Importing single variable values?

2008-01-15 Thread rebecca officer
You only need to muck with MIF files when importing variable formats because FM has this really annoying feature of not letting you remove the system variables, so a MIF fragment is the only way to make a "template" that doesn't have them. That's the problem with the "third variant" from Grant and

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread frameus...@natebus.de
Hello, i have a set of FrameScript-scripts for import of many formats (character formats, colors, conditional formats, variable formats etc.) http://framescript.natebus.de/index.php?navi=superimportbundle#ImportSelVarFmt Best regards Karsten Esteemed Framers, I think I once knew the answer t

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then import variable definitions from that file. Problem is, you can't delete system variables. But you can with a "mif fragment".

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Fred Ridder
Diane Schaefer asked: > Would this [importing a MIF fragment] also work for importing > select paragraph formats? Yes, it would work for that but there is a much more direct approach that I think is a lot easier. Just make a special file (consider it a template since it need not contain any tex

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread rebecca officer
You only need to muck with MIF files when importing variable formats because FM has this really annoying feature of not letting you remove the system variables, so a MIF fragment is the only way to make a "template" that doesn't have them. That's the problem with the "third variant" from Grant and

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Grant Hogarth
, January 13, 2008 8:37 PM To: Charles Beck; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Importing single variable values? Chuck Beck asked:> I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, > and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to >

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Fred Ridder
Diane Schaefer asked: > Would this [importing a MIF fragment] also work for importing > select paragraph formats? Yes, it would work for that but there is a much more direct approach that I think is a lot easier. Just make a special file (consider it a template since it need not contain any t

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Grant Hogarth
, January 13, 2008 8:37 PM To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Importing single variable values? Chuck Beck asked:> I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, > and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to >

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread frameusers
Hello, i have a set of FrameScript-scripts for import of many formats (character formats, colors, conditional formats, variable formats etc.) http://framescript.natebus.de/index.php?navi=superimportbundle#ImportSelVarFmt Best regards Karsten Esteemed Framers, I think I once knew the answer

Re: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Diane Schaefer
, 2008 22:22 To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Importing single variable values? Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then impo

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Chuck, My ImportFormatsSpecial plugin gives you separate checkboxes for importing user variables and system variables. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Esteemed Framers, > > I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, > and I can f

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Diane Schaefer
.co.nz] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 22:22 To: Charles Beck; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Importing single variable values? Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you

Re: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-14 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Chuck, My ImportFormatsSpecial plugin gives you separate checkboxes for importing user variables and system variables. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Esteemed Framers, > > I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, > and I can f

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Fred Ridder
Chuck Beck asked:> I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, > and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to > import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one > document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is >

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
ry 13, 2008 22:22 To: Charles Beck; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Importing single variable values? Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then impor

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
Esteemed Framers, I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is all-or-not

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Fred Ridder
Chuck Beck asked:> I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, > and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to > import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one > document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is >

RE: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
22 To: Charles Beck; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Importing single variable values? Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then import variable definitions from

Re: Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread rebecca officer
Hi Charles If all your system variables have the same value in all files in the book, you can make an import-from FM file and delete the variables you don't want, then import variable definitions from that file. Problem is, you can't delete system variables. But you can with a "mif fragment".

Importing single variable values?

2008-01-13 Thread Charles Beck
Esteemed Framers, I think I once knew the answer to this question, but it escapes me now, and I can find nothing in the Frame documentation: Is there any way to import a single or a selected subset of variable values from one document to another? I tend to think there is not, that it is all-or-no