Re: Reuse of attribute values

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:56 PM 11/1/99 EST, Osvaldo Rodriguez wrote:
>Is it possible to pass the value of an attribute from a parent element to a 
>child element (in the same file) using the EDD instead of an API?
>
>For example:
>
>Parent Element: Chapter  Attribute: Author
>Child Element: Section  Attribute: Author
>
>While creating a book, the Chapter (parent) element appears once in every 
>chapter (book file) while the Section (child) element appears a number of 
>times in the same file.  If the Author (attribute) is the same throughout 
>the file, can I give it (the Author attribute) a value and such value 
>cascade down to the child elements (Author attribute) using the EDD?
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No, but you can do it using Find/Replace, provided the attribute name
(Author) is the same in all elements that have it.
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