RE: fmPython
I got it to run at last, thanks to lots of trial and error and help from co-worker Keith Arnett. It appears that the script file got corrupted with tabs on the trip from the Web site to my PC. The following message kept appearing in my FrameMaker Console: fmPython - Python scripting for FrameMaker File string, line 15 # get first text inset - this may generate RuntimeException ^ IndentationError: expected an indented block This line was indented with a tab instead of hard spaces. When I removed the tab, the error moved on to the next line. Keith sent me his version of the script file, which he had downloaded using Firefox, and it had no tabs so it worked fine. It appears Internet Explorer decided tabs would be much nicer than spaces, so went ahead and replaced them without telling me! For those attempting to do this trick at home, please note the following gotchas: 1. You must install Python 2.2.3 as your interpreter, not the latest version on their Web site. 2. If you download the script with IE, be sure to replace any substituted tabs with spaces. 3. When you open the script in Frame to load it, open it as text with ASCII encoding. 4. After you run the script, don't save your chapter files or you'll lose your text insets. Hope this helps, Jim Ramsay -Original Message- From: Scott Prentice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:51 PM To: Joe Malin Cc: James Ramsay; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: fmPython Hi Joe... As you point out .. the Python version is critical. Once I installed the proper version, it now initializes in FM 7.x. Most plugins are upward compatible unless they make use of an obitted API feature, so I'll bet this should work fine. However, I'm still trying to figure out how to load the python script .. it's probably obvious, but I've moved on to other work for now. Jim, did you get a script to run yet? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Joe Malin wrote: Notes: * As far as I can tell from Googling, the most recent supported of FM is *6*. * With most open-source/freeware, be sure you have the exact prerequisites. The open-source community is not particularly concerned with legacy customers. The community generally assumes that it can change functionality, signatures, and so forth. Customers then either upgrade on their own or stay with an older version. * On the whole, this is a Good Idea. It prevents bloat, allows for evolving design, and produces more robust, more frequent fixes. Open-source SW usually allows for multiple versions of the same SW, but check first. * Remember that open-source is a mostly UN*X creature. What may be very easy to do in that environment may be much harder to do in Windows, and vice versa. If anyone has heard of a version of fmPython compatible with 7.1/7.2, please write me ASAP. I know Python pretty well, and I could provide some value to FM 7.x users. Joe Malin Technical Writer (408)625-1623 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuvox.com The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Ramsay Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 1:07 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: fmPython Has anyone installed fmPython (http://www.isnet.sk/petrucha/?lang=enpage=fmPython) successfully? I want to use the script that converts all text insets to text prior to distilling a book to PDF, but I can't get fmPython to initialize. I get the following message: Cannot initialize API client c:\program files\adobe\framemaker6.0\fminit\plugins\fmPython22.dll. Check for errors in the APIClients section of C:\Program Files\Adobe\Framemaker6.0\C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker6.0\maker.ini, verify that the client program exists, and make sure you have enough swap space to run the client. There are no instructions for adding a line to the APIClient section of the maker.ini file in the bare bones fmPython documentation. I tried making one up, but it had no effect. Any ideas? I'm running Windows XP, Frame 6.0 with FrameScript 2.1 and IXGen 5.5 already installed, Python 2.4.3, and the fmPython22.dll in the default fminit\Plugins folder. Thanks in advance for your help, Jim Jim Ramsay Senior Technical Writer webMethods Denver ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
fmPython
I got it to run at last, thanks to lots of trial and error and help from co-worker Keith Arnett. It appears that the script file got corrupted with tabs on the trip from the Web site to my PC. The following message kept appearing in my FrameMaker Console: fmPython - Python scripting for FrameMaker File "", line 15 # get first text inset - this may generate RuntimeException ^ IndentationError: expected an indented block This line was indented with a tab instead of hard spaces. When I removed the tab, the error moved on to the next line. Keith sent me his version of the script file, which he had downloaded using Firefox, and it had no tabs so it worked fine. It appears Internet Explorer decided tabs would be much nicer than spaces, so went ahead and replaced them without telling me! For those attempting to do this trick at home, please note the following gotchas: 1. You must install Python 2.2.3 as your interpreter, not the latest version on their Web site. 2. If you download the script with IE, be sure to replace any substituted tabs with spaces. 3. When you open the script in Frame to load it, open it as text with ASCII encoding. 4. After you run the script, don't save your chapter files or you'll lose your text insets. Hope this helps, Jim Ramsay -Original Message- From: Scott Prentice [mailto:s...@leximation.com] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:51 PM To: Joe Malin Cc: James Ramsay; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: fmPython Hi Joe... As you point out .. the Python version is critical. Once I installed the proper version, it now initializes in FM 7.x. Most plugins are upward compatible unless they make use of an obitted API feature, so I'll bet this should work fine. However, I'm still trying to figure out how to load the python script .. it's probably obvious, but I've moved on to other work for now. Jim, did you get a script to run yet? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Joe Malin wrote: >Notes: >* As far as I can tell from Googling, the most recent supported of FM >is *6*. >* With most open-source/freeware, be sure you have the exact >prerequisites. The open-source community is not particularly > concerned with "legacy" customers. The community generally assumes >that it can change functionality, signatures, > and so forth. Customers then either upgrade on their own or stay with >an older version. >* On the whole, this is a Good Idea. It prevents bloat, allows for >evolving design, and produces more robust, more > frequent fixes. Open-source SW usually allows for multiple versions >of the same SW, but check first. >* Remember that open-source is a mostly UN*X creature. What may be very >easy to do in that environment may be much > harder to do in Windows, and vice versa. > >If anyone has heard of a version of fmPython compatible with 7.1/7.2, >please write me ASAP. I know Python pretty well, and I could provide >some value to FM 7.x users. > >Joe Malin >Technical Writer >(408)625-1623 >jmalin at tuvox.com >www.tuvox.com >The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do not >necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc. > >-Original Message- >From: framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com >[mailto:framers-bounces+jmalin=tuvox.com at lists.frameusers.com] On >Behalf Of James Ramsay >Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 1:07 PM >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Subject: fmPython > >Has anyone installed fmPython >(http://www.isnet.sk/petrucha/?lang=en=fmPython) successfully? I >want to use the script that converts all text insets to text prior to >distilling a book to PDF, but I can't get fmPython to initialize. I get >the following >message: > >Cannot initialize API client c:\program >files\adobe\framemaker6.0\fminit\plugins\fmPython22.dll. >Check for errors in the APIClients section of C:\Program >Files\Adobe\Framemaker6.0\C:\Program >Files\Adobe\FrameMaker6.0\maker.ini, >verify that the client program exists, and make sure you have enough >swap space to run the client. > >There are no instructions for adding a line to the APIClient section of >the maker.ini file in the bare bones fmPython documentation. I tried >making one up, but it had no effect. Any ideas? > >I'm running Windows XP, Frame 6.0 with FrameScript 2.1 and IXGen 5.5 >already installed, Python 2.4.3, and the fmPython22.dll in the default >fminit\Plugins folder. > >Thanks in advance for your help, >Jim > >Jim Ramsay >Senior Technical Writer >webMethods Denver >___ > > >
fmPython
Thanks, Keith! With Python 2.2.3 I can now initialize the DLL. Next step will be to get it to load the script. _ From: Keith Arnett Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:12 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: James Ramsay Subject: RE: fmPython Hi Jim, I think the problem is that you are running Python 2.4.1, fmPython requires Python V. 2.2.x, downloadable at: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/ <http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/> If you uninstall 2.4.3 and install the 2.2.3 version, you should be OK. I just did the install on my computer and it is working as expected. HTH, Keith Keith Arnett Senior Technical Writer webMethods, Inc.\ Fairfax VA 703-460-5927 Mobile: 540-671-1954 Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:06:41 -0400 From: James Ramsay <jram...@webmethods.com> Subject: fmPython To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain Has anyone installed fmPython (http://www.isnet.sk/petrucha/?lang=en <http://www.isnet.sk/petrucha/?lang=en=fmPython> =fmPython) successfully? I want to use the script that converts all text insets to text prior to distilling a book to PDF, but I can't get fmPython to initialize. I get the following message: Cannot initialize API client c:\program files\adobe\framemaker6.0\fminit\plugins\fmPython22.dll. Check for errors in the APIClients section of C:\Program Files\Adobe\Framemaker6.0\C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker6.0\maker.ini, verify that the client program exists, and make sure you have enough swap space to run the client. There are no instructions for adding a line to the APIClient section of the maker.ini file in the bare bones fmPython documentation. I tried making one up, but it had no effect. Any ideas? I'm running Windows XP, Frame 6.0 with FrameScript 2.1 and IXGen 5.5 already installed, Python 2.4.3, and the fmPython22.dll in the default fminit\Plugins folder. Thanks in advance for your help, Jim Jim Ramsay Senior Technical Writer webMethods Denver
fmPython
Has anyone installed fmPython (http://www.isnet.sk/petrucha/?lang=enpage=fmPython) successfully? I want to use the script that converts all text insets to text prior to distilling a book to PDF, but I can't get fmPython to initialize. I get the following message: Cannot initialize API client c:\program files\adobe\framemaker6.0\fminit\plugins\fmPython22.dll. Check for errors in the APIClients section of C:\Program Files\Adobe\Framemaker6.0\C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker6.0\maker.ini, verify that the client program exists, and make sure you have enough swap space to run the client. There are no instructions for adding a line to the APIClient section of the maker.ini file in the bare bones fmPython documentation. I tried making one up, but it had no effect. Any ideas? I'm running Windows XP, Frame 6.0 with FrameScript 2.1 and IXGen 5.5 already installed, Python 2.4.3, and the fmPython22.dll in the default fminit\Plugins folder. Thanks in advance for your help, Jim Jim Ramsay Senior Technical Writer webMethods Denver ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
fmPython
Has anyone installed fmPython (http://www.isnet.sk/petrucha/?lang=en=fmPython) successfully? I want to use the script that converts all text insets to text prior to distilling a book to PDF, but I can't get fmPython to initialize. I get the following message: Cannot initialize API client c:\program files\adobe\framemaker6.0\fminit\plugins\fmPython22.dll. Check for errors in the APIClients section of C:\Program Files\Adobe\Framemaker6.0\C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker6.0\maker.ini, verify that the client program exists, and make sure you have enough swap space to run the client. There are no instructions for adding a line to the APIClient section of the maker.ini file in the bare bones fmPython documentation. I tried making one up, but it had no effect. Any ideas? I'm running Windows XP, Frame 6.0 with FrameScript 2.1 and IXGen 5.5 already installed, Python 2.4.3, and the fmPython22.dll in the default fminit\Plugins folder. Thanks in advance for your help, Jim Jim Ramsay Senior Technical Writer webMethods Denver
