Hiding deletions in with Track Text Edits

[Scott Prentice]

Yes .. programmatic changes to these conditions seem to get overridden 
on save, so there's really not much you can do. This is a significant 
problem with the track changes feature in that it's not properly 
supported by the FM APIs, so you can't leverage or extend them the way 
you can other FM features. I'm hoping this oversight gets fixed in a 
future update.

Cheers,

...scott


Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
> FrameMaker uses conditions with the Track Text Edits feature; however, while
> you can access the properties of these conditions, it doesn't look like you
> can change them. For example,
>
> Set oDoc = ActiveDoc;
> Get Object Type(CondFmt) Name('FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_DELETED')
>   DocObject(oDoc) NewVar(oCondFmt);
> Display oCondFmt.Properties;
> Set oCondFmt.CondFmtIsShown = 0;
>
> will display the properties of the FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_DELETED but will not
> hide it. I haven't tried it with ExtendScript, but I am sure it is the same.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> 585-659-8267
> rick at frameexpert.com
>
>
> Subject: Hiding deletions in with Track Text Edits
>
> I'm starting to use the Track Text Edits feature in FrameMaker 10. 
>
> It's nice to have, but there's one thing that I find annoying. In Word, I
> have my revision tracking set to use hidden text for deletions. I've deleted
> the text from the document - I really don't want to see it anymore. 
>
> Framemaker shows me deleted text as strikethrough with colour of my choice
> (red). However, I can't hide it.
>
> I know that FrameMaker uses conditions to show or hide the display of text
> flagged with the Track Text Edits feature. Is there any way that I can set
> things up so that the text marked with the deleted conditional is hidden? 
> If there is, I can't see it. Or do I need an  add-in or a
> FrameScript/ExtendScript?
>
> Regards
> Keith
> --
> Keith Soltys
> Senior Technical Writer
> Architecture
> TMX Group
> (416) 947-4397
> http://www.tmx.com/
>
>
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