Are the FM files and the images on the same drive/server? If they are differnet (e.g., FM files local and images on server) then FM has no choice but to use an absolute path since it's impossible to create a relative path to another machine.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:57 AM, <bruce.macarthur at vsea.com> wrote: > Hello All, > Our documents have the potential of being generic to be used in multiple > manuals. To achieve that, our safety icons are in a common location. The > FM files and associated graphics should always be together. When we move > the folders to another manual, everything should remain relative. With > FM8, writers go to our server and open a file, if the graphics are not > positioned correctly, the writer updates the location and FM8 changes the > location to absolute. Subsequent files that are opened and saved change > the graphic path to absolute and do not ask for the path change. Is there > any way to shut this off so that if a file is opened and the relative path > is incorrect, that it asks for the path update. The only other way of > verifying the path is to do a LOR. -- Bill Swallow Twitter: @techcommdood Blog: http://techcommdood.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/techcommdood Available for contract and full time opportunities. ------------------------------------------------ STC Ideas: http://stcideas.ning.com Join: http://stcideas.ning.com/?xgi=6X1vNGI