Dear Hans, thanks for your answer. i found a workaround by using only the key for the crossref and adding the "img::" in the macro.
below is the working example (just for the record) regards michael ------- \startbuffer[duane] @image {tug2014, title = "TUG 2014", url = "http://tug.org/tug2014/", url_image = "http://tug.org/art/tug2014-color.jpg", url_thumb = "http://tug.org/tug2014/t2014-thumb.jpg", description = "Official drawing of the TUG 2014 conference", author = "Duane Bibby", year = 2014, } \stopbuffer \definebtxdataset [duane] \usebtxdataset [duane] [duane.buffer] \usebtxdefinitions [duane] \definebtxrendering [duane] [dataset=duane, method=local, ] \setupbtxlist [duane] [number=no] \startsetups btx:duane:cite:image {\externalfigure[\btxfield{url_image}][width=10cm]} \stopsetups \def\bild[#1]#2% {\placefigure[here][#1]{#2}{\cite[image][duane::#1]}}% \def\bildref[#1]% {\in{\bf Fig.}[#1]} \startsetups btx:duane:list:image \btxfield{title} \stopsetups \starttext %\enabletrackers % [publications.setups] \bild[tug2014]\par \input tufte \bildref[tug2014] \page \placebtxrendering[duane] \stoptext On 10.10.2015, at 11:35, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 10/10/2015 10:26 AM, Eidenbenz Michael wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have double colons (::) in my reference points. >> (It's actually the same string I also use to refer to my publication >> database) >> But they wont show up as you can see in the example below. >> >> Is there any way to fix this? >> >> Thanks for your help and best regards > > :: and ::: have special meaning (:; for another document and ::: for > components and such) > >> Michael >> >> ----- >> >> \starttext >> >> \placefigure[here][img:cow]{This is a cow}{\externalfigure[cow.jpg]}\par >> \placefigure[here][img::mill]{This is a mill}{\externalfigure[mill.png]}\par >> >> The picture in \in{Figure}[img:cow] is a cow\par >> The picture in \in{Figure}[img::mill] is a mill (cross reference is not >> working)\par >> >> \stoptext >> >> ----- >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >> the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________