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Anonymous
March 29, 2013
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Cross-reference marker ID

  • March 29, 2013
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Hi everyone,

Has anyone worked with duplicate cross-reference markers before?

My question is, is the uique number in each marker text the same if multiple markers exist in the same location?

Thank you for your help.

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    March 29, 2013

    If you let FM create the markers, then every one will have a unique id number and multiple cross-refs to the same location will all automatically point to the same marker with the same id number. How did you get the dupes? FM won't let you copy & paste a marker, but it will let you cut & paste.

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    Anonymous
    March 29, 2013

    You are right, FM won't let you create multiple cross-reference markers at any lcoation, but some of our old scripts do, and my job is to find these markers and delete extra ones.

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    March 29, 2013

    You can find the markers by either doing it in a brute force manner using the Find > Marker of type (and have the Marker window open to see the contents) or by using a MIF version and using a text editor to search for the MText right after a <MType 9> entry. The MText would be the duplicate and the Unique ID entry would be two lines further.

    The general structure of a Marker in MIF is as in the following example:

       <Marker

        <MType 9>

        <MTypeName `Cross-Ref'>

        <MText `37042: Body: At vero eos et accusam et iusto odio blandit praes'>

        <MCurrPage `1'>

        <Unique 998385>

       > # end of Marker

    Cross-refs target the MText line using a <XRefSrcText ...> entry that is the same as the MText content.

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