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5 total messages Started by NF82 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:06

#638

Author: NF82
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:06

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Hello,

I want to work with conditional text. I have text for product A and text for product B in topics.
When I blank out the text for product B the topic shows only the text for product A.
When I reference the topic in a map and create a document from the map, the document shows the text for product A and B.
Where is my mistake? Can you please help me?

Thanks,

Nina

Re: Conditional text

#639

Author: Scott_Prentice
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:42

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Hi Nina...

It sounds like you're working with DITA .. but we'll need more information about what you're actually doing before we can provide much help.

...scott

Re: Conditional text

#640

Author: NF82
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:03

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Hello Scott,

I use the FrameMaker 8 User Guide

 <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/framemaker_8_help.pdf>

1. I read Chapter �Creating, changing, and deleting condition
    tags� �To create a condition tag:�
2. I create a condition tag �product A�.
3. I create a condition tag �product B�.
4. I read �Chapter Applying and removing condition tags�
    �To apply a condition tag to an item:�
5. I apply condition tag �product A� to the 1. sentence.
6. I apply condition tag �product B� to the 2. sentence.
7. I read Chapter �Using Boolean expressions to generate
    conditional output� �To create a Boolean expression�
8. I create the Boolean expression �product A�.
9. I only see the first sentence for product A in the topic.
10. I create a map.
11. I reference the topic in the map.
12. I create a FrameMaker document from the map.
13. I see the 1. sentence for product A and the 2. sentence for
    product B in the document. But I only want to see the 1. sentence
    for product A

Nina

Re: Conditional text

#642

Author: Scott_Prentice
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:48

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Hi Nina...

It's hard to say where the problem is, but in general you should do your filtering on the generated FM files not on the source XML files. Do the filtering after you create a FM document or book from the map.

...scott

Re: Conditional text

#520

Author: NF82
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:06

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Hello Scott,

the filtering doesn�t work in the document. But thank you for your help.

Nina

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