XSL on export

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello All, Structured FrameMaker allows you to open an XML file and edit it in FrameMaker, while retaining the XML extension. This leads me to the question: What happens if you have your application set to use XSL on export, and you save an XML file that is open with FrameMaker? It doesn't

Re: OT: Pubsnet out of office reply bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Swallow
I've been receiving them for quite some time now. I have yet to receive a response. Further, addresses I do not use for professional networking (like my at-work address, which I reserve for at-work mail) somehow is receiving these. I'd really like to know where Pubsnet got these addresses from.

Re: Pubsnet out of office reply bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Swallow
And those NOT on their subscriber list (by choice). This does not bode well for them. On 9/14/06, Bureeda Bruner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am receiving them as well. I assume everyone on their subscriber list is receiving them. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior

Re: OT: Pubsnet out of office reply bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Briggs
So far I haven't noticed them at my work address (this is my personal address). But then there are university spam filters at work on that one. - web At 10:05 AM -0400 9/15/06, Bill Swallow wrote: I've been receiving them for quite some time now. I have yet to receive a response. Further,

OT Has anyone used Framemaker with Evolution LCMS?

2006-09-15 Thread Lewis, Roy
Has anyone successfully used Framemaker as an output for Evolution LCMS software by OutStart Inc.? OutStart has indicated that it is possible to create Framemaker output but we have not been able to get details from the vendor. We currently create unstructured Framemaker documents with version

Re: XSL on export

2006-09-15 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Rick, the Structured Application Developer's Guide explains a new maker.ini option: TreatXMLAsXML=Off I found it in the FM 7.2 Structured Application Developer's Guide, page 258. - Michael On 15.09.2006 14:04, Rick Quatro schrieb/wrote: Is there a setting somewhere to prevent you from saving

Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello All, I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I seem to recall in an early version of FrameMaker, there was an example of using PostScript code to angle table cells at a non-standard angle. It was probably done with PostScript text frames. If anybody remembers any details or has

Re: Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Peter Gold
Rick Quatro wrote: Hello All, I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I seem to recall in an early version of FrameMaker, there was an example of using PostScript code to angle table cells at a non-standard angle. It was probably done with PostScript text frames. If anybody remembers

My colors are gone

2006-09-15 Thread Robert Shelton
I'm working in a document I just took over from a writer who left. I want it to use my styles, so I imported all formats--page layouts, paragraphs, characters, color definitions, everything--from one of my other documents. Everything seems to be working as expected, except that when I apply a

RE: My colors are gone -- Fixed

2006-09-15 Thread Robert Shelton
I was given the answer off-list. Somehow, my color view was changed so that most non-black colors were invisible. I have no idea how it happened, but it's fixed now. Bob Love people. Use things. Not vice-versa. -- Kelly Rothaus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Ian Hawkins
Hi Rick, I've still got FM4 installation floppies hanging around. There is a sample there that rotates text using PostScript text frames. Did you want to rotate the cell borders as well? The sample doesn't do that, but there might be enough there for you to figure it out for yourself. I'll

Re: Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Wow, thanks! Now I know that my memory is OK and it wasn't a dream. :-) Rick Hi Rick, I've still got FM4 installation floppies hanging around. There is a sample there that rotates text using PostScript text frames. Did you want to rotate the cell borders as well? The sample doesn't do that,

XSL on export

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello All, Structured FrameMaker allows you to open an XML file and edit it in FrameMaker, while retaining the XML extension. This leads me to the question: What happens if you have your application set to use XSL on export, and you save an XML file that is open with FrameMaker? It doesn't

XSL on export

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
I just answered my own question with a test. The stylesheet DOES get applied, even though the XML file is still open in FrameMaker. Of course, the changes that the stylesheet makes are not reflected in the open FrameMaker document unless you first close the document and attempt to reopen it.

Robohelp vs. WebWorks EPublisher Pro

2006-09-15 Thread Mike Feimster
Gillian, It sounds like WWeP Pro is a better fit for your workflow. With WWeP, you can pretty much create help by running a single command without any post-processing. With RH, you have to create a new project, import the Frame docs, and then create the help. Oh, you'll most likely have to do a

OT: Pubsnet "out of office reply" bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Swallow
I've been receiving them for quite some time now. I have yet to receive a response. Further, addresses I do not use for professional networking (like my at-work address, which I reserve for at-work mail) somehow is receiving these. I'd really like to know where Pubsnet got these addresses from.

Pubsnet "out of office reply" bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Swallow
And those NOT on their subscriber list (by choice). This does not bode well for them. On 9/14/06, Bureeda Bruner wrote: > I am receiving them as well. I assume everyone on their subscriber list is > receiving them. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC,

good flowchart software to use with Frame

2006-09-15 Thread Combs, Richard
Fred Staal wrote: > We use Visio and import the charts into FM 6 as a linked > objects. The process seems stable, retains vector format, and > avoids any conversion issues. We used that method back when we only had an occasional Visio drawing, and it was OK for that. It is, of course,

OT: Pubsnet "out of office reply" bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bill Briggs
So far I haven't noticed them at my work address (this is my personal address). But then there are university spam filters at work on that one. - web At 10:05 AM -0400 9/15/06, Bill Swallow wrote: >I've been receiving them for quite some time now. I have yet to >receive a response. Further,

OT Has anyone used Framemaker with Evolution LCMS?

2006-09-15 Thread Lewis, Roy
Has anyone successfully used Framemaker as an output for Evolution LCMS software by OutStart Inc.? OutStart has indicated that it is possible to create Framemaker output but we have not been able to get details from the vendor. We currently create unstructured Framemaker documents with version

XSL on export

2006-09-15 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Rick, the Structured Application Developer's Guide explains a new maker.ini option: TreatXMLAsXML=Off I found it in the FM 7.2 Structured Application Developer's Guide, page 258. - Michael On 15.09.2006 14:04, Rick Quatro schrieb/wrote: > Is there a setting somewhere to prevent you from

Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello All, I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I seem to recall in an early version of FrameMaker, there was an example of using PostScript code to angle table cells at a non-standard angle. It was probably done with PostScript text frames. If anybody remembers any details or has

Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Peter Gold
Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello All, > > I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I seem to recall in an > early version of FrameMaker, there was an example of using PostScript > code to angle table cells at a non-standard angle. It was probably > done with PostScript text frames. If anybody

My colors are gone

2006-09-15 Thread Robert Shelton
I'm working in a document I just took over from a writer who left. I want it to use my styles, so I imported all formats--page layouts, paragraphs, characters, color definitions, everything--from one of my other documents. Everything seems to be working as expected, except that when I apply a

My colors are gone -- Fixed

2006-09-15 Thread Robert Shelton
I was given the answer off-list. Somehow, my color view was changed so that most non-black colors were invisible. I have no idea how it happened, but it's fixed now. Bob "Love people. Use things. Not vice-versa." -- Kelly Rothaus > -Original Message- > From:

Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Ian Hawkins
Hi Rick, I've still got FM4 installation floppies hanging around. There is a sample there that rotates text using PostScript text frames. Did you want to rotate the cell borders as well? The sample doesn't do that, but there might be enough there for you to figure it out for yourself. I'll

Angled heads with PostScript code

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Quatro
Wow, thanks! Now I know that my memory is OK and it wasn't a dream. :-) Rick > Hi Rick, > > I've still got FM4 installation floppies hanging around. There is a > sample there that rotates text using PostScript text frames. Did you > want to rotate the cell borders as well? The sample doesn't

good flowchart software to use with Frame

2006-09-15 Thread Jan Homan
pdfFLY (www.pdf-fly.com) converts any drawing saved as PostScript or PDF file to an editable FrameMaker Interchange Format (MIF). Which is vector based. Any windows application, including SmartDraw, Visio, could generate a PostScript file of the drawing, using the Print-to-File option. Jan

OT: Pubsnet "out of office reply" bounces

2006-09-15 Thread Bruce Wolf
I just report them all as spam. :) BW --- Bill Swallow wrote: > I've been receiving them for quite some time now. I > have yet to > receive a response. Further, addresses I do not use > for professional > networking (like my at-work address, which I reserve > for at-work mail) > somehow is

ANN: Adobe on The Future of FrameMaker and RoboHELP

2006-09-15 Thread Jobs@ProSpring
Karl Matthews from Adobe Systems will be presenting a lunch presentation on the future of FrameMaker and RoboHELP at LavaCon on Monday, October 2. Additional sessions and hands-on workshops are being presented by Frame experts Alan Houser, Sarah O'Keefe, more. Discount airfare and hotel

JOB: Biotech Tech Writer in Foster City, CA (1 contract, 1 perm)

2006-09-15 Thread Jobs@ProSpring
TW-913 Biotech Technical Writer - Contract - Foster City, CA (Immediate Need) Length: 9 months Salary/Rate: BOE A leading developer of medical devices, pathogen diagnostic kits and lab instrumentation needs a technical writer to help document their gene sequence hardware and software

AltText Pop-ups

2006-09-15 Thread James Barrow
Hello All, I'm creating pop-ups from images in my documentation. I'm doing this by inserting ImageAreaAltText Markers in text frames defined in the graphics. After regenerating my project the pop-ups appear like they're supposed to when I pass my cursor over them. Unfortunately, these pop-ups

good flowchart software to use with Frame

2006-09-15 Thread Smith, Terry
I use the "FrameMaker primitives" that Bill Briggs created. I added them to AutoText (you do use the AutoText plug-in, right?), so I can just select the piece I need from the AutoText menu, type the text, and then add the next piece. Some final alignment at the end and it's done. Using the