Track Text Edit tags get trounced when applying additional tag?

Question

Hi all,
Just upgraded to FM9.
I opened a doc that was originall created in FM8.
I had (and still have) enabled tracking of text edits, and can see the FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED and FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_DELETED tags when I highlight text.
However, when I apply an additional tag to text that has been changed, the new tag is applied, but both of those are lost. So initially, I have this:
     This is my originalnew text.
After I apply a conditional tag to the entire line, I get this:
     This is my originalnew text.
There is no trace of the FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_ADDED and FM8_TRACK_CHANGES_DELETED tags.
I've verified that working with user-defined tags works as expected (additive), so is there a known issue with the built-in tags getting trounced?
-Greg

Answer 1

Yes, I thought the tag names would match the version too, that was a surprise.
Hang on a minute, I should have tested FM8 before I wrote this. Yes, it does seem to be a bug with FM9 -- in FM8 it works as you had indicated: applying a different condition is an "additive" step and it doesn't blow away the track changes. Mea culpa, Greg.
Not to split hairs, but I'm not quite sure I could agree that this is a bug,
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I think it's more that the track changes is working "as designed" -- the original was created with limited functionality and it isn't integrated into standard FM conditional text practices as well as it should have been when it was "rolled into" FM.  I keep thinking of the medical phrase "first, do no harm"...
If you haven't yet done so, you might consider posting to the Framers list in case anybody in the community happens to have come up with some workarounds:
http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers
Sheila