FM9, Mif2Go, and Cross-Refs

[Martha Lee]

Hi Jeremy,

If I do steps 1-4 as you suggested below, I get the figures and tables
numbered as I wanted them. But the question remains: why was I able to do
this in my previous versions of FM and Mif2Go, and not now?

Thanks.

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:jeremy at omsys.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:53 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Cc: Martha Lee
Subject: Re: FM9, Mif2Go, and Cross-Refs


On Thu, 27 May 2010 11:16:53 -0400, "Martha Lee" <martha.lee at coventor.com>
wrote:

>As Jeremy suggested below,I tried manually importing the template and then
>updating the x-refs with the menu. The Figure and Table x-refs display
>correctly, with the single number. I then set out to create a one page test
>case to send to OmniSys, and guess what, when I strip it down to one page,
>the x-refs are updated correctly.

That's why we need to ask you to prepare the test case... the
process often reveals an issue you can fix on the spot.

>Next I tried the whole file, and the x-refs were in the correct format.

Good...

>Then I added a second file to the book file, and the x-refs were incorrect.

Does the same thing happen with two files if you do it by hand?
Try making a book with two copies of your short test case; does
that work?  We import the conversion template to each file
individually, because you may want to use different templates
for different files.

Are the xrefs that are not working as desired to targets in
the same file, or in different files?  Maybe the problem is
that when you convert one file and update xrefs, the *other*
files in the book are not using the modified numbering formats,
so you get what they *are* using, the old one.  In that case,
you will need to change your workflow a little:

1. Copy the Frame book and chapter files to another dir as
a backup.

2. Manually import the conversion template to the whole book,
and manually update xrefs from the book.  Remove the reference
to the conversion template from your mif2htm.ini.

3. Run the conversion.

4. Copy the backup files back over the working set to restore
your numbering for other uses.

>So if I only have one file in my book file, doesn't matter which,
>the x-refs are updated correctly, but if I have more than one file,
>the x-refs are not updated correctly. Any suggestions?

See if that works.  We haven't run into this before because
you are the first we know of to change the content the xref
is getting in the other files as part of conversion.  Most
people just change the xref format, and that works fine.  I
suspect this issue is because you're changing the numbering
properties too.

>By the way, I'm on digest, so please cc me in any response.

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  <jeremy at omsys.com>  http://www.omsys.com/