Hi Jakob, You could use FrameScript to do this. I would envision a script that would go through the document or book (or folder of documents), and look for all of the idref attributes (or whatever you use in your cross-references to match your ID attributes). It would then right these to an Excel spreadsheet or FrameMaker table. You could then sort on the idref column to find all of the cross-references pointing to a particular value.
If you used a FrameMaker table, each entry could be hyperlinked back to the cross-reference. In addition, a hyperlink could also point to the source element containing the ID attribute. With FrameScript, you can do just about anything; you just have to define your requirements. If you want to pursue this further, please contact me offlist. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 1:01 PM To: Framers List Subject: Re: find all xrefs for an ID in FrameMaker? Bill, Matt, good idea, the index of markers. I very rarely use them, so I completely forgot about them. I'll try that for starters. The need is indeed to find all cross references for a given element. I must admit my reference for this stems from Oxygen XML's behaviour where you execute an Xpath query for a document and it then shows, across the bottom of the screen, a list of all found elements which are clickable and lead you to the item in the document. In the "Structured Authoring" workspace (on of the default ones), at the bottom of the screen of FrameMaker 9, there is a panel called "Cross References" which lists the xrefs for the current document or any other that you choose and that's open. It closely resembles what I've encountered in Oxygen XML, but it's not easily possible to restrict its display to those xrefs that point to a given element. I may indeed post this to the wish list for a future version as suggested by Matt. cheers, Jakob. [did I say we're using FrameMaker 9, structured mode?] On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 18:35, Bill Swallow <techcommd...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can also create an Index of Markers and choose the xref marker > format to get a full list of every xref, I believe by target. I don't > have FM handy at the moment to check. > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Bill Swallow <techcommd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Use the Find/Replace dialog to search for Marker Text and type in the >> ID attribute. It should find them all. I'm not sure what you mean by >> seeing them all in the xref panel at the bottom of the screen, though. >> What are you trying to do, exactly? What is your need? > > -- > Bill Swallow > > Twitter: @techcommdood > Blog: http://techcommdood.com > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/techcommdood > > Available for contract and full time opportunities. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as r...@rickquatro.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rick%40rickquatro.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
