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Anonymous
February 21, 2008
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FrameMaker 8 Unique ID Attribute

  • February 21, 2008
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I created the unique id:

Name: element_ID
Unique ID
Required
Control flags: Read-only

But Frame isn't inserting a value. Any ideas?
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frameexpert
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frameexpertCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 22, 2008
I have used FrameScript to do this for several clients. If you are interested, please contact me off list.

Rick at frameexpert dot com
www.frameexpert.com
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_Scott_Prentice_
Participating Frequently
February 22, 2008
You can use the generate-id() function in XSLT to generate a unique ID. But within FM, you'd have to have an FDK plugin or FrameScript do that for you.

...scott
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Anonymous
February 22, 2008
Thanks Scott. I did read that in the guidance. I wondered if there was another way, as I need a unique id to accomplish some magic for a xslt transformation. Any ideas?
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_Scott_Prentice_
Participating Frequently
February 21, 2008
Frame doesn't add the ID value automatically (unless you're making a cross reference to that element). This just the ID is required .. but you'll have to provide it.

...scott
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