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mattl84896954
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November 6, 2018
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Reuse a topic in a ditamap

  • November 6, 2018
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There may be a simple method for doing this, but my FrameMaker/DITA experience is not great yet.
I have a ditamap where I would like to reuse a topic. It is a boilerplate topic that is used more than once throughout the document.

When I try to attach the same topic to the ditamap, my output fails.

Can I not use the same topic/filename twice in one ditamap? Is this where conkeyrefs come in? I understand how in HTML5 output you might end up with a duplicate URL, but there must be a way of reusing a file without making a copy and changing the name.

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mattl84896954
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November 7, 2018

I would love some help on this. I don't know if I'm asking too much of FrameMaker Dita. Simply put, what if I have a 5-step task topic that is used every chapter in ditamap. Liking it once works fine, If I try to use it twice, the build fails. I am stumped!

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Amitoj
Adobe Employee
November 8, 2018

Hi, When you say it fails didnt understand it. Can you share some more details or if possible share a small sample with me at amitosin@adobe.com so i could look into this and work with you on resolving your query.

thanks

Amitoj Singh

mattl84896954
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November 8, 2018

Hello Amitoj

Thanks for getting back to me.

I have created a simple ditamap in which I reuse a topic called: FileDemo.dita, separated by topics called: Break1 and Break2

When I Publish to PDF the FileDemo.dita is missing, only the Break files show up.

Please note, we use a redirector file to use a different set of template files. I don’t know if this should impact my output.

I have attached the Published PDF as is and a Zip file containing the DITA files.

Thanks for your help with this!

Matt Lorenzi

Technical Writer

Alpha Technologies Ltd.

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