Cross-reference marker ID

[Guest]

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.

[Arnis Gubins]

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.

[Guest]

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]

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.

[FieryPantone]

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

Hey, no fair! I recognise that text: you've been looking inside my documents! <rofl>

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