Master Page Unresolved Cross Reference

[spencer_7228]

I have an unresolved cross reference on many of my .fm files' master pages in my .book file. 

I can find them when I go to View -> Master Pages and then CTRL-F (even if I cant necessarily see them), and replace them with a blank, as they are outdated cross references and just need to be removed. 

Is there a quick way to get rid of them that does not include manually going into each file, clicking View-> Master Pages-> CTRL F-> (etc.)?

I have tried to apply the Page Layout format from a corrected file to the remainder of the files and it doesnt seem to want to replace the master pages entirely the way I would generally expect.

I also attempted scripting to open files to their master pages so I could do CTRL-F for the whole book, but I did not have much success there.

Thanks,

[Bob_Niland · Accepted solution]

You might spin off a copy of the file/book, delete all the Body conte, revise the MPs, verify no unresolveds, and then Import Formats: Master Pages back into the working document/book.

Back up everything, of course.

[frameexpert]

Here a script to delete all master page cross-references from the active document. Copy the code and save it as a plain text file. Choose File > Script > Run to run it or add it to the Script Catalog.

main ();

function main () {
    
    var doc;
    
    doc = app.ActiveDoc;
    if (doc.ObjectValid () === 1) {
        processDoc (doc);
    }
}

function processDoc (doc) {

    var xref, nextXref, page;
    
    // Loop through the cross-references in the document.
    xref = doc.FirstXRefInDoc;
    while (xref.ObjectValid () === 1) {
        nextXref = xref.NextXRefInDoc;
        // Get the parent page of the current cross-reference.
        page = getPage (xref, doc);
        // If it's on a master page, delete it.
        if (page.constructor.name === "MasterPage") {
            xref.Delete ();
        }
        xref = nextXref;
    }
}

function getPage (obj, doc) {
    
    var frame, cell, objType, prop;
    
    while (obj) {
        
        frame = obj;
        objType = obj.constructor.name;
        
        switch (objType) {
            case "Pgf" :
            case "AFrame" :
                obj = obj.InTextFrame;
                break;
            case "SubCol" :
                obj = obj.ParentTextFrame;
                break;
            case "Tbl" :
                obj = obj.FirstRowInTbl.FirstCellInRow;
                break;
            case "Row" :
                obj = obj.FirstCellInRow;
                break;
            case "Cell" :
            case "Pgf" :
            case "AFrame" :
                obj = obj.InTextFrame;
                break;
            case "TextLine" :
            case "TextFrame" :
            case "UnanchoredFrame" :
            case "Arc" :
            case "Ellipse" :
            case "Group" :
            case "Inset" :
            case "Line" :
            case "Math" :
            case "Polygon" :
            case "Polyline" :
            case "Rectangle" :
            case "RoundRect" :
                if (obj.FrameParent.ObjectValid()) {
                    obj = obj.FrameParent;
                } else {
                    obj = 0;
                }
                break;
            case "XRef" :
                prop = doc.GetTextPropVal (obj.TextRange.beg, Constants.FP_InTextObj);
                var obj = prop.propVal.obj;
                break;            
            default:
                // Prevent endless loop if unknown object type is found.
                obj = 0;
                break;
        }
    }
    if (frame) {
        return frame.PageFramePage;
    } 
    else {
        return 0;
    }
}

[Winfried Reng]

Hi,

Bob's way works, at least when I try it.

So you have a file with an unresolved cross-reference on the master page.

When you make a copy of your file, go to the master pages view and delete the unresolved cross-reference and then import the layout of this copy into your working file, the unresolved cross-reference is not removed?

Is the unresolved cross-reference really on the master page? Could you verify this in the Cross-Reference pod?

Best regards, Winfried