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Building blocks in TOC for structured documents

  • January 30, 2024
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I am trying to get a TOC to generate based off of a number of elements in a structured FrameMaker document pulling from an XML file. Currently, I don't have a book with separate chapters, rather the chapters are an element I have created in the EDD. When I build my TOC, I have not had any luck with other building blocks other than the standard <$elemtextonly> and <$pagenum>. I would like to pull an attribute from the Chapter element that includes the chapter number into the TOC, but I can't find any way to write the building block that would make this work. I have tried <$attribute[TaxSort]> where TaxSort is the chapter number, and I think I have tried various alterations of the above, but it just prints the text rather than pulling the chapter number. 

Is there a comprehensive list somewhere of which building blocks can be used in which contexts? I have run into this issue in other situations where I try a building block that works in one place but it doesn't translate. Am I just causing myself a headache by not converting the XML file into a book with true chapters in the first place?

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    Correct answer yatani

    I investigated which tags can be used when generating a table of contents in a structured document.
    The available tags are as follows.
    <$pagenum>
    <$volnum>
    <$chapnum>
    <$paratext>
    <$paranum>
    <$paranumonly>

    <$paratag>
    <$elemtext>
    <$elemtextonly>
    <$elemtag>
    Unfortunately, it seems that attribute values cannot be used.
    I hope this information is useful.

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    yataniCorrect answer
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    February 2, 2024

    I investigated which tags can be used when generating a table of contents in a structured document.
    The available tags are as follows.
    <$pagenum>
    <$volnum>
    <$chapnum>
    <$paratext>
    <$paranum>
    <$paranumonly>

    <$paratag>
    <$elemtext>
    <$elemtextonly>
    <$elemtag>
    Unfortunately, it seems that attribute values cannot be used.
    I hope this information is useful.

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      yatani
      Participating Frequently
      February 2, 2024

      The following tags were also available:
      <$sectionnum>
      <$subsectionnum>

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        frameexpertCommunity Expert
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        January 31, 2024

        I have been googling around trying to find a comprehensive list of generated list building blocks, but I haven't had any success. If you are trying get a chapter number, can you use an autonumber instead and use <$elemparanumonly> or <$paranumonly>? You might achieve a non-stock result through XSLT or scripting.

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