FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book

[Fred Ridder]

Note that if any of the unused conditions are still defined in any of the chapter files, the names will reappear in the book file the next time you do an Update Book operation. 

Also note that a book file cannot contain conditional text *markers* as you originally asked about. Conditional text markers are non-printing symbols that appear in a text flow to encapsulate hidden conditionalized content when the content's condition(s) is set to hide rather than show. Since the book file has no text flows, it cannot contain markers. What it *does* contain is a compiled list of the names of all the conditions that exist in any of the component .fm files. Yes, I'm being picky about terminology, but conditional text is complicated enough (and misunderstood enough by many users) that there's no need to add more confusion.

-Fred Ridder

> From: elightle at commandalkon.com
> To: shmuelw1 at gmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:47:51 +0000
> 
> Edited to add:
> This worked for the book but did not remove the condition tags in the individual files.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed Lightle
> Sr. Technical Writer
> Command Alkon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Lightle 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:22 AM
> To: 'Shmuel Wolfson'; Framers
> Subject: RE: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book
> 
> Shmuel,
> 
> Thanks so much!  Saved book as a MIF as you recommended, deleted the condition markers and then saved back as a book.  Took about 4 minutes!
> 
> Thanks so much!
> Ed Lightle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shmuel Wolfson [mailto:shmuelw1 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:45 AM
> To: Ed Lightle; Framers
> Subject: FM, How to Delete Unused Conditional Text Names from a Book
> 
> As far as I know, the only way to do it is to save the book file as a MIF, open the MIF in a text editor, delete the condition, and then resave it as a BOOK file. It's not as hard as it sounds. Here is an example of the lines you would need to delete for the "Comment" condition:
> 
> <Condition
> <CTag `Comment'>
> <CState CShown>
> <CStyle CDoubleUnderline>
> <CSeparation 2>
> <CColor `Red'>
>  > # end of Condition
> 
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
> 
> On 21-Oct-13 4:37 PM, Ed Lightle wrote:
> >
> > Hi, everybody.
> >
> > Is there an easy way to delete unused conditional text markers from a 
> > FrameMaker book? I'm still using version 7.0.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ed Lightle
> >


 		 	   		  
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