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Smith_SK
Smith_SK
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July 31, 2013
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Publishing DITA files in Frontmatter and Backmatter

  • July 31, 2013
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Hello,

I am using FM11 and DITA 1.2.

I have a bookmap that consists of <frontmatter>, 3 <chapter>, 3 <appendix>, and <backmatter>.

In <frontmatter>, I have two <topicref> elements that contain DITA files

In the <backmatter> I have my glossary DTIA file.

When I save the ditamap as Book 11 with fm components none of the files in <frontmatter> and <backmatter> publish.

I have the ditafm-output.ini set up to GenerateFlatBook=1

Regards,

Stan

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Correct answer ScottPrentice

Hi Stan...

I could be wrong .. but I believe that FM ignores everythign within a <frontmatter> or <backmatter> element. No, that's not the "right" thing to do, but as far as I know that's the way it is.

In order to have FM properly recognze these elements (including build generated lists from the related elements .. <toc>, <indexlist>, etc.), you'll need to use DITA-FMx ..

     http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice

Leximation, Inc,

www.leximation.com

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ScottPrentice
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July 31, 2013

Hi Stan...

I could be wrong .. but I believe that FM ignores everythign within a <frontmatter> or <backmatter> element. No, that's not the "right" thing to do, but as far as I know that's the way it is.

In order to have FM properly recognze these elements (including build generated lists from the related elements .. <toc>, <indexlist>, etc.), you'll need to use DITA-FMx ..

     http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice

Leximation, Inc,

www.leximation.com

Smith_SK
Smith_SKAuthor
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August 2, 2013

Thanks Scott.

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