Hi Stephen,
Another person on the list was confused, too. I probably should have mentioned that we are single-sourcing for Print and Help and are not conditionalizing the text inset content directly. The inset is "clean," we call it in, conditionalize from within the container file. That works until the inset is updated (called back in). The inset and related condition info is replaced by the clean inset that is called back in. That is the basic dilemma. Gary ________________________________ From: Stephen O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:12 PM To: Duncan, Gary; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Conditional text insets Not sure I understand the problem. But I am interested because I use text insets (several hundred) and conditional text formats (twenty). Let's say that Doc1 has a text inset Doc2 which has three conditional formats A, B, and C. If in Doc1 I want to see only the content of Doc2 that is flagged with condition C, I set show condition C in Doc1 and that's that. No problem. The only time I had a problem with this is when I had the following case: Doc1 has a text inset Doc2 with a text inset Doc 3 (with conditional formats called A, B, and C). I set show condition C in Doc1 and it didn't work! The problem I believe was that the condition was not defined the same way in Doc2 so the specification didn't make it to Doc3. I deleted the condition in Doc2 and then the correct condition definition (created in Doc3) was imported into Doc2 and then Doc1. I wonder if this is clear..helps. I don't understand how/why a script would be useful here. I probably don't quite understand the problem. Good luck. At 08:20 AM 24/04/2008, Duncan, Gary wrote: Hi everyone, We are trying to use text insets that get called into the chapter and then are conditionalized from within the container file. For example, if we want the content of an inset to appear only in Help, we give it a HelpOnly condition from within the container file. We do not want to conditionalize the text inset content itself because the condition may not be appropriate in other places we use the inset. This works fine until we revise the inset and it gets called back into the container file. The condition is lost. At first, it seemed like a bug. But after thinking about it, it makes sense that reimporting the text inset replaces everything associated with the previous version. The buggy thing is that Frame still indicates that the inset is conditional (in the lower left corner of the screen where the paragraph/flow info shows). The conditional dialog indicates that the inset is conditional, but does not indicate which condition. In the end, however, the information seems bogus because if you click on something else, then click back on the inset, the info is carried over from the previous text you clicked on. If the conditional info was truly held in Frame, I was hoping that a solution could be a script that scans for insets with associated conditions and update and apply the condition. Now, I am not so hopeful. Has anyone run into this and solved the problem? Thank you... Gary _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sobrien%40innovmetric.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. Stephen O'Brien Technical Writer / Rédacteur technique InnovMetric Software Inc. / InnovMetric Logiciels inc. 2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310 Québec (Québec) Canada G1N 4N6 Tel.: (418) 688-2061 Fax: (418) 688-3001 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.innovmetric.com PolyWorks, the Universal 3D Metrology Software Platform for Manufacturing (TM) Don't miss the upcoming International PolyWorks User Meeting on May 29-30, 2008, in Montreal, Canada! Register Today! <http://www.innovmetric.com/Manufacturing/ipum2008.aspx> Ne manquez pas le prochain Congrès international des utilisateurs de PolyWorks les 29 et 30 mai 2008, à Montréal, Canada! Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd'hui! <http://www.innovmetric.com/Manufacturing/ipum2008.aspx?lang=fr> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
