UpdateXRefs does not update

Report · Aug 06, 2019

Dear friends,

My whole script now works fine with the exception of the XRef update after inserting a new XRef. It works correctly if the target of the XRef is in the same file as the XRef (oDoc == oTgtDoc). Both files are open at the time of the update - and the active document is that with the XRef (oDoc).

→ What may be the problem here?

The blue XRefs all work correctly and point to a separate file (\endnotes). Manual updating with the GUI is OK, but why does this not work in the script?

//                                            --- Build new XRef and insert it at saved location
  Fno_SelectParagraph (oDoc, oPgfNew);            // Required
  oTgtTL = new TextLoc (oPgfNew, 0);
  Fno_RestoreLocation (oDoc, oUserLoc); 
  oTL = oUserLoc.txtRange.beg;
  oXRef = Fno_InsertXRef (oDoc, oTL, sXRefFmt, oTgtDoc, oTgtTL);
  oDoc.UpdateXRefs(Constants.FF_XRUI_EVERYTHING); // note done in book files !!!!!!!!!!
  alert ("UpdateXRefs error: " + FA_errno);
//                                            --- Jump to the empty Endnote -----------------------
  Fno_FollowXRef (oDoc, oXRef); 
  oENloc = Fno_SaveCurrentLocation (oTgtDoc);
  Fno_RestoreLocation (oTgtDoc, oENloc);
  oUserLoc = oENloc.txtRange.end;
  oUserLoc.offset += 1;                // go behind the marker.
  oTgtDoc.TextSelection = new TextRange (oUserLoc, oUserLoc);  
} //--- end Fno_InsertEndnote

//                                            --- Build new XRef and insert it at saved location
Fno_SelectParagraph (oDoc, oPgfNew);            // Required
oTgtTL = new TextLoc (oPgfNew, 0);
Fno_RestoreLocation (oDoc, oUserLoc);
oTL = oUserLoc.txtRange.beg;
oXRef = Fno_InsertXRef (oDoc, oTL, sXRefFmt, oTgtDoc, oTgtTL);
oDoc.UpdateXRefs(Constants.FF_XRUI_EVERYTHING); // note done in book files !!!!!!!!!!
alert ("UpdateXRefs error: " + FA_errno);
//                                            --- Jump to the empty Endnote -----------------------
Fno_FollowXRef (oDoc, oXRef);
oENloc = Fno_SaveCurrentLocation (oTgtDoc);
Fno_RestoreLocation (oTgtDoc, oENloc);
oUserLoc = oENloc.txtRange.end;
oUserLoc.offset += 1;                // go behind the marker.
oTgtDoc.TextSelection = new TextRange (oUserLoc, oUserLoc);
} //--- end Fno_InsertEndnote

Report · Aug 07, 2019

I have not found a cure for this problem - but a bypass:

After typing the endnote text at the provided location the user may want to verify the location where he/she set the insert point for the XRef to the endnote.

Hence I decided to provide a function (an extended GoBack) with short cut ESC q n b. In this function I issue a KB simulation to open the Update References dialogue. IMHO the user knows what to do here (at least after reading my documentation...).

// GoToInsertPoint.jsx
#target framemaker
  A_GoToInsertPoint ();                           // normally invoked by ESC q n b
function A_GoToInsertPoint () { // === to be integrated into Fnotes ===============================
var oDoc, oUserLoc, fcode = [];
  oUserLoc = goFno.oSavedLocation;                // saved in Fno_InsertEndnote
  Fno_RestoreLocation (oUserLoc);
  oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;
  Fno_UpdateRefDlg ();
} //--- end A_GoToInsertPoint
function Fno_UpdateRefDlg () { // === open dialgoue Edit > Update References ======================
// oDoc.UpdateXRefs(Constants.FF_XRUI_EVERYTHING); // does not update a book file!
// Reference  <Command Update
//            <ReservedLabel Book Update &Book...>
//            <ReservedLabel Document Update &References...>
//            <KeySequence \!eU>
//            <KeySequence \!fg>
//            <Definition \x3E1>>
var fcode = [];
    fcode[0] = 0x3E1;                               // there is no constant for this
    Fcodes(fcode);
} //--- end Fno_UpdateRefDlg
function Fno_RestoreLocation (oLocation) { //=== Restore current location =========================
// Arguments  oLocation: object created by Fno_SaveCurrentLocation
// Called by  xxx
// Attention  Not tested what happens if this document is no more open at restore
// Reference  Rick Quatro at https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2243878
var oDoc, oPgf, tLoc, textRange;
  
  oDoc = oLocation.doc
  app.ActiveDoc = oDoc;
  oDoc.CurrentPage = oLocation.page;
  oPgf = oLocation.pgf;
  if (oPgf.ObjectValid () === 1) {
    oDoc.TextSelection =   oLocation.txtRange;
  }
  textRange = oLocation.txtRange;
  oDoc.ScrollToText(textRange);
} //--- end Fno_RestoreLocation

Report · Aug 07, 2019

I did this check:

Open the book file bookfile_2en.fm
Close the book
In bookfile_2en.fm use the script to create the empty endnote (this opens the endnote file by itself, as it is in the same directory as bookfile_2en.fm)
Enter some text as endnote
Activate the book file
The cross references are not updated
Run the following script
The cross references are still not upated
But of course they can be updated by Edit > Update References

// UpdateXRefs.jsx
#target framemaker
main ();
function main () {
var oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;
  oDoc.UpdateXRefs(Constants.FF_XRUI_EVERYTHING); // does not update a book file, even if no book is open!
}

Report · Aug 07, 2019

IMHO this misbehavior of UpdateXRefs is a bug, hence I issued a bug report: FRMAKER-6893

In a book file where a XRef to another file has been inserted by a script, this XRef is not updated by function UpdateXRefs.

Steps to Reproduce:

Use the files from the attached ZIP (put all fm(book files in the same directory)
In the book open the file bookfile_2en.fm
Optionally: close the book
In bookfile_2en.fm place the cursor anywhere except the title paragraph.
Run the script InsertEndnote.jsx
→ The script opens the file endnotes and create an empty endnote. The cursor is in this endnote just after the XRef marker ready to accept input. Type something.
Switch to the file bookfile_2en.fm where you see at the location which you chose a new XREF. 8 It's 'figure' is not correct, because the XRef were not upated.
Run the script UpdateXRefs.jsx
→ The cross references are still not updated
But of course they can be updated by Edit > Update References

Expected Result:

Function UpdateXRefs does what is says!

Any Workarounds:

Use the GUI (Edit > Update References) to update the references in the file bookfile_2en.fm

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UpdateXRefs does not update