Map IDs to Destinations in PDF output - Possible?

I've searched for whether this can be done from Robohelp but all my queries are matching the FM Named Destinations to PDF, which I know how to use, but is not the particular goal. It seems there should be a way to convert MapIDs in RH to Destinations in PDF but I have not found anything that indicate the Printed Doc Single Source workflow supports this. I'm probably missing something obvious. :/
Robohelp 10
Acrobat X Pro
Doable?
Diana

You can set up tags so that the build only includes say TagX. http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/build_expressions/expressions.htm
The other way is to build a TOC that only has the topics you want and an index that only references them etc, then use the Exclude Unreferenced Topics option. Any topic not referenced in the TOC, Index, links etc will be excluded.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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Subject: FW: HostMon Test Failure !!!
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-----Original Message-----
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Oh~ It perfectly works!!
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