The <$include> tag and external Scrivener links

[legacy_rdale]

Before I get fancy with some organizational methods I’m pondering, can anyone tell me if an external “x-scrivener-item:///path/to/project.scriv?id=UUID&key=value” style link is supposed work with the <$include> tag? I’ve made an attempt to include a file from another project by adding <$include> to its own line in one document, and then linking the x-scrivener-item url to that tag, but it just comes out as “<$include>” in the compiled output.

Assuming I’m not barking up the wrong directory tree, and there is a way to do this, will the styled text remain styled if both projects have identical style names?

[kewms]

From the Placeholder Tags List, available from the Help menu:

You can use the <$include…> placeholder to have text from an external document inserted into the text during Compile. This can be useful if you have text snippets that need repeating throughout for some reason.
To insert the main text of any document in the current project, either use the <$include> tag and apply a document link to the whole tag that points to the document whose text you wish to insert, or use <$include:docName>, where “docName” is the name of the document you wish to be inserted. (Using document links is the more reliable method.)
To insert the text of an external file, either use the <$include> tag with a link to the external file, or use <$include:docPath>, where “docPath” is either the full or relative path of the document whose text you wish to insert (relative paths should be relative to the folder in which the project is stored). Note that only plain text UTF-8 files and RTF files are supported, and only the text of such files will be included (images, footnotes and comments are ignored in external RTF files that are inserted in this manner).
The <$include…> tag is only supported in the main text and notes areas.

So you would need a true path name, not a link.

Katherine