Cross Reference incorrect syntax

Trying to create a partial text cross reference using the suggested code:
<fullPara delim=”:” includeDelim=”false”/>
However, InDesign (CC) is giving me an "Incorrect Syntax" message.
Ideas?
Thanks.

@Sandee – after experimenting a bit with all kinds of quotes, I find the syntax for cross references a bit strange.
Here is a screen shot from my German InDesign CS5.5 v7.5.3. on OSX 10.6.8.
It is showing the code for "Full Paragraph and Page Number" by *default*.
Note the curly opening and closing quotes in German style.
And note, that there are no quotes around:
<pageNum />
The code is still correct, if you are not using quotes at all in this example…
Uwe

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Cross reference stream

Hello!
I'm in real trouble, and I think that the answer is very close to me, but I can't get it by myself...
Here is my problem:
I'm currently improving the PDF parser that I've made, adding support for cross reference streams. After a careful reading of the ISO 32000 specification (with PDF 1.7 in background), I've wrote a piece of code that decode the stream and build the corresponding objects (I use Java).
But the decoded values are meaningless, and I don't understand why!
The data are like that:
filter predictor: 12
encoding : Flate
fields length : 1 2 1 (this is the W entry values)
column size : 4
I assume that there is one color per pixel formed by one byte.
First, I 'deflate' the data, then 'unfilter' them. Both operations look ok as I've made test for the Flate encoding (ok), and the for the filter I've use it with PDFBox source (and my work unfiltered well what PDFBox filtered...).
Note that I compared my outputs with those produced by PDFBox, and they are the same... Something may be wrong in the parameters I use, but I no idea now...
I think I missed out something as I read incorrect data as entry type 18...
I don't know where to go now, after a whole week of work!
If any have an idea, I'd be grateful to hear it!

This is ready algorithm to read PNG predictor styled Cross Reference Stream:
1. You need to read from PDF three variables: /Columns 5/Predictor 12 and /W[1 3 1] and of course stream
2. Deflate (encode) stream via zlib (without passing anything more than stream)
3. Divide encoded stream to rows, but length of each rows must be one bigger than columns variable (in this case is 6) because first value is type xref row
6. rows without first row go to UNprediction with this algorithm:
def self.do_png_post_prediction(data, bpp, bpr)
        result = ""
        uprow = thisrow = "\0" * bpr # just zero fill (byte zero - not char zero)
        ncols = data.size / bpr
        ncols.times do |col|    # just for each rows
          line = data[col * bpr, bpr]
          predictor = 10 + line[0]
          for i in (bpp..bpr-1) # just for each values of row without first value
            up = uprow[i]
            left = thisrow[i-bpp]
            upleft = uprow[i-bpp]
            case predictor
              when PNG_NONE
                thisrow = line
              when PNG_SUB
                thisrow[i] = ((line[i] + left) & 0xFF).chr
              when PNG_UP
                thisrow[i] = ((line[i] + up) & 0xFF).chr
              when PNG_AVERAGE
                thisrow[i] = ((line[i] + ((left + up) / 2)) & 0xFF).chr
              when PNG_PAETH
                p = left + up - upleft
                pa, pb, pc = (p - left).abs, (p - up).abs, (p - upleft).abs
                thisrow[i] = ((line[i] +
                  case [ pa, pb, pc ].min
                    when pa then left
                    when pb then up
                    when pc then upleft
                  end
                ) & 0xFF).chr    # AND 0xFF is very important, without this values growing extremely fast
            else
              puts "Unknown PNG predictor : #{predictor}"
              thisrow = line
            end
          end
          result << thisrow[bpp..-1]
          uprow = thisrow
        end
        result
      end
   7. Take bytes from UNpredicted rows, and in this case
   1st byte first byte is type
   2nd byte
   3rd-5th - is this what You want - offset in decoded PDF to objects (Xref table): offset = 2^9*5th + 2^8*4th + 3rd

How to use the Cross Reference fields in P4P

I have been receiving questions related to the Cross Reference section from many different customers and partners. This post represents my attempt to describe the Cross Reference Section and the Equivalent Numbers stored within.
Identity
A term that Kelly uses and I will borrow is “identity”. A given specification can have many identities. The basic identity is the specification number generated by GSM. This is useful during early stages of design. Once we get past a draft or development status in the workflow the organization quickly wants to identify the specification in other ways. Examples include:
Execution System Number: Operations and Supply Chain quickly need to formalize an item or material for forecasting, inventory and purchasing…
Custom Numbering Conventions: Sometimes an organization has very specific custom logic for identifying materials. Usually terms like smart numbering are used to describe their methods.
Data Migration Identifier: In some cases customers have extensive data clean up projects. As part of the effort systems and processes are developed and an identity is created. In my experience we loaded a “Base Stock” number to represent Packaging Materials. The label stock that was commonly used was historically not represented so we created a number as part of the migration project.
Identity Functionality:
The Fields: The four major fields that make up the Cross Reference section are as follows:
>>System Name: This field describes the system generating the identifier. Examples I like to use are Oracle EBS or SAP Material Master. Sometimes geography must also be concatenated to the system, i.e. Oracle EBS – NA. This occurs when the customer is a large multinational where multiple ERP implementations exist. Therefore the same material may be known by many different numbers, i.e. Oracle EBS – NA = 77432, Oracle EBS – EU = 88883.
>>System Code: The system code is merely the syntax used during integration. Using CSS or various APIs you may chose to identify the system using an abbreviation, EBSNA or SAPMM.
>>Equivalent: The value representing the identity within a given system.
>>Externally Managed: If you are using CSS or an API to receive Cross Reference data you can define the field as "Externally Manged". When a cross reference is marked in this manner the general user community will not be able to edit the field. Administrators associated with the role [Externally_Managed_Cross_Ref_Admin] can edit the field if needed.
Syndication: While some users enter equivalent numbers manually, others use integration tools to generate and transmit identities. If a given cross reference is marked as “Externally Managed” then users are unable to manually enter data. On initial syndication the specification will not have a given equivalent. The specification is sent to middleware, a number is generated by the appropriate system and the response is sent back to GSM to add the System Code to the specification with the appropriate identity value.
Copy verses Issue:
>>Copy: When a user copies a specification the Cross Reference data is NOT included. Since the identities refer to the originating specification it does not make sense to carry over to the copy. If we did then users would quickly need to delete the data.
>>Issue: When a user issues a specification it maintains the Cross Reference data. This is an important concept because it is expected that a system like GSM will have many issues related to a single ERP #. ERP systems are usually not interested in many of the fields stored in the Product Data Management system.
Reference: As raw materials are consumed as inputs into Formulation or Trade Specifications the organization may come to identify the materials based on equivalent numbers. Therefore GSM allows for an equivalent number to appear next to the GSM number.
Implementation Issue: Ingredients In Packaged Quantities
Some customers run into a situation where the ingredient specification does not represent a packaged quantity. From an R&D perspective the developer does not care if the material comes in a box or a tanker. In this situation the GSM ingredient may be represented in the ERP system by many items and therefore more than one cross reference value. These items represent packaging differences that are important to purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing, and other execution systems.
I hope this helps describe some of the purposes and implementation issues around the Cross Reference field.

You need to get jmf.jar in your CLASSPATH, either on the command line, in an environment variable, by putting a symlink in $JAVA_HOME/lib/ext, whatever works for you. Have you done that? Once it's in the classpath, you can run jmstudio from any directory with the command "java JMStudio".
Items in the bin directory are just shell scripts, run with "sh jmstudio" or whatever suits your shell (on Mac OS X, copy one of these guys and append ".command" to the filename to make him double-clickable in the Finder).
--invalidname

Unwanted spaces in cross references.

Im getting an extra space just after the opening quote in some cross references in FM10 Structured document. This causes the cross reference to wrap around incorrectly and also looks bad. The space does not appear in the definition, in fact majority of cross references using this particular deifnition do not show with the extra space. It only shows in a number of cross references.
Also, there is no space in the source heading. There is an Index marker right at the beginning of the source heading but moving it does not make a difference. Also when I try deleting the first few characters from the source, the cross reference updates but the extra space still shows. Any ideas what could be wrong? I haven't got much experience with structured frame.
Marcin

funny... this doesn't happen on a windows install...
damn!

Cross-references between jarred helpsets

Hello,
I have a Help system that uses several merged HelpSets. I am wondering if it is possible to create cross-references between files that are in different jarred helpsets. If it is possible, what would the syntax look like.
Thanks
Tim

I could not find a way to do this.
I ended up merging everthing into a single jar.

SSMS 2012:XML File Query: Importing XML data using a CTE-Incorrect syntax near 'BLOB'?

Hi all,
From https://www.simple-talk.com/content/print.aspx?article=1756, I mimicked to create the following sql code to do Importing XML data using a CTE:
---Importing XML data using a CTE -----Ad-Hoc XML File Query--simple-talk---1020AM 27 Feb 2015
---query the XML Blob using a CTE (pulling from the XML file each time
USE OPENXMLtesting1
GO
With XmlFile (Contents) AS (
SELECT CONVERT (XML, BulkColumn)
FROM OPENROWSET (BULK 'C:\XML FilesMicrosoft-Samples\books.xml', SINGLE BLOB) AS XmlData
SELECT
FROM XmlFile
GO
I got the following message:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near 'BLOB'.
I have no ideas why it is incorrect in that code statment. Please kindly help, advise and respond.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang
P. S. The books.xml file was copied from the Microsoft samples:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
<book id="bk101">
<author>Gambardella, Matthew</author>
<title>XML Developer's Guide</title>
<genre>Computer</genre>
<price>44.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date>
<description>An in-depth look at creating applications
with XML.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk102">
<author>Ralls, Kim</author>
<title>Midnight Rain</title>
<genre>Fantasy</genre>
<price>5.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-12-16</publish_date>
<description>A former architect battles corporate zombies,
an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen
of the world.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk103">
<author>Corets, Eva</author>
<title>Maeve Ascendant</title>
<genre>Fantasy</genre>
<price>5.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-11-17</publish_date>
<description>After the collapse of a nanotechnology
society in England, the young survivors lay the
foundation for a new society.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk104">
<author>Corets, Eva</author>
<title>Oberon's Legacy</title>
<genre>Fantasy</genre>
<price>5.95</price>
<publish_date>2001-03-10</publish_date>
<description>In post-apocalypse England, the mysterious
agent known only as Oberon helps to create a new life
for the inhabitants of London. Sequel to Maeve
Ascendant.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk105">
<author>Corets, Eva</author>
<title>The Sundered Grail</title>
<genre>Fantasy</genre>
<price>5.95</price>
<publish_date>2001-09-10</publish_date>
<description>The two daughters of Maeve, half-sisters,
battle one another for control of England. Sequel to
Oberon's Legacy.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk106">
<author>Randall, Cynthia</author>
<title>Lover Birds</title>
<genre>Romance</genre>
<price>4.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-09-02</publish_date>
<description>When Carla meets Paul at an ornithology
conference, tempers fly as feathers get ruffled.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk107">
<author>Thurman, Paula</author>
<title>Splish Splash</title>
<genre>Romance</genre>
<price>4.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-11-02</publish_date>
<description>A deep sea diver finds true love twenty
thousand leagues beneath the sea.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk108">
<author>Knorr, Stefan</author>
<title>Creepy Crawlies</title>
<genre>Horror</genre>
<price>4.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-12-06</publish_date>
<description>An anthology of horror stories about roaches,
centipedes, scorpions and other insects.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk109">
<author>Kress, Peter</author>
<title>Paradox Lost</title>
<genre>Science Fiction</genre>
<price>6.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-11-02</publish_date>
<description>After an inadvertant trip through a Heisenberg
Uncertainty Device, James Salway discovers the problems
of being quantum.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk110">
<author>O'Brien, Tim</author>
<title>Microsoft .NET: The Programming Bible</title>
<genre>Computer</genre>
<price>36.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-12-09</publish_date>
<description>Microsoft's .NET initiative is explored in
detail in this deep programmer's reference.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk111">
<author>O'Brien, Tim</author>
<title>MSXML3: A Comprehensive Guide</title>
<genre>Computer</genre>
<price>36.95</price>
<publish_date>2000-12-01</publish_date>
<description>The Microsoft MSXML3 parser is covered in
detail, with attention to XML DOM interfaces, XSLT processing,
SAX and more.</description>
</book>
<book id="bk112">
<author>Galos, Mike</author>
<title>Visual Studio 7: A Comprehensive Guide</title>
<genre>Computer</genre>
<price>49.95</price>
<publish_date>2001-04-16</publish_date>
<description>Microsoft Visual Studio 7 is explored in depth,
looking at how Visual Basic, Visual C++, C#, and ASP+ are
integrated into a comprehensive development
environment.</description>
</book>
</catalog>

I found the mistakes I made and I corrected them. The newly revised/corrected code is:
USE OPENXMLtesting1
GO
With XmlFile (Contents) AS (
SELECT CONVERT (XML, BulkColumn)
FROM OPENROWSET (BULK 'C:\Temp\books.xml', SINGLE_BLOB) AS XmlData
SELECT *
FROM XmlFile
GO
It worked: Results
Contents
1 <catalog><book.id="bk101"><author>Gambardella.M...
If I clicked on this, I got a listing of the whole book.xml!! I don't know what it means. Please comment and respond.
Thanks,
Scott Chang

Cross Reference Source text options

Creating a Cross Reference linking to a Paragraph. In the paragraph where the cross-reference source is inserted, may the cross-reference link be applied to existing text in that paragraph so that the cross-reference destination text does not appear? Text anchors can be created to accomplish this, but that is an extra step (I can create a cross reference linking to a paragraph all in one dialog box). Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hi, Seir:
I agree that it's confusing. Here's how I do it:
To create a text anchor at the insertion point location:
* Open the Hyperlinks/Cross-References panel's menu (also called "flyout menu." It's the small icon at the upper-right of the panel, below the double-arrow (>>) icon that collapses the panel.
* Choose New Hyperlink Destination. THIS SHOULD BE NAMED NEW TEXT ANCHOR!!!
* Choose Type: Text Anchor
* Name the anchor as you like Click OK.
To create a cross-reference to a text anchor:
* Place the insertion point where you want it.
* Click the Create new Cross-Reference button on the bottom of the Hyperlinks/Cross-Reference panel.
* Choose Link To: Text Anchor
* Choose the target document
* Choose the text anchor
* Choose the Cross-Reference format
* Choose Appearance properties
* Click OK
I'm not sure what could cause the straight/curly quotes problem other than perhaps the font doesn't have curly quotes. Have you tried other fonts?
HTH
Regards,
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

Error while creating Cross-reference table using Xreftool (PIP Ins)

Error while running xref.sh script unable to create cross reference table.
**Error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/tip/xref/tool/AdminTool**
Could not find xref directory within tip folder (/OracleAS_1/bpel/docs/workflow/oracle/tip)
searched for similar issue in OTN it says issue fixed by upgrading Oracle AS, we are using 10.1.3.4 MLR#8
http://kr.forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=835446
steps followed.
Creating Cross-Reference Tables
Complete the following procedure to create cross-reference tables.
To create cross-reference tables
1 Navigate to the following directory:
%SOAHOME%/SiebelODOPPIP/scripts/
2 Open the following file for editing:
xref.sh
3 Set the userid and passwd for logging into BPEL console on the appropriate lines.
4 Set the correct SOA_HOME location on the appropriate line.
5 Save and close the file.
6 Make the file executeable:
chmod +x xref.sh
dos2unix xref.sh
7 Change directory (cd) to integration/esb/bin under %SOAHOME%.
8 Execute ../../../SiebelODOPPIP/scripts/xref.sh.
I am using SOA suite 10.1.3.3 and getting same error
Error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/tip/xref/tool/AdminTool

Hi Abhijeet,
please check in transaction FI01, about your data consistencies. You can use this wiki help in terms of Address, it it found any useful facts for you
Address Checks - Business Address Services (BC-SRV-ADR) - SAP Library

Display cross-references' linked documents filename in the xref panel

Our company creates technical manuals consisting of five chapters, all named the same, except with a different prefix. For example the "ABC Widget" manual has an introduction chapter named "ABC 1 - Introduction", a safety chapter named "ABC 2 - Safety", etc. Many times I re-use documents for creating subsequent manuals using the "Save As" command. So the "ABC 1 - Introduction" chapter would be saved as "EFG 1 - Introduction" for the "EFG Widget" book. For all the internal xrefs it saves a whole lot of time since all of the xrefs are preserved. But for cross-document references it creates a problem. For example, if the "ABC 1 - Introduction" chapter has a xref to "ABC 2 - Safety", when I save the Introduction chapter as "EFG 1 - Introduction" it will still retain the xref to "ABC 2 - Safety".
Right now, the only way to see if there are xrefs pointing to latent docs, is to check each one manually. If the xref panel displayed a column indicating the filename of the linked documents, I would be able to tell at a glance if that xref was pointing to the wrong document.
Thank you.
ID CS5, MAC

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:
<xref href = "#id08B4A0R30E9" type = "fm:Chapter">"..."</xref>
the only difference in the FM document is that the element is called fm-xref there, as it's not an external url.
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

Cross reference not working properly in epub exported from IDCC

Hi,
I'm not sure whether this is a known issue within ID so forgive me for bringing it up if it is. I couldn't find any satisfying answer on this forum, hence my question.
It seems that cross references between the xhtml-docs created from split ID document during the epub export don't work properly. They link to the text anchors specified as relative links. My editor uses software compliant to many e-reader platforms that removes all the relative links between the xhtml files within any epub and replaces them by absolute hyperlinks (http://). The result is... broken links all over. Their specification asks for the the anchor entires in the content.opf file instead of the relative links. Is there a way to work it out in InDesign and have the content.opf file contain the navigation to the anchors in xhtml files within the epub?
I'm working with IDCC 9.1 btw. Would appreciate any help...
Kind regards, Kasia

Hi,
   Not sure exactly where you gone wrong.
   If you want the running sum to start from beginning for each YEAR and each LINES. Use this
           =RunningSum([Sales revenue]; ([Year];[Lines]))   => Need Square brackets around Year and Lines. This forum site doesn't display square bracket correctly
   If you want the running sum to start from beginning only for each LINES (regardless of YEARS). Use this
            =RunningSum([Sales revenue]; ([Lines]))
   Not sure why you added ROW in your functions. Hope this help. Works for me, just tested using my efashion with the same structure are yours.
Regards,
Ken
Edited by: Ken Low on May 9, 2011 8:15 AM
Edited by: Ken Low on May 9, 2011 8:17 AM

Look up ESB Cross-Reference within ODI

We have a need to look up ESB cross reference table that is populated by AIA PIPs. I saw ESB Cross-Reference KM mentioned in "Oracle Data Integrator Knowledge Modules Reference Guides 10.1.3". My question is that can this KM be used to do ESB cross reference table look up. We don't need to populate xref table, just need to look up.

Hi Ace2-
Thanks for your quick response!
I can able to reterive unmatched records by using “Left outer join” but it will multiple the record counts for “matching condition”.
PRODUCT_ID,PRODUCT_NAME,SALES_QTY,SALES_AMT
101,SEGATE-HD,10,100
101,SEGATE-HD,10,100
102,TOSHIBA-HD,20,5000
103,TRANSCEND-PENDRIVE,10,2000
104,SONY ERICSSON,10,100000
105,NOKIA-7710,20,20000
106,TOSHIBA-HD,10,9000
107,NULL,NULL,NULL
The above records will be the output of outer join. If you see the 2nd record it is getting duplicated as 1st record. I have to exclude the 2nd record as it increases the record count of “PRODUCT_SALES.csv” file.
Thanks, Prabhu

InDesign Tagged Text for Cross-reference Entries

I'm transforming XML to InDesign Tagged Text. The XML has index codes. For regular page entry type entries I'm having no problem outputting to the appropriate InDesign Tagged Text markup. However, I cannot figure out how to code cross-reference type entries. The document "Using Adobe InDesign Tagged Text CS5 Tagged Text" is extremely limited in its usefulness as it does not list all possible values for tag type tags, etc. I've tried dozens of tag combos and guesses at values. None have worked. Also, for some reason, even though I can create a "See x" type reference in the InDesign document, when I export to InDesign Tagged Text to look at the code, those tags are not included in the export.
Does anyone have a more definitive list of possible IDTT index tag values?

I have been exporting various things to IDTT to see what the result would be, with nothing really helpful as a result. I'll try hyperlinks, but reading of the Adobe guide to InDesign Tagged Text and also just looking at the InDesign scripting object model leads me to believe that there must be specific tags to create index-specific cross-reference tags.

How do I preserve cross reference text when exporting to XML?

I am exporting my Framemaker documents to XML. However, when I open the raw XML, the reference formatting is obviously gone. So instead of seeing, say, see Figure 6. I now see, see .
Is there some way to preserve this on export?
Help would be much appreceated!

Josh,
The normal behavior is to have an empty element with the ID/IDRef markup that allows the xref element to be resolved again afterwards, by whatever post-processing step you put the XML through. The text of a cross-reference is a FrameMaker formatting artifact (not unlike a paragraph format, etc.) and is intentionally discarded during export. If you reimport the XML with the empty element, FM will re-resolve the xref, and then will restore the text using whatever format it originally had (the format name is also stored as markup).
If you want to preserve the element tag of the xref, I don't think there is any way to preserve the text, unless you write an import/export API client. You could possibly use an XSLT stylesheet to repopulate the text in some cases, but this seems like a process fraught with many complications.
If you do not care about the element tag, the manual says that you can just unwrap it, then you'll get the xref text. Here is a (rough) snip from the Structure Developers Guide:
Translating FrameMaker cross-reference elements to text in markup
You may not want your FrameMaker cross-reference elements to remain elements in the
markup representation—you can choose to translate them to text instead. To do so, use
this rule:
fm element "fmtag" unwrap;
where fmtag is the FrameMaker element tag for a cross-reference element.
All of this does beg the following question, though... why do you want to do this, especially if the text is referencing figure numbers, page numbers, etc. that have no relevance in the markup? Normally, it is expected that preservation of the markup is the essential thing, allowing the text to be regenerated later by whatever process uses the XML (perhaps including FM). If you drop the element tag, the actual link will be permanently lost.
Russ

Why is a single Cross Reference text turning red after doing an Update?

After updating a large book in FrameMaker10, the same cross-reference made in a couple of chapters is turning to red text. It is set as Heading 2. I tried to deleted the heading and re-typing it. I tried to change the style to Body and back to Heading 2 but all references to it are turning to red text after I update the book. Any idea what is wrong and how do I fix it? I am using unstructured version. See image.

Apply a Character Format of Default ¶ Font. Then re-apply the desired Paragraph Format. If the red goes away, it was either a Character Format that had been applied or a local color override. If the red is still there ...
Look at the Special > Cross-Reference > Format > Definition itself. Look for any <character-format-name> and see if any of those have a red Color defined in their Format > Character > Designer. If so, remove that building block from the definition [Change] [Done] [Replace].

Cross references not picking up character styles in source text

I'm getting some annoying odd behaviour with cross references in Frame 12.
I have some tables, where the paragraph style in the cell is called "Cell Body" (nothing odd there).
Quite a few of the cells only have one word in them, and that word is set to courier font with a character style (called "Code").
Then, elsewhere in the document, I am referring to this text using cross references. I am referencing the paragraph style Cell Body, and the cross reference format applied is like this "<hyperlink><$paratext><Default ¶ Font>"
"hyperlink" is another character style that makes the text go green.
So, the cross reference out to take the text from the cell (in Courier) and reproduce it, coloured green.
However for about half of these cross references, it isn't picking up the Code character style in the source text, so the cross ref is just green, no green courier.
Things are further bamboozled when I output to HTML Help.
In the CHM file, the cross refs which appear to work OK (green courier) are now just courier.
The ones which failed to pick up the courier look the same as they do in Frame (just green).
Any ideas as to what's going on?
I've tried troubleshooting by clearing the cells, reapplying the para style and default character style, then reapplying the code character style, then replacing the cross reference - which sometimes seemed to fix it but didn't always.

Arnis Gubins wrote:
Using two character tags in-line together (a la <hyperlink><Code>) is asking for trouble. IIRC, FM doesn't re-apply these in order on an update and depending upon how they are defined (and what is set to AsIs), the outer one usually wins. .
So why does the blimmin' dialog invite me to do precisely that, by providing me with a list of all the character styles I have, and allowing me to select as many of them as I like??? /sulks/ Indeed, if Frame still shipped with a printed user guide instead of stupid "optimised for viewing on iPhones" online webhelp nonsense, I suspect I might very well be able to find an example in the manual of using multiple character styles in that dialog! If it doesn't want you to use more than one, why doesn't it grey out after you add the first one? /sighs/ The concept is called "cascading styles", it's a fundamental web paradigm! And it works in the main body text - why not in Xrefs!
Also, I have been very scrupulous to keep my character styles orthogonal so none of their AsIs's mash each other up.
But, rant over, I shall follow your splendid suggestion for a "Code Hyperlink" style.
Arnis Gubins wrote:
Also, x-ref formatting may behave differently in the new Publishing modules depending upon ....
...Depending on how badly designed and buggy this new Frame12 feature is, I should say! The Publish module should not randomly stop behaving in a WYSIWIG manner in completely undocumented fashion just because Adobe couldn't be bothered to code it properly. /sighs/
Frankly, for my current project, I've given up trying to jump through hoops for Publish - I'm concentrating on getting the Frame source right and assuming these quirks will be fixed in Frame 13 (or 14, depending on how superstitious they are). Because if I put in ad hoc workarounds for them in Frame 12, I (or a colleague) will only have to undo them later when they're fixed, and by then we'll all have forgotten what the original problem was.

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