Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a document?

Böðvar Björgvinsson bodvar at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 15:29:43 PDT 2011


Hmmm
I have to look into this. :-\
Thanks for pointing this out.

Bodvar

Þann 31. ágúst 2011 22:13, skrifaði David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com>:

> That was the reason for the element/attribute we have that contains, in our
> case, the issue date of the EDD, that displays when the document is in draft
> or prelim stage. You can also add comments with the information, but even
> then if you export the structure to an EDD, the comments I believe don't
> make it. As an element/attribute, it is always there.
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 8/31/11, Böðvar Björgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Böðvar Björgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a
> document?
> To: "David Spreadbury" <dspreadb at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "FrameUsers List" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 5:06 PM
>
>
> Yeah, I know, David, that I can export the Element Catalog, but the EDD
> imported is commented and quite differently organized, so it becomes hard to
> compare. I don't think it would be very hard work for FM developers to add a
> routine into the source that would write in the name of the file the EDD is
> imported from, just as I can read the name of the "owner" of a certain
> distiller job option file in the MIF file.
>
> Bodvar
>
> 2011/8/31 David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=dspreadb@yahoo.com>
> >
>
> In Frame 7.2 you select File > Structure Tools > Export Element Catalog as
> EDD. I believe in Frame 8 they moved this to a separate Structure menu off
> the main menu bar.
>
> In my EDD, I have an element that has an attribute with a text string that
> contains information on the EDD version. I apply a Preliminary condition and
> it appears in the left margin. All I need to do is turn on the Prelim
> condition.
>
> --- On *Wed, 8/31/11, Böðvar Björgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=bodvar@gmail.com>
> >* wrote:
>
>
> From: Böðvar Björgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=bodvar@gmail.com>
> >
> Subject: Is there a way of finding which EDD has been imported into a
> document?
> To: "FrameUsers List" <framers at lists.frameusers.com<http://mc/compose?to=framers@lists.frameusers.com>
> >
> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 3:21 PM
>
>
> When you have been developing an EDD for various versions of a set of files
> (book, volumes, etc.) you soon can end up with several EDD files in
> different states of developement and soon you loose control of which EDD
> file was imported into which document file.
>
> Is there a way, in FM10, to find this, a report, a log or something (I
> don't see a reference to it in the document mif file)? I don't think this
> was possible before, but has this been developed into the last versions of
> FM? It would make my life so much easier.
>
> Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
> Iceland
>
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