I agree about the quality of the product... It's convincing the boss that I am too stupid to solve these problems, but smart enough to know that he can!
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 8:16 PM Bernard Aschwanden < [email protected]> wrote: > BTW, that type of an xml document could, if you REALLY want, even have an > application in FrameMaker that opens it, puts it into a more human friendly > format, and then writes it back to XML as well. As many people on the list > attest, Rick does awesome work, so I'd suggest it's worth the > effort/time/cost to have him build something for you. > > Bernard > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers > [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter....@lists.frameusers.com > ] > On Behalf Of Rick Quatro > Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:14 PM > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' > Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks > > Hi Chris, > > I demoed something like this in one of my webinars a few years ago. The XML > file looked like this: > > <?xml version='1.0'?> > <dialog title="Set Variable Formats"> > <group id="DocumentTitle"> > <statictext label="Document Title:"/> > <edittext value="ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG SUPPLEMENT"/> > </group> > <group id="ChapterTitle"> > <statictext label="Chapter Title:"/> > <edittext value="Front End Parts"/> > </group> > <group id="ReleaseDate"> > <statictext label="Release Date:"/> > <edittext value="Sep 30/14"/> > </group> > <group id="RevisionCode"> > <statictext label="Revision Code:"/> > <edittext value="A/C 5538"/> > </group> > <group id="ProductName"> > <statictext label="Product Name:"/> > <edittext value="Widget"/> > </group> > </dialog> > > Each group represents a variable and variable definition. The variable name > is the group id, and the label is a more human readable form. And the > edittext value is the desired definition. The resulting dialog box expands > vertically to hold all of the groups in the XML file. Whatever values the > user enters in the dialog box become the defaults the next time the script > is run. To add, delete, or edit groups, you edit the XML file. The script > runs on the active document or book. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <[email protected]> > On > Behalf Of Chris Despopoulos > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 5:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks > > I actually got this working, but I never finished it... I was hung up on > hosting it on a web site, when hosting it on the file system would probably > be more useful... > Anyway, an XML file that captures sets of variables and definitions. You > can swap out for a book by choosing the set and importing it. And add to > that just plain old book-level variables... A scrolling list with all the > user variables, their definitions, and a tick-box for change/leave as-is. > Go through the list, set your variables, click DO IT, and your book is > transformed. No need to hunt for a file to import formats, no dealing with > the clunky variable GUI (this can be much larger and easier to use). > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at > http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
