John,
FM should not crash when you apply Show/Hide settings. Please give
us an update and let us know if you experience crashes now that you've
switched to using conditional expressions. When you were using the
Show/Hide shuttle boxes, did FM always crash when processing the same
file? Did restarting FM or rebooting your computer make a difference?
To answer your original question, yes, once you have selected the
files in a book window, you can make Show/Hide settings in the selected
files either using the Show/Hide Conditional Text box, or by importing
formats from a template and checking the Conditional Text Settings box.
Assuming that all the documents already have the same conditional text
definitions, the two methods should produce identical results. In that
since, they are both "right". However, the first method seems more
obvious to me and more in the spirit of conditional text. The condition
tags have to be defined before they can be shown or hidden. The intent
of this FM feature is to be able to show or hide different content
without having to redefine the conditions. It was creative of you to see
if the second method made a difference in observed behavior, but it
shouldn't be necessary.
--Lynne
On 1/14/2020 1:36 PM, John Posada wrote:
I've been experiencing crashes when applying a Show per condition.
I've applied conditions two different ways...
- Select all the files in the book, configure Show/Hide , pick the
condition, move to Show side, click radio button for Show as per Condition,
then Apply.
- In the template file, configure Show/Hide, Apply, then
File->Import->Conditions.
Is one of these the RIGHT way and one the WRONG way, or is there a more
stable way?
--
Lynne A. Price
Text Structure Consulting, Inc.
Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development, and
training
[email protected] http://www.txstruct.com
voice/fax: (510) 583-1505 cell phone: (510) 421-2284
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