[Framers] Display full path in FrameMaker book or list of references

[Craig Ede]

Ahh, I see. One thing you might do is put the referenced files on another drive (and then relink) which would force the whole path to show.


There is a general discussion of this problem at:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/767183

relative vs. absolute cross-reference paths |Adobe Community<https://forums.adobe.com/thread/767183>
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Jim, FrameMaker always uses relative paths if files are on the same drive. I have a slight memory that it may switch to absolute paths if the number of »directory up ...

Craig

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Subject: Re: [Framers] Display full path in FrameMaker book or list of references

Yes I know, Craig, but the question I had was whether it is possible to
display the full path.

On 17 July 2017 at 16:15, Craig Ede <craigede at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Each ".." indicates one dir up in dir tree.
>
> Craig
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> Subject: [Framers] Display full path in FrameMaker book or list of
> references
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> Hi Framers
>
> If the path to a referenced file is really long, FrameMaker displays ..\ in
> the FrameMaker book or ../ in the List of References, for example:
>
> ..\..\..\..\..\..\safety.fm in the Fm book
>
> or
>
> ../../../../../warning_icon.png
>
> Is there a way to see the full path instead?
>
> Thanks
>
> Yves
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