For future reference, I posted full details in Adobe's RoboHelp > FrameMaker Integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/980779
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> wrote: > For future reference, with minor changes, > <FM_INSTALL_DIR>\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional > Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The > rest isn't really relevant to this list. > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> > wrote: >> I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am >> curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it >> (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I >> just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible, >> or if these are the wrong scripting tools. >> >> 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start >> ExtendScript >> >> 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for >> PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help, >> update book, save >> >> 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target >> directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript >> >> 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker >> source, generate Web help >> >> 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target >> directory, launch Cygwin and start script >> >> 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a >> Cygwin script at the end of a batch file) _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
