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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD><BODY lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><DIV><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Roger –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What an interesting suggestion. I had never worked with text flows before, but after your e-mail, I created a text flow tag called Metadata containing the four fields I mentioned earlier and I imported only that flow into the “master” file that was designed to display only the metadata info from each text inset file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You’re right – it works!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You mentioned putting each text inset file in a different flow, up to 256. But as we may end up with several hundred text inset files over time, it occurred to me to try it the other way ‘round: That is, to see if the main contents of each text inset file could remain in Flow Tag A, with only the four-line metadata in a separate flow. (Which means dealing only with two text flows instead of many.) That’s what I tried and it does work, at least in my first experiments. Can you think of any reason NOT to continue with that? I also wasn’t sure about where to place the new text frame containing the Metadata Flow Tag, so I inserted it in the upper left of my regular Flow A. I had my doubts whether FM would permit a text flow within the frame of the larger Flow A but it seems to be okay.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you so much for your creative approach to this – do my changes make sense or might I have paved the way for future problems due to my lack of familiarity with this new feature?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>~~Gay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Roger Shuttleworth [mailto:rshuttleworth@avbasesystems.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> Gay Alson<br><b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Any way to hide unconditional text?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Hello Gay<br><br>One idea is to use multiple flows for your text insets. A FM document can have up to (I think) 256 different flows, each having a unique name. You could have each text inset in a different flow, but put your metadata in the main flow (A). Then when you import the text inset, you select the flow that you want to import (try it and see!). If you name your flows appropriately, it should be clear which flow you want to import.<br><br>Depending on the size of your insets, you may want to use either one file or split them across several files in order to limit file size.<br><br>That's one idea that comes to mind...<br><br>Hope this helps.<br><br>Roger<br><br>Roger Shuttleworth<br>Technical Documentation<br>AV-BASE Systems Inc.<br>1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200<br>London, Ontario<br>N5V 3S4<br>Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gay Alson [mailto:GALSON@epicor.com]<br><b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:08:22 -0400<br><b>Subject:</b> Any way to hide unconditional text?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hello again, Framers,<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(FrameMaker 9.0p255, Windows 7 64-bit.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Does the following make sense?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Let’s say we have 100 text inset files for use in various chapters of various books. Each TI file starts with this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <Filename - Long> system variable<br> <Creation Date - Short> system variable<br> <Description> Not a variable; a text description of the text inset file.<br> <Product> Not a variable; an indication whether the text inset is app-specific or global. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This information is conditionalized with the Metadata tag (which is used only here and nowhere else in any of the TI files). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=headingrunin><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>For reporting and versioning purposes, I want to copy and paste each text inset file into a file called “TextInsets.fm”. In this file, I want to show ONLY text bearing the Metadata tag. However, although I can hide all of the other condition tags, I can’t hide unconditional text. (And I don’t want to have to tag unconditional text with a condition called Unconditional, just to be able to hide it...!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=headingrunin><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Am I overlooking something obvious, or a better way to accomplish this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=headingrunin><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks for any suggestions,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=headingrunin><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>~~Gay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>_________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Gay Alson<br>Senior Technical Writer<br>Epicor Retail<br><a href="http://www.epicor.com">www.epicor.com</a><br>Tel.: (514) 428-2116<br>Fax: (514) 426-0824<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:galson@epicor.com">galson@epicor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Epicor (Incorporating NSB and CRS)<br>2800 Trans Canada Highway, Pointe Claire QC H9R 1T1<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray'>This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. 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