Thanks Scott, Jeremy, and Linda, Based on your advise, I've played around with conditional text a little and my doubts are cleared.
One last question: What is the best resource for Frame + DITA? Regards, Gyanesh On 5/21/07, Linda G. Gallagher <lindag at techcomplus.com> wrote: > I've admittedly missed the beginning of this thread, but I would like to > comment on this: > > <The Index Tools Pro plug-in claims to provide for "conditional index > entries" .. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but it may perhaps > make the process of conditionalizing individual markers easier.> > > I've used this plug-in with conditions, and it does work to essentially > apply a condition to index markers. You can also use variables in index > entries with Index Tools Pro. > > I'm just a satisfied user. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linda G. Gallagher > TechCom Plus, LLC > lindag at techcomplus dot com > www.techcomplus.com > 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 > User guides, online help, FrameMaker and > WebWorks ePublisher templates > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com] On > Behalf Of Scott Prentice > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:20 PM > To: Jeremy H. Griffith > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA? > > Thanks Jeremy .. good point! Now that I read what I wrote, I can see how > it could be misunderstood. I meant that even if you do duplicate and > conditionalize markers just to change one word in that marker, it will > become a mess to manage. :) > > The Index Tools Pro plugin claims to provide for "conditional index > entries" .. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but it may perhaps > make the process of conditionalizing individual markers easier. Our > plugin, MarkerTools, lets you insert a custom "building block" into > markers which maps to variables that are defined in your document .. in > essence allowing you to have variables within markers (not possible > without the plugin). This can give you a type of conditional control > within a marker (especially when used in conjunction with BookVars). > > ..scott > > > Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > > On Sun, 20 May 2007 13:30:45 -0700, Scott Prentice wrote: > > > > > >> It's a good practice to avoid conditional content within > >> index entries .. it's one thing to include/exclude a marker > >> in a specific output, but if you start messing with words > >> within a marker, you'll go nuts. > >> > > > > It's not only good practice, it's the law. ;-) > > > > Frame *implements* conditional text using markers. So it's > > flat-out impossible to conditionalize *within* a marker. > > As Scott says, the closest you can get to that is: > > > > > >> you'd need to create duplicate markers with different text, > >> and conditionalize each marker accordingly. However this > >> is difficult to maintain ... > >> > > > > > > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. > > <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as lindag at techcomplus.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/lindag%40techcomplus.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as gyanesh.talwar at gmail.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/gyanesh.talwar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Gyanesh Talwar |~~^~~^~~~^~~^~~| "Bunbu Itchi" |~~^~~^~~~^~~^~~|
