I think Fred's comments are accurate, but if you do decide you want to muck with markers, IXGen accomodates all types of FM markers, not just index markers. So that would be my tool of choice...
Art On 5/8/07, Ridder, Fred <fred.ridder at intel.com> wrote: > I think you may be under a (common) misconception about > the marker/paragraph option in the Cross-Reference dialog. > That option does *not* change anything about the cross- > references themselves. The option only changes the > information that is displayed in the dialog. In the one case, > the dialog presents you with a list of existing x-ref markers > in the target file so that you can choose to refer to an existing > logically marked location. In the other case, the dialog presents > you with a list of all paragraphs with a specified tag so that > you can refer to any arbitrary piece of content regardless of > whether there is already an x-ref marker in that location. > > When using the paragraph list option, if there is already a > marker in the target location, FrameMaker uses it. If there > is not an existing marker, FrameMaker creates a new marker. > And if you then toggle back to the marker list display you > will see that new marker included in the list. But the end > result is the same either way: an x-ref marker in the target > paragraph so that the referring location can find that location. > > If your cross-references got clobbered in the transition from > structured to unstructured, it's because XML handles cross- > references very differently than FrameMaker does internally. > It has nothing to do with the item listing option that is set > in the Cross-Reference dialog. > > My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. > Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) > Intel > Parsippany, NJ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On > Behalf Of That Darned Writer > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:27 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: xref help > > Hi, all, > > I checked the archives and the power tools list, but didn't find > anything. > > Does anyone of a plugin (or is this a job for Framescript?) that > would crawl through a document and change cross references from a > reference to a type=marker to type=paragraph? > > We have a reference guide that went from structured to unstructured, > and now we have several thousand cross references that are looking > for a marker that's not there. > > Surely someone's run into this. Is there any workaround? > > Thanks, as always! > > > ________________________________________ > joanne grey j_grey at writeangles.com > Principal writer www.writeangles.com -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
