Illustrator Files in Bridge filename used in Title field

When annotating Illustrator files in CS3 Bridge, the original filename auto populates the "Title" field. Is there a reason for this and does anyone know of a workaround?
We are converting AutoCad files to AI for use in publications using Framemaker. Frame doesn't play very nice with AutoCad (reason for conversion).

This suggestion is just a shot in the dark, but check out edit>preferences>metadata. Could it have anything to do with the field "preserve filename"?

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Felix Jeyareuben had an excellent blog on how to copy a binary file with XI.
/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/07/15/copy-a-file-with-same-filename-using-xi
It is a shame by the way that such a simple thing has to be this complicated in XI, but that's another question...
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> Moorthy,
> My issue is not so much about the filename, but an
> encrypted (binary) file that I just want to copy from here to there.
Do it like in the mentioned blog, but don't do any mapping. That will be fine.
> Michal,
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/03612cdecc6e76e10000000a422035/frameset.htm
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Apologies if this isn't the correct forum to ask this question:
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Change:
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That is what I thought about the nature of your problem you
encountered with. It looks like that you will do quite a project to
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installation of all other applications and then CS3 gradually.
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Brian,
Thanks again for your thoughtful and informative guidance. To
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Design Premium. It now works flawlessly.
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recreating everything with a new account. In my case, a new account
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