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Subject:RE: Can this be done in WWP/MIF2Go? From:"David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 May 2002 12:55:19 -0700
John Locke wrote:
| How well does WWP handle cross references?
Cross references are automatically converted to hypertext links. You can
change the format, for example by removing page numbers. (Technically,
you can use any of the building blocks recognized in the FrameMaker
cross reference editor.)
| My current system uses a custom
| PHP tag for links. Each link target is specified in a single text
file,
| which also serves as the source for the TOC. My script looks in this
text
| file for the link ID, determines which html file the target is in,
| determines whether this html file is in the current window, and then
| generates either an internal bookmark link, or prepends the filename
to
| the bookmark link.
WWP converts the FrameMaker TOC automatically. All paragraphs have link
IDs.
| The result is, I can create cross references wherever I want them,
| sprinkled all over the text, and know that they'll resolve correctly
in
| individual pages, whether you show the individual topic, chapter,
book, or
| the entire help file. And these links continue to work when I dump the
| text into Word & generate a PDF.
This exactly what happens when you go from Frame to PDF or from Frame to
any of the nine supported output formats via WWP.
| Does WWP accurately resolve bookmark links across multiple HTML files?
Yes.
| Or can I modify the link tag to use my scripts?
You can customize to your heart's content. WebWorks has an internal
macro language, and to a certain degree you can use external scripting
languages as well.
| And, regarding developing the architecture, can I take some existing
HTML
| files and modify some of them into WWP templates, while keeping others
as
| they are, and get WWP working quickly with an existing architecture?
Not exactly. You would need to duplicate the existing architecture
within the WebWorks framework.
WebWorks Publisher Certified
Member, JavaHelp 2.0 Expert Group
Moderator, HATT & wwp-users
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