Structured book questions

I have just begun using structured FrameMaker after working in unstructured FM for years. Even after reading the help, I'm having a hard time understanding some concepts.
All we want to do is open a ditamap in FrameMaker, save as a book, add a TOC and index, and then save as PDF.
You can save a ditamap as one of the following book files:
Book w/FM components - saves each XML file as an FM document.
Book - maintains the XML file formats.
If all we're doing is adding a TOC, Index, and then saving as PDF, which format do we need?
Another question - After I save a ditamap as a book, open all files in the book, and then try to update the files, FrameMaker says the XML application for one file cannot be found. When I opened this particular file before updating the book, I chose the structured application and saved the file. After receiving the error, I went to set the structured application, and it was already set. What gives?
Could this be any more difficult? That's a rhetorical question . I'm very frustrated.
I appreciate your help.

I just watched a video on book creation in structured FM (using FrameMaker 8). The suggested solution works without structuring the generated files. In the EDD, it looked like this for the TOC:
Element (Container): Contents
General rule: <ANY>
Valid as the highest level element.
The index definition was done the same way. TOC and index were added to the book, then the book was generated / updated. After the initial TOC and index generation, TOC and index had the correct element assignments at the book level, but not the correct formatting. The generated content was then deleted from TOC and index, followed by another update. Starting with the second update, TOC and index had correct formatting.
HTH
Susanne

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