Re: updating unresolved cross-references isn't working

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:33 PM 4/11/00 -0700, Rick Henkel wrote:
>One of my writers has a file with over 600 cross-reference links. Because 
>we added a chapter to the manual before this file, we had to rename it.
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"Had" to rename it? You didn't have to rename it if you had adopted some
more appropriate file naming convention that doesn't rely on something as
volatile as chapter numbers. Suppose, for instance, you use a particular
chapter file in several different books, and the chapter number is different
in each book. 
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>That means we have to update the cross-references to find the new file 
>name.
>She tried using the Update Unresolved Cross-References dialog box to do 
>this, but it's not working (or we're doing something wrong). All the 
>cross-references go to what's now chapter 17C. When she opens the dialog 
>box, she's told that she has 666 unresolved x-refs (I told her the problem 
>may lie in the number of x-refs) to 17C. She selects 17C in the Look In box 
>and clicks Update. Frame responds by telling her that she still has 666 
>unresolveds.
>
>When I double-click the links, Frame opens 17C. So I know the x-refs are 
>still there. I've noticed that the file names in both look in lists are the 
>same. I was under the impression that the top look in list would show the 
>old file name, and the second look in list would show the new file name.
>
>What are we doing wrong?
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Did you read the instructions on page 164 of the V5.5.6 User's manual? If
not, try following those instructions. Regardless of the outcome, the lesson
you should have learned from this experience is not to change filenames just
because a chapter has been added or deleted.
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