Re: Unexpected TOC output; what gives?

["Rick Quatro" <frameexpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hedley,

You cannot use the <$paranumonly[ChapterTitle]> building block on a
reference page like you can in a cross-reference format or Running H/F
variable definition. What it does is pick up the closest previous autonumber
of any kind (bullet, letter, etc.). What you need to do is define an
invisible autonumber for the paragraphs that you are including in your TOC.
Here are the general steps:

1) Define a character format that is white, 2 pt text and call it Invisible.
2) Assuming your ChapterTitle has an autonumber of
C:<n+>
define the autonumber for the paragraphs that you are going to include in
your TOC as
C:<n>
3) Set the Autonumber Position to End of Paragraph.
4) Set the Autonumber Character Tag to Invisible.
5) Use this building block for the TOC paragraphs:
<$paratext>\t<$paranumonly>\=<$pagenum>

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
716 659-8267
frameexpert@mindspring.com
FrameMaker solutions at http://www.frameexpert.com

> Fellow framers:
>
> We want to include a chapter ToC at the beginning of the chapter itself.
So
> we have set up a TOC reference page with the following builders:
>
> openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>
> <$paratext>\t<$paranumonly[ChapterTitle]>\=<$pagenum>
>
> The ToC builder line is supposed to produce output like ...
>
> How to wash your cat   ......................  24-3
>
> What actually happens is that random characters (bullets, letters, etc.)
> appear instead of the chapter number.  We now generate a ToC from the book
> file and copy and paste the appropriate chapter entries.  But it would be
> more convenient to do it from each chapter.  Anybody have any clues why we
> are getting ALMOST the behaviour we want?
>
> [FrameMaker 5.5.6, Acrobat 3.02, Windows 98, HP OmniBook 2100]
>
> Regards,
> Hedley Finger   Technical Writer
>
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