I am using framemaker 7.1 and windows 7. I am very familiar with this error. Every time I have gotten it save as with the same file name has always taken care of the problem. I just reloaded framemaker and now the save as does not work. Any suggestions?

Something amazing has happened. After countless attempts to get a toehold on the glassy wall of structured Frame, I've suddenly managed to run up it as far as writing my first EDD – it works, it handles tables, I've successfully tried both ParagraphFormatting and ElementPgfFormatTag, and I still understood it the next day.

So now I'm happily experimenting with some very simple DITA files, prepared and validated elsewhere. I used a <ph conref="_ymvProductVariable.dita#terminal/product"/> construct in my DITA file to replicate the behaviour of a FrameMaker user variable. Opening the DITA file in FM and applying my EDD highlights the <ph> as an invalid element, which I can accept.

Question – to which I may not understand the answer, but I'll try: how do I define the <ph> element, so I can include it in a General rule like (<TEXT> | ph)+ and have it show the value of the variable?

My apologies for trying to run before I can walk, but after years feeling my feet were nailed to the ground it's irresistible.

Hi...

I think I know the answer to this, but is it possible to control table row or cell properties (like shading, padding, borders, etc) through context rules in an EDD? I'm not aware of any way to do this, but thought I'd toss it out there to be sure.

Would love to hear that I'm wrong.

Cheers,

...scott

Hi all,

We have an xDocbook structured app based on Frame 11 and Docbook 4.2.   It has been stable until the last week or so.  Here are the changes we made to the structured app recently:

1. Added some functionality to the EDD including some Format Change Lists and attribute values, but nothing that seems major. The EDD validates and does not produce errors when its element definitions are imported into a document.

2. Added support to the DTD for an equation element to be allowed inside a line element

3. No edits to the rules.

4. In structapps.fm, we turned off "Try Alternative Extensions"

5. In the template, we added or tweaked some styles.

We retain our documents in XML and open them in Frame only to edit them.

However, each time we open any document in Frame now, a NoName element wraps whatever the top-level valid element is, whether a <chapter> or <appendix>. I can unwrap it and the document validates using the Element | Validate feature.  I save and close the document.  If I open the XML in a text editor, its top level element is <chapter>.  There is no <NoName.>  But if I open it again in FrameMaker, NoName is generated again at the top of the hierarchy. This is true even for documents that we have not edited or touched in months, so it cannot be the content itself; it must be something with the structured app.

To test, I have reverted the EDD back to a timeframe when it was known to have worked properly, and imported it into the template, then reopened the documents.  This is problematic of course because the documents currently contain attribute values that were not supported earlier, so Frame complains about these when I validate.  But the NoName element is always created no matter how far back I go with the EDD.

Finally -- and particularly strange -- is that I revert the EDD to an earlier, known stable version, import it into the template, and open some documents that we have not edited in months -- thus, recreating an environment that worked before.  Still, NoName is generated. I have not yet reverted the changes to structapps or the DTD and will try that next -- but I don't see how those could be the issue.

So the questions are:

1. What would make Frame generate a NoName element for a document that has valid structure?

2. What can trigger the generation of a NoName element?

Thanks for any help!

Shelley

Shelley Hoose

Sr Doc Developer

Rogue Wave Software

After changing from Windows 8.0 to Windows 8.1 I have problems generating pdf-files. I only get the tps-file. When the tps-file is made, the FM 11 do not answer any more. Do anybody have any suggestions?

I'm new to DITA and piloting some documents in FrameMaker 12, trying to get the output that I need.

I have created a ditamap with a structure as follows:

Map title

- Concept A

- Topichead

   - Task A

   - Task B

- Concept B

  - Task C

   - Task D

I would like this to ouptut a PDF with TOC and bookmarks as follows:

Map title => book title

- Concept A => Chapter 1

- Topichead => Chapter 2

   - Task A => Chapter 2.1

   - Task B => Chapter 2.2

- Concept B => Chapter 3

  - Task C => Chapter 3.1

  - Task D => Chapter 3.2

To do this I save the ditamap as a "Book 12.0 with fm components (*.book)" and set the Bookmark levels in the PDF Setup as follows:

ChapterTitle

head.0

Title

title.0

.title.1

..title.2

...title.3

However, the output systematically comes out wrong because the Topichead element, which is just a title and is not attached to any topic, is not taken into account as a hierarchical element in the output. It generates an empty fm document containing just the topichead title, output as a ChapterTitle or Title depending on whether I set its toc attribute to yes. But the TOC is all wrong - instead of taking Task A and Task B as children of Chapter 2 it puts them all at level 1 so I get:

- Concept A => Chapter 1

- Topichead => ignored

   - Task A => Chapter 2

   - Task B => Chapter 3

- Concept B => Chapter 4

  - Task C => Chapter 4.1

  - Task D => Chapter 4.2

If I output using the bog-standard DITA-OT instead of fancy and expensive FrameMaker, everything comes out correctly.

Is there any way to correct this?

Thanks,

Archaeopteryx

FrameMaker 11.0.2.384

DITA 1.2

We need to have our <note> element so that the first or only paragraph is *not* wrapped in a <p> element. However, we want to add additional <p> elements after the first paragraph when necessary.

Here is what we want:

Here is what we get:

I have defined the following paragraph tags:

Note1Top (includes the frame above with the Note graphic and the rule)

Note1Middle (no rules and no graphic)

Note1Bot (a bottom rule and no graphic)

Note1 (use for scenarios where there are no additional paragraphs)

I have defined the <p> elements in my EDD and they are working correctly. I need to figure out how to define my <note> element in the EDD so that it uses Note1Top when they are child paragraphs or Note1TopBot when there are no child paragraphs.

Currently I have this in my <note> element in the EDD:

Else, if context is: note < (stepxmp | stepresult | info) < step

     1.1.7. If context is: {first}

                    Use paragraph format: Note1Top

               Else, if context is: {only}

                    Use paragraph format: Note1

I think the reason that the {first} and {only} sibling indicators are not working is that there are no siblings.   But what is my alternative?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Marsha

Hi,

I am using FM12, and I can create display equations using "Special->MathML equation" menu. How to generate inline MathML equations? ie., I want to have equation along with text, something like

some text goes here and having inline equation (x+y+z=10)

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Hi,

evidently I made an error somewhere in my structure app, the result is that I cannot open DITA topics by double clicking them in the DITA map anymore (Framemaker does simpy nothing). I can, however, open them by dragging the xml files onto the Framemaker window.  If I use the standard DITA 1.2 application everything works fine so I guess the problem is in my mapping.

Here is what I tried to achieve:

• We need certain variations of the normal 'topic' type topic. The DTD should be identical, however different structures should be auto-inserted when creating a topic and the topic should have certain attribute values predefined.
• The idea is that the author can select one of these topic types when creating a topic, but when opening an existing topic simply edit it with the standard topic temple.

Here is what I did:

1. I duplicated the topic.template.fm, renaming it say "topic_a.template.fm", "topic_b.template.fm" etc. (just an example).
2. I made adjustments to the EDD of these templates, changing the auto-insertions and the default values of some attributes.
3. In the structapps.fm file I added XML applications for these new topic types, mapping each application to one of the new templates, but to the original topic DTD and r/w rules. E.g. the application "DITA_1.2_topic_a" is mapped to the "topic_a.template.fm" template, and to the original "topic.dtd" and "topic.rules.txt" files.
4. In Framemaker I then created corresponding application mappings in the DITA options. E.g. the topic type "A" (which defines the visible text in the "New topic" menu) is maped to the XML application "DITA_1.2_topic_a".

The result:

• It works as intended in every way when creating topics. The topics are saved with the standard doctype 'topic'. However for when I try to open topics from the DTD by double-clicking then nothing happens. Opening topics by drag & drop works fine though and they are opened with the normal (general) "topic.template.fm" template as desired.

Any ideas? Was this confusing or am I completely off somewhere?

Robert

I am converting from unstructured to structured XML in DITA.

In my conversion table, I have multiple paragraphs tagged with p, like this:

P     p[otherprops="ProcTitle"]     ProcTitle

P     p[otherprops="Paragaph"]     Paragraph

I apply my Conversion Table to my Unstructured doc, then save as XML using the Dita1.2 application. The conversion to structured completes fine. The save as xml has errors, but i expected that at this point.

I now want to edit the Dita EDD to use my formatting. When I apply the Dita EDD, all the "p" paragraphs convert to Body.

How to I configure the EDD to see the difference among the types of p paragraphs? I tried the following command in the EDD, but it was frankly just a guess based on similar configuration I saw in the EDD:

Under Body Element

Text format rules

       if context is [otherprops !="ProcTitle"]

          Use paragraph format: ProcTitle

     Else,

          Use paragraph format: Paragraph 

As I'm sure is no surprise for those of you in the know, this did not work. .

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give

Is there a way to search in FrameMaker 10 for broken (ie: red + symbols or red boxes) structure in a book?

It seem like the only way to find broken structure is by viewing the structure tree of each document.

I would like to be able to search for broken structure, using some kind of search parameter in the book.

Is that possible?

Thanks!

Hey,

I'm trying to use keys as variables in my DITA project, but I can't figure out how to insert a "variable" in a topic using keys?

This is what my dita map looks like:

<map xmlns:ditaarch = "http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/">

     <title>Product variables</title>

          <keydef keys = "product_name">

               <topicmeta>

                    <keywords>

                             <keyword>Sample Product Name</keyword>

                    </keywords>

                  </topicmeta>

             </keydef>

</map>

This is what the topic looks like but nothing happens

<concept id = "id144FF0W0FFP"

    xmlns:ditaarch = "http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/">

<title>General description</title>

     <conbody>

          <p><keyword keyref = "product_name"></keyword> is a great product.</p>

     </conbody>

</concept>

Can anyone help me?

I'm trying to open an .sgm file in Structured FrameMaker 7.2 and I keep getting errors and believe my setting are incorrect.  This is what happens:

1. Open file.
2. Prompt:  "Use Structured Application."  I choose "<No Application>"
3. Error:  "SGML Parser Messages (Document Prolog)"

                    C:\Documents and Settings\............filename.sgm; line 1

                    Could not find external document type VIB (-//Company Name//DTD VIB//EN).

I really don't know where to go with this, so any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

Hi,

I am using the S1000D Application Pack to make data modules according to S1000D221. In one project I have a lot of tif-files (TIF, CCITTgr 4) to be inserted in the data modules (descriptive and procedural). When opening the XML-files in FrameMaker the application changes the size of the graphic files. When inserting CGM this never occurs. The problem is related to TIF only. If anyone has the explanation to why I would be grateful.

Jon Harald, Norway

Hi All,

I am trying to print to PDF a publication that is full of oversize wiring diagrams. The pages are all images ranging in size from standard A3 and A4 siz sheets through to a foldout being 1470 mm W X 297 mm H. We have no problem printing A3, A4 and 630 mm W X 297 H. These are all Portrait images. When we set up our custom print size to accomodate the 1470 mm W X 297 mm H we get the pages without the content, and even some of the oversize pages are not the correct size on print.

The page sizes we are using are:

• A4
• A3
• 630 x 297 mm
• 840 x 297 mm
• 1050 x 297 mm
• 1260 x 297 mm
• 1470 x 297 mm

The procedures we are using to set up the printing are:

1.      Print to PDF (Do not Save to PDF, you do not have control over paper sizes)

Under Print Setup make sure you select PDF Driver and select the Paper size as largest that is in your book.  Example: If A4 and A3 pages, print to A3

2.      Select Generate Acrobat Data and select

Note: Back in FM Print dialogue; make sure Print to File is turned OFF, before you click Print

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

AJ Wilkinson

I am converting legacy unstructured content to structured in FrameMaker 9. I am using DITA. I have created a conversion table that is almost right with a few manual clean-ups necessary for inconsistent areas on in my documents. The one remaining issue before I'm ready to run it on a bunch of documents is my conversion of graphics to image elements. Specifically, the line in my conversion table for graphics looks like this:

When I run the conversion the new structured document wraps the graphics in in the <image> element, however, the required href attribute is missing. Below is a screen shot of my structure view. On the left is what the images look like right after conversion. On the right is an image that was manually imported into the structured document.

My images are mostly PNG and Imported By Reference in my source document. There isn't anything else particularly special about them.

Does anyone know why I'm getting a missing href attribute and how I can remedy the problem. Going through each document and manually importing the images would be quite a large task that I'm trying to avoid.

Thanks,
Erin

1.       Can FM 10 directly open and be able to work with content saved using FM 7?

a.       If not, how should one migrate from FM7 content to FM10 content ?

b. Can FrameMaker 10 be used to save a file in old format ( FM7)?

I just upgraded to Framemaker 10. I am encountering a number of problems when I try to work with my Dita XML help topics, which were last saved in Framemaker 9 format.

1. Using the Default Dita Template

When I open one of my documents in Framemaker 10, the Dita 1.2 template ditabase.fm is automatically applied. Everything seems fine. But then when I convert the XML to Eclipse help (which is essentially html, so we're going from XML to HTML) using Dita Open Toolkit ant scripts, I see this message:

[pipeline] [DOTJ013E][ERROR] Failed to parse the referenced file 'html\c_licensing.xml' due to below exception. Please correct the reference base on the exception message.
[pipeline] c_licensing.xml Line 25:Attribute "xmlns:ditaarch" must be declared for element type "dita".

I then opened the xml  file in a text editor, and I saw this on line 25:

<dita xmlns:ditaarch = "http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/">

Line 25 looks fine to me. Am I missing something? 

2. Switching to a 1.1 Dita Template

I tried to work around the above problem. In Framemaker, I tried to set a different structured application as the default one. I closed all files and chose the default Dita 1.1 structured application (it defaults to the Dita 1.1. Composite app.)

Then I tried to open my file: I got this message inside Framemaker:

"Validation of XML failed. Continue?
Error at [FILE PATH], line 25, char 72, Message: Attribute '{http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/}ditaarch' is not declared for element 'dita'

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

I switched from the default Dita 1.1. Composite structured application to the Dita 1.1. Topic structured application. Then I dirtied the source file and saved it. The messages I got in FrameMaker log window included the one above, plus I got a variety of Unknown Element messages, things like this:

Unknown element dita,

unknown element concept,

various attributes are not declared for concept,

unknown element conbody.

If I switch back to the Dita 1.1 Composite application all of these messages diappear except for this one:

Attribute '{http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/}ditaarch' is not declared for element 'dita'

My ant conversion scripts from the Dita Open Toolkit are still unable to process this file. They give the same message as is listed in (1) above and the file is not converted to HTML.

Can anyone help me with this problem? I've also posted this question to the Dita Users Group on Yahoo Groups. If I get an answer in one place, I'll post it in the other.

Thanks,

Nina P.