You could also try Macro Express. Anyone have an idea of how AutoIT compares to Macro Express (besides the price).
Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Michael O'Neill wrote: > You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice > to get right. If you have an engineer to work with, they could probably > make quick work out of it (after complaining about how AutoIT is too > much like Visual Basic) with your help. > > http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ > > I managed to hack together automation for many of my tasks. > > -Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Linda G. > Gallagher > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:17 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating > PDFs > > Framers, > > A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that > will > do the following: > > - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) > > - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) > > - Update the books > > - Create PDFs of books and some stand-alone files > > - Put the resulting PDFs in a specific place for the nightly build > > It seems like fmbatch can do this, but I think it only works with FM for > Unix (they have FM for Win). > > Can any of the other FDK tools do this? (An in-house developer will > likely > write the script.) > > What about FrameScript? > > What tool is best? > > Thanks for your help! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linda G. Gallagher > TechCom Plus, LLC > lindag at techcomplus dot com > www.techcomplus.com > 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 > User guides, online help, FrameMaker and > WebWorks ePublisher templates > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as moneill at meta-comm.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/moneill%40meta-comm. > com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as sbw at actcom.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sbw%40actcom.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
