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Saving .ditamap as FM9 .book
Hello,I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but I just can't see it. I've created a ditamap in FM9. Then I went to File>Save Ditamap As... and selected file type FM9 book (*.book). My .ditamap...
View ArticleBroken links when PDFing Structured FM 8 in Windows XP
We have a large number of links in our documents that are created using structured Framemaker 8.0 in a Windows XP environment. The xrefs work fine in FM, but once they have been PDF'd all of the links...
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 ArticleCopy text from FrameMaker 11 to another editor
It appears that one cannot copy text in FrameMaker 11 and paste it into another editor such as Notepad++ or MS Word. It is as though FrameMaker does not use the Windows clipboard. We observe this...
View ArticleStructured FM and XML
Hi-- I am a Framemaker newbie going through the Structured Application Developer Guide. I am stuck on page 40 of the guide, on which I'm supposed to open the FM template (with the dtd imported, etc.)...
View ArticleIs anyone successfully working in DITA 1.2?
Slight correction… The results are the same when saving as a book with components or as a composite book. The difference is when I change my ditafm-output.ini file to a flat file. That is when I get...
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 ArticleFM7.2: Resolving UINs from a CSV file
Hi,<br /><br />FM7.2, structured templated documents.<br /><br />I am using an element named <Sponsor>. I wish to key a UIN within these elements as and when they are...
View ArticleAnchored Frame constraint on opening xml file
I'm using the DITA application provided with FM8 on WinXP. A curious situation arises with graphics (gifs) that are read into an anchored from, particularly when the graphic is large; the width is...
View ArticleGetting paragraph properties
Hello, I am having trouble getting the properties of a paragraph, such as:FontSizeFontWeight (of the paragraph in general, ignoring any character formats within it).List identifierI have tried the...
View ArticleStructured Authroing: Enterprise Acceptance, Education, and PM?
After some unusual experiences with a recent structured FM project, I wanted to turn to a community of peers to learn if others have experienced similar situations and what advice you might offer, if...
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 ArticleFrameMaker 11 ignores relationship tables?
Hello All I'm playing around with the Save Ditamap As options in FrameMaker 11. I have a ditamap that references four sub-maps. In the top container map there is a relationship table with topic...
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How to eliminate the default line break while exporting to XML?
Hi,I use FDK 11 to convert a FrameMaker File to XML. Basic example as in the "Structured Import/Export API Programmer guide" works pretty well. But all my frame files have lengthy paragraphs which on...
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 Articles1000dMenu.jsxbin error in FrameMaker 11
I have read a discussion about this error message elsewhere in the forum, but it did not seem exactly pertinent to our issue. To make updates easier to role out to our users, have our Structure...
View ArticleInternal Error 11004
I'm converting some projects from Framemaker 9 to Framemaker 11 using Dita 1.1 and the composite template. Initially, I had set up to use Dita 1.2 using the ditabase tempate but am changing them based...
View ArticleFrameMaker 11 won't start up
I'm running FrameMaker 11 on Windows 7. I just changed the settings from unstructured to structured Frame and restarted my computer. Now FrameMaker comes up for a few seconds and goes away. Is there...
View ArticleGetting image name to the XML-file
Framemaker 9 and 11Windows 7 Hi there I am a brand new user to FM and my task is to go from old FM9 files to structured FM11 files and then save them as XML. I have gotten so far that I can get...
View ArticleAutomatic update of Reference Pages
Hi, I am new working with FrameMaker10. Recently the agency I am working with win a contract for translating a large number of documents in FM10. As their designer my job is to make sure that...
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