Just to follow up, the script isn't in the FrameScript version for FM9... There is a version in Rick Quatro's set of web scripts, but I don't know if it's available separately or not. http://www.frameexpert.com/scripts/superwebbundle.htm
Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Art Campbell <art.campb...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you have FrameScript, I believe they include a sample/demo script > that purges the colors catalog... > > Art Campbell > art.campb...@gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 > Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Pinkham, Jim <jim.pink...@voith.com> wrote: >> Interesting situation today, folks: I was working on several books built >> from an old, cluttered template and running into the zillion color >> definitions with RGB numbers, and I was running into them on almost >> every file. Recently, I've been circumventing this problem, when the >> definitions won't delete nicely, by creating a new file from our clean, >> new template and pasting the old content into the new document . Presto! >> The bad color definitions don't carry over, so all is well. >> >> I had 51 chapters from four different books in the "master book" I was >> working on, so I thought I'd check the Web again and see if, on the >> archives or elsewhere, there was an approach less tedious and >> labor-intensive. I stumbled across the following from Adobe: "Color >> Definition in a FrameMaker Document Can't Be Deleted and Has a Strange >> Name <http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323771.html> ". Going at the MIF as >> described in the Adobe item sounds plausible, but again it did not seem >> to reasonably well address the need for handling that many files >> efficiently. >> >> However, part of my clean-up process also includes a "Wash All Files in >> Book via MIF" step. I did that first and then repeated my effort to >> delete the cantankerous color definitions using Toolbox - Format - >> Delete All Unused Color Definitions. They all disappeared without a >> further squeal of protest. >> >> I haven't attempted to replicate this on any other files yet, though I >> most certainly will be doing so in the not-too-distant future. I pass >> this along, though, in the hopes it may prove to be a solution for >> others in a similar situation. >> >> - Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. >> >> Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.