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rtkwolf
rtkwolf
Inspiring
June 4, 2014
Question

Merged Project - Can you share images between multiple projects/topics without images actually copied into each project?

  • June 4, 2014
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I have a merged project that I use the same images in several topics in different projects. I use the resource manager but each time these images are being copied into each project. My merged project is getting so large it is taking forever to download. I hope I'm just missing a step to eliminate the redundant usage of these images.

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rtkwolf
rtkwolfAuthor
Inspiring
June 5, 2014

Sorry, size of the generated output.

RoboColum_n_
RoboColum_n_
Legend
June 6, 2014

You could try a different image file format or reduce the image size. Another possible solution is to add links to an image file rather than add them to your projects. This could be a lot of work for you but if you really are worried about this, they are options.

rtkwolf
rtkwolfAuthor
Inspiring
June 4, 2014

I'm concerned since the complete merged projects have increased in size on a steady basis. For example, January 2014 project size was 288mb and I just published again today and it has increased to 353mb. There are so many images replicated over and over in each merged project. We are getting complainants from our customers on the size of our online documentation. I was hoping for a easy solution and thought this might be the best way.

Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 5, 2014

Terminology confusion here – when you refer to the size of the project, are you referring to the RH project or the resulting help output? Usually we refer to “project” as the RH source files and “generated content” or “generated help” as the output.

RoboColum_n_
RoboColum_n_
Legend
June 4, 2014

The Resource Manager does not use one shared image. It just ensures you always have the latest version in your project directory. Unless the size of your project's output is an issue, why worry?

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