<div dir="ltr">Really? I've used a MIF snippet in the last month to update all the variables in a book file, and that was in Frame10. <br><br>(ETudsbury, I forgot to say that you have to reopen the MIF file in FrameMaker, but I figured you'd know that since the file you're importing from has to be open.)<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wreng@tycoint.com" target="_blank">wreng@tycoint.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">MIF snippets do not work.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">into a single file. If you would then import the variables</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">from this file into other files (via import formats), you would</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">import all variables.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I would recommend to check the variable plugins from</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://leximation.com/tools/" target="_blank">http://leximation.com/tools/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/" target="_blank">http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">they would help you.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best regards</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Winfried</span></p>
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<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""> <a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Frame Users<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: mass update of system variable</span></p>
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1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Save as a MIF file.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. Save and close the file.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Let me know if you have questions. :)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, <<a href="mailto:ETudsbery@cpaglobal.com" target="_blank">ETudsbery@cpaglobal.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hello,</span>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I'd like to update the definition for the system variable "Running H/F1" for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import > Formats > Variable definitions
method. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this?</span>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">regards, </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Edwin Tudsbery</span> </p>
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