Importing variables across a book

[Newton Furia]

Silvia

You cannot open the MIF file, because FM will create all the 
information necessary to build a document, including the System 
Variables.

The correct steps:
1. Create the MIF file as the example already done:
> <MIFFile 7.00>
> <VariableFormats
>  <VariableFormat
>   <VariableName `MyVariable'>
>   <VariableDef `My New Variable Definition'>
>   # end of VariableFormat
> # end of VariableFormats
> # End of MIFFile
2. Open one doc of the book.
3. Import the MIF file into this doc - by copy, not reference:
      File > Import > File
      Click "Copy intoDocument"
4. Then import the variables of this doc to all the book.

This procedure works to import all kinds of information in FM files - 
variables, formats (Character, Paragraph, Tables, etc.), and so on. The 
only problem is that you need to be carefull when editing the MIF 
statements.
All the plug-ins mentioned are better alternatives if you are not 
familiar with MIF.

Furia

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Sivia Atar wrote:

> 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