Drop-down text from FrameMaker files

[GregStenhouse]

After some experimentation, I have been able to generate drop-down text from FrameMaker, while retaining a nice print output from Frame. Here's how:

Using FrameMaker:
[<MadCap:dropDown>][<MadCap:dropDownHead>]Text for the drop down hotspot[</MadCap:dropDownHead>][<MadCap:dropDownBody>][<!--]¶
[-->]This is the hidden text to be displayed when clicking the hotspot.[</MadCap:dropDownBody>][</MadCap:dropDown>]¶
Notes:

• [ ] = a FrameMaker PassThrough marker
• ¶ = line break/enter
• The para styles can generally be anything in Frame, the MadCap|DropDown styles have precedence.
• The paragraph end in the middle is commented out via <!-- -->, as Flare requires this to be one whole paragraph. Things go haywire if this is not done (i.e. the raw code is output as text).

Using Flare:

1. (Import>Options), select the Enable Passthrough Markers check box, and set the format to Fragment
2. Set the following styles

• MadCap|DropDown (e.g. set different images for mc-closed-image and mc-open-image, and margins top and bottom)
• MadCap|DropDownHead (e.g. set a different font-color)
• MadCap|DropDownBody (e.g. set a background-color, and margin top to separate from the DropDownHead)