Flare v11 bug - Image Maps with vector images

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sdcinvan
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Flare v11 bug - Image Maps with vector images

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Hello all,

I have finally found the reason for the improper image rendering (aspect ratio problem) when using the Image Map Editor with vector images (i.e. PDF image, .svg). To be clear, this problem was evident in Flare v10.x but until now, I wasn't aware of the exact nature of the problem.

Because it is very common for my images to be specifically sized by width (where the height is always set to auto), I was consistently encountering this problem where the Image Map Editor displayed the images as highly elongated. This made applying image map shapes a challenge because I had to size them to the actual size of the image, not to what the Image Map Editor displayed.

It turns out the using auto on either dimension attribute is the problem. The image map editor has a bug that causes it to 'misread' auto.

For example...
This results in a bad rendering:
<img src="../images/illustrations/Remote_replication-SiteProtect_workflow_1.22.pdf#1" class="webthumbnails" style="width: 600px;height: auto;" usemap="#map1" />

But this works perfectly:
<img src="../images/illustrations/Remote_replication-SiteProtect_workflow_1.22.pdf#1" class="webthumbnails" style="width: 600px;height: 435px;" usemap="#map1" />

To illustrate the problem:
Image_maps_do not work-BUG FOUND.jpg
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Shawn in Vancouver, Canada
Main tools used: Flare 11.x, InDesign, Google Docs, Lectora, Captivate.
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