Hi Darren, I'm not sure if you've fixed your problem yet - I think I may not have received all the posts, but, if you're working on an APL (and not an IX), then all you need to do is add a space AND a period to your IgnoreCharsAPL paragraph on the APL Reference page.
Once gotcha is that the space cannot go at the end of the paragraph. I put "space" & "." at the start, and it sorted in the way you wanted. Regards Rob Evans -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC Sent: 03 November 2008 17:15 To: Fred Ridder; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Sorting: Ignoring periods Fred Ridder insisted: >> I'm still not sure I understand why the index entries use a period in the first place. I have never seen an index that uses that punctuation convention.<< *whap-to-da-forehead* I failed to realized that the customer is not generating a true index (IX) but an alpha list of paragraphs. That resulting list is named "index" within the document. You'd think the *.APL file extension would have given me a clue.. ;^) Their template has both IX and APL entries in the ref page. It's too late in the workflow to go back and add index markers in the doc; so I guess they're stuck with hand-fixing the APL? 'Thanx Fred, I couldn't see the forest for the trees. 'Thanx also to Peter Gold. That was the right answer, I was asking the wrong question. 'Thanx to "RickScript" Quatro. Where would I be without duct tape, the kjv and FrameScript. '3 style points to Shmuel Wolfson for originality. Blessings, DJ -----Original Message----- From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:47 AM To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Sorting: Ignoring periods Darrenn Butler wrote: > If changing the SortOrder or the IgnoreChars building blocks won't help, > does anybody have any ideas on what else I can do - even if it's not a > total fix - because I have a customer that's producing very large > indexes. Finding every out-of-order "Heidi" would be tedious and > eye-straining. I'm still not sure I understand why the index entries use a period in the first place. I have never seen an index that uses that punctuation convention. But assuming that the intent is that *every* index entry ends in a period, I would include it in the index specifications on the IX reference page of the index file rather than including it in each and every index entry marker, since a missing period in a marker (which can happen quite easily) would result in a second, unpunctuated entry in the compiled index. Just go to the IX reference page and find the SeparatorsIX paragraph. Add a period (or whetever other character you want to use as an entry terminator) at the very start of the paragraph, before the separator space. Then regenerate the index. -Fred Ridder _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as robert.evans at arc.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/robert.evans%40arc.c om Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.