Roger, You are correct on the first count: I forgot to reimport the element definitions into the template.
Thanks, Ben On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Roger Shuttleworth < rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com> wrote: > Hello Ben > > A couple of things that occur to me first off: > > 1. You have reimported element definitions into your template and/or > document? And, of course, you do have to import them into your document (not > just the template, which is only used when you create a new document). > 2. Are your spellings of para formats exactly the same in the EDD as in the > template/doc? They are case-sensitive. > 3. Other than that, there may be a different rule (perhaps on a higher > element) that is overruling your text format rules. They are very finicky in > that regard. There's a section in the Structured Developer's guide on > inheritance of format rules. > > And a question: You say that the formats are not being applied, but do your > paragraphs actually get the formatting applied? > > Feel free to respond directly or to the group. > > Roger > > Roger Shuttleworth > Technical Documentation > AV-BASE Systems Inc. > 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 > London, Ontario > N5V 3S4 > Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ben Hardesty [mailto:ben.hardesty at gmail.com] > *To:* framers at lists.frameusers.com > *Sent:* Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:43:57 -0500 > *Subject:* Problem formatting text with XHTML structured app > > > I'm running into an issue trying to apply paragraph formats to text using > the XHTML structured application. I need to open an XHTML file in > FrameMaker 8.0 so that each HTML tag is mapped to a specific paragraph > format in my Frame template. > > In the XHTML EDD file, I updated the TextFormatRules child element for the > p, h1, h2, h3, and h4 elements to use the appropriate paragraph formats > included in the template file (for example: TextFormatRules > > ElementPgfFormatTag > Heading1). > > However, when I open the XHTML file, none of the paragraph formats are > applied to the elements; they all just appear as modified "body" text. > > I've double (and triple) checked, and the template in the structured > application includes the correct paragraph formats, and they're spelled > correctly in the EDD. Anyone have any clue why the paragraph formats aren't > being applied? > > -- > Ben > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.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/rshuttleworth%40avbasesystems.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > -- Ben
