<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Ahhhh....I love the archive of this list! Is there any place where I can read up on the pros & cons of this? What about work practices to keep it from unintentionally resetting to Frame's default value? </DIV>
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<DIV>I've inherited templates designed by someone who now works elsewhere, and they include an edited system variable. Specifically, "current year (long)" was borrowed to use in copyright statements as just <$year>. Unfortunately, that's reset to Frame's default value more than once. Our documents are worked on at different sites by people of varying levels of skill with Frame. Some occurrences are with outside translators and might be related to translation-management software.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks in advance,<BR>Mary</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 6/1/12, Robert Lauriston <I><robert@lauriston.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Robert Lauriston <robert@lauriston.com><BR>Subject: Re: date building blocks in user variables<BR>To: framers@lists.frameusers.com<BR>Date: Friday, June 1, 2012, 3:00 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Oh, wait, that's just standard documented behavior, you can't use<BR>building blocks in user variables. It's been so long since I needed to<BR>modify a date format that I forgot.<BR><BR>On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Robert Lauriston <<A href="http://us.mc1301.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=robert@lauriston.com" ymailto="mailto:robert@lauriston.com">robert@lauriston.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> In FrameMaker 10.0.2.419, date building blocks work only in system<BR>> variables. In user variables, they display as literals minus the first<BR>> angle bracket, e.g. $monthname>.<BR>><BR>> Anybody else seen this?<BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR><BR>You are currently subscribed to framers as <A href="http://us.mc1301.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mhs_tw@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:mhs_tw@yahoo.com">mhs_tw@yahoo.com</A>.<BR><BR>Send list messages to <A
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