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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] Relative paths with linked graphics?
From:       "Michael S. Mikowski" <z_mikowski () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2003-01-03 20:22:10
Message-ID: 200301032022.10992.z_mikowski () yahoo ! com
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Hi Chuck:

Out of curiosity, I looked into this by looking at the content.xml 
component of a writer file (e.g. "test.sxw"  You can do this
by decompressing the file using unzip.)

I fully expected to see that the paths were absolute, as that is how
they are shown in ooffice when you right click on an image, and
select Graphics... -> Graphics tab [see the "Link" section].  I thought
a quick little perl script might solve this challenge.

However, a view of the file shows that the image is indeed stored
relative, at least on Linux.  To verify, I moved the test file and
the linked images to another directory, and everything still worked.

Of course, this may be different in Windows, since the drive letter
might be required.  You could unzip the *.sxw file and look at 
"content.xml" to find out.

Cheers,

Mike

On Saturday 04 January 2003 12:17 am, Chuck Thier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have run into a small problem using OOo.  With writer we are
> inserting graphics linked.  When we do this, it always creates an
> absolute path.  We need it to create a relative path, as documents get
> moved around, but have not been able to figure this out.
>
> For example.  I have a main document called book.sxw.  I have a folder
> that is located in the same directory as book.sxw called graphics.
> There is a picture called graphic1.eps in the graphics folder.  When I
> insert graphic1.eps into book.sxw as a link, I would like the path to
> say .\graphics\graphic1.eps.  Instead it will always say somthing like:
> d:\working\books\book1\graphics\graphic1.eps (which would be the
> absolute path to the graphic).
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this?  Thank you very much for your help.


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