Variables and Character Formats

[Grant Hogarth]

Alison ---
     A lot depends on how many variants you have.  You will have to 
define one for each product.
("SonixTouch", "SonixRemote", "SonixMDP", etc.), now if you want 
"SonixTouch Installation" to appear that way for the chapter title page 
and then appear "SonixTouch INSTALLATION" in the header, that gets a bit 
tricky, as one can't nest variables in FM.
One way to do this define the header on the master page as 
"<$ProductName> <AllCaps><Chapter Title Name><Default ¶ Font>"
You would also define a charformat tag of "AllCaps", and set the value 
of <$chaptertitlename> to "Installation"
(See attached.)

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Others may have other solutions (possibly better)

Grant
(Sample FM 10 file attached --- although it may get stripped off by the 
server)


On 2/3/2012 5:15 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
>
> Penelope:
>
> I need the upper/lowercase mix so that when I use the product Variable 
> in an all uppercase header, the product Variable remains a mix of 
> upper/lowercase. For example:
>
> CHAPTER 1: SonixTouch INSTALLATION
>
> Note that the upper/lowercase mix is a Marketing standard over which I 
> have no control. We used to use all uppercase (SONIXMDP), then we went 
> to a mix (SonixTOUCH) and now a different mix (SonixTouch). It's fun 
> keeping up with Marketing ;-)))
>
> From your explanation, I'm going to need multiple versions of some of 
> my product Variables -- which is a pain, but doable.
>
> If I can't define more than one Char tag inside the Variable (*/Bold 
> Italic/* and lowercase), then I'll have to create a new Char tag just 
> to use with Variables.
>
> Thanks, Alison
>
> *From:*Penelope Perkins [mailto:Penelope.Perkins at synergex.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 03, 2012 4:03 PM
> *To:* Alison Craig
> *Subject:* RE: Variables and Character Formats
>
> Alison,
>
> I'm unclear why you need the upper/lower case char formats in the 
> variable. You can just create a variable with the text "SonixRemote" 
> -- no need for formats at all.
>
> However, you are correct that applying a char format to a variable 
> does not work. If you need the product name to be bold or italic in a 
> paragraph that is otherwise not bold or italic, you'll need to define 
> additional variables thus:
>
> <Bold>SonixRemote</>
>
> <Italic>SonixRemote</>
>
> (Using, of course, whatever your char tags are for bold and italic.)
>
> Note that if the product name appears in, say, a heading paragraph 
> that includes bold as part of the para format, then it will be bold. 
> You would just use the plain version of the variable and let the para 
> format take care of the bold. Does that make sense?
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Penelope
>
> *From:*framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> <mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] 
> <mailto:[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]> *On Behalf Of 
> *Alison Craig
> *Sent:* Friday, February 03, 2012 3:50 PM
> *To:* framers at lists.frameusers.com <mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> *Subject:* Variables and Character Formats
>
> FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
>
> Unstructured
>
> OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit
>
> FM Experience: 2-½ years
>
> I'm having a problem with applying a Character Tag to certain 
> Variables. Some of my Heading styles appear in all Uppercase. However, 
> internal standards require that certain product names always appear in 
> a mix of Uppercase and Lowercase (eg, SonixTouch). To handle this, I 
> create my product Variables as follows:
>
> S<F-lowercase>onix</>T<F-lowercase>ouch</>
>
> This is fine for product Variables that never require the application 
> of a Char Tag. But some product Variables are sometimes required to be 
> */Bold, Italic/*, eg, */SonixRemote/*: 
> S<F-lowercase)>onix</>R<F-lowercase>emote</>
>
> After applying the Char Tag for */Bold, Italic/*, at some point 
> (during Update Book?) part of the Char Tag is lost so instead of 
> */SonixRemote/* I get */Sonix/*Remote. I'm sure my mistake is 
> something reasonably simple, but I have no idea how to fix this.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Alison
>
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>
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>
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