FrameMaker 8 and saving documents that include conrefs

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Salome...

I didn't see a reply to this. No .. this isn't normal. If the conref 
disappears, then something is definitely wrong. Check the console window 
to see if there are any errors reported there. Is the conref source file 
in the same folder as the topic that contains the conref? (It doesn't 
have to be, but that's a good place to start if you're just experimenting.)

I assume that you're selecting the DITA-Topic-FM structure application 
when you're opening the topic?

After opening the file, check in the structure view window and locate 
the element that's been conreffed .. first, is it there, and is the 
conref attribute still set to point to the topic and element being 
referenced?

...scott

Scott Prentice
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Abungu, Salome (TTI Mpls) wrote:
>
> Hi! I’m new to using structured FrameMaker and DITA. I have a question 
> about conrefs. When I include a conref into a document (let’s say the 
> document type is a topic), it shows up perfectly as it should. 
> However, when I save the document and reopen it disappears. Is this 
> normal ?
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Salome
>
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