Format a text-crossref

Question

Hi all,in the DITA EDD the fm-xref element does not suport any formatting in itself it seems. Thus we use the crossref-definitions in the Framemaker template to apply a chracter style (simple underlined blue). However, if you insert a crossref that contains a text string as anchor (e.g. "For more information, click here.") then it is not possible to apply a formatting.How can such a crossref be formatted? Does the EDD offer any possibilities?Robert

ScottPrentice · Answer

Hi Robert...You'll need to edit the EDD to add a context rule that applies a character tag to text in an fm-xref that has no @outputclass attribute. This may work, but might not as well since the processing that happens to build the cross-ref may wipe out this formatting. The reason you'd check for an @outputclass value is that when you select to use "Format" rather than "Text" FM assigns the cross-ref format name to the fm-xref as outputclass="fm:FORMATNAME" .. but when you select "Text", it doesn't add an @outputclass value, so that's what you'd check for.It would be nice if you could set your own @outputclass value, but it appears that (in FM11) FM wipes out any @outputclass that you set on an fm-xref. If FM supported both the fm-xref and the xref, this wouldn't be a problem .. but they removed that support in FM9.DITA-FMx supports both models which allows greater flexibility when creating cross-refs.Cheers,...scottScott PrenticeLeximation, Inc.www.leximation.com

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