On 03/04/2015 03:00 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote:
document tidily prepared with the string $product instead of the product
name … but now the time has come to update it, I realise I'll need to
replace $product with the conref. Can I do this within XML Mind, or is
it easier to do it with an external editor? Thanks in advance for best
practice tips, which I shall make a note of for next time.


You could have used the "Include" tool to directly insert XML variables such as a product name.

Tutorial: Inserting boilerplate content -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_tutorial/insert_boilerplate/index.html

Screencast: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_tutorial/insert_boilerplate/video/insert_boilerplate.html



Now that you want to replace "$product" by a conref, then the simplest is indeed to do it at the XML source level, that is, using the XML source view or using an external text or XML editor.

References:

* The "Include" tool -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/includePane.html

* Menu item "View|XML Source" -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/viewMenu.html

* Menu item "Tools|Helper Application|Edit Document in Helper Application" -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/helperApplicationMenu.html







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