Adobe FRAMEMAKER 10 - Chapter 3: MIF Document Statements; MIF file layout

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Chapter 3: MIF Document Statements
This chapter describes the structure of MIF document files and the MIF statements they can contain. Most MIF
statements are listed in the order that they appear in a MIF file, as described in the following section. If you are
looking for information about a particular statement, use this manual’s statement index to locate it. If you are looking
for information about a type of object, such as a table or paragraph, use the table of contents to locate the MIF state-
ments that describe the object.
MIF file layout
The following table lists the main statements in a MIF document file in the order that Adobe® FrameMaker® writes
them. You must follow the same order that FrameMaker uses, with the exception of the macro statements and control
statements, which can appear anywhere at the top level of a file. Each statement, except the
MIFFile statement, is
optional. Most main statements use substatements to describe objects and their properties.
Statement Description
MIFFile
Labels the file as a MIF document file. The MIFFile statement is required and must be
the first statement in the file.
Control statements Establish the default units in a Units statement, the debugging setting in a Verbose
statement, and comments in a Comment statement. These statements can appear
anywhere at the top level as well as in some substatements.
Macro statements Define macros with a define statement and read in files with an include statement.
These statements can appear anywhere at the top level.
ColorCatalog
Describes document colors. The ColorCatalog statement contains Color state-
ments that define each color and tag.
ConditionCatalog
Describes condition tags. The ConditionCatalog statement contains Condition
statements that define each condition tag and its properties.
BoolCondCatalog
Describes Boolean Condition Expressions. The BoolCondCatalog statement contains
BoolCond statements that define each Boolean condition expression with its
show/hide properties.
CombinedFontCatalog
Describes combined fonts. The CombinedFontCatalog statement contains
CombinedFontDefn statements that define each combined font and its component
fonts.
PgfCatalog
Describes paragraph formats. The PgfCatalog statement contains Pgf statements
that define the properties and tag for each paragraph format.
ElementDefCatalog
Defines the contents of the Element Catalog for a structured document. For more infor-
mation, see ,“MIF Statements for Structured Documents and Books.”
FmtChangeListCatalog
Defines the contents of the Format Change List Catalog for a structured document. For
more information, see ,“MIF Statements for Structured Documents and Books.”
DefAttrValuesCatalog
Defines the DefAttrValuesCatalog for a structured document. For more information, see
,“MIF Statements for Structured Documents and Books.”
AttrCondExprCatalog
Defines the AttrCondExprCatalog for a structured document. For more information, see
,“MIF Statements for Structured Documents and Books.”