Conditional Text and cross-references

[rebecca officer]

Hi Anita

We saw exactly this behaviour and decided it happened when our xref format included the "Default para font" tag. For example, we used a paragraph format to turn on bold for part of the xref text, then used default para font to go back to normal. So we bypassed the problem by using a tag that specifically turned bold off, that otherwise had everything set to "As is". Works fine.

Cheers, Rebecca

>>> "Anita Burstein" <Anita.Burstein at nice.com> 28/11/05 20:31 >>>
Hi list!
I'm using FrameMaker 6.0.
 
I have a book with many conditions in it. Within the conditional text, there are cross-references. Some of the cross-references are to text marked with the same conditions and therefore shown at the same time. Some of the cross-references are to text that is unconditional, so that the cross-reference text to a heading, etc. might be hidden. 
 
The cross-references are formatted to show the heading text and page number.
 
Here's my problem: When I show all conditions and update the cross-references, the page numbers are automatically updated, but they lose their condition tag. When I then hide the conditions, the page number still shows, because it became unconditional. (If I manually update the cross-reference, it will pick up the condition again.)
 
Example:
"For more information, refer to Starting your System on page 23." ("Starting your System on page 23" is the cross-reference)
This entire sentence can be hidden with conditional text. However, when I updated cross-references with all conditions showing, "on page 23" remains unconditional and therefore shows when I hide the conditions.
 
This seems to happen consistently to the same cross-references, although I cannot seem to find a pattern across my book.
 
Thanks in advance for any help.

Anita Burstein
Technical Documentation, Product Marketing
NICE Systems Ltd., Israel
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