FM9 files on network - logical network drive X:

[Art Campbell]

Not saying your analysis is wrong, but I've run into similar problems that
were caused by network slowdowns/overloads, and another time it was caused
by local anti-virus checkers taking their time to check files coming in
from the network -- like your graphics files. So it may be totally
unrelated to FM, or FM reacting to less-than-good network conditions.

Testing with FM11 should be easy -- download the eval and have at it for 30
days...

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Stephen O'Brien <sobrien at innovmetric.com>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>
>
> (Windows7, FM9)
>
>
>
> The server (ex. \\Server) that houses our FM files is assigned a logical
> drive X:. I believe this has something to do with protecting against
> viruses. FM does not like this.
>
>
>
> For example, when an image is imported into a FM document using the X:
> path, the image blinks in the FM document, as if FM continually updates the
> definition of X: and the image path becomes momentarily unknown and then
> becomes known (and so the blinking where the image is displayed and then
> appears in gray and so on).
>
>
>
> Now I realize that some cross-references to other FM documents contain X:
> in the target document path.  FM does not like that either. May crash
> because of this.
>
>
>
> Our IT guy says that the X: cannot be removed (same profile for all). My
> team of tech writers usually uses a shortcut (defined correctly from
> \\Server) to open books/documents but someone always forgets. I now have
> scripts that check the path for x-refs and images imported by reference.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know if this problem exists in later versions of FM (10 or
> 11)? That would solve this problem once and for all.
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
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