May be a typo...but the system variable chaptnum is in fact chapnum...
At 03:59 PM 26/05/2009, poshedly at bellsouth.net wrote: ><http://www.nospammer.net/SpamSubmission/SubmitSpam?id=I3RgB3suWhNjb3df>If >this email is not spam, click here to submit the >signatures to FortiGuard - AntiSpam Service. > > >Hey all, > >(FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) > >I'm having no success in generating a book TOC >where each line entry includes the topic (either >level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot >leader, followed by the "chapnum", then a dash >and then the "pagenum", like this: > >BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ................................1-3 > BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 2 .............................1-4 > >The chapnum and pagenum were set up in each of >the chapter master page footers via Format > >Headers&Footers, Insert page# and Insert other > >Chapter Number with a dash in between (as shown above) > >With the book file and all chapters opened, >Format > Document > Numbering and "1" was >selected for the first chapter and Continue >Numbering from Previous File in Book was used for the subsequent chapters. > >Then at the book level, it's Format > Add Table >of Contents, then moving only the Section Title, >Topic Level 1 and Topic Level 2 from the "Don't >Include" box to the "Include Paragraphs Tagged" >box (the TOC is set to be placed right after the >book's title page and before the first chapter). > >In the Update Book dialog box, all checkboxes >are checked and I click "Update" to generate the file. > >The resultant file is in Times Roman with a >space and a single page number for everything. > >BLAH-BLAH 1 (displays as the paragraph for Topic Level 1TOC) >BLAH-BLAH 2 (displays as the paragraph for Topic Level 2TOC) > >After using paragraph designer to "Update all" >with a Arial font, then a 6.9 in. right-aligned >tab with dot leader, I check the reference page, >and set the Topic Level 1TOC entry to ><$paratext>.....................................<$chaptnum>-<$pagenum> > >and the Topic Level 2TOC entry to > <$paratext>..............................<$chaptnum>-<$pagenum> > >What I get is this: > >BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ................................3 > BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 2 .............................4 > >I've checked and doublechecked my settings and >even consulted chapter 12 of my printout of the >official FM 8.0 manual (what a doosy). Nothing >seems amiss, but still it's just not working. > >-- Kenpo in Atlanta >_______________________________________________ > > >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%40innovmetric.com > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > Stephen O'Brien R?dacteur technique senior / Senior Technical Writer InnovMetric Logiciels inc. / InnovMetric Software Inc. 2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310 Qu?bec (Qu?bec) Canada G1N 4N6 Tel.: (418) 688-2061 Fax: (418) 688-3001 E-mail: sobrien at innovmetric.comwww.innovmetric.com PolyWorks, the Universal 3D Metrology Software Platform for Manufacturing (TM)