Re: Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-11 Thread eric . dunn
Consider using Xrefs. I've found that documents containing abbreviations, terms, values, and the like and referenced as necessary make for very versatile and easily maintained FrameMaker documents.

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-11 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
Consider using Xrefs. I've found that documents containing abbreviations, terms, values, and the like and referenced as necessary make for very versatile and easily maintained FrameMaker documents.

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm reasonably certain you can't set conditional text within a variable, which in essence is what I want to do so How would you do this? I'm on Windows XP, Unstructured FM 7.2, no FrameScript :( I need to generate release notes for a suite of applications; each application gets its

Re: Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Lin... You may want to take a look at a plugin we offer called BookVars. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php This lets you maintain multiple variable definitions that can be swapped in for each other as needed. It sounds like it would do what you're looking for. Use the

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Lin Surasky
Hi all- I'm reasonably certain you can't set conditional text within a variable, which in essence is what I want to do so How would you do this? I'm on Windows XP, Unstructured FM 7.2, no FrameScript :( I need to generate release notes for a suite of applications; each application gets its

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Lin... You may want to take a look at a plugin we offer called BookVars. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php This lets you maintain multiple variable definitions that can be swapped in for each other as needed. It sounds like it would do what you're looking for. Use the

Conditional Text in Variables? (Or, how would you do this...?)

2007-04-10 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain
Hi, Lin. I use the Leximation BookVars plugin all the time and like it a lot - really saves me a lot of time in my book level documentation work. Consider this an unsolicited recommendation from a satisfied user! :) Z Scott Prentice wrote: > Hi Lin... > > You may want to take a look at a