File path issue

[DS_11008979]

My PTC Arbortext Editor (ver: 8.2.2.0) uses the direct path to entities and stylesheets, see below:

<?xml-stylesheet href="file:///C:/Users/joseph/Desktop/project/XML/DTD/40051C_7_0.fos"?>

<!ENTITY IMG-1 SYSTEM "C:\Users\joseph\Desktop\project\XML\GRAPHICS\IMG-1.svg" NDATA SVG>

I want it to use relative paths (I thinkI worded that correctly) like below:

<!ENTITY IMG-1 SYSTEM ".\GRAPHICS\IMG-1.svg" NDATA SVG>

How do I change that to the default in Arbortext?

[bfriesen]

Hello, please take a look at this help topics:

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS105567?source=search

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS360061?source=search

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Arbortext/Can-Arbortext-insert-relative-paths-in-hrefs/m-p/155591#M11008%3Fsource=search

Bryon

[DS_11008979]

I looked through those topics and here is what I did:

I went into Tools > Preferences >  File Locations > and changed "DITA References:" to "%H\XML". That didn't work, so I tried "%D\XML". That didn't work, either. But DITA References: changed back to "C:\Apps\PTC\Arbortext Editor 8.2\ditarefs\XML" each time, I reopened Arbortext. What am I doing wrong?

[bfriesen]

I am not sure,. you should ask PTC support for some assistance.

Bryon

[ClayHelberg]

You need to include a semicolon in between separate paths in these preferences. For example, if you want it to check for graphics in a "graphics" subfolder under the folder containing the document, you should set your graphics path under File Locations to include ";.\graphics" at the end. Notice the semicolon there--this tells Arbortext you mean an additional location to check. Once you have that set up, any time you insert a reference to a graphic in the "graphics" subfolder relative to your document, it will use a relative path for it.

For the DITA location preference, you should get better results if you use %D;.\XML.