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MNLJoel
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January 24, 2013
Question

Framemaker 10 - DITA Image Linking - Sharepoint CMS

  • January 24, 2013
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Hello,

I am using Adobe Framemaker 10 with DITA. I am connected, through Framemaker, to a Sharepoint CMS.

I initially created my DITA concept locally, I then added an image (HRef) and linked it to a file on my Sharepoint CMS. Finally, I 'Uploaded the Active Document' to the CMS.

When I open the document from the Sharepoint CMS the image does not display. Right-clicking and selecting Properties shows that the reference file is in the AppData\Roaming directory.

How can I correctly link the image?

Kind Regards,

Joel

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Anonymous
May 4, 2013

Joel's question is from January, but the answer may be to right-click the file in the Connector and select "Download dependents."  This will copy the referenced file from SharePoint to the Appdata\Roaming directory. 

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gwahlig
Participant
January 28, 2013

Joel,

I have a similar setup and encountered the same trouble when I started. I uploaded an image to SharePoint, added a fig element to my topic, and then chose the image in SharePoint for the image element. It appeared correctly initially, but when I closed and reopened the topic file, the image was replaced by a gray box. Does that describe the behavior you're seeing?

If so, my solution for it may be able to help you. When you use a SharePoint CMS, FrameMaker downloads a copy of any files that you open or check out to your AppData\Roaming directory. FrameMaker uses that local copy to resolve its references. Because of that, if you don't have a file open or checked out, you get dead links and gray boxes for images.

I was able to resolve the issue by turning versioning on in my SharePoint library and keeping the image file checked out while I work on the document. FrameMaker keeps a local copy in AppData\Roaming for as long as I have it checked out.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Alex

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David_Coe
Participating Frequently
May 3, 2013

What version of SharePoint are both of you are using? FrameMaker 11 worked ok with SP2007 which is no longer available for me to  use; I have not been able to get SP2010 to work with FM11.

Thanks,

David Coe

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gwahlig
Participant
May 3, 2013

David,

I'm using SharePoint 2010 with FrameMaker 10. Do you have the Full Control, Manage Lists, and Add and Customize Pages permissions on the site? FrameMaker adds a column to the Document content type, so the credentials that you are using to connect to the site will need to have the ability to modify content types.

Regards,

Alex Sasenbury

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