Cannot find DITA application in FrameMaker 8
I am trying to start a DITA project in FrameMaker 8, and all tutorials and help docs tell me to choose an application via the DITA menu. If I open the DITA options and try to select an application,...
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Hello, I am curious is is possible to indentify a reused element as different FM type. For example in my DTD Title is used for a regular title but also as a table header. Is it possible to designate in...
View ArticleCan an EDD be devolped for an entire .FM book?
Can and should an EDD be developed for an entire FrameMaker book or should a seperate EDD be developed for the different sections within a book? A title, chapter, glossary, appendicies, and index all...
View ArticlePopulating Framemaker structured templates
Presently utilizing Framemaker+SGML 7.2 environment, along with version 7.1 of the FDK. Our organization has a group of users that utilize templates to input structured information to generate...
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List numbering problem
I am trying to do the following type of list: a. Stepb. Stepc. Step 1. Sub step 2. Sub stepd. Step I am controlling the numbering in the EDD. My problem is that step d defaults to 'c'...
View ArticleFM9: Series label formatted separately from text?
I'm building an EDD and I'm wondering if there is any way to format my series label differently from the text in the list. In other words, I'd like it to look like this: Step 1: This is the first...
View ArticleTranslating references, which point to cross-reference marker, to XML
Hello again, I continue my adventures in wonderful world of FrameMaker and now I have a issue where I couldn't find answer from deep caves of Google. I have a document that I have generated from XML...
View ArticleLosing shift-returns in XML roundtripping
Hi In a couple of locations - mainly table cells - my customer is using shift-returns to spread the data over multiple lines. The table cell does not currently allow a paragraph. But when the files get...
View ArticleError if an element name is declared more than once in XSD. But e.g. Dot.Net...
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...
View ArticleWhat is each element used for?
Hello out there! I'm new to FM for a year now and have a long way to go. I'm trying to figure out what each of the elements is used for. They are not named in such a way to explain to me what they are...
View ArticleUsing code view adds an invalid attribute to fm-xref element
I've just upgraded from structured FM9 using DITA to structured FM11 using DITA1.1 based on the composite structured application. The project includes a number of XML files and they seemed to finally...
View ArticleGraphic elements in XML
Guys, I guess I'm kinda stupid or blind or both, but I got this trivial issue: I try to roundtrip graphics from a simple EDD to XML and back.So I got this pretty simple rules in EDD, DTD and RWR:...
View ArticleDisappearing spaces ...
I'm working on a project where we are updateing from FM7 to FM11. Here I find some strange behavior (or problems ..). We're extracting xml from a database and importing into FM11 with EDD's/templates...
View Articlehow to handle DITA xrefs
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...
View Articlehow to get rid of warning messages framemaker 7.0
Is there any way to get rid of most or even better all of the warning messages that come up?
View ArticleProblem with F_ApiAddText() after F_ApiPaste()
Hello,I've some troubles adding text to structured document after I paste some text from clipboard into it. Here it is how it goes in the code:...F_ApiSetTextRange(FV_SessionId, m_docId,...
View ArticleUnable to create a book file of composite docs from multiple ditamaps
I am using TCS3 with FrameMaker 10 (DITA 1.1) in Windows XP. I created a master ditamap that contains topicrefs to other ditamaps. So in effect, each subditamap contains all of the topics for a...
View ArticleNew to FrameMaker
Does anyone have good suggestions or recommendations for where one can findinformation about FrameMaker 8 for the new writer. I'm not new to writing,just to FrameMaker. But I can't afford to spend lots...
View ArticleCreating drop-down list for element in causes errors
Frame 11DITA 1.2 Due to restrictions beyond our control, we must use absurdly long product names. Therefore I want to use drop-down lists to make it easier for the authors to select a <prodname>...
View ArticleProblem with Entities and and XSL
When working with images Framemaker generates the following when exporting to XML.!NOTATION jpeg SYSTEM ""!ENTITY symbol1 SYSTEM "Graphics/Icon%20Files/Haz_Icon_Heavy.jpg" NDATA jpegThe XML looks like...
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