DITA OT xhtml output generates index only
Still trying to get my head round DITA in FrameMaker 12. Today I find another anomaly: when I open a ditamap and generate it using the DITA OT in xhtml mode, only the index is generated, and none of...
View Articleattribute value with special characters to running header/footer
Hi, I need to create XML attribute value with text containg registered sign and trademark characters with FM8 and have it in running H/F. I can enter TM-character from kb (ansi code 0153) to attribute...
View ArticleMIL-STD 40051 Template
Can someone please help me with the construction of a template. I have a template I've used for my unstructured files. Can I use that with the EDD imported as the Template for my structured...
View ArticleConversion Table with P tags to Body
I am converting from unstructured to structured XML in DITA. In my conversion table, I have multiple paragraphs tagged with p, like this: P p[otherprops="ProcTitle"] ProcTitleP...
View ArticleDoes anyone have an example of a conversion table?
I am almost killed by this. By the way, I am converting unstructured to sturctured.
View ArticleConverting large complex unstructured set to structured.
I am converting a large complex unstructured doc set to Structured Frame. I'm starting off with Tom Aldous' webinars. I have many questions. First, I am performing my conversion to DITA (because this...
View ArticleConref an Image
Has anyone been able to successfully conref an image? If so, could you elaborate? We are attempting to conref images so that we have single source alt text. We have created a topic that contains the...
View ArticleHow to round-trip a "suppress hyphenation symbol"?
Hi all, I can't find any information in the ref or dev guides on how to map a "suppress hyphenation symbol" from Frame to XML. Van -- are you reading this? I've seen your recent post that says to...
View ArticleImporting SVG images into DITA topics / controlling the size
Hi Framers, I'm currently evaluating DITA using FM9 p250 and the DITA FMx plugin. If we should adopt DITA, we'd need a replacement for the vector graphics formats we currently use. I'm considering SVG...
View ArticleArbortext(XML) import to Framemaker Error
I am trying to import XML files from Arbortext editor off of Documentum and I can not get them to import into FrameMaker without an "error in processing external entity reference." I am trying to get...
View ArticleHelp with importing XML, using EDD and DTD
Let me explain the situation in case there are multiple solutions. I have a Framemaker setup that is inherited. We use FM to write docs that we filter with conditional attributes. Everything is fine...
View ArticleCreating Unique IDs for elements (non-DITA)...
Hi,I know there's a solution to this somehow via scripting - problem is, I have no clue so far about FM scripting We're using the standard XML API for our structure and everything works out fine,...
View ArticleFrameMaker 12 Publish Crash
Using Framemaker 12.0.1.331 all publish operations crash if the document contains a UserString of 1 or more characters in a table element. We use UserStrings in this way to hold metadata about tables...
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Conversion table-nesting elements
Hi, I am new to structured FM and was trying to migrate a few unstructured FM documents to structured using the "conversion table". After generating the conversion table, I am not able to create a...
View ArticleCreate watermark in FrameMaker 7.1
I am trying to add a "PRELIMINARY" watermark to every page of a structured document in FrameMaker 7.1. I added the text in a text box to the master pages, but the graphics boxes in my document block...
View Articleconvert fm to XML
I need to convert 1650 FrameMaker files into XML, with WEbWorks Publisher standard edition 7. The program crashed during first analyse, after 1000 files. I don't think is a computer resource limit,...
View ArticleFrameMaker 10: First Look
Today I downloaded the trial version of FrameMaker 10 and looked at a few features. Here is my opinion: 1. I like the attribute editor. No need to click a Set Value button. 2. I like the ability to...
View ArticleHave FM File - Need to Generate EDD to Convert to Structured FM
My client has a number of FrameMaker 10 files that need to be converted to Structured FM. I've converted and structured files many times, but I have a problem: there's no EDD. I've done minor editing...
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FrameMaker 11: Internal Error 11004, 17075188, 14420806, 14421392
To whom it may concern, Recently I keep having a problem with FrameMaker 11 and the application would crush and close. The error message I got is like this: Here is the txt file FrameMaker generated:...
View ArticleFrameMaker 12 Save as XML crash
Has anyone had any trouble saving as xml in FM12? Using the same structured applications that have worked through framemaker 8, 9, 10 and 11 we now get a crash in Framemaker 12.The crash doesn't seem...
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