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EmilMeindl1-Visitor
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March 6, 2012
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How do you prevent conrefs from updating?

  • March 6, 2012
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How do you prevent conrefs from updating automatically when the source topic is revised or updated?

I would like to use content references for Standard Warning Text but I don't want the generated text in the conrefs to automatically update when the source element is updated.

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      pnagai1-Visitor
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      March 7, 2012

      Hi Emil,

      I don't know the answer to this one. If you don't get an answer here, or if you're in a hurry, your best bet is to join the Adepters mailing list where lots and lots of Arbortext users, admins, and developers hang out 24/7/366 (it is a leap year, you know!). Information on joining that list (as well as pointers to lots of other Arbortext resources) can be found here:

      http://blog.single-sourcing.com/top-arbortext-resources

      Good luck!

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      EmilMeindl1-VisitorAuthor
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      March 7, 2012

      Thanks for the mailing list Paul.

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      DmitryTsarev17-Peridot
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      March 7, 2012

      Do you want to be able to manually control when to update each conref? Or you don't need to update conrefs at all?

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      EmilMeindl1-VisitorAuthor
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      March 7, 2012

      I need conrefs to update when we are authoring new manuals so that all new manuals will have the most recent standard warning text. However, I don't want the conrefs to update when the manual is released.

      So if I use conrefs, I want to be able to publish a manual with the previous version of the standard warning text.

      Is there a different way I should be going about this?

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      ptc-24514401-Visitor
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      March 14, 2012

      Hi Emil,

      It sounds like you need to consider versioning and profiling.

      You could set an attribute value on the warnings, and then filter the correct version during output.

      BRs,

      Anne

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