Cross-references disappearing in PDF
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Ryhan
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Cross-references disappearing in PDF
Hi
Working on DITA reports for investment tracking… some cross-refs work fine, others just vanish when I rebuild the PDF. IDs are all there, mapping looks solid, but in the DITA-OT log I get warnings like:
and sometimes:
Tested on the latest DITA-OT, no change. PDF plugins in Oxygen handle the rest fine, but these flaky refs are a proper pain. Any quick tweaks to check before I go and redo all the references by hand…
Working on DITA reports for investment tracking… some cross-refs work fine, others just vanish when I rebuild the PDF. IDs are all there, mapping looks solid, but in the DITA-OT log I get warnings like:
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[WARN] Reference target not found: investment/section5/topicIDCode: Select all
[INFO] Skipping topic 'overview' because of missing key definition-
julien_lacour
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Re: Cross-references disappearing in PDF
Post by julien_lacour »
Hello,
In Oxygen's DITA Maps Manager and use the Validate and Check for Completeness tool to examine your ditamap. It should help you identifying missing key definitions or duplicated IDs.
Regards,
Julien
In Oxygen's DITA Maps Manager and use the Validate and Check for Completeness tool to examine your ditamap. It should help you identifying missing key definitions or duplicated IDs.
Regards,
Julien
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