Table of Contents
Advertisement
MIF Document Statements
This chapter describes the structure of MIF document files and the MIF statements they can contain. Most
MIF statements are listed in the order that they appear in a MIF file, as described in the following section.
If you are looking for information about a particular statement, use this manual's statement index to locate
it. If you are looking for information about a type of object, such as a table or paragraph, use the table of
contents to locate the MIF statements that describe the object.
MIF file layout
The following table lists the main statements in a MIF document file in the order that a FrameMaker
product writes them. You must follow the same order that a FrameMaker product uses, with the exception
of the macro statements and control statements, which can appear anywhere at the top level of a file. Each
statement, except the MIFFile statement, is optional. Most main statements use substatements to describe
objects and their properties.
Statement
MIFFile
Control statements
Macro statements
ColorCatalog
CombinedFontCatalog
ConditionCatalog
ElementDefCatalog
FmtChangeListCatalog
PgfCatalog
FontCatalog
RulingCatalog
Description
Labels the file as a MIF document file. The MIFFile statement is required and must be
the first statement in
the file.
Establish the default units in a Units statement, the debugging setting in a Verbose
statement, and comments in a Comment statement. These statements can appear
anywhere at the top level as well as in some substatements.
Define macros with a define statement and read in files with an include statement.
These statements can appear anywhere at the top level.
Describes document colors. The ColorCatalog statement contains Color statements
that define each color and tag.
Describes combined fonts. The CombinedFontCatalog statement contains Com-
binedFontDefn statements that define each combined font and its component fonts.
Describes condition tags. The ConditionCatalog statement contains Condition state-
ments that define each condition tag and its properties.
Defines the contents of the Element Catalog for a structured document. For more infor-
mation, see "MIF Statements for Structured Documents and Books."
Defines the contents of the Format Change List Catalog for a structured document. For
more information, see "MIF Statements for Structured Documents and Books."
Describes paragraph formats. The PgfCatalog statement contains Pgf statements that
define the properties and tag for each paragraph format.
Describes character formats. The FontCatalog statement contains Font statements
that define the properties and tag for each character format.
Describes ruling styles for tables. The RulingCatalog statement contains Ruling state-
ments that define the properties for each ruling style.
66
Advertisement
Table of Contents
