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From: "Broberg, Mats" <mats -dot- broberg -at- flir -dot- se>
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> 1. Can you store image files that are referenced to Framemaker documents in
> VSS and still have Framemaker access them even when they are checked in?
>
Yes, you can always *view* (access) files, but you can *change* only those
files you have checked out.
> 2. If not, how do you solve the problem of checking out perhaps 50-100 image
> files when you need to work with the FM file? AFAIK there's no "batch
> checkout" function in VSS and that leaves you to checking them out one by
> one, which would be extremely timeconsuming.
>
Your VSS system administrator can set up the configuration so that you can
view the images in the FrameMaker document without checking them out (when you
check out the FrameMaker document).
We had a Book folder that contained subfolders for Chapters and Images.
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