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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

305.0. "Problem with the <ORDER_NUMBER> tag" by GALVIA::MBOWLER () Wed Mar 28 1990 12:03

Howdy,

When I create an online version of my document, the online bookbuilder ignores the 
<ORDER_NUMBER> tag (this tag displays the document part number on the title page)
Is this supposed to happen?

Rgds,

Mike B
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305.1No order number for online docsRAGMOP::UTTWed Mar 28 1990 15:117
    Yes, this is supposed to happen: the online books cannot be ordered
    separately; the order number is only for ordering hardcopy books.
    This is documented in the release notes for VAX DOCUMENT V1.2B (or
    in "Coding Documentation Source Files for the DECwindows Bookreader"
    if you are running an earlier version of VAX DOCUMENT).
    
    Mary
305.2part no. shouldn't be "missing"AITG::WARNERIt&#039;s only work if they make you do itTue Apr 03 1990 11:129
I mentioned to Mike Cicalese that it would be nice if, instead of ignoring the
part number, the Bookreader said something like "This online book is available
in printed form, order number nn-nnnnn-nn." We could include a disclaimer that
the printed book may not contain some updated information.

That way, readers would know how to get the book without trying to figure out
what the part number is from the name of the DECW$BOOK, which is hard
enough to find in the first place. (You need to show logical DECW$BOOK, then
look through the bookshelf files...)