Hi Wayne,
I am sorry to correct you, but I have been doing Windows (and Mac)
FrameMaker automation for the last 8 years with FrameScript, including
complex FrameMaker to PDF workflows.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
Is there a more automated way to create PDFs from 53 FrameMaker
books? Or is there a quicker way to set up this process from
FrameMaker? Are there any programs that could help automate these
processes? Do your companies hold any best practices that we could
benefit from?
I know people are probably tired of hearing this, but... Yes this can be
done, but painlessly, but only on a Mac. Using AppleScript, it is possible
to automate this. I just checked FM 7's AppleScript dictionary and I was
surprised at how many things were scriptable. One of the things Apple has
never been good at doing is promoting AppleScript, but it is still one of
the best ways to automate many tasks because it can be used to automate
and move data between several products.
So, if you have a Mac, you're in luck. If not, then I don't have a good
answer for you. FYI, scripting the PDF part would involve more of the
Finder operations than FrameMaker's.
-Wayne
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