Hi Wayne,
I am sorry to correct you, but I have been doing Windows (and Mac)
FrameMaker automation for the last 8 years with FrameScript, including
complex FrameMaker to PDF workflows.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
Is there a more automated way to create
At 9:39 AM -0400 4/28/06, Loren R. Elks wrote:
Our company currently has a documentation set of 53 FrameMaker books that we
PDF for easy access. We create PDFs using the TimeSavers utility to preserve
link integrity. To do this we first have to open each book separately. Then we
must run UPDATE
On 28 Apr 2006, at 16:49, Bill Briggs wrote:
You didn't say what platform you were on. If you were on a Mac then
it's an easy thing to do with AppleScript. You can automate all sorts
of FrameMaker tasks with AppleScript, including this.
Hey, I was going to say that ;-)
We use AppleScript,
Wayne,
No scripting language is painless; I have enough AppleScript experience to
know that AppleScript is no exception. Although Mac users already have
AppleScript, it will take some effort for them to learn how to use it, just
like they would with FrameScript.
I am not anti-Mac or pro-PC,
Wayne Brissette wrote:
My comment if you read it was that you can do it painlessly
with AppleScript. A scripting language that many people use
and write in. I also said ...if not, I don't have a good
answer for you. That wasn't to say there weren't options.
But with the exception of a
At 6:37 PM +0100 4/28/06, Steve Rickaby wrote:
AppleScript is niche, FrameScript is niche.
Writing AppleScript for FrameMaker is as nichy as it gets. I know maybe half
a dozen people who use AppleScript with FrameMaker. I think all but one of them
is on this list. And it's truly a pity that it
Hi Loren...
Have you tried DoBatch or DZBatcher?
http://www.telecable.es/personales/cud/cssIndex.htm
http://www.datazone.com/english/overview/download.html
If neither of these do the trick (or you want something specific for
your files/process), a FrameScript or custom FDK plugin, can
Hi Wayne,
I am sorry to correct you, but I have been doing Windows (and Mac)
FrameMaker automation for the last 8 years with FrameScript, including
complex FrameMaker to PDF workflows.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
>> Is there a more automated way to create
At 9:39 AM -0400 4/28/06, Loren R. Elks wrote:
>Our company currently has a documentation set of 53 FrameMaker books that we
>PDF for easy access. We create PDFs using the TimeSavers utility to preserve
>link integrity. To do this we first have to open each book separately. Then we
>must run
>>>Is there a more automated way to create PDFs from 53 FrameMaker
>>>books? Or is there a quicker way to set up this process from
>>>FrameMaker? Are there any programs that could help automate these
>>>processes? Do your companies hold any best practices that we could
>>>benefit from?
>>
>>I know
Wayne,
No scripting language is "painless"; I have enough AppleScript experience to
know that AppleScript is no exception. Although Mac users already have
AppleScript, it will take some effort for them to learn how to use it, just
like they would with FrameScript.
I am not anti-Mac or pro-PC,
On 28 Apr 2006, at 16:59, Bill Briggs wrote:
> This is certainly AppleScript's great strength.
With Mac OS X, you can probably do the job with a UNIX script?
Now where's that terminal... Open "/Applications/FrameMaker 7.0" foo.fm
Paul
Wayne Brissette wrote:
> My comment if you read it was that you can do it painlessly
> with AppleScript. A scripting language that many people use
> and write in. I also said "...if not, I don't have a good
> answer for you." That wasn't to say there weren't options.
> But with the exception
At 11:20 -0600 28/4/06, Richard 'Curmudgeons 'r Us' Combs wrote:
>Jeez. Apple has a _tiny_percentage_ of the personal computer market,
Currently about 2.3 percent, but we're getting there ;-)
>and only a _miniscule_sliver_ of that small number of Mac owners are also FM
>users.
Not sure 'bout
At 6:37 PM +0100 4/28/06, Steve Rickaby wrote:
>AppleScript is niche, FrameScript is niche.
Writing AppleScript for FrameMaker is as "nichy" as it gets. I know maybe half
a dozen people who use AppleScript with FrameMaker. I think all but one of them
is on this list. And it's truly a pity that
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