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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 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 ArticleAdding marker elements
I need to add marker elements to my EDD but I'm not quite sure how to go about it so they show up as Marker Elements when the "Special / Marker" is clicked on. Specifically, I need Glossary,...
View ArticleIn FM9, can you turn off xml parsing messages for non-structured generated...
Hi folks, In Frame9, we finally are able to gather books containing xml files and update the book's xrefs and numbering, hoorah. This works great. The issue is that we have generated TOCs and Indexes...
View ArticleUsing non-breaking spaces in attributes
Hello all, I am writing reusable modules in Structured FrameMaker. Part of the reusability comes from using a variable instead of a hard-coded machine name, so that the machine name does not require...
View ArticleXref formats in Structured FM10&11 break Ptag fmts
(Posting here on the advice of Adobe Support. Do I get a refund on my per-incident support contract?) We have run across a bad behavior of EDD-selected Ptags in conjunction with inline character...
View ArticleFrameMaker and ArborText
Can two groups within the same company, one using FrameMaker and the other using ArborText, open and edit each other's documents and then bring them back into the original program? Thanks!Lisa
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 ArticleLooking for MIL-STD-2361 EDD/Template or DTD.
I need to create an Army Depot-Level maintenance manual using MIL-STD-2361 in structured FrameMaker. Does anyone know where I might find a template/EDD for this? If not, can anyone direct me to just...
View ArticleConfiguration file locations with the FDK
Is there a way to determine the directory a DLL created from the FDK is loaded from? I need to persist some data assocaited with my DLL and figured putting a file in the same directory would be the...
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 ArticleCross reference issues in FrameMaker 11 DITA
I'm trying to upgrade from FrameMaker 9 to FrameMaker 11. My files are set up using structured FrameMaker and DITA. The ditamap is comprised of both FM files and XML files. I'm attempting to use the...
View ArticleConversion table help
Hello,I am in the process of converting old FrameMaker 5.5.6 unstructured documents to FrameMaker 8 structured. I am having an issue with my conversion table, specifically with tables.I am trying to...
View ArticleWhere does the DITA menu call the templates from?
Frame 11DITA 1.2 I'm trying to create a DITA topic (as opposed to a task, reference, or concept) that contains task, reference, and concept elements. I have my template created but when I try to open a...
View ArticleDocumentation 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 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 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 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 ArticleWhat is each element used for?
Hello out there! I'm new to FM for a year now and have a long way to go. I'm trying to figure out what each of the elements is used for. They are not named in such a way to explain to me what they are...
View ArticleCreating drop-down list for element in causes errors
Frame 11DITA 1.2 Due to restrictions beyond our control, we must use absurdly long product names. Therefore I want to use drop-down lists to make it easier for the authors to select a <prodname>...
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