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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Exhibit FAQ anywhere?
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 12:36:38 -0500
In-Reply-To: <002301c17b43$312c59e0$0502a8c0@roalok1.mi.home.com>


Doug Gordon wrote:
>Does anyone already have a site or page where there might be an article
>entitled "Everything you ever wanted to know about exhibits in TMG?". I'm
>looking for some guidelines before I go and do a lot of work attaching
>exhibits that will later have to be changed. Mainly, I'm not clear on how
>graphic images should be stored and how they can be handed on reports.

Sorry, there really isn't one. There is not much on Exhibits on the TMG
Tips web site (URL below) although some of the sites shown as links may
have something.

>1) I would think that external files are the way to go since it's easy to
>update them without going into TMG to do it. However, where to put them is
>a problem. Directories have a way of changing. For example, I just got a
>new PC and organized things so that my TMG folders were now on drive D
>instead of C. I copied my TMG databases over, but links to pictures were
>broken since they pointed to the C drive. I had hoped that TMG kept
>*relative* links, as the pictures were in a subfolder of my database
>directory, but it apparently keeps them as full path specs. Any way around
>this?

There are pros and cons to both internal and external Exhibits. Internal
Exhibits tend to increase the size of your data set and particularly the
TMG Backup SQZ file. External files ten to have more maintenance
associated with them in that they have to be updated in TMG when their
location is changed. Also, they must be backed up separately from the TMG
Backup. In addition, if you send a TMG Backup SQZ file to someone, you
will have to add the External Exhibits and the recipient will have to place
them on their system and update the data set as to the correct location.

>2) How does TMG decide what size to use when putting a picture in a
>report? Ideally, I'd like to scan at a fairly high res and then specify
>the "output" graphic size depending on the report. Obviously, a picture
>that goes into a chart box has to be sized down by the program (I noticed
>that FTST does this). I'd also like it to work this way when exhibits are
>displayed on other reports, rather than having to scan the picture in at a
>particular size or resolution. How does this work in TMG?

It depends on _you_ to determine the size, resolution, and file format. I
would recommend the JPG format as a good all around one. However, it is
what is called a lossy format in that there are losses to the image each
time it is save. The TIF format is better in this regard, but tends to be
fairly big.

If you generate a report to a file in the format of your word processor,
you may adjust the size and placement as you like.

Hope this helps -


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Lee Hoffman/KY
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TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com>;
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