Updating chapter numbers

[Robert.Werner at appsense.com]

Thanks Shlomo,

Exactly as I understood it based on the Frame training sessions with you
a number of years ago. Was a bit rusty and wanted to be sure.

I am currently using $chapnum for chapter paragraphs but now want to
include Appendix styles.

I added paragraph styles to my Frame template for Appendix (number) and
Appendix Title

However, the resulting output in the Toc is as follows:

...
Chapter n    Chapter  Title
Chapter n    Chapter  Title
Appendix A   Appendix Title
Appendix B   Appendix Title
...


My colleague informs me that the convention according to the Harts Rules
for Writers is for a top level heading Appendixes and lower level
numbered appendix titles:

...
Chapter n    Title
Chapter n    Title
Appendixes   Appendix A Title
		 Appendix B Title
		 ...

To resolve this I have numbered my styles as follows:
Appendix     x:Appendixes
AppendixTitle x:Appendix <$chapnum>

"Appendix" must be the first paragraph in the first Appendix file.
Thereafter it is not used in subsequent Appendix files, only
"AppendixTitle".

This is a bit klunky bit it gets the desired result in the TOC output.

Is there a more elegant way to get the results I am after that my tiny
mind can't think of?

Thanks in advance

Rob



-----Original Message-----
From: Shlomo Perets [mailto:shlomo2 at microtype.com] 
Sent: 18 January 2007 14:05
To: Robert Werner
Cc: Framers at FrameUsers.com
Subject: Re: Updating chapter numbers

Robert,

You wrote:

>Using Frame 7.2
>
>Can two occurrences of the same chapter styles be used in a single file
>within a book and update correctly?
>
>The style uses the <$chapnum> value but does not increment when there
>are two occurences in the same file. Other styles used in a document
>with numbering which inherit the $chapnum value from the chapter style
>also do not update correctly. ...


<$chapnum> is a document-wide counter; it cannot be incremented within a

document.
It can be set locally within a document, but it is typically controlled 
through the book numbering settings.

If <$chapnum> is to be used, each chapter must be a separate FrameMaker 
document (or it could be split into multiple documents, where <$chapnum>
is 
set not to increment in subsequent chapter parts, through the book
numbering).


Shlomo Perets

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