Variables and Character Formats SOLVED

Mon Feb 6 09:50:07 PST 2012

I've decided that the best approach is to have multiple (generally 2) versions of the Variables: one that simply handles the upper/lowercase issue and another that also handles any additional Char Tag issues.

Not all products will require 2 Variables as they don't all need to have Char Tags applied. Most situations are handled with the char formatting as part of a Para tag.

Thanks for everyone's help.

Alison

From: Grant Hogarth [mailto:grant at hedgewizard.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 11:28 AM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: Penelope Perkins; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Variables and Character Formats

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 SonixRemote. I'm sure my mistake is something reasonably simple, but I have no idea how to fix this.

Any suggestions?

Alison

Alison Craig
Lead Technical Writer

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Ultrasonix Medical Corporation | www.ultrasonix.com<http://www.ultrasonix.com/>

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