Keep in mind that there are two parts to every cross reference: the text that refers, and the text referred to. You need both files open to create a cross reference and you must save BOTH files to preserve the cross reference.
As far a I know, you can't create a cross reference to a read-only file. But honestly, I've never seriously tried. > On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:00 PM, framers-request at lists.frameusers.com wrote: > >> From: "Layton, Debbie" <Debbie.Layton at xerox.com> >> To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com> >> Subject: Flakey cross references >> Message-ID: >> <78EF4E337F3131469C3BB1F11A42D8970D83B1CF at USA7061MS04.na.xerox.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> I'm using FrameMaker 7.0 on XP Professional. I've got a book with about >> 11 chapters in it. >> >> >> >> I continue to get unresolved cross reference messages. I have gone in >> and re-done all of them, since the original files were copied from >> another manual, but when I open the documents again, I get the messages >> again. None of the files have been moved. I have been printing .ps files >> in order to create PDFs of the book. (Somehow that seems to have >> something to do with the problem.) The links in the PDF files are fine, >> and the page numbers are correct. >>
