Re: Template Designers Autonumbering Question

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jerilynne,

It doesn't look like you got an answer to this one (though *I* could be the 
brain-dead one these days), so I'll give you the answer.

It's Yes.

Here's how it goes with Frame 5.6. (I'll have the Frame 6 answer shortly -- 
I have a project that exercises just that capability.) You can do it by 
creating two autonumbering counters, one for ch nums and one for apx nums, 
instead of the usual one, and all in the same series.

Thus, using the series "A", the full counter set looks something like --

    A:< chapter_counter >< appx_counter >< figure_counter >< 
table_counter > etc.

Then fill in the various counters, or leave them blank, based on the 
requirements of the tag. For example, a chapter-figure tag would pick up 
the current chapter counter contents, increment the figure counter, and 
leave the rest blank.

Frame 6 uses a different system for chapter numbering, involving a building 
block called $chapnum. Ed Malick has written about its use. I'll be playing 
with it shortly. If you are using Frame 6, let me know offline, and I'll 
tell you what I come up with. (Offline always reaches me -- I'm on and off 
of these lists depending on my workload.)

Hope this helps,

Tom Neuburger


Jerilynne Sander wrote:

>OK, I give. Either I'm brain dead (which is a true possibility right now) or
>I'm missing something. I'd appreciate a little help from all of you template
>gurus out there.
>
>I'm creating a template that uses both chapters and appendices. The chapters
>use Arabic numbering and the Appendices use alphabetic numbering. In both
>cases, there are 3 heading levels that are numbered (what I generally call
>engineering style numbering: 1.1.2 or A.1.2) and both the figures and tables
>are numbered.
>
>I had originally created 2 different templates to accommodate the different
>numbering schemes. Since there are only a few differences in the template, I
>thought it might be easier for the users if I combined the 2 templates into
>1.
>
>I was wondering:
>
>Is there a way to use one set of Heading tags, Figure Number tags, and Table
>Number tags or must I create "duplicate" sets for the two different
>numbering types.
>
>I've played extensively with the series labels, created placeholders for
>each of 12 positions, etc. I can't, however, see my way through to a way to
>get the numbering to work right using one set of tags for both types of
>numbering schemes.
>
>HELP!


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