Yes there is a way, Steve, and it's called a "MIF snippet". A MIF
snippet is just a part of a MIF file which only contains one variable
and definition, no other system variables (Running H/Fs), paratags or
chartags.
This is how you do it:
1. Create a MIF snippet (don't worry, you'll find an example of the
"code" at the end of this procedure).
2. Open the MIF snippet in a text editor and change the variable name or
the variable definition.
3. Open the MIF snippet in FM and import its variable definitions (only
one) into the other FM files.
This is an example of a MIF snippet. You can copy this, paste it in a
text editor and change the variable definition and name.
<MIFFile 7.00> # Generated by FrameMaker 7.0p578
<VariableFormats
<VariableFormat
<VariableName `1-productname01'>
<VariableDef `<Default \xa6 Font\>Adobe FrameMaker<Default \xa6 Font\>'>
> # end of VariableFormat
> # end of VariableFormats
# End of MIFFile
I guess you'll also have to change <MIFFile 7.00> into <MIFFile 6.00>
because you're using FrameMaker 6.
Good luck and best regards
Yves Barbion
Technical Writer
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
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Steve Rickaby wrote:
FrameMaker 6, unstructured
When variables are imported into a document, the definition of *all* variables
is updated, both custom variables and system variables. This is fine if all
your running h/f variables are the same across a book, but not otherwise. And
the 'singleton' method of creating a dummy document with only the variable of
interest defined won't work here, for the same reason.
Is there a way to import only one variable definition across multiple
documents, without resorting to custom plug-ins or scripting?
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