Modification Date Variable

[Art Campbell]

Way cool Klaus -- just what I was thinking of.

Art

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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Klaus Mueller <mueller23 at web.de> wrote:
> Hello Joe,
>
> You can use FrameScript to update the content of
> your user variable on specific events.
> If you have FrameScript, install the script below
> and manually insert a variable named "DocModified"
> into your documents.
>
> The following "events" were considered:
> Keyboard text changes (inserting, deleting), pasting
> anything from the clipboard, inserting objects
> (anchored frame, table, marker, footnote, math) and
> changes from the find/change dialog.
>
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> Event Initialize
> Set gvChanges = '3570 274 275 803 559 849 '+
>  '848 3968 854 3920 3921 3922 562 563 564';
> New EDateTime NewVar(gvEdtMod);
> EndEvent
>
> Event NotePostFunction
> Find String(IParm) InString(gvChanges)
>  WholeWord ReturnStatus(lvIsChange);
> If (not lvIsChange) LeaveSub; EndIf
> Get Object Type(VarFmt) Name('DocModified')
>  NewVar(lvVarFmt) DocObject(ActiveDoc);
> If (not lvVarFmt) LeaveSub; EndIf
> Run gvEdtMod.SetCurrTime;
> Run gvEdtMod.Format FormatStr('%c') NewVar(lvDate);
> Set lvVarFmt.Fmt = lvDate;
> EndEvent
>
> Event Terminate
> Delete Object(gvEdtMod);
> EndEvent
>
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> Kind regards,
> Klaus
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
> From: Joseph
> Date: 06.02.2009 19:45
>> Hi Art,
>>
>> Unfortunately, I don't think your solution works in my case.
>>
>> This book is a features and specifications document, consisting of about 600
>> or so different frame files. The content of each frame file is mostly
>> independent of one another.  The update process is based on the information
>> provided to us by the engineers, which is piece meal and inconsistent. We do
>> not know when we will receive additional content nor are we generally
>> provided with all the information at once.
>>
>> As a result, there's no set time or set amount of information that dictates
>> when and what files will be updated in this book. On top of that there are 3
>> different writers all updating different files at different times. This
>> situation in combination with our workload (working on 500 things at once),
>> means that our team is forgetting to manually update this one aspect of the
>> frame file. Since we don't have the power to change the workflow, we have
>> two options.
>>
>> 1. Either train ourselves to start updating this date manually
>> 2. Or find a process that would automate it, thus removing the possibility
>> of human error
>>
>> With your solution, it would still require someone to remember to do this .
>> In addition, it would seem even more complicated to the other writers then
>> simply typing in the current date.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Joe
>
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