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SuzieC2014
Inspiring
September 5, 2015
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Dynamic content filtering with Linked FrameMaker books? Supported?

  • September 5, 2015
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Hello all,

Does anyone know if the personalized dynamic content filters work for linked FrameMaker books? Specifically, does the (linked) FrameMaker TOC dynamically update based on the filter selections?

I'm currently creating a mock-up project to showcase this feature, but my FrameMaker books must  be "linked" (not imported) with the Robohelp project. The filtering seems to work (ie, content is displayed or hidden depending on the filter), but the TOC does not dynamically update. Is it supposed to?

As well, clicking on a TOC item that conditionalized and used as one of the filters does not link to the topic (that is, I click on the TOC item, and the corresponding content does not appear in the right-hand pane. This happens if that content is currently conditionalized and used as a filter criteria for dynamic content).

thanks.

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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September 5, 2015

Hi there

I stand to be corrected on this, but If memory serves, you will need to ensure you apply the tagging directly on the TOC elements in order for the content filtering to apply to the TOC nodes.

Cheers... Rick

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SuzieC2014Author
Inspiring
September 5, 2015

Really? I hope not! That is going to be a lot of work and needs to be done every time I Force Update the book?

Thanks for the input Rick, I would never have thought that would be the case. Do you remember if this was mentioned in a webinar or elsewhere?

Although it's highly unlikely, is there a script that could be run to apply the conditional tags based on what's conditionalize in the content? Might be hoping for a miracle here. ;-)

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
September 5, 2015

Mentioned in a webinar? Not that I'm aware of. Then again, I've not watched each and every webinar, so who knows?

No, it's from personal experience working with it. As I was still fuzzy on it (it's been a few months since I played with it) I set up a situation to test. And it's as I expected. Here's the deal.

I tagged entire topics with tags. I configured filters and looked at the output. As expected, when filtering, the topics that should have been filtered out were actually filtered out. The problem with it is the Books in the TOC. The topics get removed via the filter, but if all topics inside a book are removed, the book remains. So you have to be sure to apply the tag to the book. You can get away without tagging the pages inside the book, but the books themselves need to be tagged or they won't perform the super duper magickal disappearing act!

Perhaps that simplifies it a bit?

Cheers... Rick

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