Documentation of API Clients?
Hi guys,is there anywhere an official (or even better: an unofficial) documentation of the API clients that are shipped with FM11?I had so many strange behaviors working with the standard and the...
View ArticlePostcripted FrameMaker 8 Colors Converting from Spot Colors to CMYK
I am working with Structured FrameMaker 8 files in which all of the colors are set as spot colors. Some of the spot colors in a postscripted FrameMaker 8 file processed as CMYK files when the...
View ArticleFont-changing with RW-file?
Is there any way to use a RW-file to change the font on a single character during import of an xml-file?The std-font I use doesn't have all the characters I need to present, so I have to use an other...
View ArticleS1000D CSDB
Fellow Forum Members,Does FrameMaker offer a S1000D specification publishing solution that includes a Common Source Data Base (CSDB)? And outputs an Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP)...
View ArticleGraphic elements in XML
Guys, I guess I'm kinda stupid or blind or both, but I got this trivial issue: I try to roundtrip graphics from a simple EDD to XML and back.So I got this pretty simple rules in EDD, DTD and RWR:...
View ArticleDo I need a seperate XML editor to edit FrameMaker DITA generated files?
I am familiar with FrameMaker. However, I have never used structured FrameMaker or DITA. I am just starting a new project and need to make recommendations.
View ArticleHow to get the Figure Title to appear below the graphic, not above
I have valid XML that I am importing into FrameMaker just for printing. My <figure> element contains a <title> and a <graphic> element. The graphic comes in within an anchored frame,...
View Articleprerequisite structure for prefixes
b Extract from my xml source as it stands<br /><pre><br /><fmisProcess><br /><intro><br /><shortDesc>This process covers updating door records (in the...
View ArticleHow can I one-off print many files as pdf file in FrameMaker?
In FrameMaker,I open many files, these files need to print pdf files,How can i one-off print these opened files as pdf files?thanks Mike's reply:Why not put them in a book?of course,When I put them in...
View Articlesave the equations as text in XML
When saving a framemaker file as XML, it saves the equations as images.Is there a way to save the equations as text?Using version 8.0p273
View ArticleBuild FM DITABook from DITA Map file - xref and general questions
Hello,I'm using Frame 8.0p277 on Windows XP Pro. I have some questions about the "Build FM DITABook from DITA Map file" function.1) When using the "Build FM DITABook from DITA Map file", I'm noticing...
View ArticleFM8 + DITA Plugin + DITA-OT --> PDF (without reverting to FM binaries)?
Hi:Here comes a Big Question: I want to produce a reasonably high-quality PDF without using FrameMaker 8's DITA> Build FM DITABook... or Build FM document... tools to "revert" my DITA XML-based...
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 ArticleFM9, ATA iSPEC 2200, & EDD setup
Does anyone have advice on setting up the EDD created from the CMM DTD provided in the ATA iSPEC 2200 Standard? I'm having a difficult time trying to modify the EDD to format the front matter and...
View ArticleConversion table questions with step numbering
Hello, I am creating a simple conversion table to get our unstructured content into structured. I do not care about the overall validity of the elements within each file, as we are breaking apart...
View ArticleGraphic Entity on Export
Good morning, I've successfully gotten my FrameMaker XML application running and exporting millions and millions of lines of data. I was SO excited to be able to do this completely on my own (and with...
View ArticleHow should the DOCTYPE statement appear when saving as XML?
This seems so trivial, but I cannot figure it out. When I save a Frame file as XML, the DOCTYPE statement is written as <?DOCTYPE ..... ?> instead of <!DOCTYPE ..... > I noticed this...
View ArticleFM9 Generating .cgm files on xml export...
Hello, I am using FM9 but this issue has been hanging around since my company got FM 8. We only import jpg files into framemaker, but when exporting to XML FM generates cgm and changes the reference in...
View ArticleCan I Create a New Structured App that's a Copy of a Current One?
Here's the situation: I am new to using Dita in Framemaker, but have become competent with the authoring process. I do not understand the development end of things very well, however. What I want to...
View ArticleNo PDF bookmarks generated from structured FM90 book
We used an FDK based application to nightly build/generate structured FM books from XML files and then save these books as PDF.This automated process worked fine as long as we employed FM70 and FDK70....
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