I'm running FrameMaker 11 on Windows 7. I just changed the settings from unstructured to structured Frame and restarted my computer. Now FrameMaker comes up for a few seconds and goes away. Is there something I can do to get FrameMaker to launch?
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FrameMaker 11 won't start up
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Looking for MIL-STD-2361 EDD/Template or DTD.
I need to create an Army Depot-Level maintenance manual using MIL-STD-2361 in structured FrameMaker. Does anyone know where I might find a template/EDD for this? If not, can anyone direct me to just the plain DTD? I will be creating XML and PDF files for output.
Thank you!
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FrameMaker SDK Question: How to read an XML file
Hi,
I am using FDK 12.0 on Windows (using Visual Studio 2012) to make some changes in a FrameMaker document programmatically. I have never used this or any other Adobe API before and am somewhat struggling with the concepts. Primarily I am using the sample programs, coming along with the FDK to guide me.
Now, I want to open and parse an XML file, whose content I will use later to manipulate the texts in a FrameMaker document. In .NET framework there are several classes (XMLReader, XMLTextReader etc.) to read and parse XML files easily. However, it seems I cannot use these Common Language Runtime classes because, apparently, a FDK plug-in needs to be a) C program and b) should not use CLR. In view that, can anyone please indicate if there are any suitable set of functions in FDK itself for parsing an XML file. Otherwise, is there any pure C based XML parser I can use? Some actual sample will be very helpful.
Thanks in advance,
Joydeep
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Conversion table questions with step numbering
Hello,
I am creating a simple conversion table to get our unstructured content into structured. I do not care about the overall validity of the elements within each file, as we are breaking apart bigger files into smaller ones later. I would like to get step numbering to be halfway accurate so entire "grouped steps" can be copied to new DITA topics later.
I have a Numberbody1 paragraph style (for the first step) and Numberbody paragraph style (for subsequent steps) that I am mapping. I am mapping them to the same element (called "cmd" for command). What syntax or qualifier can I use to ensure that the step numbering is retained? This isn't a deal breaker by any stretch, as we will be creating new DITA topics and linking them to an app, edd, template, et al. I just thought that maybe this would be an easy question for someone.
thanks much
Tom
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Text Formatting Rules for sibling elements
How would you edit the EDD Text format rules of an element repeated several times after one sibling optional element? For example, you have the following elements, it's children, and their formats:
1. TASK (with Title)
A. TOPIC (w/ Title)
(1) SUBTASK (w/ Title)
(2) SUBTASK (w/ Title)
(3) SUBTASK (w/ Title)
Now, if the TOPIC Title elelment is not used, I need the Subtasks to appear as follows:
1. TASK (with Title)
TOPIC (w/o Title) (TOPIC element still present)
A. SUBTASK (w/ Title)
B. SUBTASK (w/ Title)
C. SUBTASK (w/ Title)
How would you write that in the EDD? Which element would I edit? The Subtask? Or, the Title?
I've tried several combinations in the Text format rules and subrules using different context specifications like {notfirst}, {after Title}, {first}, etc., but I can't seem to make it work. Anyone familiar with the ATA iSPEC 2200 will recognize the formatting.
Wes
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Table Issues
I am importing an XML file into Structured FrameMaker that contains a table. The table is being imported into a 2-column text box. The table needs to stretch across both columns within the text box. When I import the table it is stretching beyond the text box. How do I format the table so that it imports across both columns, but does not stretch beyond the text box?
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Is there a shortcut key to move quickly through open tabs on workspace?
I'm using FM8 in Tech Comm Suite 1 on Windows XP.
I sometimes have 15-20 tabs open at a time. Is there a quick way to scroll through all of these tabs?
Thanks.
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HTML XML Framemaker
I've been searching around on the web for a couple of hours and haven't found anything useful, so I hoping someone on this forum can help point me in the right direction.
As part of our company, we use framemaker extensively for documenatation. However, for our automated measurement flow we typically generate HTML directly.
To enable us to also import these measurements into Framemaker, I would like to lever XML. What I'm looking for, therefore, is a way of generating XML such that
- it can be easily (without framemaker) converted to HTML,
- if can be easily imported into a structured framemaker document
Thanks for any feedback!
Anthony
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Carriage Return in Autonumber Format?
Hello,
I've set up my Structured EDD with some Headings that have Autonumbering. I'm wondering if there is any way to put a return between the number and the text?
In other words, can I make this:
Chapter 2: This is the Chapter Title
look like this:
Chapter 2:
This is the Chapter Title
As a secondary question, in my search for the answer to this question, I discovered the <r>. <r+>, <R>, etc. "building blocks". I can't find them mentioned anywhere in the user manual or developing structured application manual. Can anyone tell me exactly what their function is?
Thanks!
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Cross reference to another document
Hi there,
I made a cross reference to another document and it works fine. But when a save the document with the cross reference a get the message the the attribute IDref is not available. But the IDref attrbute is there and has the same value as the corresponding ID attribute in the other document.
What do I do wrong?
Thanks.
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Cross-reference ID
Hi there,
I have internal cross-references between elements of the document as well as external references to elements of other documents. The external references working fine, but when I open a document with internal cross references a get the message "No cross-reference ID specified for the element (Xref)". But the element I link to has an ID, and my xref element refers to this ID.
What did I do wrong?
Greetings.
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Error if an element name is declared more than once in XSD. But e.g. Dot.Net accepts this
Frame Maker 11 reports an error if an element name is declared more than once in XSD. However Dot.NET 4.0 validation with the same XSD is OK with such model and validates the different modeled elements with the same name (e.g. fett) correctly. We need the "double declaration of the same element" feature in Frame Maker 11 in a big migration project. We migrate SGML data to XML. How can we solve this?
Hint: we explicitly want to prohibit an endless recursive nesting of elements!
Sample XSD:
<xs:schema xmlns="http://tempuri.org/test-rekursion" xmlns:tr="http://tempuri.org/test-rekursion" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/test-rekursion" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > <xs:group name="inlineBase"> <xs:choice> <xs:element name="sup" type="xs:string" /> <xs:element name="sub" type="xs:string" /> <xs:element name="keyword" type="xs:string" /> <xs:element name="inline-graphics" type="xs:string" /> </xs:choice> </xs:group> <xs:element name="paragraph"> <xs:complexType mixed="true"> <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <xs:group ref="tr:inlineBase" /> <xs:element name="bold"> <xs:complexType mixed="true"> <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <xs:group ref="tr:inlineBase" /> <xs:element name="italic"> <xs:complexType mixed="true"> <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <xs:group ref="tr:inlineBase" /> </xs:choice> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:choice> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="italic"> <xs:complexType mixed="true"> <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <xs:group ref="tr:inlineBase" /> <xs:element name="bold"> <xs:complexType mixed="true"> <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <xs:group ref="tr:inlineBase" /> </xs:choice> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:choice> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:choice> <xs:attribute name="autor" type="xs:string" /> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:schema>
Sample XML:
<paragraph xmlns="http://tempuri.org/test-rekursion" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tempuri.org/test-rekursion test-recursion2.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > Lorem ipsum <bold>dolor <italic>sit amet<sup>hoch 2</sup>, consetetur </italic>sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod</bold> tempor invidunt ut labore et <italic>dolore <bold>magna aliquyam<sup>hoch 3</sup> erat</bold>, sed diam voluptua</italic>. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. </paragraph>
Opening the XML in Frame Maker 11 results in following error:
XML Read Report Log Source Document: C:\Work\DOCS\120820-Base-Umstrukturierung\Bold-Italic-Test-2.xml XML Parser Messages (Document Prolog) Error at file C:\Users\t25681a\AppData\Local\Temp\FMTCCD7.tmp, line 18, char 17, Message: Element 'italic' has already been declared Error at line 19, char 15, Message: Element 'bold' has already been declared
Thanks a lot for any suggestions
Miro
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How can I get XML cross-references to translate to Structured FrameMaker?
I've been using Structured FrameMaker from the beginning, and have designed many EDDs, and about 10 years ago I did some translation of SGML into Structured FrameMaker (7.2) which worked well.
Now, (with FrameMaker 10), I've had to design an EDD to translate XML documents into Structured FrameMaker.
In my EDD I've a CrossReference element called XRef; this has an attribute of ID, which in turn has a value of IDReference and has Special AttributeConrols of ReadOnly.
My target elements in the EDD all have an ID attribute with a value of UniqueID.
My XML document's target xref element has an attribute of linkend, and in XML this works as I'd expect.
When I pass the XML file through the EDD/Template, everything works except that I get an ID = no value, which, of course, results in no display of the cross-reference data in the document.
Oddly, in structured FrameMaker, my element of link, with an attribute of linkend, works as it should, and displays the data. It may not be important, but the value for linkend is IDReference not UniqueID, and this displays correctly (I changed this attribute's value to Unique ID in my EDD and it made no difference to the XRef value in my document).
After making all these EDD changes, I've been careful to save the changes, import them to all files in my book and finally update the book. Everything hangs together - except, of course, that the cross-reference doesn't work.
I'd sincerely appreciate any help or advice other users might have because I'm quite frankly stumped.
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"Topic templates" for providing a base structure
Hi all,
is there a way to provide "content templates" for the autor, containing a certain base structure with which to continue his work? The goal is to provide a set of topic templates with different base structures, i.e. elements already inserted when creating a new topic. Technically these will all be DITA concepts. I want to avoid specialization (with different topic types defined in the structapps) just for this reason because the DTDs will all be identical. It is just meant as an assistance in every-day work.
Do you know a script that could be used, or do you have any other suggestion?
Robert
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FM 11 pdf-generation under Windows 8.1
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?
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Format a text-crossref
Hi all,
in the DITA EDD the fm-xref element does not suport any formatting in itself it seems. Thus we use the crossref-definitions in the Framemaker template to apply a chracter style (simple underlined blue). However, if you insert a crossref that contains a text string as anchor (e.g. "For more information, click here.") then it is not possible to apply a formatting.
How can such a crossref be formatted? Does the EDD offer any possibilities?
Robert
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How to modify the color of an "xref" element existing as a cross-reference?
How to modify the color of an "xref" element existing as a cross-reference? It's color now is black, but I want it blue. Excerpts from the EDD file are as follows. Can someone help? Thanks in advance. You can also give me your skype if you have the answer.
Element (CrossReference): xref
Attribute list
Name: show Choice Optional
Choices: new, replace, automatic
Default: automatic
Name: ref-text String Optional
Name: ref-external-id String Optional
Name: ref-file String Optional
Name: ref-id String Optional
Name: window-number Choice Optional
Choices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Default: 1
Name: condition String Optional
Name: condition-model String Optional
Name: property String Optional
Name: revision Choice Optional
Choices: changed, added, deleted, off
Name: anchor-id String Optional
Name: msg-info String Optional
Initial cross-reference format
If context is: * < (list-steps | block)
Use cross-reference format: number
Else
Use cross-reference format: number-and-text
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FM12 - "Black" images in HTML5 output
Hello
I'm using Framemaker 12, and I work with HTML5 output to publish online helps.
In my FM files, I use PNG images which are in anchored frames.
My problem is, after I did the HTML5 output, my images appear "black" as you can see below. Any idea about where this problem comes from would be greatly appreciated !
Thanks a lot.
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Jeremy H Griffith, 1942-2014
Hi everyone
I was very sorry to see a recent post on the dita-users list saying that Jeremy has died. We've used Mif2Go extensively and found Jeremy incredibly helpful. The FM community won't be the same without him.
Regards
Rebecca
>>> 8/06/14 10:25 >>>
Jeremy Griffith, the creator of DITA2Go and Mif2Go, died on May 15 after a long illness. He will be missed very much.
--Carolyn Stallard
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How can I set the position of my graphics?
In Frame10, I am converting my unstructured documents to structured. I found Russ's sample conversion and EDD files (Resources/downloads - West Street Consulting), and I'm customizing those with great success so far. (Thanks, Russ!)
When I convert and apply my EDD, an extra paragraph is inserted to contain my anchored frame and marker. I don't want the extra paragraph. I have tried with and without the (promote) qualifier, both add the extra paragraph, but the promote sticks it in a Body paragraph with no formatting.
In Russ's original EDD, there was a GraphicSpacer inserted for every Figure. I removed this, as I thought it was adding the extra paragraph. Alas, still getting the paragrapg insert,
Here's my EDD spec (which of course is copied from Russ's):
Element (Container): Figure
General Rule: Graphic+ (Caption |CaptionNumbered)?
Automatic Insertions
Automatically insert child: Graphic
Element (Graphic): Graphic
Initial graphic element format
1. In all contexts.
Insert imported graphic file.
And this is how it looks
And this is how it should look
Thank you!
--Amy
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