Hi, everybody.
I cannot get a .JPG to import from XML into Frame.
Here's the background:
My database administrator pulls a data model from a data dictionary, and in
some magic way translates it into XML. Included in the XML is a reference
to a .JPG for the model's entity relationship diagram.
With help from this list, I have successfully imported everything but that
crummy ERD.
FM's Structure Application Developer's Guide states "If your DTD uses the
default graphic and equation declarations described in the preceding
sections, the only rule you need is one to identify the element as a
graphic or equation."
In fact, the DTD (which was created by saving the EDD as a DTD) DOES use
the default declarations described. That is, it declares our ERDJpg element
as an empty element.
I added a rule stating that element "ERDJpg" is fm graphic element;
And still only the name of the graphic imports. Not an anchored frame. Not
anything.
I have tried declaring the DTD (which I thought the Structured App file
took care of on imports), but then I just get a bunch of "No character data
is allowed by content model" errors and still no graphic.
Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong? I'm just about ready to
import the .JPGs manually once the FM imports the text.
I've included specifics about the files below.
Thank you!
Laura Sponhour
Lead Technical Writer
Exceed Documentation
Computer Sciences Corporation
803.333.4358
Here is what the top part of the XML file looks like now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE DataModel SYSTEM "ExceedDM.dtd">
<DataModel>
<ERD>
<ERDName>Policy Contract</ERDName>
<ERDJpg>PolicyContract.jpg</ERDJpg>
</ERD>
<Entity>
<EntityName>ACI-AGT-ID-ISU</EntityName>
<EntityAliasNameLiteral>Alias Name</EntityAliasNameLiteral>
<EntityAliasName>Agents ID for Insured </EntityAliasName>
<EntityTypeLiteral>Type</EntityTypeLiteral>....
Here is what the rules document looks like:
fm version is "7.1";
#include "isoall.rw"
/* Rules for line breaks in data model specific elements. */
element "BR" reader line break is forced return;
element "AttributeNote" reader line break is space;
element "EntityNote" reader line break is space;
element "ERDJpg" is fm graphic element;
And here is what the applicable section in the DTD looks like:
<!ELEMENT ERD (ERDName?) >
<!ELEMENT ERDJpg EMPTY >
<!ATTLIST ERDJpg entity ENTITY #IMPLIED
file CDATA #IMPLIED
dpi NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
rasterdpi NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
alt CDATA #IMPLIED
impsize CDATA #IMPLIED
impby (ref|copy) #IMPLIED
sideways NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
impang CDATA #IMPLIED
xoffset CDATA #IMPLIED
yoffset CDATA #IMPLIED
position NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
align NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
cropped NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
float NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
width CDATA #IMPLIED
height CDATA #IMPLIED
angle CDATA #IMPLIED
bloffset CDATA #IMPLIED
nsoffset CDATA #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT ERDName (ERDJpg?) >
