There are several adapters included with Cumulus that allow you to access a catalog and choose an image from it to import or open it from another application. Adapters are provided for Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Aldus PageMaker, FrameMaker 4, FrameBuilder 4, Adobe Illustrator and RagTime. Canto and other software developers are working on additional adapters.
This is an API module for FrameMaker 4 and FrameBuilder 4. This adapter is used to import an image file into a FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document using a Cumulus database.
Installation
1. Copy the file “Cumulus Frame Adapter” into the “Modules” folder which you find in the FrameMaker 4 or FrameBuilder 4 folder.
2. Start FrameMaker 4 or FrameBuilder 4.
3. If the adapter is installed correctly you will see a menu item called “Cumulus…” in the “Special” menu. The bahavior when importing an image is the same as using the “Import - File” command from the “File” menu.
How to Use
1. Choose “Cumulus…” from the “Special” menu.
The adapter first looks for a running version of Cumulus or Cumulus Client. If none of them is running it searches all mounted volumes for Cumulus or Cumulus Client and launches the first found. Cumulus or Cumulus Client is brought to the front. If no catalog is open, Cumulus prompts you to open or share a catalog. After that Cumulus shows one of these dialogs:
2. Select a record and click the OK button.
3. The corresponding image file will be placed as if it was imported manually.
This FrameMaker Module supports Helios EtherShare OPI v1.0 - v1.2. Before importing the chosen image file the module looks for the corresponding layout file. If such a file exists this layout file is imported instead of the original file.
