At 10:28 -0400 24/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote: >I am trying to figure out how attribute-based Running H/F variables work. Here >is are examples of a couple in a document I have: > ><$attribute[Booktitle:book]> ><$attribute[Revision:book]> > >I assume that the first is looking for the value of the Booktitle attribute on >the book element, and the second is looking for the value of the Revision >element on the book element. Is this correct?
Yes. According to Sheila Loring, 'FrameMaker 7 Complete Reference', page 239 (which carries a misprint, so I'm trying to interpret here), the syntax is <$attribute[[attribute:element]>. See also $highchoice<> and $lowchoice<> building blocks, which select the highest and lowest of an attribute range. The syntax is <$highchoice[attribute:element]> or just <$highchoice[attrbute]>. >Also, I notice something about attribute-based Running H/F building blocks >that differs from paragraph- and marker-based building blocks: the document I >am look at doesn't have a book element, but it still displays the value. In >fact, I don't even have the book file where I assume the book element >originates. Does this sound right? Thanks. I don't know, because I've not tried this. Search in the MIF to see where it might be coming from? Or maybe it's a bug: this sounds like the sort of dark corner where oddities could lurk undetected. -- Steve
