FrameMaker 8 and saving documents that include conrefs

[Yves Barbion]

Also, make sure that you save the "conref source file" (or save all open
files). It's a common mistake people make: Suppose your conref source file
is topic A. In topic B, you insert a conref to an element which is in topic
A. You save and close topic B, which is obvious, because you see the text of
the conref. You may then close topic A without saving it, because you think
nothing has changed in that file. However, the element in topic A which you
conreffed may have gotten an ID value, which you can only see in the
structure view.


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Yves Barbion
www.scripto.nu


On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Scott Prentice <sp10 at leximation.com> wrote:

> 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
> Leximation, Inc.
> www.leximation.com
> +1.415.485.1892
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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