38.3.1 Setting up an ASCII DCL project

When you select ASCII DCL as the output type for a new project, the Set Up dialog shown in Figure 38-2 opens. Table 38-2 shows the corresponding settings in the configuration file.

See also:

§3.4 Choosing project set-up options

§38.4 Generating ASCII DCL output

Figure 38-2 Set Up ASCII DCL Project

 

Select graphics to export

When you specify DCL as the output type, you can take advantage of the fact that Mif2Go exports embedded graphics at the same time. You start by choosing some (Normal), none (Retain), or all (Export) graphic formats to export, then select or deselect individual formats:

Normal	Mif2Go does not export BMP, WMF, or FrameImage (rf) graphics, because these types can be converted successfully for RTF output without creating external files. OLE graphics are not exported either, but Mif2Go extracts a WMF graphic from each OLE image; see §31.2.4 Exporting images and creating files from OLE objects. You can still select any of these formats to export.
Retain	No embedded graphics are exported except those you select individually.
Export	All embedded graphics are exported except those you deselect individually.

Names of exported graphics files

Mif2Go gives exported graphics files names that start with the first few letters of the name of the FrameMaker file from which they came, followed by an incremental number. You can specify how many letters and how many digits to use for names; the default is four each. See §5.7.4.2 Naming files produced from embedded graphics.

Table 38-2 ASCII DCL set-up options and configuration settings

Set-up dialog		Configuration file
Option		[GraphExport] Setting	Default			Ref.
Select embedded graphics to export	Normal Retain Export	ImportGraphics=Normal ImportGraphics=Retain ImportGraphics=Export	Normal Normal Normal			31.2.3.5
	Format	Setting for ImportGraphics:	Normal	Retain	Export	31.2.3.5
	bmp cdr eps gif jpg ole pct pcx png tif rf wmf wpg	ExportBmpFiles=Yes ExportCdrFiles=Yes ExportEpsFiles=Yes ExportGifFiles=Yes ExportJpgFiles=Yes ExportOleFiles=Yes ExportPctFiles=Yes ExportPcxFiles=Yes ExportPngFiles=Yes ExportTifFiles=Yes ExportRfFiles=Yes ExportWmfFiles=Yes ExportWpgFiles=Yes	No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes	No No No No No No No No No No No No No	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	31.2.3.6
Name files with:	chars digits	ExportNameChars=n ExportNumDigits=n	4 4			5.7.4.2

Note:  Selecting ole does not create usable external graphics files from OLE objects. This setting is intended primarily for Omni Systems programmers who are debugging Mif2Go. The exported file is not useful for any other purpose. See §31.2.4 Exporting images and creating files from OLE objects.

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