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Raj_Moorthy
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May 16, 2015
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How to see the topicrefs of a nested ditamap in the resource manager?

  • May 16, 2015
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Hello,

I use FM 12. I am trying to move a 500 page document with several chapters into Dita 1.2. I use one ditamap per chapter. When I nest ditamaps under a main ditamap using maprefs, I do not see the topicrefs of each map. Also, the topics do not show up when PDF is generated. How can I make all topicrefs appear in the resource manager?

Thanks,

Rajashree

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Correct answer ScottPrentice

You can't see the topics in the chapter maps form the root map. When you open a map, you see the topicrefs for that map not the submaps. If you want to see the topicrefs, double-click the map reference and it'll open the chapter map. That might be a nice feature, but it doesn't currently work that way. If you want to see all of the topicrefs together, you'll need to put them all in one map.

The issue of the topics in the submaps not being included when you generate a PDF sounds like a bug (or you've set something up wrong). You might try changing the maprefs to topicrefs. A mapref is really just a special type of topicref, and the build process may not be set up to handle maprefs.

Cheers,

...scott

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ScottPrentice
ScottPrenticeCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 17, 2015

You can't see the topics in the chapter maps form the root map. When you open a map, you see the topicrefs for that map not the submaps. If you want to see the topicrefs, double-click the map reference and it'll open the chapter map. That might be a nice feature, but it doesn't currently work that way. If you want to see all of the topicrefs together, you'll need to put them all in one map.

The issue of the topics in the submaps not being included when you generate a PDF sounds like a bug (or you've set something up wrong). You might try changing the maprefs to topicrefs. A mapref is really just a special type of topicref, and the build process may not be set up to handle maprefs.

Cheers,

...scott

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Raj_MoorthyAuthor
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May 20, 2015

Hi Scott,

Thank you so much for the reply!

Best,

Rajashree

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