How can I use variables in the autonumber format of paragraphs?

[Syed.Hosain at aeris.net]

Hi, Rick.

That is an interesting idea for sure! I will try it out. Thanks much,

Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Quatro [mailto:frameexpert at truevine.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 6:45 AM
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net);
framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: How can I use variables in the autonumber format of
paragraphs?
> 
> Hi Z,
> 
> User variables cannot be used in autonumbers. If you are not using the
> $volnum variable for any other purpose, you could use it for this.
> 
> Rick
> 
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
> 
> > Hi, all.
> >
> > (Using FrameMaker 8.0p277 on a Windows XP Pro SP3 system.)
> >
> > I am currently using the following autonumbering format to increment
a
> > counter for certain paragraphs:
> >
> > R:22.4a-<n+>
> >
> > This works well for my needs.
> >
> > However, the "22.4a" is actually the version number of the book
(happens
> > to be a technical specification). When I update the book (which can
happen
> > often), I use a variable to update the content as needed. Very
simply, I
> > have a variable called "RevNum" which is set at the book level -
using the
> > wonderful BookVars tool from Leximation - to hold this value.
> >
> > My problem:
> >
> > I would like the above autonumber format to also change when I
update the
> > variable. I see constructs such as "<$chapnum>" available, but I
cannot
> > seem to use a user variable "<$RevNum>" like this:
> >
> > R:<$RevNum>-<n+>
> >
> > to get the outcome I am looking for (when RevNum is set to "22.4a"
... and
> > works great with other text locations).
> >
> > Is there any way to do this cleanly and easily and automatically, so
that
> > I do not have to go edit the paragraph format each time and update
the
> > autonumber format? Am I doing something fundamentally wrong here?
> >
> > Z
> > _______________________________________________