Beginning new project based on book & files from previous project

[Gay Alson]

Thanks to Richard Combs, Steve Johnson and Rick Quattro for helpful
insights.

We're all in agreement that the version-specific naming structure within
each book project is not a good thing -- I'm going to try to get our
department to go back to the old way we did it before someone (not I!)
got the bright idea to change it.

In the meantime, renaming the files from within the book window is the
way to go and the way I shall go, henceforth  ;~)

Thanks to you all, you're a super group!

~~Gay

-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs at Polycom.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:30 AM
To: Gay Alson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Beginning new project based on book & files from previous
project

Gay Alson wrote:
 
> I'm porting some books forward for a new version and have somehow
> forgotten an important step or concept...
> 
> Book:  5.5_SuperProduct.book
> Files: 5.5_SuperProductCover.fm
>        5.5_SuperProductTOC.fm
>        5.5_SuperProductPreface.fm
>        5.5_SuperProductFunctions.fm
>        5.5_SuperProductAppendix.fm
> 
> Everything is fine in the 5.5 version and all cross-references work.
> But
> now I need to begin work on version 5.6, using everything from 5.5 as
a
> starting point. The obvious way is to rename all 5.5 files to 5.6 --
> however, I think a cross-reference in 5.6_SuperProductFunctions.fm
that
> points to the Appendix will still try to find the 5.5 version of that
> file...

You have to rename the files within the book window, and then FM
correctly updates all the links. While you're acknowledging the many
prompts that FM displays as you do this, you might reconsider your file
naming convention so you don't have to go through the same process for
5.7. :-) 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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