to replace "\" with "/" in a string using FrameMaker API
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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 ArticleProblem with xrefs and
I'm working with a user manual our team has created entirely in FM9. We have some sections that have prefixes attached to the heading based on an attribute value in the element. I'm running into an...
View ArticleFrameMaker 9: Location of structapps.fm
Hello forum members, I've recently upgraded from FrameMaker 7.2 (Win) to TCS 2 (Win) on a Windows XP system, with relevant patches applied. I've noticed that a copy of structapps.fm is made in my user...
View ArticleGenerated PDF file...TOC Items Not Linked
Been racking my brain all day trying to figure out how the heck I created a PDF document TOC with hot links to the document pages from FM 9...and now all of a sudden when I save as a PDF from FM 9 my...
View ArticleFramemaker+SGML vs InDesign
I have been informed by a colleague that InDesign possesses structured authoring tools to generate XML. My organization is presently using Framemaker+SGML authoring to generate structured markup...
View ArticleWhat to do with a NoName Element
Hi,When I convert from unstructured to stuctured, FM is automatically making the highest level element a NoName. Is there a simple way to convert NoName into a Chapter element? Chapter is my highest...
View ArticleImporting DITA 1.2 EDDs into templates
I have been modifying the DITA 1.2 EDDs for my custom features and switching in my template customizations for tags and page layout. I understand the text insets, the need to modify the inset eddmod...
View ArticleIs FM capable of processing sequences?
From what I have seen about ditamaps, I should be able to specify a collection-type, such as sequence, on a topicref in a map. This would hopefully end up being processed so that the children of that...
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External cross-ref to another FM topic with and ?
FM11DITA 1.2 I'm trying to determine how to do a cross-reference to another FM topic using the [x-ref] element and a [keyword].What I've done:* I've inserted a [keyword] in the [title] element of the...
View ArticleIssues with fm-indexterm
Hi all, I am working with Framemake11 and DITA 1.2. Fm-indexterm is defined the commonElements.eddmod.fm. I added fm-indexterm to the general rule list for all the elements I would use it in, such...
View ArticleRepresenting XML Data in a Table
Hi All, I have an XML document that looks like this: <params> <param> <name>Parameter 1 name</name> <description>Parameter 1 name</description>...
View ArticleFM11 displays "DITA crossref" dialog instead of normal crossref dialog
Hi, when I click Special > crossreference then FM11 displays the new "DITA cross ref dialog". How can I open the normal dialog? For some reasons, the developers evidently thought that writers using...
View ArticleFramemaker Developers Kit
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to code a plugin for framemaker with the FDK so that everytime a document was saved as .mif, it would automatically save a file of the same name as...
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...
View ArticleInstalling FM8 Plug-in for DITA Open Tool Kit
Dear all, I am facing some issues while installing the DITA Open Tool Kit.Please help me resolve this issue.Details below: - I have FM 8 installed on my laptop. - I am installing the Dita OT version...
View ArticleFm9 error when saving as PDF.
This error occurs when I attempt to File>Save As PDF a frame file that was generated from a valid ditamap or a valid ditamap itself.
View ArticleHow to handle non-breaking hyphens on translation to XML
Hi, I have a document that uses non-breaking hyphens in some places and hyphens in others. I think they were trying to stop line wraps from happening in certain cases. Anyway, now I need to save these...
View ArticleAdjust r/w rules to save anchored frame position
Hi all,I have been trying to adjust my r/w rules, perhaps somebody has a hint for me. What I need to do is save the placement of anchored frames for image elements (such as "in paragraph" or "beneath...
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Pasting Table rows
One of my clients recently pointed out the following issue after going from FM7.2 to FM8: In frame 7, it was possible to copy a row from the structure view (click on tablerow element and "Copy"), then...
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