Under-documented features... What fun!

[Debbi Correia]

Hi John,
Once you change the variables in the Title file, you need to import the
Variable Definitions into all files in the book (let me know if you need
instructions on how to do that). That's it! You can't use the building
block <$paratext[Cover]> because that will only pull from the current
file.

Deb Correia


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-framers at omsys.com] On Behalf Of John Milligan
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:40 AM
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> Subject: Under-documented features... What fun!
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> Need some help. Looked in UG, OLH and even queried Adobe's
> support-site KB. No luck.  So, I appeal to my fellow users 
> for assistance.
> 
> 
> This is about displaying the book title (of a multi-file
> book) that should be captured from the front/title file, in 
> every pagetop header in the remaining chapter files.  Can't 
> get it to work, but I suspect it can.
> 
> 1) the "Title" file utilizes two variables (Doc Title and Doc
> Type) that provide the product name and the book title. They 
> are uniquely para-formatted as "Cover" and "Cover2".
> 
> 2) I swapped the "definition" text in each variable with the
> actual info.  So the variable definition [Document Title] is 
> now "Fabulous User Guide"
> 
> 3) Each succeeding chapter file has two header variables (not
> based on one of the "header/footer" variables) that contain 
> the variable definitions from the "Title" file.  Moving from 
> Master Page view to Body Page view, I see the "definition" 
> placeholder text, but  no pick-up from the actual 
> "re-definition" I applied to the variables in the "Title" file.
> 
> 4) When I update the book, the in-file Variable Definition
> placeholder text reappears unaltered, and F-M doesn't swap in 
> the replacement from the "Title" file.
> 
> 5) So, I replaced the chapter files' variable with
> "<$paratext[Cover]>", thinking that maybe F-M will load all 
> the pagetop variables with the para-formatted text, the actual text.
> 
> No good. So now I'm stuck.
> 
> Help! Please...  Save me from Adobe's extortionate
> support-package pricing!
> 
> -- John Milligan
> 
> 
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