Creating a TOC from several document

[Guest]

Hello,

I know the subject has been questioned to death, but after searching for
several hours I have not been able to find my particular situation.

I am working with a template document, that I have cereated using stlyes.
The document consists of 11 separate sections that are edited by 11 diffirent
people in 11 diffirent offices. In an effort to simplify coordination we use
an eRoom. It was recently suggested that the Table of Contents for this
document be connected to up-date automatically, but the document must remain
in separate sections. Ok, not so tough, using {RD feature} as long as I can
control the file path. Once the document templates are ready for the users,
I up-load them to the "TEMPLATE" eRoom, the user downloads them to their
computer for editing and then up-loads them to a diffirent eRoom, within the
same directory. So from start to finish the filepath and filename changes at
least three times and of course the TOC will not up-date because the {RD}'s
are not valid.

Is there anyway to set {RD} fields automatically up-date, or is there
another way to create the TOC.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you.

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi TL

I am working with a template document, that I have cereated using stlyes.
The document consists of 11 separate sections that are edited by 11 diffirent
people in 11 diffirent offices. In an effort to simplify coordination we use
an eRoom. It was recently suggested that the Table of Contents for this
document be connected to up-date automatically, but the document must remain
in separate sections. Ok, not so tough, using {RD feature} as long as I can
control the file path. Once the document templates are ready for the users,
I up-load them to the "TEMPLATE" eRoom, the user downloads them to their
computer for editing and then up-loads them to a diffirent eRoom, within the
same directory. So from start to finish the filepath and filename changes at
least three times and of course the TOC will not up-date because the {RD}'s
are not valid.

Is there anyway to set {RD} fields automatically up-date, or is there
another way to create the TOC.

I'm not familiar with the term "eRoom" -- what exactly does it mean?

If the location of the referenced documents can be derived from the
directory of the "ToC document" itself, then a dose of VBA should help
in guaranteeing that the RD fields are right (say, an AutoMacro that, on
each opening of the document, writes the path into a custom document
property; the RD fields need to point to include a reference to this
property).

The approach is discussed in context with other fields here:

http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...ustom+document+property"&safe=off&qt_s=Search

Since I can't find the best search term for the necessary VBA code right
now, maybe you try a search yourself and, if that turns up blank, ask in
one of the .vba groups.

HTH
Robert

 

[Guest]

Thank you Robert,

I will check out the link that you provided. I don't have a real good
understanding of Macros and VBA, however my company is looking at a
purchasing program that will require that I learn everything there is to know
about document properties and how they work.

An eRoom is a more or less a virtual office for team collaboration etc. My
company uses it instead of a network router or extender such as a T1 line. I
have included the URL for the software that we are using.

http://software.emc.com/

EMC software brings together people, processes, and content across the
extended enterprise. More than 1,500 enterprise organizations use EMC
Documentum eRoom's secure Web-based workspaces to enable distributed teams to
create, manage, and execute complex projects and processes across geographic,
departmental, and organizational boundaries.

I will let you know if your information helps.
Thanks,

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

An eRoom is a more or less a virtual office for team collaboration etc. My
company uses it instead of a network router or extender such as a T1 line. I
have included the URL for the software that we are using.

http://software.emc.com/

Sound like an ASP-document management solution. In that case, only the
folks who wrote it may be able to tell you whether this file path
approach is feasible.

Greetinx
Robert

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I will keep trying.
--
Terri

Sound like an ASP-document management solution. In that case, only the
folks who wrote it may be able to tell you whether this file path
approach is feasible.

Greetinx
Robert
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