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On 7/16/2012 10:57 AM, RalfN wrote:
>
> (defun create-toc-for-all (container)
> ;creates a TOC for all docs in the conainer
>     (let (children child)
>       ;get all the unselected children
>       (setq children (dt-children container :not-selected))
>       ;select them
>       (while (setq child (pop children))
>         (tell child mid:set-props :selected t))
>       ;create table of contents for all chidren
>       (toc-create-selected container)
> ))
>
> Unfortunately it does not work. It seems that there happens nothing.
> Are there any ideas to make it work?
>

If you actually copied and pasted your script into your post (rather 
than rekeying it), it's possible that the typo in the third line from 
the bottom  ("chidren" instead of "children") is the cause of your problem.