Re: Apply Default Attribute Values

[Steve Homer <steveyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rick -- 

Attribute-based formatting rules in the EDD will respect the "default"
values. If that is why your client wants the default values set, perhaps
there is no problem...?

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on 12/16/05 6:47 PM, Rick Quatro wrote:

> Hi Scott,
> 
> I am not looking to change the attribute value from one thing to another.
> Here is the scenario: when you set a default value for attribute in the EDD,
> it will initially show in the structure view as italic. But if you
> double-click on the attribute, the attribute will show as <no value> in the
> Attribute window. And, from what I can tell, when you save the file as XML,
> these default attribute values don't export. You have to explicitly set the
> value in order for them to export. You can tell when an attribute value has
> been set, because they no longer display as italic in the structure view.
> 
> After experimenting, I can use FrameScript to explicitly set these default
> attribute values so that they export to XML.
> 
> But it does make me wonder: why have a "default" value for attributes when
> it doesn't seem to "register" unless you explicitly set it?
> 
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
> 
>> You can define a default value for an attribute, but as far as I know the
>> process of importing an EDD won't change an attribute value from one thing
>> to another. The "default" value is just the value of the attribute if it
>> has no other value applied.
>> 
>> I guess the question is, in the statement .. "set all attributes to
>> default values when the EDD is imported" .. does "default" refer to the
>> FrameMaker concept of default (empty), or do you mean "some actual default
>> value" ?
>> 
>> Unless I'm misunderstanding the original question, I think you'll have to
>> go with the script, Rick.
>> 
>> ...scott
>> 
>> Scott Prentice
>> Leximation, Inc.
>> www.leximation.com
>> +1.415.485.1892
> 



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