Given 1-5, what you needed to do was save the bookfile.book as a MIF, bookfile.mif. Open bookfile.mif in a text editor. Search for OLDTAG and delete the entry for the OLDTAG condition. Save the MIF file as text using bookfile.mif name, close the MIF, open bookfile.mif in FM and save it as bookfile.book again.
The issue is that the book file itself stores information, such as a list of conditions used. But that list is not dynamic, so if you remove conditions from your chapters, the book file still remembers it. AND, there's no way to access that list from the FrameMaker GUI. So, what you do is save the bookfile as MIF and delete the reference to the old condition tag from the text editor before saving back as an FM binary. Cheers, Sean -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:56 AM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] FrameMaker Conditions that won't go away Summary: 1. I used a Framescript to change all text tagged with OLDTAG to being tagged with NEWTAG. No text in any of the files is tagged with OLDTAG at this time. 2. As the condition OLDTAG still existed in each file, I deleted that condition from each and every file. OLDTAG does not exist in any of the files any more. The OLDTAG condition has been verified as being deleted from each and every file. It has been searched for and DOES NOT EXIST anywhere in any of the files. 3. If I show/hide conditional text at the individual file level, NEWTAG is available, and OLDTAG is not, as I expect it to happen. 4. If I show/hide conditional text at the BOOK level, OLDTAG is available, but NEWTAG is not, which is *not* what I expect to happen. NEWTAG should be available at the book level show/hide, and OLDTAG should not show at all as it has been deleted. 5. I tried saving the book file to MIF, but that did not work. I also tried closing out of FrameMaker and restarting, and that did not work. The book file refused to give up references to OLDTAG and recognize NEWTAG. 6. FINALLY, Sean's suggestion to make a new book file seemed to work. Yeah!! THANK YOU, SEAN!!!! DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DOCUMENTATION & TRAINING WEST 07: THE USER EXPERIENCE April 18-21, 2007 ~ Vancouver BC ~ Marriott Pinnacle ~ free city tour 40+ sessions * free workshops * free iPod offer * www.doctrain.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
