Relative vs. absolute links

[Paul Wilbraham]

Alison
We find that graphics on the same drive as the original files are relative.
Graphics on a separate drive are absolute.

--Paul

> On 27 February 2013 at 18:09 Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>  I’d love to hear an explanation as I often have the same relative/absolute
> issue with graphics and xrefs when my files are returned from the translators.
> 
> 
> 
>  Although in my case, everything is done in FM 9 or with the MIF 9 format – so
> my issue has nothing to do with Frame versioning.
> 
> 
> 
>  Alison
> 
> 
> 
>  PS: All FM files used to create the Book are in a single folder with graphics
> in a series of subfolders.
> 
> 
> 
>      From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Harvey, Peggy
>      Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:41 AM
>      To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com'
>      Subject: Relative vs. absolute links
> 
> 
> 
>      Hi Framers,
> 
> 
> 
>      FM 9 p 237 and FM 7 p576
> 
> 
> 
>      Situation: Converting files between FM 7 and FM 9. All links and file
> references are relative when I start but appear to become absolute when I
> convert either way.
> 
> 
> 
>      I need to share files with a coworker at another site. I have FM 9 and he
> has FM 7. The files, including the book file, are always all in a single
> directory with a “Graphics” subdirectory for all graphics.
> 
> 
> 
>      Here’s the sequence of events:
> 
> 
> 
>      1) The files were originally in FM 7. (When I inherited them, at least.)
> I put them on a network drive in that form, without converting them to FM 9.
> 
>      2) My coworker edited the files, then put them back on the network drive
> so I could do some clean up work on them. I moved them to a different network
> drive to do the work.
> 
>      3) I opened all of the files in FM 9, therefore converting them to FM 9
> format. I did my cleanup, including fixing the graphics path to the “Graphics”
> subfolder and fixing cross-reference links that were broken. In retrospect I
> believe cross-references within the same file were okay but cross-references
> between files were all broken.
> 
>      4) When I finished my work I saved each individual file and the book file
> in MIF 7.0 format. I saved the MIF files in a different folder than the FM 9
> files and copied the “Graphics” directory to the same folder as the MIF files.
> 
>      5) I opened each MIF file and the MIF book file in FM 7, then saved each
> one in .fm (or .book) format.
> 
>      6) I noticed that the book file seemed to be referring to the the
> previous files – the FM 9 files with the same names in the different folder. I
> deleted all of the file references and added all of the FM 7 files that I’d
> just created. So the FM 7 book file and individual files were all in the same
> folder.
> 
>      6) When I went to generate the book I got an error log that all of the
> cross-references I’d fixed in FM 9 were unresolved again. Upon further
> inspection I discovered all of the graphics had the wrong path, too – they
> were linked absolutely to the “Graphics” folder in my FM 9 folder, not to the
> relative “Graphics” folder I’d copied to the FM 7 folder.
> 
> 
> 
>      My question: Why are the links and references to files (graphics and
> cross-references) changing from relative to absolute paths when I convert from
> one version to another? At least that’s what seems to be happening, either
> when I open FM 7 files directly in FM 9 or when I go through the MIF to
> convert from FM 9 back to FM 7. Anyone have any insight to this?
> 
> 
> 
>      FYI: Our final solution is we’re STRONGLY recommending my coworker
> upgrade to FM 9 as soon as possible. I’m hoping he’ll be able to even though
> Adobe is on FM 11 now. I’ve seen the traffic on the list about FM 11; I have
> no desire to update to it at this time so I’m hoping he doesn’t have to,
> either.
> 
> 
> 
>      Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
>      Peggy
> 

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