I'm authoring in structured FM 10 using a DITA 1.2 application on Windows 7, but working with FM documents rather than XML files. I was having problems updating cross-references in my existing (structured FM 7.2) files after upgrading to FM 10 -- FM was changing all xref formats to DITA Default Format, which blew away all of my defined formats. So I opened one of the standard structured templates included with FM 10 (DITA_1.2/app/technicalContent/template/topic.template.fm), thinking that I set up my structured application incorrectly.
I know I must be missing something simple, but this is what happens when I create and update a cross-reference:
- Using the unmodified structured template and the unmodified DITA 1.2 application that comes with FM 10, add an fm-xref element.
- Using the DITA-Cross-Reference dialog box, create the xref (doesn't matter if it's an internal or external xref).
- Select See_Title_and_Page xref format. Xref looks fine in the source document.
- Select Edit > Update Reference, and select All Cross-References.
When I click Update, FM updates the xref but changes the xref format to DITA Default Format. I can see that the See_Title_and_Page format included in the template uses the <$paratext> building block instead of <$elemtext>, but I can't delete or modify this format and I can't create a new xref format, either, since the DITA Cross-Reference dialog box doesn't give me those options.
However, if I create a new FM book and add this file to it, and then select Edit > Update Book, and select All Cross-References, FM updates the xref and maintains the xref format I chose.
So, why does updating a file remove the selected formats from all xrefs and replace them with DITA Default Format, while updating a book does what I'd expect (and what FM has always done)? And why can't I modify an xref format using the template/DITA 1.2 application that comes with FM10?
Thanks for any assistance.
--Steve