Wayne Brissette wrote: >> 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: > > My comment if you read it was that you can do it painlessly with AppleScript. > A scripting language that many people use and write in. I also said "...if > not, I don't have a good answer for you." That wasn't to say there weren't > options. But with the exception of a few people on the FM lists, FrameScript > is not something you will find most people have A) access to or B) knowledge > of how to program. And that in my opinion is what separates the Mac and > Windows platform. I can use AS as a shell to shuttle data across many > applications (including some that don't truly support AS), I can also call > AWK and shell scripts from within an AS and pipe the results into it. This > makes it very much more versatile than FrameScript for some tasks. And this > is why a lot of us who still use FM on the Mac are very reluctant to move > over to the Windows platform, and why we scream when Adobe keeps telling us > that we need to either use Windows or the Solaris version of FM. Neither is a > true repl ac! > ement and will never be. > > -Wayne > There is also Pymaker for Python and FrameAC for Visual basic - both of which are languages many people know - and you can write driectly to the API but that needs a C programmer.
Mind you in the end you need to know he Framemaker object model and API however you wrap it. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
