Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Loss of figure chapter numbers when using frontmatter

[annazn]

I am writing my master thesis using the memoir package.

I use \frontmatter for table of contents, abstract and so on, and \mainmatter for the thesis.
I use
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@memmain@floats{%
\counterwithin{figure}{chapter}
\counterwithin{table}{chapter}
}
\makeatother
and it works fine when I'm only using \mainmatter. When I activate \fronmatter the chapter numbers are lost. Do anyone know how to fix it?

[Johannes_B]

Chapters in the frontmatter are unnumbered.

[annazn]

I know that chapters are unnumbered in frontmatter
The problem is that my figures in mainmatter lose their chapter numbers when I start my document using frommatter:

\frontmatter
abstract etc.

\mainmatter
main document (no chapter numbers)

If I deactive frontmatter I can see the chapter numbers again.

[Johannes_B]

Ah, that wasn't apparent from your original post. And it shouldn't be the case at all. Please provide a minimal working example for us to reproduce your issue and help you fast.

[annazn]

Here is an example of my problem:

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\documentclass[final,a4paper,11pt,fleqn,dvipsnames,article,twoside,openright,english]{memoir}
						
\usepackage{amsmath}  
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{todonotes}

\setsecnumdepth{subsection}
\maxtocdepth{subsection}
\numberwithin{figure}{chapter}
\numberwithin{table}{chapter}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@memmain@floats{%
	\counterwithin{figure}{chapter}
	\counterwithin{table}{chapter}
}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

\frontmatter

text

\mainmatter

\chapter{Test}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{file}
\caption{}
\label{fig:acalparticlesize}
\end{figure}

\end{document}[/latex]

My figure is named Figure 1.
If i deactivate \frontmatter the figure is now called figure 1.1

[latex]\documentclass[final,a4paper,11pt,fleqn,dvipsnames,article,twoside,openright,english]{memoir}
						
\usepackage{amsmath}  
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{todonotes}

\setsecnumdepth{subsection}
\maxtocdepth{subsection}
\numberwithin{figure}{chapter}
\numberwithin{table}{chapter}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@memmain@floats{%
	\counterwithin{figure}{chapter}
	\counterwithin{table}{chapter}
}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

%\frontmatter

%text

\mainmatter

\chapter{Test}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{file}
\caption{}
\label{fig:acalparticlesize}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

[Johannes_B]

In your very first line, you have the word article, which you don't want, since you want chapters. Remove it.

[annazn]

Thanks a lot! It works now 4 days before I'm handing in, you saved my day!