Hi All,
Is this a bug in FM12? The > character is not translating to the entity.
Thanks
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Today's Topics:
1. Still stuck with CGM images (cuc tu)
2. Re: Read-write rules for graphics (Roger Shuttleworth)
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From: cuc tu
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Subject: [Framers] Still stuck with CGM images
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Howdy Framers,
Can FrameMaker produce vector CGM images? I mostly have external vector images
in ai and any format Illustrator can create and Frame seems to rasterize
everything to a very low resolution when saving to XML.
Also, I read from the dev guide:
"For example, assume you have an instance of the Graph graphic element that
contains graphics
you created with FrameMaker?s graphics tools. By default, the software creates
the following
markup entity for it:
Also, the entity attribute of the graphic element has a value of graph1 to
correspond with the
above entity."
I tried this by drawing a simple shape and also just "drawing" a text line. The
resulting files were mif. I don't know where I might have changed the default,
but is there something in the R/W rules that need to be entered? I have defined
all graphic elements to be converted to CGM. Where does mif fit into the xml
specification?
If this is not a capability that Frame has, is there an easy way around this
issue? My client is recommending isodraw or auto-trol. I've tried numerous
online converters and a few trial versions to convert what I have, and the
result is either the same or worse, such as random lines and fills. The
suggested solution are likely to be both cost prohibitive and have too steep a
learning curve.
Thanks for any advice and for all the help you've given before. I have come a
long way because of it.
C2
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:44:29 +0100
From: Roger Shuttleworth
To: "Lynne A. Price" , i...@heiko-haida.de
Cc: Framers
Subject: Re: [Framers] Read-write rules for graphics
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Hello Lynne and Tino
Thank you for your replies. My apologies for not getting back to you
sooner. I have been trying some other approaches without much success.
To answer Lynne's first question: No, FM11 is my personal version. The
investigation I am doing is for a charity, so there is little hope of
any cash - and even if there were, FM11 up till now has met my needs,
and I don't really want to learn a whole new version.
Another apology: I misspoke regarding the "href" attribute, which was in
fact a required *string* and not an id.
According to Tino's suggestion, I have tried using a very simple rule:
element "image" {
? is fm graphic element;
? attribute "file" is fm property file;
}
I have a very simple document consisting of a title and a single
paragraph containing some text and an anchored frame at insertion point,
with one referenced graphic. I changed the "href" attribute to Optional
in the EDD, and added no attribute values at all. I get the following XML:
This is some text
I have no idea why the XML contains a "graphicname" attribute, since
this does not exist in the FM document or the rules.
If I change the anchored frame to Run into Paragraph, aligned Left, the
XML is identical.
Changing the EDD so that the InitialObjectFormat for is either
an anchored frame or an imported graphic file makes no difference: same XML.
Opening the XML in FM not surprisingly generates an error message in the
console: Error importing graphic for element (image).
Adding a subrule,? attribute "align" is fm property alignment; makes no
difference.
Even more strange: If I manually add an href value and then export XML,
the href value is exported, e.g.:
But when I open this XML in FM, the element is dropped
altogether and the console has a message, "Error importing graphic for
element (image)."
Maybe I'm missing something very obvious...
Roger
P.S. I don't want to take up your time; I'm resigned to fiddling and
researching until I conquer this!
On 09/09/2019 20:50, Lynne A. Price wrote:
> On 9/9/2019 11:15 AM, Roger Shuttleworth wrote:
>> Using FM11.
>
> Roger,
> ?? Have you tried a later version
