> I guess I don't see this, quite. Sure, you can specify the the distant file > when you choose it, but once it is embedded, the distant file has nothing to > do with it. It can only be extracted to a subdirectory (if you're still > doing a general unbundling, as opposed to selective unbundling, as Andre > suggested). So you might as well have copied it to that location for them. >
I forgot to mention one important trick: if the files are there so there is no need to overwrite, unbundling would succeed and they do not have to be unbundled to the document directory. This is because we compare file checksum before we extract. You know that I desperately want to embed such files (My work depends on this) so I am willing to compromise a little bit. The point here is that my windows co-authors can work in bundled mode, and when I get my file back, I can unbundle the file to its original location successfully. In the rare case when these external files change, I can 'update from external file' and unbundle. Note that novice users do not have to know these. They just click ok without knowing what they are doing, and the mentioned problem will be resolved. Bo
