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Syntax
<VariableFormats
<VariableFormat
<VariableName tagstring>
<VariableDef string>
>
<VariableFormat...>
...
>
Usage
contains the name of the variable, used later in the MIF file by
VariableName
text.
contains the variable's definition. A system-defined variable definition consists of a sequence of
VariableDef
building blocks, text, and character formats. A user-defined variable consists of text and character formats only.
The system variables for the current page number and running headers and footers can only appear on a master page
in an untagged text flow. You cannot insert any variables in a tagged text flow on a master page. You can insert
variables anywhere else in a text flow.
For more information about variables and the building blocks they can contain, see your user's manual or the online
Help system.
Cross-references
A FrameMaker document can contain cross-references that refer to other portions of the document or to other
documents. A cross-reference has a marker that indicates the source (where the cross-reference points) and a format
that determines the text and its formatting in the cross-reference.
All cross-reference formats in a document are contained in one
is defined by an
XRefFormat
cross-reference appears.
XRefFormats and XRefFormat statements
The
statement defines the formats of cross-references to be used in document text flows. A MIF file
XRefFormats
can have only one
XRefFormats
on page
52.
The
statement supplies a cross-reference format name and its definition. The statement must appear in
XRefFormat
an
statement.
XRefFormats
Syntax
<XRefFormats
<XRefFormat
Name of variable
Variable definition
End of
Additional statements as needed
End of
statement. Within text, an
statement, which must appear at the top level in the order given in
VariableFormat
statement
statement
VariableFormats
Variable
statement. A cross-reference format
XRefFormats
statement and a
XRef
Marker
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MIF Reference
to position the variable in
statement indicate where each
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