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Creating mini toc for structured document

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
March 10, 2024
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Hello.
I'm here to ask the problem to make mini toc automatically.
I'm dealing with structured document so I can't use the menu to make mini toc.

Even I try to convert xml to fm file or erasing structure menu, I couldn't make mini toc.
Is there anyway to make mini toc automatically for structured document with scripting or somthing?
I wish I can get some tips to learn about this.
Thank you for reading this.

ps. In ditamap, there is the top level topic xml document and 2 level topics are under top topc as different documents like the below image.

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frameexpert

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Here is an 11 minute video that outlines a way to add a mini-TOC to a FrameMaker DITA topic. It's unedited and a bit rough, but it should give you an idea of what is possible. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

https://youtu.be/fPfq_PmosE8

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seongmi34869737ni31

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Thank you for ur help and kindness always. I will check it.

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seongmi34869737ni31

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Oh, I've watched your youtube and that video oviously so I was learning to make xsl too.
I have a question about it.
My ditamap structure has top level xml.
and have a few 2 level xmls.

all xml is structured with only one topic.

In this condition, I try to make mini toc in body of top level xml.
is it possible to get target Id from other xml which are 2 level xmls?

frameexpert

Community Expert

https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/is-there-any-way-to-create-a-minitoc-in-dita-using-the-section-titles-within-a-topic/td-p/14433851

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

I don't work in structured FM, so have no direct insight. I see that the same question was asked here in 2017, and it didn't get an answer then.

Assuming that the direct answer is: you can't,
I'm wondering if a work-around might be to generate a regular …toc.fm file whose scope is restricted to the chapter, not make it part of the .book, and import its Flow A as a Text Inset in the real chapter file. What would need testing is making sure that the hypertext in the final document works.

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seongmi34869737ni31

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Thank you for ur answer. I will consider more.

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