   1. Back up the file in which you want to change the graphic reference
      -- in case you mess it up with this solution.
   2. Save the Frame file  as a .mif file.
   3. Open the .mif file in Notepad or some other text editor.
   4. Find and replace all instances of the graphic's file name with the
      new name.
   5. Save the text file.
   6. Put your new graphic in the same referenced location as the old one.
   7. Open the modified .mif in Frame.
   8. Check to see if the replacement worked.
   9. Save the .mif back to its original .fm file name.

Good luck,
Tony

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:29:56 -0500
> From: "Harding, Dan" <dharding at illinois.edu>
> To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Subject: Changing image file linked to?
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> Am using FM9/Win 7 64-bit.
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> I can do what I want to do in InDesign, QuarkXpress, and PageMaker, but for some reason this functionality appears to be absent in FrameMaker, which is utterly dain bramaged.
>
> I have a placed image in multiple places in a FrameMaker document. The image is placed by reference, not embedded. I now want to link to a different graphic (annual updates).
>
> Re-placing the image a zillion times is not an option, as the sizing and position is already set. I just want to change what FrameMaker is linking to.
>
> For the life of me, I cannot find where or even if, I can do this.
>
> The inelegant solution would be to simply move or rename the currently-linked-to file on the hard drive, and rename the new graphic to the same name as the old one. I do not like that option at all, as there are some instances in other documents that I still wish to link to the old image file.
>
> Is FrameMaker's link handling really this clumsy and archaic? In the other applications I refer to above, I would either go to a links palette and change the destination or right-click on an image and relink it. In FrameMaker, the "Object Properties" dialog appears to only report the location of the referenced file, not allow you to change it.
>
> What gives?
>
>
> Dan Harding
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