Great thanks [ Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search ]
Great thanks to all those who answered. This is a great forum. - avi On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:56 PM, David A Starr dast...@ra.rockwell.comwrote: I'm not sure this is helpful at this time, but Using FrameMaker 5 has a Chapter 8 titled Searching. The Index for this manual has a reference from searching to See 'finding'. Finding has a long list of search tools and methods, and also cross references 'changing' and 'navigating'. I'm wondering if some of these old terms may hide in the current help files? Dave Starr Sr. Technical Information Developer | Architecture and Software Phone: 952.942.3617 Email: dast...@ra.rockwell.com Rockwell Automation | 10120 West 76th St, Suite B | Eden Prairie, MN 55344 David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com Sent by: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 10/05/2009 04:02 PM To 'Matt Sullivan' m...@grafixtraining.com, pe...@knowhowpro.com, 'Les Smalley' l_c_smal...@yahoo.com cc framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search You are quite right. The Frame 5.5 User Guide has about eight pages, starting on page 55, on performing searches. There is a half-page table on page 57, the same one that is in the referenced handout, on Using Wildcards in a Search. Somewhere I should have a copy of the Frame 4 User Guide, which probably goes into even more depth. Need to do some more digging. David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:m...@grafixtraining.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:53 PM To: 'David Spreadbury'; pe...@knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley' Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search Part of what you may be looking for was in an FM 5.5 handout I got as part of the FrameMaker Classroom in a Box product. I've posted the PDF here http://www.grafixtraining.com/reference/ And the information on wildcard searches is in Handout 6-3 on page 12 The info is (obviously) from FM 5.5, but still quite current. -Matt Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training m...@grafixtraining.com www.grafixtraining.com office 714 960-6840 cell txt 714 585-2335 sms message skype: mattrsullivan twitter: mattrsullivan linkedin facebook -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Spreadbury Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:54 AM To: pe...@knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley' Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search Searching for framemaker grep brought what might be a source for using GREP with Adobe products. Apparently it is not limited to FrameMaker. Try reading what is available at http://carijansen.com/. If this doesn't help, maybe contacting the author, Cari Jansen, in Perth, Australia, would provide the answers. HTH David Spreadbury Sr. Technical Writer -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:32 PM To: Les Smalley Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search FrameMaker has long a GREP-like search feature, in FM, and some documentation for it. However, the replace wasn't GREP-like. But worse yet, there doesn't seem to be a trace of the documentation for it in FM9. I've forgotten how to use it, and without the doc, I'm not sure that my couple of quick tests were failing because the feature's gone from the product as well as the doc, or if I just didn't enter the search string correctly. I don't have an earlier FrameMaker installed, and don't have the earlier docs handy. Perhaps someone on the list can respond. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Les Smalley l_c_smal...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Avi, The asterisk ( * ) wildcard matches any character EXCEPT spaces or punctuation; the wildcard character to use for those is the verticle bar ( | ) but also remember that the tab character is \t (no quotes) ... Regardless, unfortunately you can't do it with FrameMaker as you describe attempting. The search tool removes everything matched by the search string and inserts the replace string in its place, so you will also lose the Command string. It is a great disappointment that a real GREP search capability (or even more general awk text processing features) has never been implemented in FM. If you search for just Unit32 and replace that with SHORT_ID you can do what you want by careful use of the 'Change Find' or just 'Find' buttons (and I understand how tedious and error-prone this can be.) It may be posible to do this via scripting (e.g. FrameScript, etc.; I'm sure others more knowledgeable will chime in) or possibly by saving to MIF and using a text
Flatten all conrefs of all topics in a ditamap
Hi group I want to (need to) flatten all conrefs in all topics in a ditamap, meaning: resolve the conref, insert the conrefed text and remove the conref attribute. I'm pretty sure that this can be done with a Framescript, and I'd be surprised if no one has ever developed such a script. Anyone? Thanks in advance. -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Great thanks [ Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search ]
Great thanks to all those who answered. This is a great forum. - avi On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:56 PM, David A Starr wrote: > I'm not sure this is helpful at this time, but Using FrameMaker 5 has a > Chapter 8 titled Searching. The Index for this manual has a reference > from searching to See 'finding'. Finding has a long list of search tools > and methods, and also cross references 'changing' and 'navigating'. > > I'm wondering if some of these old terms may hide in the current help > files? > > Dave Starr > > Sr. Technical Information Developer | Architecture and Software > Phone: 952.942.3617 > Email: dastarr at ra.rockwell.com > Rockwell Automation | 10120 West 76th St, Suite B | Eden Prairie, MN 55344 > > > > "David Spreadbury" > Sent by: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > 10/05/2009 04:02 PM > > To > "'Matt Sullivan'" , , > "'Les > Smalley'" > cc > framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject > RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > > > > > > You are quite right. > > The Frame 5.5 User Guide has about eight pages, starting on page 55, on > performing searches. > > There is a half-page table on page 57, the same one that is in the > referenced handout, on Using Wildcards in a Search. > > Somewhere I should have a copy of the Frame 4 User Guide, which probably > goes into even more depth. Need to do some more digging. > > David Spreadbury > Sr. Technical Writer > > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at grafixtraining.com] > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:53 PM > To: 'David Spreadbury'; peter at knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley' > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > Part of what you may be looking for was in an FM 5.5 handout I got as part > of the FrameMaker Classroom in a Box product. > > I've posted the PDF here > http://www.grafixtraining.com/reference/ > And the information on wildcard searches is in Handout 6-3 on page 12 > > The info is (obviously) from FM 5.5, but still quite current. > > > -Matt > > Matt Sullivan > GRAFIX Training > > matt at grafixtraining.com > www.grafixtraining.com > office 714 960-6840 > cell & txt 714 585-2335 > sms message > skype: mattrsullivan > twitter: mattrsullivan > > > linkedin > > > facebook > > > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David > Spreadbury > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:54 AM > To: peter at knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley' > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > Searching for "framemaker grep" brought what might be a source for using > GREP with Adobe products. Apparently it is not limited to FrameMaker. Try > reading what is available at http://carijansen.com/. If this doesn't help, > maybe contacting the author, Cari Jansen, in Perth, Australia, would > provide > the answers. > > HTH > > David Spreadbury > Sr. Technical Writer > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:32 PM > To: Les Smalley > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > FrameMaker has long a GREP-like search feature, in FM, and some > documentation for it. However, the replace wasn't GREP-like. But worse > yet, > there doesn't seem to be a trace of the documentation for it in FM9. I've > forgotten how to use it, and without the doc, I'm not sure that my couple > of > quick tests were failing because the feature's gone from the product as > well > as the doc, or if I just didn't enter the search string correctly. > > I don't have an earlier FrameMaker installed, and don't have the earlier > docs handy. Perhaps someone on the list can respond. > > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter > ___ > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Les Smalley > wrote: > > Hi Avi, > > > > The asterisk ( * ) wildcard matches any character EXCEPT spaces or > > punctuation; the wildcard character to use for those is the verticle > > bar ( | ) but also remember that the tab character is "\t" (no > > quotes) ... > > > > Regardless, unfortunately you can't do it with FrameMaker as you > > describe attempting. The search tool removes everything matched by > > the search string and inserts the replace string in its place, so you > > will also lose the "Command" string. It is a great disappointment > > that a real GREP search capability (or even more general awk text > > processing features) has never been implemented in FM. > > > > If > > you search for just "Unit32" and replace that with "SHORT_ID" you can > > do what you want by careful use of the 'Change & Find' or just 'Find' > > buttons (and I understand how tedious and error-prone this can > > be.) > > > > It may be posible to do this via scripting
Flatten all conrefs of all topics in a ditamap
Hi group I want to (need to) "flatten" all conrefs in all topics in a ditamap, meaning: resolve the conref, insert the conrefed text and remove the conref attribute. I'm pretty sure that this can be done with a Framescript, and I'd be surprised if no one has ever developed such a script. Anyone? Thanks in advance. -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu
Hypertext Links not Working
Heinlein, Roberta wrote: > Stuart, > > The links that aren't working were created with the hypertext option > using the Open Document command. We enter the relative address a > separate file. The cross-reference links within the file seem to still > be working. > Are the paths and filenames correct when you open/edit the links with the Link tool in Acrobat? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to beg in the streets, steal bread, or sleep under a bridge." --Anatole France
Hypertext Links not Working
Stuart, The links that aren't working were created with the hypertext option using the Open Document command. We enter the relative address a separate file. The cross-reference links within the file seem to still be working. Roberta Heinlein SOP Specialist, Internal Audit-Corporate Compliance C-10 770-433-8211 x19827 - Corporate Compliance is committed to providing great customer service to our stores. THD Associates: Please visit "myApron > My Store Overview > What's New> VOC at the SSC > and select Corporate Compliance" to let us know how we are doing. -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:09 AM To: Heinlein, Roberta Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Hypertext Links not Working Heinlein, Roberta wrote: > I'm having a frustrating problem with hypertext links. We create > hypertext links in FM 7.2 to PDF files. Then we convert the FM document > to PDF. The links work. We place the files in Documentum where they are > moved to our intranet. The links work perfectly. > > We just upgraded to FM 8.0. The links still work in the PDF file until > it is moved to our intranet-then the links no longer work. We don't want > to have to revert back to FM 7.2 but we can't figure out how to correct > this problem. I have tried turning on Create Named Destinations for All > Paragraphs but it still doesn't work. > A little more info might help. What is the nature of the links, e.g., -- simple x-ref's within the same file -- cross-file within the same book -- cross-file to other documents not in the book -- links to URLs -- mailto: links -- other hypertext commands? Do ALL links fail, or if only some, what's different? Are you following the identical procedure as before when creating the PDF files? Using Print to Adobe PDF vs. Save As PDF? All files open, including book files of cross-ref targets outside this book? (If you have cross-file links, the nature of the path information saved in the PDF will be different depending on whether or not the target's book file is open at the time.) Is your folder structure the same as before? best, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to beg in the streets, steal bread, or sleep under a bridge." --Anatole France - The information contained in this e-mail and any attached documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been sent to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.
