Is there any way to change the default file type in the Browse window for images, or can I at least add file types to the filter?
My images are mostly Illustrator files. When I go to place a new image, I'd really appreciate NOT having *.jpg come up as the default, and it would be almost as nice to filter by the file type that I actually use without having to select *.* and wade through everything.
Forced return (linefeed), non-breaking hyphens and spaces, suppress hyphenation.
None of these are preserved when exporting from FrameMaker to XML, since they do not seem to be represented by a Unicode code point. My question to you is: How do you deal with those things in XML?
The last issues (non-breaking and suppress hyphen) have recently been brought up in:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/450363
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/459503
Forced return is a common thing in many FrameMaker documents to improve readability of certain phrases.
For export of FM to XML, there have been proposals to use a special element with a prefix just to capture the special FrameMaker symbol. It works, and may be a valid useful path in certain cases, but I think that it is a questionable way of dealing with it for several reasons:
If the last point could be solved, i.e if all those control characters or markers could automatically be translated to a suitable XML representation, then I would consider the whole issue as solved, otherwise not.
Even without FrameMaker, how do people deal with these things in "pure xml". For instance, when XML is used for publishing (which I know Arnis Gubins is doing), there will guaranteed be a need to control both hyphenation and line breaks. So how do you (they) do that?
How do other vendors cope with these issues, e.g XPP?
Hi -
Does anyone know where to download the FM9 plug-in for DITA-OT?
Also, do you have to have the FM9 DITA-OT plug-in installed in order to import a Ditamap into RoboHelp 8? I am working in a Windows 7 Premium/64 bit enviroment... RoboHelp 8 crashes/stalls whenever I try to import a Ditamap.
Thank you for any help/suggestions -
Rebecca
Hi All
Background:
We are going for upgrade of Frame maker 8 which is on unix system to FM 10 or 11. We are using Framemaker mainly for renditions, i.e to convert the fm documents to PDF. To convert fm document to PDF we are using the below mentioned command line utility available in FM 8.(on unix). /opt/app/frame8.0/bin/fmprint -i -p Sample.fm.fmtpl Sample.fm Currently the the fm file which need to converted to PDF and the FM 8(installed) are available on the same unix system ,so we were able to initiate/use the command line utility of FM 8. The rendition of the FM to PDF is On -Demand.( We are not running any batch activities/ bulk renditions).We are rendering the document as soon as the document is available.
Requirement:
As we are going to upgrade the FM to newer versions which would be installed on the Windows machine as Frame maker 10 or 11 will not support unix plat form, so can you please let us know which option is better to use i.e we want to convert fm file to PDF using java program without any manual intevention using publishing server/client version.
can any one help us as it is very urgent for us.
please let us know the ways to do and links for helpful documents .
thank you very much for your help in advance!!\
Best reagrds
Ramesh babu
Hi,
I use FDK 11 to convert a FrameMaker File to XML. Basic example as in the "Structured Import/Export API Programmer guide" works pretty well. But all my frame files have lengthy paragraphs which on conversion finds a line break after a length which seem to be set as default. By this, the XML length and readability becomes tedious. Here is the snap shot of transformation adn the piece of code used. Please let me know if there is any function which can eliminate this default behaviour.
#include "futils.h"
extern VoidT Structured_ApiEmergency FARGS((VoidT));
extern VoidT Structured_ApiInitialize FARGS((IntT init));
extern VoidT Structured_ApiCommand FARGS((IntT command));
extern VoidT Structured_ApiNotify FARGS((IntT notification,
F_ObjHandleT docId, StringT sparm,
IntT iparm));
VoidT F_ApiEmergency() {
Structured_ApiEmergency();
}
VoidT F_ApiInitialize(IntT init) {
Structured_ApiInitialize(init);
}
VoidT F_ApiCommand(IntT command) {
Structured_ApiCommand(command);
}
VoidT F_ApiNotify(IntT notification,
F_ObjHandleT docId, StringT sparm, IntT iparm) {
Structured_ApiNotify(notification, docId, sparm, iparm);
}
Thanks,
Venkat
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FM 11
I know that <codeblock> is designed to represent lines of program code and that line endings and spaces must be preserved. However, my line endings are not being preserved; turn into a new <codeblock> leaving me with line after line of <codeblock> elements like this:
<codeblock>Do forever.</codeblock>
<codeblock>Say "Hello World"</codeblock>
<codeblock>End</codeblock>
Rather than like this:
<codeblock>
Do forever
Say "Hello World"
End
</codeblock>
These are my Text format rules in my EDD:
1. If context is: * < stepresult < substep
Use paragraph format: CodeBlock2
Else, if context is: li < * < choice
Use paragraph format: CodeBlock3
Else, if context is: * < stepresult < step
Use paragraph format: CodeBlock1
Else, if context is: * < stepxmp
Use paragraph format: CodeBlock1
Else, if context is: * < step
Use paragraph format: CodeBlock1
Else:
Use paragraph format: Codeblock
2. If context is: [expanse="page"]
Pagination properties
Placement: Across all columns and side heads
CodeBlock is defined like this in the FM Paragraph Designer (with only the margins differing for CodeBlock1, CodeBlock2, etc.)
What am I doing wrong?
Marsha
I'm trying to set the column widths of a table in framemaker by importing the width from an attribute in the imported xml file. But it doesn't work...
This is from my read/write rules:
element "ITEM-CELL-LIST"
{
is fm table cell element;
attribute "width" is fm property column width;
fm property column width value is "2cm";
}
The last line that specifies the width to 2cm seems to be accepted as I can save the EDD as DTD without errors, but it has no effect on the actual widths of the table created.
The line above it doesn't work at all. When I try to save the EDD, I get the following error: "Invalid property specified for the element (ITEM-CELL-LIST)."
I've tried every way I can think of, but nothing seems to work
The only way I've been able to actually set the widths is by creating a table in the master template page and resizing the columns. That carries over to the imported xml.
I have a fat table to build, so the traditional A4 size page doesn't fit any more, I want a "fat" page, but only one page.
I have created a Structured FrameMaker template. When I attempt to generate a Structured Master Page Map by selecting Format > Page Layout > Apply Master Pages, it generated an Unstructured Master Page Map. Why can’t I generate a structured page map?
Hi,
I've created the EDD and DTD required to import /export tables in the structured XML template, the required read/write rules are also proper place . My application works fine as far as tables are placed one bellow the other. My requirement is to place two tables one beside the other. I'm tried to place two frames one beside the oher and put the tables within the frame. It did not work. Am I missing some attributes in EDD which is not allowing me to place the tables one beside the other.?
Please help..!
Thanks,
Basav
Hi all,
When saving to XML, I understand that Frame takes the relative path to the DTD as described in structapps.fm (in our case, $STRUCTDIR\xml\xdocbook\app\docbookx.dtd) and generates an absolute path in the XML it writes, like this:
DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "file:///C:/Program%20Files/Adobe/FrameMaker9/structure/xml/xdocbook/app/docbookx.dtd"...
This, of course, makes the files impossible to open on a machine that has Frame installed in something other than "Program Files". Any way to get around this? Have Frame generate a relative path in some way? I've researched this in the ref and dev guides and don't see any way to control this. I did try adding something to the rules, like this...
writer external dtd is system "docbookx.dtd";
but then Frame just looks directly in the folder that contains the document you're trying to open.
Thanks for any suggestions.
- Shelley
Hi all,
After reading my previous question, I have realized I have a more fundamental question about the general philosophy of creating structured documents and EDDs.
I would like to get some opinions on this subject:
Is it better to have a smaller number of total elements, and to use a lot of "If"s that look at where these elements are located to determine the style for them.
Or, is it better to have many unique elements that each only appear in fixed locations, thereby being more strictly and clearly defined.
For example, a person could have one "p" element that is used throughout the document, but that receives many different styles depending on what Chapter, section, or subsection level it is at. Or, on the other hand, if the style is always different and unique depending on whether it is at the Chapter, section, or sub-section level, would it make more sense to just have separate elements called "pChap", "pSection", "pSub", etc.
What are your thoughts?
Of course, I know there is probably no real "better" on this, but I am wondering about the pros and cons of these approaches. In my real-world situation, there will likely rarely be "expert users" working with Frame, so do you think one method is easier than another for an average Frame Author?
Thanks in advance!
Darren
I am trying to create a numbered list element, that will restart at 1 each time it is used. The User Guide says "By default, each counter is initially set to zero. The counter can maintain its current value, be incremented by 1, or be reset to a different value. For example, use <n=1> in the format that resets numbering to 1 at the beginning of a new set of numbered steps."
So, I've built my EDD like this:
But when I import the EDD to test in a document, each list continues the numbering of the one before it. I've tried playing around with the syntax, but it's new to me and I can't figure it out. How do I set it up so that each list starts with 1?
Here's an example of what I get (sorry it's ugly, I'm following advice and getting the structure set up before I do the pretty formatting!)
Thanks!
I am a one-man Tech Writing department using Structured FrameMaker with a collection of home-brewed EDD's. I create technical documentation for a software product. My documents are currently all single-flow, single-column documents. In the last few releases of our software, some of our feature sets have created the need for long bulleted lists. When it gets to the point where a single bulleted list takes up more than a page (ugly!), it's time to start looking for another way to get the job done.
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. What I'd ideally like to be able to do is set up my "List" element in my EDD with an attribute that will allow me to specify whether or not the list should "wrap" (which I would set manually based on the final length of the list itself.) I will try to include an example here...hopefully the formatting comes out OK.
For example, the following page with this attribute OFF:
================
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut a sapien. Aliquam aliquet purus molestie dolor. Integer quis eros ut erat posuere dictum. Curabitur dignissim.
* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3
* Item 4
* Item 5
* Item 6
Integer orci. Fusce vulputate lacus at ipsum. Quisque in libero nec mi laoreet volutpat. Aliquam eros pede, scelerisque quis, tristique cursus, placerat convallis, velit. Nam condimentum. Nulla ut mauris.
================
would become the following once that "re-flow" attribute was turned ON:
================
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut a sapien. Aliquam aliquet purus molestie dolor. Integer quis eros ut erat posuere dictum. Curabitur dignissim.
* Item 1 * Item 4
* Item 2 * Item 5
* Item 3 * Item 6
Integer orci. Fusce vulputate lacus at ipsum. Quisque in libero nec mi laoreet volutpat. Aliquam eros pede, scelerisque quis, tristique cursus, placerat convallis, velit. Nam condimentum. Nulla ut mauris.
Trying to download FM 10/Windows from the download page, and get this message from the Akamai download tool:
"Download manager fatal error: Could not find the requested file on the server."
This seems to reference a file named WWEFDJ.exe. Can anyone confirm where the files can be successfully downloaded? Thanks.
Hi fellows,
For the first time I have XML source file with xi:include tags, like
<xi:include href="other.xml"/>
Many XSLT processor automatically process the xi:include element, but Xalan-C as shipped with FrameMaker apparently does not. So I added this to my preprocessing stylesheet:
<xsl:template match="xi:include">
<xsl:apply-templates select="document(@href)/*" />
</xsl:template>
FrameMaker 10 (in this case, hadn't had the time to test with previous version) hangs with 100% processor usage as soon as I access the document() function.
Has anyone successfully used the XSLT document() function with FrameMaker?
Thanks,
- Michael
Dear colleagues,
I am currently evaluating a Save-as-XML problem with FrameMaker 9.0p255. The content of the document shows some XML examples which contains CDATA sections, like
<environment> <var name="service"><![CDATA[Inhalt]]></var></environment>
Reminder: This is in the text of the FrameMaker document.
When I save as XML, the XML parser complains: »Error at line 140, char 77, Message: The sequence ']]>' is not allowed in character data«
When I open the XML file in a XML editor I see that all < are correctly escaped as < and all > are left as is. The built-in Xerxes parser also reports: »The character sequence "]]>" must not appear in content unless used to mark the end of a CDATA section.«
The right angle bracket (>) may be represented using the string "
>", and must, for compatibility, be escaped using either ">" or a character reference when it appears in the string "]]>" in content, when that string is not marking the end of a CDATA section.
It seems to me FrameMaker should either write all > as > to avoid the possibility that it might be used after ]].
Can you reproduce this issue (I can using the UserGuide structured application, by just putting ]]> in any element)?
Have you found a way to workaround this, maybe with a special R/W rule?
Thanks,
- Michael
hi,
how to convert pdf to docbook xml using framemaker 10.0 version. i am new to the framemeker tool.
please explain step by step.
if there video tutorial send me the URL.
Thanks in advance.
My team is just getting started with structured FrameMaker, and we're trying to determine whether we should use DITA or define our own EDD (etc.). DITA seems overly restrictive for our needs, so I'm leaning toward defining our own. Is there anything in DITA that we couldn't recreate (for example, tagging or map files)?