File bloat in FM

[David Farbey]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

In one "bloated" file I found a logo graphic in the master pages which was
an OLE link to an unkown directory. I successfully changed that to a more
suitable (smaller) file imported by reference. However in another "bloated"
file I can't find the OLE object, so I can't delete it. I will try the
MIF-roundtrip idea with this file, but not today, as there is a small
matter of "deadlines" to address first...

Thanks

David







David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk
Mobile  07538 420 800
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On 10 July 2014 22:30, Zimmerman, Gary <Gary.Zimmerman at teradata.com> wrote:

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> *Hi David,*
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> *Does the bloat survive when you save the MIF file back out as an FM file?*
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> *-- garyZ*
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> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *David Farbey
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:38 AM
> *To:* Framers Discussion
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> *Subject:* File bloat in FM
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> I am trying to diagnose the cause of "file bloat" in some older FM files I
> have inherited. I suspect that something was once imported with OLE, but
> the file is empty of graphics and other objects now, just a few pages of
> text, but it still "weighs in" at 22MB (other files with the same template
> are a few hundred KB).
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> I'd like to delete the traces of whatever object there once was but I
> can't find anything to delete. When I export it to MIF there are however
> thousands of lines of binary code. Can I simply delete them?
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> Many thanks,
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> David
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>   David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk
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> Mobile  07538 420 800
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> http://about.me/davidfarbey
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