Conditional text insets

Fri Apr 25 13:24:58 PDT 2008

As long as your text insets and container files have exactly the same conditional text options, when you pull in a text inset into a container file, this text inset inherits the conditional text setting of the container file. For example, let's say in a container file, you have Condition and Condition B, and you elect to show Condition A, but not Condition B. If you pull in a text inset that is unconditional, then it will always show. If you pull in a text inset that also has the conditions and you have elected show Condition A in the text inset, then when you pull in the text inset, it will show in the container file. If you have elected to show Condition B in the inset, then when you pull in the text inset, it will NOT show up in the container file, because the container file is set to show condition A. To get the text inset to show in the container file, you need to set the container file to show Condition B.

I do this set up all the time with hundreds and hundreds of text insets and many container files without any scripts. Let's say that I know that a text inset is about 90% the same when used between two container files, but 5% is needed only for Container file A and the other 5% is needed for only Container file B. I make sure that both container files have the conditions ContainerA and ContainerB. In the text inset, which must have the same conditions, I apply the condition of ContainerA to the text that I only want to show up in the Container A file. I apply the condition of ContainerB to the text that I only want to show up in the Container B file. Then, I make sure that in the Container A file, that the ContainerA condition is set to show and that the ContainerB condition is set to hide, then when I pull in the text inset, only the text marked for Container A show. (and obviously, just flip this scenario for Container B).

The trick is to conditionalize your inset (all or part) BEFORE you pull it into the container file and make sure that container file and text inset have the EXACT same conditional text options. The text inset then inherits the settings of the container file. 

HTH,

TVB

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stephen O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:12 PM
To: Duncan, Gary; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Conditional text insets

Not sure I understand the problem. But I am interested because I use text insets (several
hundred) and conditional text formats (twenty).

Let's say that Doc1 has a text inset Doc2 which has three conditional formats A, B, and C.

If in Doc1 I want to see only the content of Doc2 that is flagged with condition C, I set show condition C in Doc1 and that's that. No problem.

The only time I had a problem with this is when I had the following case:

Doc1 has a text inset Doc2 with a text inset Doc
3 (with conditional formats called A, B, and C). 
I set show condition C in Doc1 and it didn't work! The problem I believe was that the condition was not defined the same way in Doc2 so the specification didn't make it to Doc3. I deleted the condition in Doc2 and then the correct condition definition (created in Doc3) was imported into Doc2 and then Doc1. I wonder if this is clear..helps.

I don't understand how/why a script would be useful here.

I probably don't quite understand the problem.

Good luck.

At 08:20 AM 24/04/2008, Duncan, Gary wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>
>
>We are trying to use text insets that get called into the chapter and 
>then are conditionalized from within the container file. For example, 
>if we want the content of an inset to appear only in Help, we give it a 
>HelpOnly condition from within the container file. We do not want to 
>conditionalize the text inset content itself because the condition may 
>not be appropriate in other places we use the inset.
>
>
>
>This works fine until we revise the inset and it gets called back into 
>the container file. The condition is lost. At first, it seemed like a 
>bug. But after thinking about it, it makes sense that reimporting the 
>text inset replaces everything associated with the previous version. 
>The buggy thing is that Frame still indicates that the inset is 
>conditional (in the lower left corner of the screen where the 
>paragraph/flow info shows). The conditional dialog indicates that the 
>inset is conditional, but does not indicate which condition. In the 
>end, however, the information seems bogus because if you click on 
>something else, then click back on the inset, the info is carried over 
>from the previous text you clicked on.
>
>
>
>If the conditional info was truly held in Frame, I was hoping that a 
>solution could be a script that scans for insets with associated 
>conditions and update and apply the condition. Now, I am not so hopeful.
>
>
>
>Has anyone run into this and solved the problem?
>
>
>
>Thank you...
>
>
>
>Gary
>
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