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how to remove old images from figures folder

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
May 26, 2015
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Hi All -

I am working on a large unstructured book in FM11. There are tons of figures (screen shots) residing in the Figure folder(s) that are no longer applicable and just taking up space.

Is there a script or a way to weed out and gong unused screen shots?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Mike-Hardy

Participating Frequently

Whatever else you do, keep a copy of the graphics that you believe you no longer need because they are not referenced by your documents. You might later discover that they are used in your documents, but have been imported as a copy, and so do not appear in a list of references. Whereas you could try copying them back out of the FrameMaker document, it's better to have the original source.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

re: There may well be other ways, including scripts …

Install the free Archive extension for FM11 & later.
Run it to create a new images directory containing just the used images.
Delete everything in the old Figures directory.
Copy back the used images from the dir created by archive.
Discard the archived copy of the document.

I've not used this feature, so don't know what exact dir name is created.

Pete_7007Author

Participant

Thanks so much for your reply Bob, however I cannot locate the archive extension download you mentioned.

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

The book archiving extendscript and background info can be found here: Create a Book Packager using Extendscript « TechComm Central by Adobe

The direct link to the script is: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/files/2011/07/Archive-v2.zip

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FieryPantone

Legend

How about …

generate list of graphics that are used (LOR, set up for Imported graphics)
I've just checked, and the <$referencename> building-block helpfully pulls in the path as well as the filename
copy existing graphics folder to temporary folder
delete all graphics in original folder (but not the folder)
use LOR to write batch-file that copies (or moves; up to you) all referenced graphics from the temporary folder to the real folder
archive the temporary folder just in case :-}

There may well be other ways, including scripts …

Pete_7007Author

Participant

Appreciate your reply.

Unfortunately, I've never written a batch file or used a building-block to reveal filename paths.

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FieryPantone

Legend

open .book

Add > List of > References
in the Set-up dialog for the list, move "Imported graphics" into the Include references list
update the book to generate the initial List of references (LOR)

So far so good … now adjust the LOR if necessary

open the LOR
select View > Reference pages
page down till you see the page that starts [something like] openXmlElementId <$relfilename>:<$UniqueXmlElementId> <$RelativeXmlElementId>
adjust the line that starts <$referencename> as required
This is the line that pulls in the information you're after; mine reads <$referencename>{tab}<$filename>. The elements between angle brackets are the building blocks, a concept you'll also come across when defining cross-references and autonumbering.
select View > Body pages, save your changes, click on the LOR entry in the book (to set focus on the book) and click Update book to regenerate the LOR

En passant, I can only envy all of you out there who are allowed to install scripts like responsible adults …

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