RTF Report: List Overrides

[Duane]

Hello,

There's a section in the help file called User-Defined Section Numbering, which describes exactly the type of behavior I'm trying to create in my reports:

1. Package
1.1 Sub-Package
1.1.1 Element
1.1.1.1 Sub-Element
1.1.1.1.1 Sub-Sub Element
1.1.1 Sub-Sub-Package
1.1.1.1 Element
1.1.1.1.1 Sub-Element
1.1.1.1.1.1 Sub-Sub Element
etc...

Doing what's described in the help with the list overrides works well for packages...but that seems to be it.

In my template, I apply Paragraph List Numbering at level 1 to the content in package tag, and all is well; the child package recursion puts all packages at the correct level as in my example above.

I similarly apply Paragraph List Numbering at level 2 to the content in the element tag...and all elements (including child elements) show up as level 2 list elements, the child element recursion seems to behave differently.

My simple test template is as follows:

package >
1      Package: {Pkg.Name}
element >
1.0      Rqmt:{Element.Name}
child elements >
< child elements
< element
child packages >
< child packages
< package


It is worth noting that the procedure to edit List Levels (via Edit -> List and Overrides -> Edit List Level...), so set list levels 2-n to start numbering at 1, does not seem to save its settings.  If I set a handful of levels' Start At values to 1 (from 0), then save my template andn edit it again, the Start At values are once again all 0 (except for level 1, of course).  This does not instill confidence. :-)

Anyone have any thoughts?  This seems like it ought to be a fairly easy (and common) thing....

Thanks,
 D

[Dermot]

This should work, however are you sure the: Paragraph | List Numbering | set at level 1 & 2  - IS the same for both Element & Package Sections as was set in: Edit | List and Overides | Edit List Level?

[Duane]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm not 100% sure I understand your question, but if you're asking whether the List Override that I created and edited the levels for is the same List that is selected in the Paragraph | List Numbering's 'Apply paragraph numbering using list' dialog box, then yes I believe that it is.

Specifically:

 - I created a list override call "AAAA"
 - When editing list levels (which don't seem to be saved correctly, so maybe I'm doing something wrong on this step), I selected the List Override radio button and chose "List: AAAA, Override# 001"
 - When applying the Paragraph | List Numbering, the only available entry in the list is the same "List: AAAA, Override# 001"
 - I made sure that I chose the same list for applying the numbering to both the package and element content, and only changed the level.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated...

Thanks,
 D

This should work, however are you sure the: Paragraph | List Numbering | set at level 1 & 2  - IS the same for both Element & Package Sections as was set in: Edit | List and Overides | Edit List Level?

[Dermot]

Yes  I am not sure I understand your reply either - This is where pictures in help files really do help ;-)
The original settings could have been set in the "List Level Properties"  when  "List Item" was selected rather than 'List Overide'.
As a work around perhaps set both to reflect the 1.1.1 rather than 1.0.0