Conditional build expressions?

Wed Mar 12 04:50:47 PDT 2014

Scott,

The parenthesis support in conditional build expressions is added in FM 12.

Below is some more content about Conditional Text from the FM 12 What's New.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Gyanesh

Conditional Tags pod

The new Conditional Tags pod makes it easier for you to create and manage
conditional text settings by providing an improved and unified interface.
You can conveniently create, edit, and delete conditional tags, apply and
show/hide conditional tags, and search for various attributes (for example,
tag name, styles, or color).

See the video: Conditional Tags
Pod<http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_fm12_conditionaltextpod_en>
.

For more information, see Conditional Tags
pod<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS2CD82D77-9A48-441b-A3E0-E652D9DAD24B.html>
, States of conditional
tags<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS9e6b3bea246b852026d9bd02142a2d35781-8000.html>,
and Automatic validation and visual cues in the conditional
expressions<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS9e6b584b121581dd-341711cc1429f4588a0-8000.html>
.
Building complex conditional expressions with parenthesis support and UI
guides

FrameMaker now allows you to use parentheses in Boolean condition
expressions. This makes it easy to create complex conditional expressions.

FrameMaker also automatically validates the conditional expressions as you
are building them. The Expression Builder UI highlights errors and provides
you visual cues to identify the various relevant parts, such as conditional
tag names and operators, in the build expressions.

See the video: Simplified Conditional
Expressions<http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_fm12_simplifiedconditionalexpression_en>
.

For more information, see Boolean expressions with
parenthesis<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS3ec8f313bbebcd5e-4a6a385c1429f2b27e7-8000.html>
 and Automatic validation and visual cues in the conditional
expressions<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS9e6b584b121581dd-341711cc1429f4588a0-8000.html>
.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Rahul Dhaundiyal <rahuldh at adobe.com>wrote:

>   Hi,
>
> Here is some documentation which you might find useful:
>
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSDBF43BE9-0F4B-489e-A467-D98DA307B987.html
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Rahul Dhaundiyal
>
>
>
> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *rebecca officer
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:20 AM
> *To:* Scott Prentice; 'Framers'
> *Subject:* Re: Conditional build expressions?
>
>
>
> Hi Scott
>
>
>
> I don't know anything about FM8 or FM9 - we skipped them - but I've got
> FM10/11/12 all installed on my laptop, for testing purposes.
>
>
>
> In FM10/11 you can't enter (). You get an error about invalid syntax if
> you do. So that grouping feature is new in FM12.
>
>
>
> We've used build expressions a lot in FM10 and it would've been easier
> with grouping!
>
>
>
> Something else that may not be obvious: you can combine AND with NOT to
> give you ANDNOT functionality. That's very useful.
>
>
>
> Another thing is that FM 10/11 do group things, you just have no control
> over the grouping. We've got expressions like:
>
>
>
>    productA andnot internalOnly andnot future or product-family-A andnot
> internalOnly andnot future
>
>
>
> FM groups this as:
>
>
>
>    (productA andnot internalOnly andnot future) or (product-family-A
> andnot internalOnly andnot future)
>
> not as:
>
>
>
>  productA andnot internalOnly andnot (future or product-family-A) andnot
> internalOnly andnot future
>
>
>
> Feel free to ask any other questions, or let me know if you want me to
> test anything.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Rebecca
>
>
>
>
> >>> Scott Prentice <sp10 at leximation.com> 11/03/14 07:27 >>>
> Hi...
>
> This is a stretch .. but if anyone knows it'll be someone on this list.
> I'm looking for information on the differences between the basic
> functionality of the conditional build expressions in FM from FM8 to FM12.
>
> From the UI functionality perspective, it looks like FM8 and FM9 are the
> same, then in FM10 a "label" was added so you could give your build
> expression a name. FM10 and FM11 look the same, and in FM12 they added a
> "()" button to allow for grouping.
>
> The docs are woefully lacking on details.
>
> Was the basic functionality and syntax the same from FM8 to FM11? Is the
> "()" (grouping) feature actually new in FM12 or was that allowed
> previously, but you just had to know to type it? I must admit that I've
> never really used this feature, but would like to leverage it in a plugin,
> so need to know which aspects are new and which have been there since FM8.
>
> Any tidbits of info are appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ...scott
>
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