Question on EDD
Hello. I have the following scenario: We are documenting config file that a user might need to edit (within the software that we sell), which is in XML format. When the user opens a config file (in...
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Structure App Designer Setup for Schemas
Fellow Forum Members, My stylesheets are 31 separate FO-XSL files. There is one MAIN XSL file that contains links to all 30 XSL files. It's the only file that needs to be pointed to using a directory...
View ArticleVideo clips do not play in PDF document, why?
What is the point of being able to import video clips (SWF, AVI, WMV, OLE object, etc) into FrameMaker 8 if you can not run them in the PDF? I still have to manually embed the clips in Acrobat. Am I...
View ArticleImporting element definition from an EDD into a template - does not work
FM 10.0.1 German on Windows XP SP3. When importing the element definitions from an existing EDD into an existing template, FrameMaker converts the template into a new EDD.So the element definitions...
View ArticleWhen printing a book to PDF, bookmark definitions are not saved
I recall seeing another post about this issue and I can't find it now, but none of the workarounds mentioned there worked for me, so here goes: I am working on a book migrated from FM 9 to FM 11, and...
View ArticleFramemaker XML Output Issue
I have an issue with an attribute not being exported to XML from FM8. Here is the excerpt from the DTD: <!ELEMENT std.table.header (std.table.row+)><!ATTLIST std.table.header cols CDATA...
View ArticleConrefs in xml files disappear in generated book file
I'm using FM 8 in Tech Comm Suite 1 in a Windows XP environment. I've used a conref in a number of my topics. The conref is a note tag. I have just generated a book file and the conrefs are not...
View ArticleCross references in conrefs - FrameMaker does not update
Hi all, the scenario: file A has cross refs to file B ("see chapter xxx on page yyy") and vice versa. When I insert both files into file C via conrefs, then the cross refs do not update to show the...
View ArticleXML read errors--failure to open dtd (DITA)
Hi all,I've run out of ideas and places to look on this one, I hope someone can help. The specs: WinXP Pro, Frame 8.0p277. Built-in DITA. Not using DITA Open Toolkit. No major issues except for...
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 ArticleDocument validates but NoName is generated when opening
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...
View ArticleOTF Fonts Thai
Hello, we are working with structured FM 8 and do translate in pretty much all languages except for Arabic. So far, there were no complaints for the Asian languages. But now, we receive the feedback...
View ArticleFont management issue
My office recently upgraded to FrameMaker 11 in a Windows 7 environment. We previously used FrameMaker 8 | Windows XP.We are in the process of replacing the following fonts:CourierZapf Dingbats With...
View ArticleFramemaker and S1000D
Hi, does anyone in this forum have experience with structured authoring using the S1000D specification? I'd like to you a few questions.Advice appreciated.ThanksCarl
View ArticleHow To Import a DTD to FrameMaker 9
I have a DTD in notepad. How do I go about importing or using this DTD for FrameMaker 9? Eric
View Article"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...
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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 ArticleWhy aren't my DITA elements nesting?
FrameMaker 10 and patched || Windows 7 64-bit Our company is migrating from unstructured to structured DITA XML. We had not encountered any "showstoppers" that would keep us from proceeding...until we...
View ArticleHow do I change the text for the prereq element to "Before you begin"
Hi, I am creating structured docs in DITA (eventually to be published online using RoboHelp), and I want to make, for example, the following changes: - Change prereq element label text to "Before you...
View ArticleUnable to print to PDF Oversize pages from FrameMaker 9.0 and 7.2
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...
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