Auto-Prolog Options

Allows you to enable and specify the content for automatically inserted prolog data.

If enabled, the auto-prolog options automatically insert and update basic data in a topic’s prolog. There are two types of options, prolog data that is added on file creation and data that is added/updated on file save. Each option can be enabled independently.

Each option provides a text field where you can enter plain text and special building blocks (similar to those used for new file names, but limited in scope). The building blocks that are appropriate for the prolog are listed below.

File creation: author

If enabled, inserts the value from this field into the prolog/author element. If an element template is used that contains an author element, this value is appended to that which already exists.

File creation: critdates/created@date

If enabled, inserts the value from this field into the critdates/created@date attribute.

File save: critdates/revised@modified

If enabled, inserts the value from this field into the critdates/revised@modified attribute.

If the Only Update the Last Element option is selected, the modified attribute value will be updated on the last critdates/revised element. If not selected, a new revised element is added each time the new value for the modified attribute is different than the previous sibling element (typically a new element for each day the file is saved).

The building blocks that are appropriate for prolog fields are:

• <$FM_USER> - from maker.ini RegInfo/User

• <$FM_COMPANY> - from maker.ini RegInfo/Company

• <$FMX_USERNAME> - from ditafmx.ini Registration/Username

• <$FMX_FULLNAME> - from ditafmx.ini Registration/FullName

• <$OS_USERNAME> - %username% environment variable

• <$OS_COMPUTERNAME> - %computername% environment variable

• <$T_YYYY> - 4 digit year

• <$T_YY> - 2 digit year

• <$T_MM> - 2 digit month (zero padded)

• <$T_MON> - 3 character month

• <$T_MONTH> - full month name

• <$T_DD> - 2 digit date (zero padded)

• <$T_HOUR> - 2 digit hour (zero padded)

• <$T_MIN> - 2 digit minute (zero padded)

• <$T_SEC> - 2 digit second (zero padded)