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October 10, 2025
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Displaying an element attribute value in a generated list of elements

  • October 10, 2025
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Good evening all,

 

In an Fm 17.07 project I've created a generated list of elements, and on the reference page I am asking for the value of a Date attribute using the following code:
<$attribute[Date]>

 

Unfortunately, though I believe the building block to be correct, it returns <$attribute in the generated file, rather than, say, 10/9/2025


Has anyone seen this, or know the reference page syntax I need to do this? 

 

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    frameexpert
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    Community Expert
    October 10, 2025

    Hi Matt, I don't think all building blocks work in all scenarios and you may have encountered one that doesn't work on Reference pages. If you can mock up a sample of the format of the desired list, I may be able to provide a script. Thanks.

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    Community Expert
    October 10, 2025

    Thanks, I'll follow up via email.

    For anyone else who needs this, please upvote 

    https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-15742

     

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant