I am trying to import some XML into FrameMaker 8 Structured. (I want to build the XML file programmatically to reference a bunch of graphics files that would be too tedious to set up manually (although now that I think of it, I bet I could do this using Framescript, but I'll ask my question anyway.)

If I set up a test document and export to XML (to see what it needs to look like), I get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE bookSection SYSTEM "file:///E:/MAK-Manuals/XML/makproddocedd.dtd" [

<!-- Begin Document Specific Declarations -->


<!NOTATION png SYSTEM "">
<!ENTITY yfigure1 SYSTEM "yfigure16.png" NDATA png>
<!-- End Document Specific Declarations -->

]>


<bookSection><chapFrontMatter><bookSectionNum></bookSectionNum>
<bookSectionTitle>Title</bookSectionTitle>
<para></para>
<chapTOC></chapTOC></chapFrontMatter>
<para><yfigure entity = "yfigure1" impsize = "3.183in 2.854in"
    impby = "copy" sideways = "0" impang = "0.000" xoffset = "0.076in"
    yoffset = "-0.135in" position = "below" align = "acenter"
    cropped = "0" float = "0" width = "3.335in" height = "2.583in"
    angle = "0.000" nsoffset = "0.000in"/></para>
<para>A-10 Thunderbolt</para>
.... (more of the same)

If I try to reimport this into FrameMaker by importing an XML file, the log file complains that I can't have a DOCTYPE. If I delete all that top stuff, I don't get that complaint, but FrameMaker can't figure out what yfigure1 is. If I delete the figure and just import the para element, it all works fine.

So the crux of the problem is figuring out how to tell FrameMaker what file to use for each figure.

I think I once figured out how to round trip graphics, but I can't remember what I did.

If anyone can give me a clue, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

Fred



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