Importing variables across a book

[Sivia Atar]

Hi Rebecca,

I am also looking for a way to import only user variables into my Frame
files.
I tried to gut a mif file as you suggested. Using a text editor, I removed
all the system variable definitions from the mif file and left in all the
user variable definitions. I didn't touch any of the other definitions since
I'm only going to import variables. When I opened the file in FrameMaker,
FrameMaker put all the system variables back in with some default values. I
didn't save the mif in FrameMaker. I made it read-only before even opening
in FM just to be sure. Am I missing a step?

Sivia

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[mailto:bounce-framers-133429 at lists.FrameUsers.com] On Behalf Of rebecca
officer
Sent: 17 November, 2005 3:21 AM
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Subject: Re: Importing variables across a book

By the way, once you've gutted your mif file, you musn't ever save it from
FrameMaker, or it adds in values for the system variables, and a pile of
other stuff.

Cheers, Rebecca

>>> Peter Gold <peter at knowhowpro.com> 17/11/05 12:47 >>>
Rebecca:

Have you had similar success with system variables? I seem to recall 
that my quick test didn't work for a system variable.

Steve:

I'm not sure if you understood that you can find/replace on master 
pages, by performing find/replace with master page view active.

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
peter at knowhowpro.com 

At 11:02 AM +1300 11/17/05, rebecca officer wrote:
>We create a .mif file by saving from FM, then gut it in a text 
>editor so that it only has the user variables we want to change. 
>That removes the system variables, so you can import into all files 
>in the book. Works beautifully.
>
>For example, to just change the variable called BookName, the mif 
>file has this stuff:
>
><MIFFile 7.00>
><VariableFormats
>  <VariableFormat
>   <VariableName `BookName'>
>   <VariableDef `Rapier i Switch Software Reference'>
>  > # end of VariableFormat
>>  # end of VariableFormats
># End of MIFFile

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