Appendix letters not showing up in cross-reference

[ddiemetric]

My chapter and appendix titles use the same H1 style which includes a {chapnum} and I set the output numbering/lettering in the TOC properties. When I generate a PDF the title lettering (Appendix A, etc.) and table numbering (Table A-1, etc.) all come out just fine.

The issue is with cross-refs. I have one xref for chapters:
Chapter {chapnum}, {i}{paratext}{/i}

And one for appendices:
Appendix {chapnum}, {i}{paratext}{/i}

When I output a PDF they both come out like this:
Chapter 1, Working with blah
Appendix 1, Working with blah

There's likely a very simple thing I'm overlooking, but I must have a bad case of Friday brain cramps. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

[NorthEast]

Use {paranumonly} instead of {chapnum} in the xref.

I wasn't aware you could use chapnum in a xref, it isn't actually listed in the autonumber dialog.

[ddiemetric]

Thanks very much. Appreciate the help.

Actually, chapnum doesn't work. It was coming up as chapter 1 for chapter 5.

Thanks again.

[Nita Beck]

In case any of this is helpful, here's how I do appendix letters and get the xrefs to show letters not numbers.

Stylesheet: I have separate h1 styles:

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h1.Appendix
{
	mc-auto-number-format: 'Appendix {chapnum}. ';
}

h1.Chapter
{
	mc-auto-number-format: 'Chapter {chapnum}. ';
}

I also have a variety of xref styles to serve different uses:

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MadCap|xref.appendixLetterAndTitle
{
	mc-format: '{paranumonly}, {quote}{paratext}{quote}';
}

MadCap|xref.appendixLetterOnly
{
	mc-format: '{paranumonly}';
}

MadCap|xref.chapterNumberAndTitle
{
	mc-format: '{paranumonly}, {quote}{paratext}{quote}';
}

MadCap|xref.chapterNumberOnly
{
	mc-format: '{paratext}';
}

In the TOC for the first appendix book, I have these TOC properties set up:
-- On Printed Output tab, "Break Type" = Chapter Break
-- On AutoNumbers tab, Chapter Number uses "Reset to" = 1 and "Format" = ALPHA (A, B, C)

For the subsequent appendix books, the Chapter Number uses "Increment number".

Hope something here helps.

[ddiemetric]

Thanks, Nita. The paranum solution worked for me.

D.