how to draw a moving cable?

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

All,

Is this possible in Illustrator?

Imagine drawing a computer and several peripheral items, 
like monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, USB cup-warmer...

Draw curvy lines between the proper points (ports) on 
each device to the proper place on the computer, representing 
the connection cables. 

[Do magic here]

Drag any of the devices or the computer on your page, 
and any connecting lines (cables) redraw themselves 
so that they remain connected to the computer port 
and to the device. 

This - if it existed - would be the grown-up version 
of drawing action and decision boxes in a flow-charting 
program, then dragging the boxes around and the connections 
remain connected (the lines being re-drawn/re-routed 
automatically as needed). 

My sadly limited Google-fu brings up all sorts of references 
to end-points and handles and adding text along a curved path, 
and other stuff, but nothing about what I want... which is a 
way to save my labor when I reposition cable-connected 
elements in an illustration.

Not a big deal, just "wouldn't it be handy if...?" 

Most likely it doesn't exist, but quite possibly I 
merely need to think in different keywords. Hm?  Hm?


 - Kevin 


The information contained in this electronic mail transmission 
may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected 
from disclosure. If you have received this communication in 
error, please notify us immediately by replying to this 
message and deleting it from your computer without copying 
or disclosing it.


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gain access to everything you need to create and publish information 
through multiple channels. Your choice of authoring (and import)
formats with virtually any output. Try Doc-To-Help free for 30-days. 
http://www.doctohelp.com/


---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat