How can I tell where a text register is reading from?

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How can I tell where a text register is reading from? There was a way to get a list of all the text registers used in a style library. We're still on the old (pre-css) xpp system. Thanks!

Shawn Linderman · Accepted Answer

You could search any Perl scripts being run on your JOB/DIV for "open(" string, which is start of function to "open file" and see if any external file(s) are being accessed.

Thomas Mangan · Answer

I'm not certain I fully understand the situation / environment - but here's an idea that might help: If you're trying to track down the IF rule responsible for populating the text register, a "brute force" approach would be to have a tag output the contents of the text register as part of the IF prestring (or post string - depending on how things are set up). Creating a macro named that has the expansion of (where XX is the text register number): Putting FindTheTXT in your prestring (or poststring) would at least tell you which tag contents/code (assuming main text) is responsible for populating the txt register. Once you know that, it would be a matter of tracing through the macros or Perl to see what's going on.

Shawn Linderman · Answer

You can get info on the text registers used in an item format (if) spec or xymacros spec (mx, xx or xy_sys) by right clicking on the spec in reading pane of PathFinder, then go to Tools, then select the Macro List or Tag List tool, as appropriate. When the tool completes, you will be prompted to view the resulting DIV.

Screenshot of Trados Studio's PathFinder with a right-click context menu open on 'fasb' spec showing options including Macro List Cross Reference and Tag List Cross Reference.

Screenshot of a DIV window displaying a list of Tag Names, XPath, and Registers for 'CLS_bashGRP_tester1JOB_finance2DIV_job_if_fasb2' with various tags and register numbers.

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How can I tell where a text register is reading from?

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