Use of RD field returns error

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Tracy - 04 Mar 2004 13:54 GMT

I'm trying to use the RD field to create a TOC that spans
several documents. In a test case, I've created two
documents and a title page. I've saved all three docs to
the same location. I insert the toc, then add two RD
fields as follows: { RD \f "document1.doc" \fc} The \fc
was added, as were the quotes, when I added the .doc
extension.

The error returned is "Cannot open file referenced on
page1.

I created two RD references - the second duplicates the
first,except it is named document2.doc

Please Help if you can!

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macropod - 05 Mar 2004 08:04 GMT

Hi Tracy,

The \f switch says to use relative referencing, so the field should look
like:
{RD "document1.doc" \f}

Cheers

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- 05 Mar 2004 15:06 GMT

Worked like a charm! Thank you so much!!

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- 05 Mar 2004 20:13 GMT

Well, it almost worked like a charm.

The field is working - i get the text from the files, but
in place of a page number, I get no bookmark defined. I
used a Heading one style, and it is set to use this in the
TOC. Any ideas??

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macropod - 06 Mar 2004 21:13 GMT

Hi Tracy,

Sounds like your TOC field might have a:
\n switch, which will cause it not to display page numbers; and/or
\z switch, which will cause it not to display page numbers in Web view.

Cheers

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- 08 Mar 2004 20:18 GMT

Hi -

You were right - the TOC had those two switches. I
inserted a toc manually (insert, field, toc) but this did
not solve the problem. It knows where the files are
located, but it still says Error, no bookmark defined.
Build TOC from Styles is ticked. Any thoughts???

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Jon Weaver - 08 Mar 2004 21:52 GMT

Tracy,
This is one possible cause:
The documents referred to in the RD field must not be open when you create
or update the table of contents
1. Simply close the referenced documents
2. In the document containing the table of contents, move the insertion
point anywhere within the table of contents, right click,select Update Field
and select the Update entire table radio button and click OK

The "bookmark..." error message will disappear.

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