Index Troubles: No Openable Nongenerated Files?

[Combs, Richard]

Karen Robbins wrote:
 
> I cannot generate an index from my book file. The book error log
> reads "Couldn't update this book, because it contains no openable
> nongenerated files." It doesn't name a document file that caused the
> problem, only the book file itself.
> 
> I am certain that the 13 files in my book are openable and
> nongenerated, as I've been working on them for days. <snip>

So, did you try opening them all and then generating the index? (From the book window, hold the Shift key and go to File > Open All Files in Book.) 

Do you have unresolved cross-references, missing fonts, etc.? To update/generate, FM has to open and scan all the files in the background. It sounds like some error condition prevents it from doing this in the background (without being able to prompt you for what to do about the error condition). 

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