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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What happens when you turn off the options View > Options and then deactivate the Display Graphics radio button in the Display section of the resulting dialog box? While not optimal, since the graphics will now be invisible, it seems that would allow editing the documents without the irritating behavior you describe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have not experienced this problem, BTW.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Lauriston<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 15, 2013 3:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> Frame Users (framers@lists.frameusers.com)<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: FM9 files on network - logical network drive X:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't believe there has been any change in that behavior. People with FM11 have reported the usual problems.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Stephen O'Brien <<a href="mailto:sobrien@innovmetric.com" target="_blank">sobrien@innovmetric.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(Windows7, FM9)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The server (ex. <a href="file:///\\Server">\\Server</a>) that houses our FM files is assigned a logical drive X:. I believe this has something to do with protecting against viruses. <span style='color:red'>FM does not like this</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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 <a href="file:///\\Server">\\Server</a>) to open books/documents but someone always forgets. I now have scripts that check the path for x-refs and images imported by reference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Does anyone know if this problem exists in later versions of FM (10 or 11)? That would solve this problem once and for all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:90%'><b><span lang=FR-CA>Stephen O'BRIEN</span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'><br>Coordonnateur à la documentation et rédacteur technique senior | Documentation Coordinator and Senior Technical Writer<br>InnovMetric Logiciels | Software<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'><a href="mailto:sobrien@innovmetric.com" target="_blank"><span lang=FR-CA>sobrien@innovmetric.com</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'><br><b>T </b>(1) 418.688.2061<br><b>F </b>(1) 418.688.3001</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:90%'><a href="http://www.innovmetric.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEE2BE.F86C6500"></span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/polyworks/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CEE2BE.F86C6500"></span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/InnovMetric" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CEE2BE.F86C6500"></span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/PolyWorks" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CEE2BE.F86C6500"></span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%'> </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/100086255572014990082/posts" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CEE2BE.F86C6500"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:90%'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%'>AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ/CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Ce message peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels appartenant exclusivement à InnovMetric Logiciels inc. ou à ses filiales. 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