If you conditionalize any cross-references, it is virtually inevitable that you will get "unresolved" errors when you do an update book operation with some condition(s) set to be hidden, regardless of the dictates of your company's SQA rules.
When FrameMaker does a book update, it check's *all* cross- references, even if they are hidden. The hitch is that if the target (source) of the x-ref is also hidden, FrameMaker reports the link as unresolved. The only way to avoid this is to never conditionalize cross-references. If that's not possible, your SQA rules will just have to be modified to accept a list of exceptions for cross-references that are reported as unresolved for a particular set of show/hide condition settings. Checking for unresolved x-refs with all conditions showing establishes that all the x-refs are good, and you should then be able to document that the "bad" ones that are reported in the Book Errors windows when you publish any given conditionalized version are due only to hidden x-refs My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 10:35 AM To: framers at frameusers.com Cc: larry_prado at jeppesen.com Subject: Going nutso' with a "phantom" cross-reference Framemaker 7.1, all patches, Windows XP. I have a 12 file book that whenever generated gives the same single error message - unresolved cross-reference in a particular file in the book. When I click on the error message in the Book Error Log, however, I don't "jump" to the same location all of the time - sometimes it's page 1, sometimes page 10, etc. and sometimes, I get that unable to find the error in the file message. I have spent 4 hours trouble-shooting this guide to no avail! Since this is a container file for text insets and I use conditional text, I have done the following: I have manually checked each and every crosss-reference in the container file itself with all conditions turned on and no unresolved x-refs are found. I have manually checked each and every text inset in the container file with all conditions turned on and have found no unresolved x-refs. I have generated a PDF of the file and checked each and every x-ref for the 'dead link' syndrome and all links work as expected. I have used search and find on the container file with all conditions turned on and I get the message that no unresolved x-refs are found. I have used search and find on the text inset book and have even opned the text insets themselves in the container file and used search and find and I get the message that no unresolved x-refs are found. In frustration and desparation, I even searched for all x-ref markers in the file and found no errant markers. At this point, I am stumped and at a complete loss. The only reason that I am being so anal about this is that SQA rules dictate that the final version of any document checked in must be error-free and right now, I can't say that because I keep getting this single blasted error message. Any and all advice, thoughts, suggestions (virtual sledgehammers) are appreciated. Thanks, TVB Tammy Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. 303-328-4420 tammy.vanboening at jeppesen.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as fred.ridder at intel.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/fred.ridder%40intel. com Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
