Adobe FRAMEMAKER 10 - Chapter 11: Facet Formats for Graphics; Facets for imported graphics

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Chapter 11: Facet Formats for Graphics
When you copy a graphic into an Adobe® FrameMaker® document, the FrameMaker document stores the graphic
data in one or more facets. Each facet contains data in a specific graphic format. FrameMaker uses facets to display
and print graphics.
In UNIX versions of FrameMaker, you can associate a graphic application with FrameMaker through the
FrameMaker API or through the FrameServer interface. You can set this up so that the graphics created and modified
in the graphic application can be imported directly into a FrameMaker document. The graphic application becomes
a graphic inset editor. Graphic inset editors write graphic data to graphic insets, which can be read by FrameMaker.
For more information on setting up graphic inset editors, see the FDK Programmer’s Guide and the online manual,
Using FrameServer with Applications and Insets. Both manuals are provided with the UNIX version of the Frame
Developer’s Kit.
The first part of this appendix describes the general format for a facet in a MIF file. The second part of this appendix
explains the graphic inset format.
Note: If you are using the API to implement the graphic inset editor, the syntax described in this appendix applies only
to external graphic insets. For information on specifying facet names, data types, and data for internal graphic insets,
see the FDK Programmer’s Guide.
Facets for imported graphics
A graphic imported by copying into a FrameMaker document contains one or more facets. Each facet describes the
imported graphic in a specific graphic format. All imported graphics copied into a document contain one or more
facets used to display and print the file.
FrameMaker might not use the same facet for displaying and printing a graphic.
When printing an imported graphic, FrameMaker selects one of the following facets (in order of preference):
• EPSI (Encapsulated PostScript)
• Native platform facet (QuickDraw PICT, WMF)
• FrameVector
• TIFF
• FrameImage and other bitmap facets
When displaying an imported graphic, FrameMaker selects one of the following facets (in order of preference):
• Native platform facet (QuickDraw PICT, WMF)
• FrameVector
• FrameImage
• TIFF
• Other bitmap facets
All versions of FrameMaker recognize EPSI (with DCS Cyan, DCS Magenta, DCS Yellow, and DCS Black for color
separations), TIFF, FrameImage, and FrameVector facets. Windows versions of FrameMaker recognize WMF and
OLE facets.