"Use Condition Indicators setting is inconsistent"

[Fred Ridder]

Sorry, Shmuel, but this is not correct.

In the first case you describe, the message you would see is something like "Show/hide rules are inconsistent".

The second case that you describe is not an error condition and does not produce any warning message. There is absolutely no requirement that all the components of a book must have the same set of conditions defined. I have many books where the generated files and certain "boilerplate" files that are common to multiple books contain *no* condition definitions while some of the component files have a dozen or more conditions. Requiring identitcal condition sets would impose unreasonable restrictions on the ability to use shared files in multiple books.

What the message in question actually means is that there is at least one condition that is defined in two or more files where the *indication* options (the text color and underlining/strikethrough options and/or the "use condition indicator" toggle) are not identical. The message is warning you that the same condition may be highlighted differently (or not be highlighted at all) across all of the files in the book. The issue is easy to fix by importing the conditional text formatting properties from one file to all the other files in the book.

-Fred Ridder

> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:57:07 +0200
> From: shmuelw1 at gmail.com
> To: rshell at iafrica.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: "Use Condition Indicators setting is inconsistent"
> 
> It means one of two things:
> 
> 1. The conditions that are *selected* to be viewed in each file are not 
> the same throughout the book. (Even if you do not apply the conditions 
> to any text, there still can be conditions defined in the file.)
> 
> 2. You have conditions that are defined in some, but not all, files.
> 
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
> 
> 
> On 12-Dec-12 7:10 PM, Rob Shell wrote:
> > Dear Framers:
> > I would love to know what this message means.
> > Has it something to do with conditional text? The capitalized noun would
> > indicate no.
> > (I do not use conditional text).
> > Or does this refer to a condition which is set.
> > Could this be a toggle switch? And the condition is on or off
> > The toggle for conditional text is very complicated, seems you have to go to
> > Window to turn on the condition and then back to Special.
> > There is such a total disconnect between the messages which the engineers
> > write and the manual, such as it is.
> > None of these terms are found.
> >
> > IN addition to my earlier post I am writing FM in master book and child book
> > mode.
> >
> > I have spent the whole day on this.
> >
> > Rob Shell
> > Windows Seven
> > FrameMaker 9 patched
> > 4 GB RAM
> > 3 TB hd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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