Re: conditions on anchored frames not reported

["Rick Quatro" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hedley,

To see what condition is applied you have to select the anchored frame as
text not as a graphic. The Id number is being displayed because you have
Mif2Go installed.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
rick@frameexpert.com
http://www.frameexpert.com

> All:
>
> I have discovered a bug in FrameMaker where you are unable to tell what
> condition is applied to an anchored frame.
>
> ** Set up the situation **
>
> Create an anchored frame, almost the full width of the text margins, at
the
> insertion point in a paragraph.
>
> Copy the anchored frame and paste it into the paragraph several times.
You
> can grab the border of the frames and move them up and down to offset from
> the para baseline so that they do not overlap.
>
> ** Recreate the bug **
>
> Select an anchored frame and apply a condition.
>
> Deselect the anchored frame, then select it again.
>
> The left end of the status bar shows the Frame ID number but not the
> condition tag; you have no way of determining what conditions are applied
> to the anchored frame.
>
> [Windows 2000, FrameMaker 6.0p405, FrameScript 1.27C01, Enhance 2.03,
> Acrobat 4.05.2, mif2go 31u33, WebWorks Publisher 7.0, IXgen 5.5.h, HTML
> Help Workshop 4.74 build 8702.0, HTML Help 1.31]
>
> Regards,
> Hedley
>
> (See attached file: bug_example.fm)
>
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> Hedley Finger
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