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MIF Messages
When the MIF interpreter reads a MIF file, it might detect errors such as unexpected character sequences.
In UNIX versions, the MIF interpreter displays messages in a console window. In the Macintosh and
Windows versions, you must turn on Show File Translation Errors in the Preferences dialog box to display
messages in a window (a console window in the Windows version). If the MIF interpreter finds an error, it
continues to process the MIF file and reads as much of the document as possible.
In UNIX versions, the MIF interpreter displays messages in a console window. In the Macintosh and
Windows versions, you must turn on Show File Translation Errors in the Preferences dialog box to display
messages in a window (a console window in the Windows version). If the MIF interpreter finds an error, it
continues to process the MIF file and reads as much of the document as possible.
General form for MIF messages
The general form of all MIF messages is:
MIF: Line LineNum: Message
The
LineNum
may be approximate because it represents the absolute line number in the file after all
macros in the file have been expanded. In addition, if you open the MIF file in a FrameMaker product, lines
are wrapped and the line numbers may change.
are wrapped and the line numbers may change.
The
Message
portion consists of one of the messages in the following table. (Italicized words/characters
(for example, n) indicate variable words or values in a message.)
List of MIF messages
The tables in this section lists the MIF messages produced by the MIF interpreter and describes their
meanings.
meanings.
This message
Means
--- Skipping these chars:
...(MIF statements)...
---------- Done skipping.
...(MIF statements)...
---------- Done skipping.
The MIF file contains a syntax error or a MIF statement not sup-
ported in this version of the FrameMaker product. The FrameMaker
product ignores all MIF statements contained within the erroneous
or unsupported MIF statement. The ignored MIF statements are
listed in the error message.
ported in this version of the FrameMaker product. The FrameMaker
product ignores all MIF statements contained within the erroneous
or unsupported MIF statement. The ignored MIF statements are
listed in the error message.
A footnote cannot contain another footnote.
One footnote in the MIF file is embedded in another.
Bad parameter: parameter.
The MIF file contains a syntax error.
Cannot connect to TRNext ID n.
The text frame ID specified in a
TRNext
statement has no corre-
sponding defined text frame.
Cannot find anchored frame n.
The graphic frame ID specified in an
AFrames
statement has no
corresponding defined graphic frame.
Cannot find footnote n.
The footnote ID specified in a
FNote
statement has no corre-
sponding defined footnote.
Cannot find table ID n.
MIF cannot match
<ATbl x >
with an earlier
<Tbl <TblID x> >
statement.