manual variable links

[helseykc]

Hello.

This is my first post, so be kind

I am trying to use manual variable links in my TOC:

[%=Variables_Global.variable1%] and xxx
[%=Variables_Global.variable1%], [%=Variables_Global.variable2%] and xxx

to produce an output of:

abc and xxx
abc, 123 and xxx

This works fine when I create online output but not when I create a PDF. When I do the latter the first TOC entry is fine ("abc and xxx") but the second TOC entry just displays " and ", missing out the variables entirely... This is the same for the TOC and for the contents page (made using a TOC proxy).

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Helen

[rob hollinger]

Are the Variables located in the Heading of the topics?
Print TOCs differ than Online TOCs.

[helseykc]

Hi Rob,

Yes, the variables are in the heading of the topics, and then I have them in the labels for the TOC entry...

H

[ajturnersurrey]

Are the variables in topics you have conditionally excluded from your build (via the target file)? That has led to some vanishing variables for me in the past.

[helseykc]

no, I have not removed them from the target (I'm not sure I'd know how to do that but I've just checked and I don't think I've done it inadvertently)...

[helseykc]

Absolutely no idea how or why it fixed the problem, but I recreated the heading in the topic, and dragged it to the TOC and it's fine now...