IDCS3 TOC want chapter numbers in book TOC

Hi - I'm brand new to this forum so please bear with me . . .
I'm working on a long manual. Each chapter has a TOC, which I've been able to format the way I want it (e.g., Overview . . . . 5-2).
In the TOC for the book, I can't figure out how to include the chapter number. I've read everything I can find about the subject but after spending hours I'm giving up. I've checked the Include Prefix when Number Pages check box for each chapter.
I've tried lots of things in the Between Entry and Number menu. There's no character symbol for chapter number and I've tried copying and pasting it in. That hasn't worked either.
I'm almost ready to resort to copying and pasting in the TOC from each chapter - there are 17. Yikes!
All advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sonya (fed up ID CS3 user in VA)

Hi Sonia,
You can directly use position() instead of storing in variables (Refer Template Builder for Word - TOC marker in foreach loop for an example).
But if you want to you variables for some other reasons, then use xsl context specific variables.
Instead of <?position()?>: <?xdoxslt:set_variable($_XDOCTX,’H1’, position())?> use
*<?variable@incontext:c1;position()?>*
and instead of <?XDOXSLT:GET_VARIABLE($_XDOCTX,’H1’)?>.DEPARTMENT LEVEL: .... use
*<?$c1?>.DEPARTMENT LEVEL: (formatted as Heading1).*
So on the whole it wold be similar to
<?for-each:group_name?>
<?variable@incontext:c1;position()?>
<?$c1?>.DEPARTMENT LEVEL:
Chapter contents
<?end for-each?>
Now update your TOC (right click -> update field).
Now you should be able to see the chapter numbers both in TOC and report body.
Hope this helps.
- Kavipriya

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douglas131313 wrote:
I have applied the <$chapnum> and <n+> building blocks to the paragraph styles used in my TOC, but instead of displaying the correct chapter numbers, every chapter section starts with "1".
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Gay Alson wrote:
Each new chapter heading is in a one-row, two-column table. Column 1 contains only a large number (numbered style called ChapNum) against a shaded background, and column 2 (unshaded) contains the chapter title (Heading1 -- which is NOT numbered; only the style in column 1 contains numbering.)
The only exceptions are the Preface chapter (a Heading1) and the TOC itself (which uses TOCTitle so it won't appear in the TOC). For both, the shaded column 1 uses a style called ChapNoNum.
Page layout has sideheads; first page of each numbered chapter looks similar to this:
|-----|--------------------------|
|     |                          |
| 1   | Heading1                 |
|-----|--------------------------|
|     | text text text text text |
|     | text text text text text |
|     | text text text text text |
|     | text text text text text |
I want the TOC to pick up the chapter numbers like so:
|-----|--------------------------|
|     |                          |
|     | TABLE OF CONTENTS        |
|-----|--------------------------|
|     | Preface...............1 |
|     | 1. Getting Started....3 |
|     | 2. More Stuff.........5 |
|     | 3. Troubleshooting....9 |
But the TOC picks up only the Heading1s, which aren't numbered. How to include the ChapNum in front of the Heading1 in the TOC? (I've tried using graphic boxes on master pages instead of the table rows on the body page but haven't found the answer there.)
Any help is most welcome.
Gay (FM 9.0, non-structured)
TOCs capture only specified paragraph formats. Your chapter numbers aren't specified in the TOC, so they're not captured. To capture both the number and the title paragraphs, you need to specify both formats in the TOC set-up. To make the number run into the title, you'll need to assign a run-in paragraph format to the number's entry in the TOC; this will cause the title to follow the number on the same line.
HTH
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