RE: Text Inset with Conditional Text Problem

["Ridder, Fred" <fred.ridder@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you're misreading Hedley, Thomas. The source of the 
confusion is probably an unfortunate choice of the words "imported
content" in the description of the source file.  But if you consider
that the host file contains the text inset (the reference), the 
source file must be the container of the *original* content that
gets imported, exactly in line with the FrameMaker terminology.

I normally wouldn't have chimed in on this, but since it is already
the weekend in Australia, we're not likely to hear from Hedley
himself for a day or so.

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder (fred.ridder@intel.com)
Staff Information Services Analyst
Intel Corporation
Network Processing Group
Parsippany, NJ


-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Michanek [mailto:thomas.michanek@iar.se]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:23 AM
To: hedley_finger@myob.com.au
Cc: framers@omsys.com
Subject: RE: Text Inset with Conditional Text Problem


> Fiona:
> > I have a text inset that is in a separate file from my working document.
> > I can't make it conditional in the source, [...] 
> > When I make it conditional in the destination, [...] 
> 
> First, some terminology:
> @    host file, contains the text inset, which is imported from the
> @    source file, containing the imported content.

Hedley did the right thing to start by defining the terminology,
but unfortunately it differs from the way FrameMaker (and Fiona)
use the terms. Regardless which is thought of as more logical,
you're better off using FM's terminology, since it's also
reflected in the user interface.

For both cross-references and text insets, FM use the term
"source" for the document being referenced or imported, not the
document in which you insert the cross-reference or text inset.
You can see this in the Cross-Reference and Import Text Flow
by Reference dialogs.

Just a clarification...


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