Re: Relative Links with includeText

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From: macropod (pNeOd.sStPeAiMn_at_pcug.org.au)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:25:37 +1100

Hi Jason,

INCLUDETEXT, INCLUDEPICTURE and LINK don't support relative links. RD does,
but this can be expressed in absolute terms also. To update link references
to take account of folder changes, you might like to check out my 'Field
Link Updater', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=261488

Cheers

"Jason Krug" <jason.krug@att.net> wrote in message
news:F392DEAF-0892-4F92-9B81-84FF44EF428C@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to create a document strucutre that I can copy into several
folders. A generic master Document that pulls in additional data specific
to the server, based upon the folder it is in. I have a script that will
create the data files; I store those data files in separate folders. I
would like to copy the 'SAME' master file to each FOLDER?
>
> I can do this EASILY with Hyperlinks, but you will not be able to print
the contents of MASTER.DOC and the DATA files in 1 print. I want to include
the data 'inline' in the MASTER.DOC. I started to do this with includeText
(from Insert>File, Insert Link).
>
> This is what the directory would look like:
> FOLDER1 MASTER.DOC
> disk-data.txt
> cpu-data.txt
>
> FOLDER2 MASTER.DOC
> disk-data.txt
> cpu-data.txt
>
> PROBLEMS:
> 1) The Update Method (Automatic/Manual) in the Edit>Links dialog are
disabled! These links do NOT automatically update when I open the document.
I must manually update them. The only way I can get Update Method
(Automatic/Manual) enabled is by linking through the PASTE SPECIAL > AS LINK
Method.
>
> 2) The Links are FULLY QUALIFIED! (C:/file/folder1/disk-data.txt) not
Relative (./disk-data.txt). Therefore, when I copy MASTER.DOC to Folder2,
the links are still pointing to Folder1. I have to manually recreate the
links to Folder2 (complicated since I have 6 data files, and 10 folders).
I tried to make it relative through Edit Field, and changed the link to
./disk-data.txt. I thought I had it working last night, but now I get
"Error! Not a vlid file name." error.
>
> 3) As well, the Links have to be relative since the file will be accessed
BOTH from a WWW Page, as well as a C Drive. So I cannot fully qualify the
links and have it work in both locations!
>
> I am open to the format of the data files (HTML, TXT, etc). I may even be
open to the format of the MASTER Document, since I can save WORD as pretty
much anything.
>
> The GOAL is just to:
> 1) Have a Template that will work in different folders
> 2) Have the actual data appear inline in the MASTER.DOC
> MASTER.DOC
> MASTER-TEXT1
> DISK-DATA-VALUE1
> DISK-DATA-VALUE2
> DISK-DATA-VALUE3
> MASTER-TEXT2
> CPU-DATA-VALUE1
> CPU-DATA-VALUE2
> CPU-DATA-VALUE3
> MASTER-TEXT3
> 3) Have the data updated AUTOMATICALLY when the MASTER.DOC is opened
>
> Help!
> --Jason
>
> (I am sorry if this is a 2nd post, I posted last night and cannot find the
thread?) 

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