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Hi,
I've been using Frame forever, and I've had version 12 (12.0.4.445) for a long while. When I first enter "\x15" in a variable, everything works correctly. When I click Update in the variable dialog box, "\x15" is replaced by "\+" in the variable definition and, in the body text, the hyphen is there and it is non-breaking. Everything looks good.
But, if I click Update a second time, the hyphen is replace by "+" in the body text. No hyphen. The variable definition still appears as "\+". Why is it suddenly treating "\+" as a literal plus symbol in text and how do I make it stop?
Thanks,
--Jeff Gansberg
Hi Jeff:
For what it's worth, I can replicate the issue on Fm 2015—so the answer isn't "upgrade".
As a work around, if I update a variable with \+ in it, retyping either the \ or the + and updating again takes care of it. Until I update again. Not fun, but at least there is a workaround.
I'd recommend reporting it to Adobe: Feature Request/Bug Report Form .
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Hi Jeff:
For what it's worth, I can replicate the issue on Fm 2015—so the answer isn't "upgrade".
As a work around, if I update a variable with \+ in it, retyping either the \ or the + and updating again takes care of it. Until I update again. Not fun, but at least there is a workaround.
I'd recommend reporting it to Adobe: Feature Request/Bug Report Form .
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Thank you Barb. I have reported it as a bug, so I'll mark this as answered.
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I wonder what the MIF looks like before and after the work-around.
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Thanks Bob.
The workaround Barb offered is actually a repair that puts the non-breaking hyphen back in place. The problem reappears whenever you click Update twice, even after the repair.
Maybe I missed your point, but I don't see any difference after a mif wash. This seems to be the tool going overboard for putting a "+" in the variable definition.
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re: Maybe I missed your point, but I don't see any difference after a mif wash.
I didn't suggest a MIF wash. I was just wondering what the MIF looked like before and after FM12 or later trashed it.
Classically, the MIF for this special character is "\x15 " (with a trailing space).
A sample variable called NBH would look like this:
<VariableFormat
<VariableName `NBH'>
<VariableDef `\x15 '>
> # end of VariableFormat
For some special characters, a work-around is to use the equivalent Unicode in \u#### notation. I wonder if \u2011 would work (and be honored as an NBH by FM).