Hi Stephen, This is true. What I forgot to mention is that this external link is most often a word in a sentence (most often this is a reference to an MMI), which means that the cross-reference text needs to remain in the file.
But wait: >> "The idea that comes to my mind is to use conditional markers to >> activate/disactivate the cross-references." Is it possible to make the cross-reference functionality itself conditional and not just the cross-reference. How would I do that? Because that would solve my problem. Best Regards /Henrik -----Original Message----- From: Stephen O'Brien [mailto:sobr...@innovmetric.com] Sent: m?ndag den 26 juni 2006 14:43 To: Evanth, Henrik; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: Re: Removing x-refs before generating PDFs Hi Evanth, The idea that comes to my mind is to use conditional markers to activate/disactivate the cross-references. No need to recopy any files and you keep your x-refs. Hope this helps. Cheers. At 08:07 AM 6/26/2006, Evanth, Henrik wrote: >Hi All, > >In my FrameMaker book, I have cross-references within the book (using a >cross-reference format called "A") as well as cross-references to an >external file that is not included in the book (using a cross-reference >format called "B"). When I create a PDF, I don't want the >cross-references to the external file to become active links while of >course the internal links (format "A") should be clickable. > >Is there an easy way of doing this? > >Today I have to copy the complete book. Then I transform all >cross-references of type B (external file) to editable text. Then I >create the PDF. This works but it is cumbersome to make a copy of the >book each time and then just throw the copies away after the PDF has >been generated. In my source I don't want to remove the links to the >external FM file. > >Best Regards >/Henrik >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as sobrien at innovmetric.com. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit >http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sobrien%40innovmetr >ic.com > >Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. Stephen O'Brien Documentation/Technical Writer InnovMetric Logiciels (Software) Inc. 1-418-688-2061