mass update of system variable

[Lin Sims]

If it helps any, I learned to do this from Shlomo. :)

Yes, Edwin will have to open each book to do this, but it's still faster
than editing one file in each book and importing from there. I don't think
there's a plugin available that will do any better than that.


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried <wreng at tycoint.com>wrote:

>  Hi Lin,
>
>
>
> I was sure.
>
>
>
> If you open a MIF snippet to be able to import formats
>
> from it, all variables which are not defined in the MIF snippet
>
> are populatead with the default values. That’s why I never used
>
> it to import formats from it. However, if you do import formats,
>
> it seems that these default values are _*not*_ imported although
>
> they are there. Strange.
>
>
>
> If you import the MIF snippet as a file, then you can import it only
>
> into a single file. Of course you can then import variables into
>
> all other files of the book. However, this is not what the poster
>
> wanted.
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>
>
> I would make a book with all the files (from all the folders
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> and subfolders) and use one of the plugin to import a single
>
> variable.
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>
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> Winfried
>
>
>
> *From:* Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims.ml at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2013 2:56 PM
> *To:* Reng, Dr. Winfried
> *Cc:* ETudsbery at cpaglobal.com; Frame Users
>
> *Subject:* Re: mass update of system variable
>
>
>
> Really? I've used a MIF snippet in the last month to update all the
> variables in a book file, and that was in Frame10.
>
> (ETudsbury, I forgot to say that you have to reopen the MIF file in
> FrameMaker, but I figured you'd know that since the file you're importing
> from has to be open.)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried <wreng at tycoint.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> MIF snippets do not work.
>
> You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy
>
> into a single file. If you would then import the variables
>
> from this file into other files (via import formats), you would
>
> import all variables.
>
>
>
> I would recommend to check the variable plugins from
>
> Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software:
>
> http://leximation.com/tools/
>
> http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/
>
>
>
> I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure
>
> they would help you.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> Winfried
>
>
>
> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Lin Sims
> *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM
> *To:* ETudsbery at cpaglobal.com
> *Cc:* Frame Users
> *Subject:* Re: mass update of system variable
>
>
>
> MIF snippet.
>
> 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update.
>
> 2. Save as a MIF file.
>
> 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor.
>
> 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update.
>
> 5. Save and close the file.
>
> 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF
> snippet.
>
> Let me know if you have questions. :)
>
> Lin
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, <ETudsbery at cpaglobal.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to update the definition for the system variable "Running H/F1"
> for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user
> variables, so I can't use the Import > Formats > Variable definitions
> method.
>
> Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this?
>
> regards,
>
> Edwin Tudsbery
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