Lots of red rectangles maybe in place of graphics?

Some suggestions:

• Confirm that your FM10 application can display the TIFF files:
  • Identify a TIFF file that is referenced in the FM8 MIF, but that is not displaying when you open the MIF.
  • Create a new document using FM10.
  • Import the TIFF file.
  • Confirm it displays correctly.

FrameMaker cannot display all variants of the TIFF format. For example, it doesn't do transparency or CMYK. If the TIFF doesn't display, use a graphics editor to convert it to a supported format, such as an RGB PNG file.

• After opening the FM8 MIF, confirm that the View menu has an entry to Hide Graphics.

If the View menu instead says Show Graphics, there is a statement in the FM8 MIF that is disabling graphics display. Choose View > Show Graphics to reverse this.

• Post the original FM8 MIF here. Preferably an <ImportObject ... > # end of ImportObject, and the object that wraps it (e.g. a <Frame>).

You're posting the FM10 MIF, resulting from opening the FM8 MIF and re-saving it as MIF. Whatever is causing the problem might be stripped out by this process.

• Compare the FM8 and FM10 MIF files for a single graphic. Any major differences might give a hint of the problem.

Expect some minor differences, such as changes in the <Unique> identifiers.

fwiw … I created a new .fm file with just one graphic frame, set the frame fill to red and imported a graphic by reference – I was curious to read that you ended up with red frames when there was no mention of red in your code extract, and I don't usually go anywhere near referenced graphics when I'm looking at .mif

Here's what FM offered me:

<Frame

<ID 1>

<Unique 999519>

<Pen 1>

<Fill 7>

<PenWidth  1.0 pt>

<Separation 2>

<ObColor `Red'>

<DashedPattern

   <DashedStyle Solid>

> # end of DashedPattern

<RunaroundGap  6.0 pt>

<RunaroundType None>

<Angle  360.0>

<ShapeRect  1.5" 2.34722" 4.53443" 2.91444">

<BRect  1.5" 2.34722" 4.53443" 2.91444">

<FrameType Inline>

<NSOffset  0.0">

<BLOffset  0.0">

<AnchorAlign Center>

<Cropped No>

<ImportObject 

<Unique 999529> 

<Fill 7>

<Separation 0>

<ObColor `Black'>

<ImportObFileDI `<c\>das.png'>

<ImportObFile `das.png'>

<ImportHint `0001IMAGPNG WIN3    '>

   <ImportObUpdater `PNG'>

  <ShapeRect  0.69694" 0.45141" 3.8236" 2.44914">

  <BRect  0.69694" 0.45141" 3.8236" 2.44914">

   <ImportObFixedSize Yes>

   <BitMapDpi 0>

   <FlipLR No>

   <ImportObNameDI `1349679480'>

   <ObjectActivateInPDF No>

   <ObjectOpenInFloatWindow No>

   <ObjectSupportMMLink No>

> # end of ImportObject

> # end of Frame

Have the references in some magical fashion disappeared from the source files you're working with? if I remove the <ImportObject> lines from the .mif example above, then I end up with just the empty graphics frame outlined with a dashed, red line – as you describe. The absence of references to graphics could also explain why FM is not asking you to update the path.