MIF File Import

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Grace,

Actually you can start with a MIF file which was saved from
FrameMaker. However, you must delete _everything_ which is
not relevant to the formats which you want to change.
Use a regular text editor for this.

You must import such a MIF snippet (that's the term which is
used for such parts of a MIF file; you can search for this
via any search engine) by "File | Import | File". Then select 
the MIF snippet and select "Copy into Document". Then import 
the changed formats via "File | Import | Formats" into the 
other files of your book.

Here is a sample, which updates some of my system variables
and cross-reference definitions after translation (as Trados 
presents only those variables to the translator which are
actually in use; those which are defined but not used, will
not be translated). (I deleted most of the formats to
keep it short for this e-mail.)

<MIFFile 7.00> # Generated by FrameMaker 7.1p116
<VariableFormats
 <VariableFormat 
  <VariableName `Table Continuation'>
  <VariableDef ` (Forts.)'>
 > # end of VariableFormat
 <VariableFormat 
  <VariableName `Table Sheet'>
  <VariableDef ` (Abschnitt <$tblsheetnum\> von <$tblsheetcount\>)'>
 > # end of VariableFormat
> # end of VariableFormats
<XRefFormats 
 <XRefFormat 
  <XRefName `figure: number, page'>
  <XRefDef `<$paranumonly\> auf Seite <$pagenum\>'>
 > # end of XRefFormat
 <XRefFormat 
  <XRefName `heading: number, text, page'>
  <XRefDef `<$paranum\> \xe3 <$paratext\>\xd3  auf Seite <$pagenum\>'>
 > # end of XRefFormat
 <XRefFormat 
  <XRefName `table: number, page'>
  <XRefDef `<$paranumonly\> auf Seite <$pagenum\>'>
 > # end of XRefFormat
# End of MIFFile

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of 
> KChebe Grace
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:40 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: MIF File Import
> 
> I am currently using a MIF file to make changes to a book.  I 
> want the file to change some of my paragraph styles to small 
> font and the color to white.  At a later point I want to have 
> the mif file change some of my variable settings.  This would 
> allow me to make one set of files work for multiple locations 
> by importing a different mif file.  
> 
> The problem that I have is that when I import the mif file, 
> which now only contains the code to change paragraph styles 
> is overwriting the existing variables in the book.  
> 
> It is my understanding that I should be able to keep the mif 
> file as small as possible and use it to only have code to 
> change the things that I want to change without having to 
> account for parameters that are not being changed.  
> 
> Can someone provide some assistance as to why this mif file 
> is behaving this way?