RE: Display of variable content in Structured FM
Dan, I did what you suggested (create a new character format for Verdana, then include it in the definition of my variables). For the text that is directly typed in the file (as opposed as in a text inset), I need to remove the variable then insert it again; otherwise, weirdly enough, the variable is displayed in a bigger font than that of the body text (but in Verdana). The newly inserted variable is displayed in the proper font and size, and it remains like that after importing the variables. For a text inset, an extra step is required. I imported the changed variables and character format in it. It's displayed OK when I look at the file; however, after importing the variables in the container file, the variables are displayed as Times. I need to explicitly update the text inset to clear the Times. A big thank you Dan, Elise -Original Message- From: Daniel Emory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 mars 2007 11:30 To: Framers List Subject: Re: Display of variable content in Structured FM --- Nantel, Elise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working with Structured FM 7.0 on Windows XP. I use a lot of variables in my manuals, typically for product lines and product names. Sometimes after I generate a structured book, the variable content appears in Times New Roman instead of Verdana. It's really weird because it doesn't occur all the times or on all variables. It happens also in text insets. = Elise: The most likely cause is that the text which precedes the variable insertion point is not in the Verdana font. The assured way of fixing it is to do the following: 1. Add a character format named Verdana in which you specify the font as Verdana, and the size as As Is. 2. Open the Variable dialog, select, select a user variable, and click Edit Definition to open the Edit User Variable dialog. 3. Observe that the the new Verdana character format now appears in the list of character formats. 4. Presumably, the definition slot now contains nothing but the value of the user variable. Let's assume that the current definition is Blah. 5. Change the variable definition as follows: VentanaBlahdefault font If this fails to correct the problem, then you have identified another bug in Frame 7.0. == Dan Emory Associates FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML Document Design Database Publishing [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1) ___ 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.
Display of variable content in Structured FM
Dan, I did what you suggested (create a new character format for Verdana, then include it in the definition of my variables). For the text that is directly typed in the file (as opposed as in a text inset), I need to remove the variable then insert it again; otherwise, weirdly enough, the variable is displayed in a bigger font than that of the body text (but in Verdana). The newly inserted variable is displayed in the proper font and size, and it remains like that after importing the variables. For a text inset, an extra step is required. I imported the changed variables and character format in it. It's displayed OK when I look at the file; however, after importing the variables in the container file, the variables are displayed as Times. I need to explicitly update the text inset to clear the Times. A big thank you Dan, Elise -Original Message- From: Daniel Emory [mailto:danemory7...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: 31 mars 2007 11:30 To: Framers List Subject: Re: Display of variable content in Structured FM --- "Nantel, Elise" wrote: > I'm working with Structured FM 7.0 on Windows XP. > I use a lot of variables in my manuals, typically > for product lines and product names. Sometimes after > I generate a structured book, the variable content > > appears in Times New Roman instead of Verdana. It's > really weird because it doesn't occur all the times > or on all variables. It happens also in text insets. = Elise: The most likely cause is that the text which precedes the variable insertion point is not in the Verdana font. The assured way of fixing it is to do the following: 1. Add a character format named Verdana in which you specify the font as Verdana, and the size as "As Is." 2. Open the Variable dialog, select, select a user variable, and click Edit Definition to open the Edit User Variable dialog. 3. Observe that the the new Verdana character format now appears in the list of character formats. 4. Presumably, the definition slot now contains nothing but the value of the user variable. Let's assume that the current definition is "Blah." 5. Change the variable definition as follows: Blah If this fails to correct the problem, then you have identified another bug in Frame 7.0. == Dan Emory & Associates FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML Document Design & Database Publishing __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1)
Display of variable content in Structured FM
Hi, I'm working with Structured FM 7.0 on Windows XP. I use a lot of variables in my manuals, typically for product lines and product names. Sometimes after I generate a structured book, the variable content appears in Times New Roman instead of Verdana. It's really weird because it doesn't occur all the times or on all variables. It happens also in text insets. This problem doesn't occur at all in unstructured documents. Does that ring a bell to anyone? Please answer me directly because I'm on the digest. Thanks. --- Elise Nantel Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1) ___ 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.
Display of variable content in Structured FM
Hi, I'm working with Structured FM 7.0 on Windows XP. I use a lot of variables in my manuals, typically for product lines and product names. Sometimes after I generate a structured book, the variable content appears in Times New Roman instead of Verdana. It's really weird because it doesn't occur all the times or on all variables. It happens also in text insets. This problem doesn't occur at all in unstructured documents. Does that ring a bell to anyone? Please answer me directly because I'm on the digest. Thanks. --- Elise Nantel Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email elise.nantel at verint.com www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1)
Styles not appearing in ePublisher
Hi Framers, I've just installed the full WebWorks ePublisher suite (Pro, Express and Automap). When I generate a project from a FM book, I don't get any styles (Paragraph, Character, etc.) in the Style Designer, in ePublisher Pro. I only get the [Prototype] value. My other colleagues, with similar installations, see the complet list of styles for the same project. Do you have any idea on how to solve this issue? And by the way, I haven't found a specific ePublisher/WebWorks user list on Google. Do you know of one? I'm on Windows XP; FM 7.0; ePublisher 9.2. Thanks in advance, --- Elise Nantel Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (2) ___ 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.
Styles not appearing in ePublisher
Hi Framers, I've just installed the full WebWorks ePublisher suite (Pro, Express and Automap). When I generate a project from a FM book, I don't get any styles (Paragraph, Character, etc.) in the Style Designer, in ePublisher Pro. I only get the [Prototype] value. My other colleagues, with similar installations, see the complet list of styles for the same project. Do you have any idea on how to solve this issue? And by the way, I haven't found a specific ePublisher/WebWorks user list on Google. Do you know of one? I'm on Windows XP; FM 7.0; ePublisher 9.2. Thanks in advance, --- Elise Nantel Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email elise.nantel at verint.com www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (2)
PDF is portrait instead of landscape
Hello, On my new computer (running XP), I installed Acrobat 7.0 (an upgrade from 5.0); my FM version is 7.0. I'm having the following problem: I have a 2-page landscape document. When I print to file with the Adobe PDF printer, the result is a portrait file! The content is entirely displayed on the page, but rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise! My colleagues, who are running Acrobat 8 and 7, do not have this problem. I didn't have this behavior with Acrobat 5.0. If I rotate the page in Acrobat then prints it, the result is a truncated portrait file. When I choose FilePrint in FM, then select Setup for Adobe PDF, the orientation says Portrait the first time, then Landscape after a first print operation. I looked on the web and found out that this problem used to happen with older Distiller and FM versions. I'm almost convinced that there's a conflict with other software on my computer (by the way, I can't use Acrobat 8 because pressing Ctrl+P closes the application :-( Does it ring a bell to anyone? Please answer me directly because I'm on the digest. Thanks! --- Elise Nantel Rédactrice technique/Technical Writer Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (2) ___ 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.
PDF is portrait instead of landscape
Hello, On my new computer (running XP), I installed Acrobat 7.0 (an upgrade from 5.0); my FM version is 7.0. I'm having the following problem: I have a 2-page landscape document. When I print to file with the Adobe PDF printer, the result is a portrait file! The content is entirely displayed on the page, but rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise! My colleagues, who are running Acrobat 8 and 7, do not have this problem. I didn't have this behavior with Acrobat 5.0. If I rotate the page in Acrobat then prints it, the result is a truncated portrait file. When I choose File>Print in FM, then select Setup for Adobe PDF, the orientation says Portrait the first time, then Landscape after a first print operation. I looked on the web and found out that this problem used to happen with older Distiller and FM versions. I'm almost convinced that there's a conflict with other software on my computer (by the way, I can't use Acrobat 8 because pressing Ctrl+P closes the application :-( Does it ring a bell to anyone? Please answer me directly because I'm on the digest. Thanks! --- Elise Nantel R?dactrice technique/Technical Writer Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email elise.nantel at verint.com www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (2)
External xrefs from FM to... CHM or HTML
Hi Framers, We just converted an SDK project from Robohelp to FM/ePublisher because of Robohelp being discontinued. This project contains two sections: a Programmer Guide with overviews, descriptions, and sample code, and a Reference Guide that is automatically generated by extracting comments in the actual C# code. The final product was two CHM files. The tool used to generate the Reference Guide is NDoc and is part of the .NET Framework. The available output formats are HTML and HTML Help only (no XML or PDF). When in Robohelp, I merged the Reference Guide CHM file into the Programmer Guide, and was able to do external cross-references from the Programmer Guide to the Reference Guide (typically on class or interface names). However, now in FrameMaker, how can I do that? From what I see, I can only do xrefs to another FM document. Are there plug-ins available? Or new tools to use? Please answer me directly since I'm on the digest. I'm using FM 7.0 on Windows XP. Thanks a lot. --- Elise Nantel Rédactrice technique/Technical Writer Video Intelligence Solutions Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1) ___ 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.
RE: External xrefs from FM to... CHM or HTML
Jeremy, Thanks for this info. However, I have one question: Since I'm not generating the target document (HTML or CHM), how will I know the anchor to specify in the Hypertext command? Elise -Original Message- From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 décembre 2006 15:03 To: Nantel, Elise Cc: framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: Re: External xrefs from FM to... CHM or HTML On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:07:55 -0500, Nantel, Elise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When in Robohelp, I merged the Reference Guide CHM file into the Programmer Guide, and was able to do external cross-references from the Programmer Guide to the Reference Guide (typically on class or interface names). However, now in FrameMaker, how can I do that? From what I see, I can only do xrefs to another FM document. That's correct. Frame xrefs are only for use with other Frame docs. However, you can use Frame hypertext links to anything. To do that, you would place a Frame marker of type Hypertext with content like: message URL ./path/filename.htm#anchor for a file in a subdirectory below the Frame file. You need to specify a path that will be valid from the HTML produced for the Frame file. To mark the hotspot for the link, apply a char format (which can be all as is) to the hotspot text; the marker must also be within the span of the char format. See the Frame docs for more on the many kinds of hypertext markers available. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omsys.com/ __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1) ___ 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.
External xrefs from FM to... CHM or HTML
Jeremy, Thanks for this info. However, I have one question: Since I'm not generating the target document (HTML or CHM), how will I know the anchor to specify in the Hypertext command? Elise -Original Message- From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:jer...@omsys.com] Sent: 12 d?cembre 2006 15:03 To: Nantel, Elise Cc: framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: Re: External xrefs from FM to... CHM or HTML On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:07:55 -0500, "Nantel, Elise" wrote: >When in Robohelp, I merged the Reference Guide CHM file >into the Programmer Guide, and was able to do external >cross-references from the Programmer Guide to the >Reference Guide (typically on class or interface names). >However, now in FrameMaker, how can I do that? From what >I see, I can only do xrefs to another FM document. That's correct. Frame xrefs are only for use with other Frame docs. However, you can use Frame hypertext links to anything. To do that, you would place a Frame marker of type Hypertext with content like: message URL ./path/filename.htm#anchor for a file in a subdirectory below the Frame file. You need to specify a path that will be valid from the HTML produced for the Frame file. To mark the hotspot for the link, apply a char format (which can be all "as is") to the hotspot text; the marker must also be within the span of the char format. See the Frame docs for more on the many kinds of hypertext markers available. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/ __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1)
External xrefs from FM to... CHM or HTML
Hi Framers, We just converted an SDK project from Robohelp to FM/ePublisher because of Robohelp being discontinued. This project contains two sections: a Programmer Guide with overviews, descriptions, and sample code, and a Reference Guide that is automatically generated by extracting comments in the actual C# code. The final product was two CHM files. The tool used to generate the Reference Guide is NDoc and is part of the .NET Framework. The available output formats are HTML and HTML Help only (no XML or PDF). When in Robohelp, I merged the Reference Guide CHM file into the Programmer Guide, and was able to do external cross-references from the Programmer Guide to the Reference Guide (typically on class or interface names). However, now in FrameMaker, how can I do that? From what I see, I can only do xrefs to another FM document. Are there plug-ins available? Or new tools to use? Please answer me directly since I'm on the digest. I'm using FM 7.0 on Windows XP. Thanks a lot. --- Elise Nantel R?dactrice technique/Technical Writer Video Intelligence Solutions Verint Systems Inc. Phone 450 686-9000 x252 Email elise.nantel at verint.com www.verint.com __ This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this e-mail for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any information contained in this message. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this e-mail. (1)
