bugs in FM 9's conditional build expressions

[Joseph Lorenzini]

Hi Baruch,

Here is the information you requested.

Operating System:

Windows 7 Enterprise
4 GB Memory
64-bit
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU

FrameMaker:

Version: 9
Patch: 255

Sincerely,
Joseph Lorenzini

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Baruch Brodersen <baruch at technitext.com>wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> Please provide Frame version, patches, and operating system details.
> Best,
> Baruch
>
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Joseph Lorenzini <jaloren at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Recently my company has decided to release several different editions of
>> the product we sell. This has forced me to create several conditional tags.
>> The complexity of the conditional tags and how its applied in the document
>> makes the use of build expressions highly desirable. However, it seems like
>> this functionality is kinda buggy.
>>
>> Has anyone noticed the following:
>>
>> -you cannot import build expressions from one document to another. that's
>> a killer. Is there some way around this aside from hand editing mif files?
>> -deleting unused build expressions requires me to save the FM file as a
>> MIF file, open the MIF file in  a text editor, delete the conditional build
>> expressions, and then save the MIF back to FM format. Is it honestly the
>> case that Adobe didn't provide a delete button and this is the only way to
>> get rid of expressions?
>> -when i use a build expression, my condition indicators don't seem to
>> work. Anyone have an idea why?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Joseph Lorenzini
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>> You are currently subscribed to framers as baruch at technitext.com.
>>
>> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com.
>>
>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
>> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com
>> or visit
>> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com
>>
>> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit
>> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> B a r u c h   B r o d e r s e n
> T e c h n i t e x t   D o c u m e n t a t i o n
> 0 5 4  9 4 9  9 3 6 1
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers-frameusers.com/attachments/20110525/2054ef82/attachment.htm>