Hello Joe, You can use FrameScript to update the content of your user variable on specific events. If you have FrameScript, install the script below and manually insert a variable named "DocModified" into your documents.
The following "events" were considered: Keyboard text changes (inserting, deleting), pasting anything from the clipboard, inserting objects (anchored frame, table, marker, footnote, math) and changes from the find/change dialog. 8< - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Event Initialize Set gvChanges = '3570 274 275 803 559 849 '+ '848 3968 854 3920 3921 3922 562 563 564'; New EDateTime NewVar(gvEdtMod); EndEvent Event NotePostFunction Find String(IParm) InString(gvChanges) WholeWord ReturnStatus(lvIsChange); If (not lvIsChange) LeaveSub; EndIf Get Object Type(VarFmt) Name('DocModified') NewVar(lvVarFmt) DocObject(ActiveDoc); If (not lvVarFmt) LeaveSub; EndIf Run gvEdtMod.SetCurrTime; Run gvEdtMod.Format FormatStr('%c') NewVar(lvDate); Set lvVarFmt.Fmt = lvDate; EndEvent Event Terminate Delete Object(gvEdtMod); EndEvent 8< - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kind regards, Klaus --- Original Message --- From: Joseph Date: 06.02.2009 19:45 > Hi Art, > > Unfortunately, I don't think your solution works in my case. > > This book is a features and specifications document, consisting of about 600 > or so different frame files. The content of each frame file is mostly > independent of one another. The update process is based on the information > provided to us by the engineers, which is piece meal and inconsistent. We do > not know when we will receive additional content nor are we generally > provided with all the information at once. > > As a result, there's no set time or set amount of information that dictates > when and what files will be updated in this book. On top of that there are 3 > different writers all updating different files at different times. This > situation in combination with our workload (working on 500 things at once), > means that our team is forgetting to manually update this one aspect of the > frame file. Since we don't have the power to change the workflow, we have > two options. > > 1. Either train ourselves to start updating this date manually > 2. Or find a process that would automate it, thus removing the possibility > of human error > > With your solution, it would still require someone to remember to do this . > In addition, it would seem even more complicated to the other writers then > simply typing in the current date. > > Sincerely, > Joe _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.