Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and, creating PDFs

Shmuel asked about Macro Express and AutoIt. I've used Macro Express for many years and AutoIt for the past 2-3. For simple, quick macros, Macro Express is great. Well worth the $40. For more involved scripting, ME gets really clumsy to write and maintain. AutoIt is much better for complex

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

First, in case Dov or someone else from Adobe doesn't step in here, please observe that there is a legal limit to how you can use current FrameMaker versions unattended without a server license (http://www.adobe.com/products/fmserver/). As far as I can tell, the "Adobe? FrameMaker? Server 8

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and, creating PDFs

Shmuel asked about Macro Express and AutoIt. I've used Macro Express for many years and AutoIt for the past 2-3. For simple, quick macros, Macro Express is great. Well worth the $40. For more involved scripting, ME gets really clumsy to write and maintain. AutoIt is much better for complex

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

On 21 Feb 2008, at 02:17, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) - Update the

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

I was looking around and I see there are several Windows scripting tools out there. Here are three good ones: AutoHotkey - free, has a record macro feature like Word AutoIt v3 - free, good reviews Macro Express - $40 I like the record feature, so I'm trying AutoHotkey first. Regards, Shmuel

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Hi Linda: I'm doing something similar except I haven't got the version control system part yet. I'm assured by the software guys that I can do this. We're using the Python scripting language and the FDK. As for generating PDFs, we had that bad link problem unless we used the Create Named

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

DZBatcher, http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html is your friend. kind regards Peter Ring Linda G. Gallagher wrote: Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

It says on the page you provided below: DZbatcher is currently available for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Sun Solaris 2.6 and AIX, and FrameMaker or FrameMaker+SGML (versions 5.5.6 or above), must be installed on your host system. What about Windows XP and Vista? Are they supported? Also, is

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

First, in case Dov or someone else from Adobe doesn't step in here, please observe that there is a legal limit to how you can use current FrameMaker versions unattended without a server license (http://www.adobe.com/products/fmserver/). As far as I can tell, the Adobe® FrameMaker® Server 8

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

riginal Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Linda G. > Gallagher > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:17 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Scripting pulling FM files from version

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

On 21 Feb 2008, at 02:17, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly > that will > do the following: > > - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) > > - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) > > - Update

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

I was looking around and I see there are several Windows scripting tools out there. Here are three good ones: AutoHotkey - free, has a record macro feature like Word AutoIt v3 - free, good reviews Macro Express - $40 I like the record feature, so I'm trying AutoHotkey first. Regards, Shmuel

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Hi Linda: I'm doing something similar except I haven't got the version control system part yet. I'm assured by the software guys that I can do this. We're using the Python scripting language and the FDK. As for generating PDFs, we had that bad link problem unless we used the "Create Named

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

DZBatcher, http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html is your friend. kind regards Peter Ring Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will > do the following: > > - Pull FM files and books from their version control

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

It says on the page you provided below: DZbatcher is currently available for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Sun Solaris 2.6 and AIX, and FrameMaker or FrameMaker+SGML (versions 5.5.6 or above), must be installed on your host system. What about Windows XP and Vista? Are they supported? Also, is

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) - Update the books - Create PDFs of books and some stand-alone

RE: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

managed to hack together automation for many of my tasks. -Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda G. Gallagher Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:17 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Scripting pulling FM files from version

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) - Update the books - Create PDFs of books and some stand-alone

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Subject: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet