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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

409.0. "TEX error message" by GUESS::GOLDMAN () Mon Feb 25 1991 17:20

    I have had the following error message for a failed online bookbuild:
    
    %DVC-E-UNDEFSYM, Undefined Symbol on TEX page 84 SYMBOL=DOCWS
    %DVE-E-OUTPUTFAIL, error writing to output file
    -DVC-I-INPUTFILE, input file is:
    USER$G:[GOLDMAN.XSEL]LN03_XSEL_UG_PROFILE.DVI_BOOKREADER
    -DVC-I-ONPAGE, on page[8]
    
    %DVC-E-ABORT, aborting run -- book ......
    
    Does anyone know what might be causing this, or what I can do about it?
    There are no error messages preceding it.  There's one informational
    message about a table row column count not matching the setup.
    
    Thanks,
    Eliot 
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409.1VAXUUM::UTTMary UttTue Feb 26 1991 08:1121
    Check whether you are using <online_popup> tags around
    whatever defines the symbol DOCWS, e.g.,
    
      <online_popup>(figure)
      <figure>(Figure One\docws)
       ...
      <endfigure>
      <endonline_popup>
    
    Also, check if DOCWS is defined as a symbol for a head in the
    preface.
    
      <preface>
      ...
      <head1>(Preface Head\docws)
      ...
      <endpreface>
    
    Let me know if neither of these solve the problem.
    
    Mary
409.2It's still not workingGUESS::GOLDMANTue Feb 26 1991 10:0613
    I checked the two suggestions in .1.
    
    I wasn't using <online_popup> tags around the example that defined
    the symbol DOCWS.  The symbol was the symbol name for a formal 
    example in a chapter.  I changed it to see if there was something
    mystical about the string DOCWS; that didn't make any difference.
    The example is about 2/3 of a page long in hard copy.  I put an
    <online_chunk> tag in front of it to see if that would make a 
    difference--no luck.  The document still isn't building and the
    undefined symbol is whatever I use as the symbol name for this 
    example.
    
    Eliot
409.3send .sdml fileVAXUUM::UTTMary UttTue Feb 26 1991 10:537
    Please send me the chapter.
    
    Also, what version of VAX DOCUMENT are you using?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary
409.4MAGIC!!GUESS::GOLDMANTue Feb 26 1991 11:0712
    I was using T2.0-1.
    
    However, I won't need to send you the chapter unless you still want it.
    I retyped the line
    <example>(Configuration Document\docws)
    
    exactly as it appeared in the .SDML file and deleted the original line.
    Strangely enough, it worked this time.
    
    Let me know if you still want the chapter.
    
    Eliot
409.5mystical, indeedCLOSET::UTTMary UttTue Feb 26 1991 15:595
    Guess not, if it's working now (I can't correct an error I can't
    reproduce!). If it crops up again, though, send me the offending
    file.
    
    Mary