Problem with viewing the Child elements in XML
Hi All, I am facing problem with Structured FrameMaker. I need to open an XML file (checked out from XDOC tool) containing child elements in it, but somehow whenever I open the file, the child...
View ArticleHow can I resolve the following postscript error: [ Error: undefined;...
I know the error is caused by using a character definition that uses the Courier font (indicating 'user input' in a technical documentation document). FM indicates that Courier is an available font.
View ArticleXSLT to convert XML into Tables
Hi, I'm trying to import my XML data into a table format. After adding an XSL file to my Structure Application as a Preprocessing Stylesheet, and importing my XML instance file with the Template file...
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Mystery Image Insertion Using Attribute in Structured Element
I'm working in FM10 on Windows XP Pro. However, the templates at the corporation where I'm currently contracting have been developed over the years, since FM 7 or 8, with different authors and...
View ArticleHow to convert existing FM to DITA 1.2? Any documentation?
I watched a webinar posted on the adobe website called "How to Optimize content for smooth migration into XML/DITA" and in the conversion, it showed an element called dita (root) and elements called...
View ArticleWhy is some of my text not formatted correctly in xml?
Hello, I've been trying to do some xml publishing via Framemaker 9. I've created EDD, DTD, rules, structapps, CSS (style sheet), and template files to transition manuals from framemaker to xml. However...
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 ArticleHow to set PDF Job option using FDK11?
Hi,I have a tool to convert Framebook into PDF and this works good. But the generated pdf is not of the same size as it is generated through FrameMaker Save as PDF. With the FrameMaker API, I get a...
View ArticleHow Does FrameMaker Support XML Schemas?
Hi All, I'm wondering how FM supports XML Schemas. I need to validate the uniqnuess of the value of an element in my XML. Let's say I have an XML like this one: <Param> <name>Parameter...
View ArticleWhy am I getting this error message in my DITA Topic? "Element (concept) is...
Frame 11DITA 1.2 I was finally able to create a DITA topic (rather than a reference, concept, or task). However, when I try to insert a task, concept, or reference element after the prolog, I get the...
View ArticleStructured Frame 10 to DITA conversion
I have almost 3000 pages of sturctured Frame 10 docs that I need to convert to a new approach of using DITA. Have anyone done this without using IXGen - merely using what Frame 10 has to offer? IF so...
View ArticleFM 11 - Issues with Saving FrameMaker files
I am working in a Structured FrameMaker 11 | Windows 7 environment. I have been working on a test computer. Another testing site was built today, and I am currently working in this newly built...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 S1000D Data Module List is empty
Hi I'm currently looking at FrameMaker 11's S1000D plugin. I've read the documentation that is available but I'm confused. I've set up a project, which is a copy of the default Bike project in the same...
View ArticleCan I use DocBook 4.5 DTD with FrameMaker 11?
I am fairly a newbie both at FrameMaker 11 and XML, but have just dived into the deep end with Structured FrameMaker to produce a DocBook document. FrameMaker's DocBook structured applications seem to...
View ArticleReading attribute values for Autonumbering?
FM11 / DITA 1.2 I'm trying to set up my EDD to automatically add translated autonumbering text to a top-level header. More specifically: in my English manuals, for paragraph style Head.0, I use the...
View ArticleSchema Application Setup
Fellow Forum Member, I have a S1000D Publication Module (PM) file which contains XML code which integrates all required Data Modules, style sheet and schema data into a cohesive publication for PDF...
View ArticleTOC page numbers
How do we get the TOC page numbers to alternate from the left to right sides of our book pages? Right now, we can only get it to show up on the left sides of the pages.
View ArticleTranslate special characters at XML save/load
My XML files contain an element ([nbr], say) which must not be broken over two lines. In XML this element contains ordinary text with normal space, hyphen and/or slash characters. Because Frame's line...
View ArticleFilter by attribute
I am trying to implement filtering by attribute in my EDD. Suppose I have four products A, B, C, and D. I would like to mark an element as applying to products A and B, but not C and D. Conceptually it...
View ArticleColumns in Framemaker
I have read the message on how to set up columns in the master pages of a document and I did this, but how to I make them read down the column and then start at the top of the next and so on. When I...
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