Turn on/off the live link in View Frame Properties for a layout in a project by editing the .apr file

Summary

This article shows how to turn on or off the live link in View Frame Properties for a layout in a project by editing the .apr file with a text editor.

Procedure

1. Open the .apr in a text editor such as WordPad or Notepad.
   
   

   Warning:
   Always make a backup before making any edits to an .apr file.

   
   
2. Search the apr for "link" or "GView". You will find a section that looks like this:
   
   

   Code:
   (GView.466
   	Name:	"ViewFrame1"
   	Bounds:	467
   	Sym:	468
   	Selected:	0x01
   	Flags:	0x01
   	UserBounds:	472
   	Refresh:	2
   	Quality:	1
   	View:	473
   	LiveLink:	1
   	MapDpy:	1054
   	CSMgr:	1059
   )

   
   
3. Locate the LiveLink line and change its value to 1 to turn on, or 0 to turn off.
   
4. Save the file.