Adding structured files into a book yields the wrong order in the structure

[Simon BUCH]

Dear Framers,

This is a resend of my previous message - as I suspect the FrameUsers 
list doesn't allow for attachments - such as graphics - to be sent.


I've been having a problem with adding FrameMaker structured documents 
into a structured book, and I wonder if any of you guys have experienced 
the same or similar effect.

FWIW, I'm using FrameMaker 10, running on Windows7 - both with the 
latest patches installed.
The files are organised in sub-section documents, such as ENR_3_3_en.fm 
being the ENR 3.3 document, and sub-sub-section documents having 
additional numbering, such as: ENR_3_3_1_en.fm

If I select a range of documents in an explorer window, and drag the 
documents inside the book file, I appear to be able to get the whole 
structure of the document messed up.

I dragged the files to be after the ENR_3_3_en.fm document, and before 
the ENR_3_4_en.fm document. The book file appears to have the documents 
in the correct order ENR_3_3_en.fm, followed by ENR_3_3_1_en.fm, 
ENR_3_3_2_en.fm, ENR_3_3_3_en.fm, etc. but the structure view shows that 
they are located /after/ the ENR_3_5_en.fm document!

The effect of adding these documents gets even stranger when I noticed 
that the ENR_3_4_en.fm, ENR_3_5_en.fm, and ENR_3_6_en.fm - which /were/ 
in the correct order /before /the drag-drop function, are somehow reversed.

If I try rearranging some of the files in the structure view window, I 
have seen FrameMaker crash a few times.


I managed to add the files in the correct order by:
a. move the insertion pointer in the structure view
b. select the FrameMaker Add > Files... menu item
c. In the "Add Files to book" dialog, with the "details" being shown:
      reserve the Name sort order in the Windows dialog, so it shows Z - 
A ordering
d. select the second file in the reversed order [e.g. the "y" file]
e. shift-select the last file in the reversed order [e.g. the "a" file]
f. control-select the first file in the reversed order [e.g. the "z" file]
... but even with this, I found that FrameMaker added the files into the 
book 2 elements /after/ where I had moved the insertion pointer.


Has anyone else observed these behaviours before?


// Simon BUCH -- M-AIS
// [still working with FrameMaker after all these years]


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