Consolidated index - more

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Hmmm, I had no idea that one could put a book file within a book file. How  
about creating a separate book (done with save as) for your book file that 
you  want to put within the other book, and then delete the generated files?
 
Nancy
 
In a message dated 7/20/2010 8:57:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cynthia.milton at serco.com writes:

Classification: SERCO-PUBLIC

OK, so, I played around a bit  more. I hope the following makes sense to
you.

To recap: the book  file from which I'm generating the index contains
around 200 files and a  book file, thus:

IOM (Index of Markers)
Files . .  .
Book

This book file contains ordinary fm files and generated TOC,  LOT, LOF
and IX files,  thus:

Title
Preface
TOC
LOF
LOT
Files . . .  
IX

Now, I noticed that the TOC/LOF/LOT wodge consisted of 14 pages.  So I
inserted a spurious index marker in the Preface (i.e. before  the
generated wodge), and regenerated the consolidated book. Bingo,  the
spurious index entry had the correct page number, and markers on  pages
after the generated wodge produced numbers 14 adrift from reality,  as
before.

The 21-page discrepancy between the reported number of  pages of the
subsidiary book in the consolidated file and the subsidiary  book file is
accounted for by all the generated files, i.e. the front-wodge  and the
IX file. And when I generate a PDF, the generated files in  the
subsidiary book are ignored.

I can only assume that when one  generates a book containing a book (so
to speak), Frame ignores the  generated files in the contained book, for
some reason. 

My  quick-and-dirty will be to temporarily insert a 14-page file in  the
subsidiary book to pad it out. Anyone have any further  thoughts?

Cynthia Milton - 0773 889 5991
Technical Documentation  (Cyclamen - Rollestone)