Change reference page graphic line across files?

[Jack DeLand]

Thanks to you all for your help.  I think I've got it now.
p.s. Really love FAR.

Jack DeLand :: information design & implementation

On 7/27/2010 5:33 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:34:14 +0000 (UTC), jdeland1 at comcast.net
> wrote:
>
>    
>> I was wondering if there is an easy way to change the line
>> that you get with the standard "Single Line" on reference
>> pages. I want to update about 300 files with a new line
>> thickness for my Frame Above paragraph tag. I am not able
>> to just import reference pages, otherwise I would do just
>> that. I looked in a mif file, but couldn't find a setting.
>> Any ideas?
>>      
> In the reference page MIF you'll see something like this:
>
>    <Tag `Single Line>
>    <PolyLine
>     <Unique 1119222>
>     <Pen 0>
>     <PenWidth  0.5 pt>
>     <Separation 5>
>     <ObColor `company color 1'>
>     <HeadCap Square>
>     <TailCap Square>
>     <NumPoints 2>
>     <Point  40.1003 mm 2.14791 mm>
>     <Point  165.10028 mm 2.14791 mm>
>    >  # end of PolyLine
>
> Look for yours in a file that is as you want it, and also
> in one that is not.  Compare and see what is different;
> that's what you need to replace.  The length, for example,
> is determined by the last two Point settings, each the
> x,y co-ords of the line endpoints.  Thickness is PenWidth.
>
> You can do the mass replace in the MIF with many tools;
> we'd use FAR<http://helpware.net/FAR/>.  You can save all
> files in books as MIF with one command using the free demo
> version of Mif2Go.  If you name the MIF files with an .fm
> extension, you don't have to bother saving them back; Frame
> will do that automatically whenever you use one.
>
> HTH!
>
> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
>    <jeremy at omsys.com>   http://www.omsys.com/
>
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