Hi Theresa, Here is the document you need to start with:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/structapp_dev.pdf This will give you information on working with structured FrameMaker and structured applications. When you need reference information, you can use this: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/structapp_dev_ref.pdf As far as your project, what you need is to have the XHTML EDD and template modified to match your existing unstructured template. Your Access developer should be able to produce valid XHTML from the Access data. You would then open the XHTML export from Access in FrameMaker, and the formatting should be pretty much done. Since you have a lot of FrameMaker experience, you can probably figure it out with the documentation above. Because there is already an XHTML application in FrameMaker 8, you don't have to start from scratch anyway. Another approach would be to hire someone to help you modify the existing application. I would certainly be willing to do some "live" sessions where you could watch me make the modifications via web meetings. Then you can learn at the same time as the job is getting done. When you feel comfortable, you could finish it up yourself. I can't speak for Shlomo, but he does a lot of working web meetings, and may be willing to do the same thing. If you are looking for "free" help, you can certainly post questions here as you read the documentation and start experimenting. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-283-5045 rick at frameexpert.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Theresa de Valence Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 3:50 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Query about what happens in structured Frame Hello Framers, I'm in need of some basic advice. I've been using Frame for >20 years but have not yet used structured Frame. My Frame is 8.0p273, Acrobat Professional is 10.1.7 From an eList about crime fiction, several authors are writing a collaborative mystery story. I'm organizing the story in Access. The story itself is in an rtf memo field called BookComponent.Storytext. My friend is writing VBA code to export Storytext to html (Storytext.html) but he has no familiarity with Frame. So far, he has exported to html which MS Word can read, then I can copy and paste into Frame-this is a bit too ugly for repetitive iterations. Both Rick Quatro and Shlomo Perets have offered help (services), but I don't even understand what to ask for. If I understand correctly, what I should be able to do is to open structured Frame and introduce it to Storytext.html and somehow get all the <h1> tags to convert to <Heading1> paratags. Right? How could one phrase this better (so as to explain the process which happens)? I have been pointed here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\FrameMaker8\Structure\xml\xhtml\app\template but as there is nothing in the template, I don't understand what to do with it. FrameMaker 8's User Guide is not helpful. Could a kindly Framer point me to a sample which I could study? Thanks in advance, Theresa P.S. If you want to read the cool mystery story it's in a pdf on this page: http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/Whos-Murdering-Crime-Fiction _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as rick at rickquatro.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/rick%40rickquatro.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
