Consider cross references for comparison

Hi All,
I am using EMFCompare.createDefaultScope(EObject, EObject) for comparing a tree structure. That tree structure contains cross references as the least child node. These cross references are not considered within the scope of matching phase so all the cross references will be considered as differences.
How to consider cross references for comparison and make them behave in the same way as other EObjects?

"cross references" don't help define what you are trying to do; but I guess your "two trees" are actually more than two, referencing other trees elsewhere.
"EMFCompare.createDefaultScope" is deprecated. you should simply be instantiating the DefaultComparisonScope. It takes not only "EObject" instances, but accepts "Notifiers". This means you can and should be using "Resource"s as in your case, or better yet, "ResourceSet"s.
What you need to do is properly load your resources in separate resourceSets (one for right, one for left, one for the common ancestor if there is one) and use that as the comparison scope.
Laurent Goubet
Obeo

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Hi,
first of all please avoid bolding something. After this according Kimball (if i remember well) is a 1:1 mapping, so no-surrogate key.
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Hi gurus,
Forgive me if this is an absurdly simple problem, but our team just isn't figuring out an elegant solution.
What we need is two types of crossreference formats - one for print, one for PDF/the web/any other hyperlinkable medium.
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PDF
[some arbitrary block of text]
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Is there a cross-ref building block that stands for "just use the selected text?" Or even "don't do anything at all?" It seems both of these solutions would allow us to just build the links using crossreferences, rather than needing to build links via two different formats?
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Thanks,
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ddsbleton wrote:
Hi gurus,
Forgive me if this is an absurdly simple problem, but our team just isn't figuring out an elegant solution.
What we need is two types of crossreference formats - one for print, one for PDF/the web/any other hyperlinkable medium.
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Print:
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PDF
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The only solution we've been able to figure out is to actually create both a hyperlink AND a crossreference, and then conditionalize the crossreference (show in print, hide in PDF.) But this feels unnecesarily complicated.
Is there a cross-ref building block that stands for "just use the selected text?" Or even "don't do anything at all?" It seems both of these solutions would allow us to just build the links using crossreferences, rather than needing to build links via two different formats?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Until then, we'll just be here, weeping quietly.
Thank
Dennis
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When I exported the files to PDF, the TOC entries no longer pointed to the correct pages. They simply pointed to the first page of the PDF when clicked. Furthermore, no bookmarks showed up the TOC entries in the Bookmarks panel, even though I had "Create PDF Bookmarks" checked in my TOC Styles.
I have three questions, then:
--Is there any way to reclaim the behavior of the TOC bookmarks, and their display in the Bookmarks list of the PDF, if the entries are copied and pasted into a new frame in InDesign, without doing this manually in Acrobat Pro?
--Is there any way to get cross references to display as bookmarks in a PDF, assuming that I needed to make individual PDFs of each chapter, without doing this manually in Acrobat Pro?
--I'm betting that all files should be exported from InDesign as a single PDF in order for all TOC and cross reference links to work properly, without manual intervention in Acrobat Pro? If so, and manual intervention is required, is this accomplished by cataloging/indexing in Acrobat Pro?
I need to be able to pass this information along to a publisher who is now requiring all of their compositors to submit bookmarked PDFs with their printer files. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this one, but I would like verification from the pros here. Thanks!

Cross references in structured documents

Hi there,
Perhaps someone of you has a tip for me regarding cross references in structured FrameMaker.
The problem we have at the moment:
We were working with FM8 structured. But - as we worked with FM documents most of the times - very often the xml files are not on the latest version.
When we now want to update these documents with FM9 and save them as xml documents, there are lot's of errors that the attribute type is not defined for the element fm-xref.
Perhaps some of you know this error message.
At the moment we do exchange all those cross reference for new ones.
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You just open the xml file and save it as FM9 document. No problem with any cross reference...
But what can I do with those FM8 documents?
Would it help to use some application just for fixong the cross references in those (if possible)?
This definitly seems to be an error in FM itself.
Is there perhaps some fix for FM9 I don't know about?
And how about FM10: Will I have the same problems, if we switch to that version?
Regards,
Anna

Hi Van,
I fear, I expressed myself not very clear. I try again.
We have DITA structured documents. However, lastest status often was saved in the FM document. The xml documents often are not representing the final status.
When I open the FM8 document in FM9 everything looks pretty good.
But: When I want to save the document as xml with FM9, I'm getting errors regarding the cross references.
The cross references which were created in FM8 - doesn't matter, if a valid xml document or a FM document - always look the same.
(BTW: I don't think that in structured documents cross references always refer to elemts with a unique ID.)
example from xml which was created with FM8:
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in FM9 those cross references are totally different.
example from xml which was created in FM9:
<xref href = "#id08B4A0R30E9" class = "- topic/xref">"..."</xref>
When saving the FM documents with the cross references from the first example as xml in FM9 (we don't have FM8 anymore), I get an error that the attribute type is not defined.
When having a xml document that was last changed with FM8 and opening/ saving this with FM9, there is no error.
At the moment I do not know how to solve this issue.
And also I'm not sure weather the same problem might accour again with change from FM9 to FM10 or else.
It is a great effort to make new cross references just because we upgraded from FM8 to FM9. (And of course always at most inconvienent time.)
As we are thinking of upgrading to FM10, it would be good to know before, if there are any similar issues to expect.
Or if there is an fix for FM9 or FM10 to avoid this at all.
Regards,
Anna

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Hi ,
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Can anyone help?

tRawc wrote:
I have a problem where I have created a book containing 14 chapters. Each chapter has a reference to the language of the book i.e. GB in the document title, we now want to translate the documents, so have copied the book, and chapters, renamed the document with an FR in the document titles, ready to send of to the translators.
The trouble is all the cross references are still linking to the GB book. Is there a way of re-linking all the cross references to the FR documents? Or is it a case of going to each cross-reference and re-linking to the same piece of text but in the FR book.
Can anyone help?
No help here, at least no help in providing some magic. Cross-file cross-references seem to depend on the name of the file that contains the cross-reference "destination" - the text that's captured and displayed at the "source" - the location where the cross-reference is inserted. I'm using quotation marks here because some folks think of the stuff you capture as the cross-reference source, and what's displayed at the cross-reference insertion point is the destination in their view. IOW, they're opposite uses of the term. InDesign's nomenclature is based on the hyperlink model, where you create a destination somewhere and you act on it by pointing to that destination from where you insert the link to it, AKA the source of the action. At least that's my guess.
So, changing file names loses the connection.
Internal cross-references - within a single document file - are maintained when the file's name is changed.
You can relink cross-file cross-references for files that are moved to a new folder. In the Cross-References panel, select a "missing" cross-reference that displays a question mark in a red circle, then from the panel's fly-out menu, choose Relink Cross-Reference, and browse the directory. If all the cross-file cross-references in the file whose cross-references point to files in one directory, relinking should restore all the links. If some cross-references point to files moved to other directories, you'll need to browse to each of those directories.
With a book, if all the missing cross-file cross-references for all the book's component files were all moved to the same folder, relinking one missing reference should relink all. If some missing cross-references point to files moved elsewhere, you'll need to browse for each of those directories.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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Here's how to recreate a simple test demonstrating the issue.
1. Create a new InDesign Book (File -> New -> Book)
2. Create document one (File -> New -> Document)
3. Create a text box and type "Table of Contents"
4. Create document two (File -> New -> Document)
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9. Save document 1. I just kept the name Untitled-1.xhtml
10. Add both documents to the Book and save the book.
11. From the Book panel, select Export Book to EPUB...
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Looking at the XHTML source for the first document, it is immediately evident why. The filename for document 2.thml is missing. It looks like this: <a href="#anchor-anchor">
When it should be : <a href="Untitled-2.xhtml#anchor-anchor">
The same thing works if you create a hyperlink instead of a cross reference.
I note then when I use the option to go to the destinate reference in the Cross Link (hyperlink) panel, it does switch to the second InDesign docuemtn. So the cross reference is functioning (in InDesign). But the link is broken in the ePub for the above mentioned reason.
Bug? Something I'm overlooking?
Entire source of Untitled-1.xhtml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
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<head>
<title>Untitled-1.xhtml</title>
<link href="template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
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<p class="basic-paragraph" xml:lang='en-us'><span class="no-style-override"><a href="#anchor-anchor">‚Äústory one‚Äù</a></span></p>
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As far as I can tell, it has NOT yet been fixed in CS5.5. I'm having the same problem. I have about 90 hyperlinks to fix.
And the explanation that Teus Dejong gives indicates it's not going to be that helpful: "we have found that only the links in documents split by the CS5 exporter will be fixed. For books the script does only work for references to earlier documents in the book, not for forward references. This means in practice that for most books the script will not repair the links and should be seen as a means to add the year only. At the moment I see no way to repair this, because the book epub output of InDesign does not contain sufficient information to repair links referencing forward to others documents in a book."
It's pretty discouraging.

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Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a chapter composed of several text insets.
2. Create a list of cross references to headings in these text insets at the beginning of the chapter.
3. Check in/check out the files from a source control product.
What went wrong?:
The cross reference markers are gone, resulting in broken cross references. An empty Heading 2 is also added to the end of the document following the final text inset
What should have happened?:
The markers should remain and the heading 2 tag should not be applied to the document.
Product version:
Product: FrameMaker
Version: 7.2
Platform information:Windows XP
Hardware: Dell Latitude D620
OS Version: Windows XP Professional Version 2002, Service Pack 3.
RAM: 1GB

Thanks for the information, Van. We did try several techniques including adding the insertion point immediately after the text inset before the normal paragraph tag, but none seemed to consistently work. I will investigate this scenario futher, though, in light of your comments.
We have managed to determine a workaround for this issue by avoiding a string of text insets. For some reason, using multiple text insets without separating them with normal text causes most of the problems after we add the files to our source control system. The situaton is not ideal, but it does work for the time being anyway.
Steve

Getting Error In the Routine - While writing Code for the Cross Reference.

Hi,
Getting Error In the Start Routine - While writing Code for the Cross Reference from the Text table ( /BIC/TZMDES with Fields /BIC/ZMDES(Key),TXTSH ) Getting Error as [ E:Field "ZMDES" unknown ].
Transformation : IOBJ ZPRJ3(Source) -> IOBJ ZPRJC ( Target ).
The Source Fields are: 0logsys(Key),zprj3(Key),ZDOM3.
The Target Fields are : 0logsys(Key),zprjc(Key),ZDOM3, UID.
Here i am trying to Update the target Field UID by Comparing the Source Field [ zprj3(Key)] with the Text table ( /BIC/TZMDES ) and update the UID.
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Global Declarations in the Start Routine:
Types: begin of itabtype,
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        TXT type /BIC/TZMDES-TXTSH,
         end of itabtype.
data : itab type standard table of itabtype
with key ZMDES,
wa_itab like line of itab.
Routine Code :
select * from /BIC/TZMDES into corresponding fields of table itab for
all entries in SOURCE_PACKAGE
where ZMDES = SOURCE_PACKAGE-/BIC/ZPRJ3.
READ TABLE itab INTO wa_itab
WITH KEY ZMDES = SOURCE_PACKAGE-/BIC/ZPRJ3
BINARY SEARCH.
IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
RESULT = wa_itab.
CLEAR wa_itab.
The tys_SC_1 structure is :
BEGIN OF tys_SC_1,
     InfoObject: 0LOGSYS.
        LOGSYS           TYPE RSDLOGSYS,
     InfoObject: ZPRJ3.
        /BIC/ZPRJ3           TYPE /BIC/OIZPRJ3,
     InfoObject: ZDOM3.
        /BIC/ZDOM3           TYPE /BIC/OIZDOM3,
     Field: RECORD.
        RECORD           TYPE RSARECORD,
      END   OF tys_SC_1.
    TYPES:
      tyt_SC_1        TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF tys_SC_1
                        WITH NON-UNIQUE DEFAULT KEY.
Please suggest with your valuable inputs.
Thanks in Advance

I have split the code in two.. one for start routine.. other for field routine.. hope this helps
Types: begin of itabtype,
ZMDES type /BIC/TZMDES-/BIC/ZMDES,
TXT type /BIC/TZMDES-TXTSH,
end of itabtype.
data : itab type standard table of itabtype
with key ZMDES,
wa_itab like line of itab.
Start routine
select * from /BIC/TZMDES into corresponding fields of table itab for
all entries in SOURCE_PACKAGE
where ZMDES = SOURCE_PACKAGE-/BIC/ZPRJ3.
Sort itab.
field routine
CLEAR wa_itab.
READ TABLE itab INTO wa_itab
WITH KEY ZMDES = SOURCE_FIELD-/BIC/ZPRJ3
BINARY SEARCH.
IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
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Creating a "space" for insertables characters in cross references

Is it possible to create a cross reference that has a "space" where text can be inserted later? I am thinking of a reference like "see No. __ in Fig.42 on page 8-3" with __ being the space where the number from the image can be inserted. My idea for a cross reference would be like this:
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Thanks

Hi Matt,
and thanks first of all for your reply. Indeed I am looking to "call up" a call reference in an image. I have a document where the images have call-outs IN the images (bitmaps). I have only just now started to use FrameMAker 11 and i just stumbled across the Hottspot feature (I am not sure when the Hotspot feature was included) and will delve into that sometime when I have the time.. (harhar), hoping I migt find a work around to meet my needs with that.
Anyhow - for now, my prob is that I wish to make a reference to a call-out number in an image.
The cross refernce is (e.g.) "see No. __, Fig. 42, Page 87".
The Xref I CAN refer to without problem naturally is "Fig. 42, Page 87", but as you can see, I had hoped to be able to "be lazy" and have FM automatically also put down "see No." for me but leaving some space, where it is possible to insert text, meaning to leave a blank of some sorts in the "code" of the cross reference. Theoretically the Xref would be interrupted where text could be inserted (in the example fill in the "__" in my example).
Does makle that a little clearer?
As I had to meet my deadline I did put down my very own individual "No. XYZ" each time before setting the cross reference but it is far from ideal.
On the whole, I find working with images with call-outs is tedious in FrameMaker.- I would absoloutely LOVE a feature where it would be possible to work on different layers.
I have a few ideas I would like to try out and fiddle around with to find a solution for my problem. Unfortunately I am not properly trained on FM itself, I have been through all other DTP tools starting with Quark and PageMaker, Indesign etc. I am HTML-savvy, dabbled with Javascript, php and some XML, but the structured Framemaker is still only an untouched yet intriguing concept.
If any more ideas come your way, or if you have any recommendations for my to may be find work arounds let me know!
Thanks
still slightly
puzzled but 4ever hoping

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