Validate and Fix Resource Links

 

 

Use the Validate & Fix Links... tool when you have accidently moved resources (images, documents, etc.) from the locations that your Cmap is expecting those resources to be.

From an open Cmap:

Select Tools, then Validate & Fix Links...

You will now see the Validate & Fix Links window. From here, you can choose to Search & Fix or Search Only for broken resource links in the Cmap currently opened.

In this example, we will just search for broken links at first. Click the Search Only button.

You will now see a window, displaying the results of the search. Click OK.

You will now see the Cmaps with Broken Links to Resources window. This window shows you which Cmaps have broken links (on the left), and resources that are broken (on the right). Click on a broken resource to select it, and activate the buttons at the bottom.

If the resource is no longer needed, simply remove it by clicking the Remove button.

If you wish to manually fix the broken link, click the Choose button, this will take you to a file browsing interface, and you can manually select the file that the broken resource should link to.

Click the Try to Fix Broken Link button to let CmapTools automatically search for the missing file, and relink the resource to the file. If the link is fixed, the broken resource will be removed from the Linked Resources Not Found list.

You can do this process on a group of Cmaps by selecting a folder from the Views window, and clicking Tools then Validate & Fix Links... .