Can hiding conditional text be set to use an "And" relationshipandnot an "Or" relationship?

Reng, Dr. Winfried wreng at tycoint.com
Thu Jan 24 05:48:06 PST 2008


Hi,

This feature does work in FM 8. However, it's not
that clear to use. The order of conditions in the
"Build" window is important. Brackets are not allowed.

In your case you should just define:
NOT"C"

Then your line 4 will be hidden and all others shown.

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Rick Quatro
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:29 PM
> To: Berman, Marta; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Can hiding conditional text be set to use an "And"
> relationshipandnot an "Or" relationship?
> 
> 
> Hi Marta,
> 
> FrameMaker 8 has this functionality, although I haven't used it yet.
> 
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
> 
> 
> > Hello
> >
> > First, I want to thank everyone for the answers I received 
> on my last 
> > question. I have been "volunteered" to field FrameMaker 
> questions at my 
> > new job, so you may be hearing from me fairly often. I hope 
> I can return 
> > the favor for you guys as well!
> >
> > The question is, Framemaker decides whether to display text 
> associated 
> > with two conditions using the "Or" relationship; meaning, 
> if one of its 
> > conditions is displayed, the text is displayed.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > Line 1: This is cond text A
> > Line 2: This is cond text B
> > Line 3: This is cond text A and B
> > Line 4: This is cond text A and C
> >
> > If I choose to hide cond text C, yet display cond text A and B, the 
> > following lines are displayed: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
> >
> > Is there a way to change FrameMaker's default logic so that 
> only lines 1, 
> > 2, and 3 would display?
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Marta



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