[softwarelist] Re: Pictures referenced to ADFS::
- From: Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:32:06 GMT
In message <da7c327851.Bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Bernard Veasey <bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <7AB34BA62EED45D8BFBFA768BAEEDDF5@PC01>
> "John Grogan" <johngrogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Having decided to move from my ageing Iyonix to VRPC, I realise that I
>> now have hundreds of documents with pictures referenced to
>> ADFS:: Is there any way of changing these to point to HostFS:: other
>> than the obvious?
>> It's a bit late for me now but a useful idea is to set up (say)
>> HD4$Path to point to ADFS::HardDisc4.$. then make all references to
>> files via HD4: When the time comes for change, it's then a simple
>> matter to change HD4$Path to HostFS::HardDisc4.$. (or whatever).
>> This is obviously useful for all referenced files - not just
>> referenced pictures in OvationPro. Wish I'd thought of that a few
>> years ago!
> I realise it's too late now but I use as an Ovation Pro reference
> such as: {filepath}.^.Pictures.picture/jpg
> For this to work, you need the folder 'Pictures' in the same folder
> where the Ovation Pro file resides. All the pictures obviously
> reside in the 'Pictures' folder.
> The resulting Ovation Pro file and folder of pictures can then be
> moved around between other folders, RISC OS computers and Windows PCs
> with the same reference working on all of them.
> Bernard
Unless something like a fake filing system can solve your problem, I
suspect you will end up having to use the DDL route.
Basically, for each file, save as DDL, edit the ddl, and do a global
search and replace. I haven't used it, but it sounds as though
Keystrokes might be of help here. Finally load the DDL back into OPro,
and save normally.
You will lose some settings relating to views, e.g. scale, facing
pages (I think, not sure about that one), but it basically works.
Laborious though. Check default print settings too.
One thing you might hit - if a missing picture is on the page that
opens first, the viewing window will become extremely small. There is
about a 1mm strip of it over which menu button presses work. Usually
it will be enough to call up save and choose DDL. If you want to do
more, use view, options, and untick pictures. You can then return the
document to normal size.
Rather than using the DDL route, for simple documents you can simply
replace the pictures, providing you know what they should have been.
Having done the above step, to turn off picture viewing, you can now
see the references, and find the originals.
Another trick - triple-click on the picture to open the properties
window, which shows the scaling and offset. WHILE THIS WINDOW IS OPEN,
drop the replacement picture into the frame. Then close properties and
the original settings will be applied to the "new" picture.
After learning all this, I changed the settings to embed all pictures.
The problem shows up if you move a document between Iyonix and VRPC,
or anything else that changes the filing system name. Housekeeping on
the pictures directories gets messy too.
--
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nckc.org.uk/
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