FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Just wondering if anyone has tried this .. When installing FM (8 or 9) in a VMWare image of Windows XP on a Mac .. install to a "Shared" folder (mounted with a drive letter) so that the installation files will be available to other images of Windows on that computer. It seems that in theory

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
figuration you're > describing, someone on the list can offer more advice. I also suggest > that you check the VMware site and contact VMware support to see > what's already been discovered. > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter > ___ > Peter Gold &g

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
find out in your experiments. > > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter > ___ > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > > > >> Regards >> Jay >> >> Scott Prentice wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter... >>> >>> Th

error message: SAXParseException: An exception occurred!

2010-01-13 Thread Scott Prentice
with most editors assuming the public ID is defined in the catalog and maps properly to a local DTD. Hopefully someone else will have a better answer .. perhaps there's a switch that tells FM to use the public ID. This worked fine in FM8. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Lexim

Printing Index Marker Symbols and Content?

2010-01-20 Thread Scott Prentice
MarkerTools from Leximation does this too .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php and I believe that Index Tools Professional from Silicon Prairie Software does as well .. http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

FrameMaker/CMS article in UK STC Communicator

2010-01-25 Thread Scott Prentice
;must read" for anyone considering this option. http://www.writepoint.com/site/downloads/Com0912Web_p46-49.pdf Cheers! ...scott -- Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Scott Prentice
if you're looking for something comparable to FM's PDF) is a *lot* of work. I'd go with TCS2 so that you've got all of the bases covered, and as time permits, experiment with other options that may free you from proprietary processing where appropriate. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice

Frame to iBook format?

2010-01-30 Thread Scott Prentice
that there will be a DITA-OT plugin to generate an EPUB deliverable .. soon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Tina Ricks wrote: > Does anyone have any pointers to exporting Frame documents to the

Frame to iBook format?

2010-01-30 Thread Scott Prentice
Interesting article from Scriptorium on the subject .. http://www.scriptorium.com/blog/2010/01/epub-tech-pub.html ...scott Scott Prentice wrote: > Hi Tina... > > This format is EPUB (or Open eBook) .. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats#EPUB >

Save FrameMaker 8.0 files to 6.0

2010-07-06 Thread Scott Prentice
It looks like there are currently 3 auctions on eBay for FM6 .. one for Windows, Mac, and Unix. Just enter "FrameMaker 6" in the search field. eBay can be a good place to get old versions of software, but you do take your chance at getting something bogus. Be sure to check out the seller to

Batch Conversion of Frame Referenced Graphic Calls

2010-07-13 Thread Scott Prentice
for it. Let me know if you have any questions. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Combs, Richard wrote: > Scott Turner wrote: > > >> The alternative to making a script, is to use a full-featured text editor >> like TextPad. The fe

FrameMaker 3 files

2010-05-04 Thread Scott Prentice
and upload to my inbox .. http://leximation.com/inbox Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 subscribe at cuff.ca wrote: > I've tried using FrameMaker v7.1 and its "heroic open" (Esc o H) to open five > different FrameMaker

FrameMaker 3 files

2010-05-06 Thread Scott Prentice
ould find one for sale on eBay. Sorry I wasn't able to help! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 subscribe at ... wrote: > Just for those who might someday have to tread this path: > > I tried opening the v3 files in FM5.1.1, and no joy. That far

eBooks

2010-05-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Diana... This may not be exactly what you're looking for .. but I've been successful at using the "dita4publishers" DITA-OT plugin to convert DITA content (authored in FM or other XML editors) to the ePub format. If you'd like more info on this, let me know. Cheers, ...sc

Can the spelling checker be trusted?

2010-05-24 Thread Scott Prentice
word you can move the cursor and have it still found. Try searching backwards. Who knows. I've not seen this behavior again in FM, so I don't think it's a serious problem, but maybe it's making a resurgence. Or maybe this is a totally different problem. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Lexim

plugin for tracking text insets

2010-10-01 Thread Scott Prentice
what you need. Feel free to contact me off list and I can give you an estimate. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Joseph Lorenzini wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a master book that contains all the other books in my doc set I am

ANN: Structure Snippets plugin v.1.00...

2007-07-15 Thread Scott Prentice
t hesitate to email me with any questions. Thanks, ...scott -- Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

2007-07-17 Thread Scott Prentice
to do is write an XSL transformation to get to the Wiki format (perhaps not as easy as other options). You might also get some good mileage out of the HTML or XML conversions from Mif2Go .. http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

Save book as postcript

2007-07-18 Thread Scott Prentice
I can't really answer your question, but as far as I know the latest CudSpan files are here .. http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ Cheers! ...scott Morten Guldahl wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > I've been using the CudSpan DoBatch plugin for some batch manipulation > of my

How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?

2007-07-30 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Angela... We offer a plugin called MarkerTools, which (in addition to lots of other things) will let you know when you delete a marker. You can download it and test drive it for free for 30 days .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice

FrameMaker 8 and Plugins

2007-07-31 Thread Scott Prentice
Many plugins seem to work fine on FM8. Your best bet is to grab the trial version of FM8 and test them. When you do, send an email to the list and let us know the results. You might also email your plugin vendors and see if they've done any testing. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation

FrameMaker 8 and Plugins

2007-07-31 Thread Scott Prentice
The SaveAs dialog includes FM7.0 as an export option, and it seems to work for me. Did Adobe Support really say that? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 John Sgammato wrote: > The concern goes beyond plugins - my workflow goes from FM

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-04 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... I responded to your last posting, but just in case you didn't get it .. you should install the latest FM update (7.2p158). I have seen some odd problems with the version you're using. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22=Windows ...scott Gyanesh

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-06 Thread Scott Prentice
oup (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/), since that's the forum where these things are discussed more regularly. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Gyanesh Talwar wrote: > Hey Scott.. thanks again. > > And sorry, I didn't see y

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
te Output" then also it crashes! > > Anyway, as I mentioned... I am doing it all over again on my > colleagues PC. Hoping it will work this time. > > Thanks for your patience! :) > > Cheers, > Gyanesh > > > > On 6/7/07, Scott Prentice wrote: >> Hi Gyan

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
t;> and just select "Generate Output" then also it crashes! >> >> Anyway, as I mentioned... I am doing it all over again on my >> colleagues PC. Hoping it will work this time. >> >> Thanks for your patience! :) >> >> Cheers, >> Gyanesh >> >&g

Text insets: to be or not to be?

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
he element level rather than the standard restriction of insets at the file level. (This works very much like the "conref" mechanism in DITA.) Also .. the plugin is free! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rene Stephenson wrote: > Car

system variables inside a user variable?

2007-06-13 Thread Scott Prentice
/Products.html ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Brian.Darold at sage.com wrote: Is it possible to put building blocks inside a user variable? Ideally I'd like to create a variable named CurrentYear that contains only the <$year> building block. For r

Need some FM tips

2007-06-19 Thread Scott Prentice
e the page and chapter numbering or corrupt any XRefs > while doing this. > We offer a free plugin called ComboBook that builds a book from multiple books .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 > >

Search and replace content of a variable

2007-06-22 Thread Scott Prentice
You might also want to take a look at our BookVars plugin. This lets you define groups of variable definitions and import them into books as needed. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 John

OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

2007-05-01 Thread Scott Prentice
Check out techinsurance.com. We've got both professional liability and business insurance through them and have been very happy with their service and price. If you check around, you'll get wildly differing quotes for supposedly the same coverage. From what I found, most insurance brokers

xref help

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Prentice
me an email off-list and we can talk more about what may be needed. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 That Darned Writer wrote: > Thanks, Art. As I wrote to Fred, we are grasping for anything at this > point - there are so many now-broken referen

DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Scott Prentice
in this direction, but doing so may open up new opportunities that they hadn't considered. It certainly seems worth investigating. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Pat Christenson wrote: > I have a client who wants to move from Word to FrameMa

Nested ul and ol elements

2007-05-17 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... Grab the DITA App Pack and take a look at the EDD that is part of the DITA-Topic-FM structapp .. I think it will do pretty much what you want (although you may need to take it to additional levels). http://www.adobe.com/go/dita/ Cheers! ...scott Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello

FrameMaker.next

2007-05-17 Thread Scott Prentice
I only saw one of the sneak peek sessions, and don't recall hearing anything about XML comments or specifics on DITA support .. but I'd like to point out that the stripping of comments isn't a DITA App Pack issue .. it's a Frame issue .. the App Pack actually warns you about it when you open a

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-18 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... If your main goal is to publish two different sets of content from the same FM source files, I'd think that your best bet is to just use conditional text (show/hide) in unstructured FM files. There are probably benefits you could gain by moving to structure and/or DITA (and it

XML - graphics - import

2007-05-19 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Richard... Maybe you could describe what the problem is. I'm assuming that the file isn't opening properly .. but what kind of errors are you getting? Do you have a structapp defined for this XML doctype? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Allen

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Prentice
generating your output through the XSLT transformations in the DITA-OT, you'd do this filtering using a ditavals file.) ABCM - http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_ABCM.htm Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Gyanesh Talwar wrote

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Prentice
ned in your document .. in essence allowing you to have variables within markers (not possible without the plugin). This can give you a type of conditional control within a marker (especially when used in conjunction with BookVars). ...scott Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2007 13:30:4

Getting data from xml into Frame was, Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
he long run will probably save a lot. Just having the ability to easily diff the versions of the XML file will probably be a big improvement though. Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Carrie Baker wrote: > Slightly connected to this. > We

Getting data from xml into Frame was, Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
> However, since I have not worked on structured Frame yet, and am not > so famailiar with the terminology, can you explain was an XSLT > transformation is? > > On 5/21/07, Scott Prentice wrote: >> Hi Carrie... >> >> For starters, you should get ahold of an XML diff tool (j

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Scott Prentice
chcomplus dot com >> www.techcomplus.com >> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 >> User guides, online help, FrameMaker and >> WebWorks ePublisher templates >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: framers-bounces+lindag=

Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-06 Thread Scott Prentice
be fairly simple to create. Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Pinkham, Jim wrote: > I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It > poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same &

Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
houghts? > > Jim > > -----Original Message- > From: Scott Prentice > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:50 PM > To: Pinkham, Jim > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets > > Hi Jim... > > A quick test shows m

OT: Send an email when a script finishes

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Hey Rick... Unless you're running a web server on the same machine, the easiest way would be to use some command line email utility. Do a Google search on "command line email" and you'll see lots of options. An open source utility called Blat looks interesting. Cheers, ...sc

Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Yes .. excellent idea. BTW .. if you want an easy way to make an uber book, check out our ComboBook plugin (it's free) .. http://leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php ...scott Pinkham, Jim wrote: > Very cool idea, Carla. Thanks for this! > > -Original Message- > From: Martinek,

How to verify what was the last release of FrameMaker 7.2

2007-11-08 Thread Scott Prentice
Locate the FrameMaker version/platform in the Support > Updates section of adobe.com. FrameMaker for Windows shows 7.2p158 as the most recent update for the English version .. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22=Windows Cheers, ...scott Maxwell Hoffmann wrote: > I

HTML to Framemaker--automated method?

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Prentice
or "special" coding, you should strip this out before converting. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Jon Harvey wrote: > Everyone, > > I have about 1300 (yes, 1300) text-only (no graphics, maybe no tables > either but I'm not s

Can't See the Structure View Window

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Lin... Are you changing the StructureView/Postiion values in this INI file .. C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.2\maker.ini Just set the first two values to 0 and it should come back when you restart FM. ...scott Lin Surasky wrote: > Hi all- > > We

Conditional Build Expression

2007-10-02 Thread Scott Prentice
That *would* be sensible, but FM doesn't seem to allow parens in these expressions. It turns out that the NOT, when used within an expression, must be followed by AND .. and they must not be separated by a space. As in .. "Condition A" OR "Condition B" OR "Condition C" OR "Condition D"

FrameMaker Console

2007-10-08 Thread Scott Prentice
However, plugins may make use of the console, and I believe that it will still open with this setting disabled. I find that the best thing to do is to leave it open. Once it is open, you can minimize it or let it go to the background and it won't pop to the front any more .. as long as you

DITA in Frame 7.2

2007-10-17 Thread Scott Prentice
are offering a plugin called DITA-FMx which is available for FM7.2 (and 7.1 if needed). This is available at no cost from .. http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/ Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 obair81

looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-10-31 Thread Scott Prentice
Paths\Path\FrameMaker.exe\Path Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I am preparing an update installer to be deployed by authors in my > organisation. The update contains mainly updated EDDs and ot

problem install framemaker 8 trial version

2007-09-07 Thread Scott Prentice
You definitely don't need to uninstall FM7 to install the FM8 trial. In the dialog that asks for the serial number *should* be an option to choose the "30 Day Trial" which doesn't need a serial number. It's right below the serial number fields .. run it again and see if you missed it. ...scott

Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

2007-09-20 Thread Scott Prentice
Chris' plugins are at .. http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ but TemplateMapper's not there .. I think you have to make a special arrangement for that one. ...scott Susan Modlin wrote: > Hi Rebecca, > > I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll >

BookVars with Frame 8

2007-09-20 Thread Scott Prentice
file .. restart FM8. We plan to have all of our plugins updated to support FM8 by the end of October. If you run into any problems please let me know. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com Flato, Gillian wrote: > Has anyone tried BookVars with Frame 8?

FDK: FDK8 and Visual C++ 2003

2008-04-08 Thread Scott Prentice
can build regular clients using older versions of the compiler. If you need more info, you might want to try the "frame_dev" Yahoo group. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rick Quatro wrote: > According the FrameMaker 8 FDK Suppleme

Learning curve for FrameMaker

2008-04-29 Thread Scott Prentice
For a comprehensive list of FrameMaker plugins and many Framescripts, visit .. http://leximation.com/toolsearch/ ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Most are called plug-ins. They extend FM's capabilities and are v

Learning curve for FrameMaker

2008-04-30 Thread Scott Prentice
As usual .. an interesting writeup on this in Wikipedia .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve Apparently there is some disagreement over this one [according to the author]. Cheers! ...scott Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Thank you for that lesson, Richard. I had no idea. > > Deirdre

OT: Monitor for color correction

2008-04-30 Thread Scott Prentice
I can't comment on the color-correctness of it .. but I recently bought a "refurbished" (by Apple) 20" Cinema Display, and *love* it. They go for $499 (free shipping) .. and come up from time to time on the Apple website. I needed to get a new display adapter that supported DVI (Radeon 9500 I

IXGen with Structured FrameMaker

2008-12-04 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi... Our plugin MarkerTools, supports structured markers. It is in no way a replacement for IXGen, but it does provide a number of similar features, as well as many other useful features. http://leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
I'm not aware of any way to use source control for binary files (FM or otherwise) other than just being able to know if the file has changed (even that may not really be very accurate). And there's no way to do a useful diff of two FM files other than using the Compare utility in FM. This is

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi John... By "handle binaries" .. what did it actually do? Did it do a binary diff on the files and only store the changes or did it store each update as a whole blob? And did it provide you with the actual diffs of the content without running FM? ...scott John Posada wrote: > When I was

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
you looked at Sourcerer, from Advantica, Inc? > > Adobe has a Success Story at > www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/pdfs/advantica_ss.pdf > <http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/pdfs/advantica_ss.pdf>. > > > --- On *Mon, 12/8/08, Scott Prentice *wrote: > > Fro

Automatic way of changing the case of words

2008-12-30 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Will... I think that you'll have to resort to a custom FDK plugin or FrameScript. If you want to try the plugin route, contact me off list and we'll see what can be done. Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Whites wrote: > Hello

Modularised EDDs?

2008-02-27 Thread Scott Prentice
stub files have been implemented in DITA-FMx .. the stub files themselves are invalid, but when imported as an inset into the structapps file, work fine. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Hedley Finger wrote: > Lynne Price, Kay Whatley and ot

Modularised EDDs?

2008-02-27 Thread Scott Prentice
g with variables to define chunks >> of the EDD is a good approach for EDD maintenance. >> Note that this is how the structapp stub files have been implemented >> in DITA-FMx .. the stub files themselves are invalid, but when >> imported as an inset into the structapp

Closing all files in a book without saving?

2008-01-23 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Marta... This is one feature of our FileTools plugin .. http://leximation.com/tools/info/filetools.php Download and give the 30-day free trial a test drive to see if it's worth buying. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Berman

ANN: StructureSnippets plugin available for FM8

2008-01-31 Thread Scott Prentice
to attend the FrameMaker Chautauqua conference next month, you'll get a free copy of this plugin. For more info on the conference .. http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/pages/conf/2008chaut/index.html If you have any questions about the plugin, feel free to contact me directly. Cheers, ...scott Scot

condition-specific paragraph tags idea

2008-07-02 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Ben... If you're trying to make it so when you tag a paragraph with a particular style, it also applies a named condition to that paragraph, you'd have to do that with an FDK plugin or FrameScript. It can be done, but not out of the box. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

ANN: DITA-FMx 1.0 is now available!

2008-07-06 Thread Scott Prentice
r versions 7.1 and 7.2, remains available at no cost. Your feedback is always welcome. It's likely that we will incorporate customer suggestions into a future version of the product. Let us know what you need to make your DITA authoring in FrameMaker more efficient. Cheers, ...scott Scot

Close all chapters without saving

2008-07-17 Thread Scott Prentice
FileTools does this .. although it closes all open files, not just those in a particular book. http://leximation.com/tools/info/filetools.php It does warn you twice before performing this action, just to be sure. No hate-mail yet! :) Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

Ignore all missing files and fonts... in book

2008-07-17 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Yves... FileTools does this as well. :) http://leximation.com/tools/info/filetools.php ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi Framers, > > is there a plug-in or framescript available somewhere which allows you t

[framemaker-dita] Question about codeblock (DITA, structured frame)

2008-07-18 Thread Scott Prentice
the text to find 4) Enter \r as the text to replace 5) Select "look in" Selection 6) Change All Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Kay Whatley at Bright Path wrote: > > Hello Framers: > > I am trying to find some type of read/wri

[framemaker-dita] Question about codeblock (DITA, structuredframe)

2008-07-18 Thread Scott Prentice
Well .. typically if you've pasted in some code from a text file, you want the lines to be tight, so just one \r is all that's needed .. but if you do want more of a paragraph spacing, then two would be in order. ...scott Combs, Richard wrote: > Scott Prentice wrote: > > >&

FM8 Unicode Font issues and suggestions

2008-03-28 Thread Scott Prentice
Yikes. There seem to be a number of spacing-around-accented-characters problems cropping up. This is at least the third such version of a similar problem that I've heard of recently. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a solution at this point .. other than trying other fonts. Maybe someone else

[possible idiot question] Can DITA 8 live in FM 7?

2008-05-05 Thread Scott Prentice
's nothing special about an FM8 DITA file .. it's just DITA XML .. you can open/edit in any XML editor.) http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/ Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Art Campbell wrote: > Has anyone tried creating a DITA doc

Color of table borders...

2008-05-18 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi... I think I know the answer to this, but thought I'd check to make sure. Is there any way to set a color for table rules/borders? I'm not seeing one .. ?? Thanks! ...scott

Color of table borders...

2008-05-18 Thread Scott Prentice
e->Custom Ruling & Shading lets you change > properties of ruling styles, or create new ruling styles with > different properties. > > -Alan > --- > > Alan Houser, President > Group Wellesley, Inc. > 412-363-3481 > www.groupwellesley.com > > >

Color of table borders...

2008-05-18 Thread Scott Prentice
Oh wait, I guess I should read more carefully .. Table > Custom Ruling and Shading .. DUH ! I've seen that, but have never needed to do it so never went there. Thanks Alan! ...scott Scott Prentice wrote: > Hi Alan... > > Yeah .. I can set the color of the background of

ADVANCED QUESTION

2008-10-29 Thread Scott Prentice
ct from FM to be able to modify the cursor at any given instance. You can get information about an object on mouse click events, but not a hover. You might try the frame_dev Yahoo group to see if anyone there has any ideas. Good luck. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.lexi

Removing whitespaces from an xml file

2008-10-30 Thread Scott Prentice
to happen for a while. Regards, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Salvador.SorianoJr at wartsila.com wrote: > Hello everyone! > > My problem is this, I'm opening xml files into framemaker, with of course my > created dtd everything s

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-04 Thread Scott Prentice
You can find a list of *all* (that I'm aware of) plugins for FM at .. http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/ (I know that wasn't exactly your question, but it seemed relevant.) Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Robert Rogge wrote: >

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Scott Prentice
in and update their data and add new tools. I'm relying on those tool developers to update the system when they release a new version. Or if you (anyone) knows of any tools that have been updated or have suggestions for other tools that should be added, please let me know. Cheers, ...scott Scott

Plugins, Framescripts, etc.

2008-09-05 Thread Scott Prentice
OK .. you can now search on FM versions .. http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?type=P=FM=8.0 Cheers! ...scott Doug Cuff wrote: >> I'll definitely add a filtering option for FM versions, excellent idea. >> > > Wow--thanks! Colour me _chuffed_. > > >> Or if you (anyone) knows of any

What is the purpose of round-tripping Structured Framemaker and XML

2008-09-11 Thread Scott Prentice
M binaries. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Mike Feimster wrote: > I'm sure there are other reasons, but a some that come to mind are using > are: > > 1. Editing/processing the files with different XML editor. > 2. Processing the text with X

Renaming 300 linked graphics in Framemaker

2008-09-16 Thread Scott Prentice
I'd export the FM files to MIF, then use Perl (or some batch search and replace tool) to rename the references. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hello > Arrgh > > All my linked graphics have numbers

Element boundaries

2008-09-24 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Roger... For XML files, you need to set this property in the template associated with the structure application that you're using. Any document-based property set in the template will be passed on to the XML file when it's opened. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

Importing variables across a book

2005-12-13 Thread Scott Prentice
BookVars lets you manage/import multiple sets of variables across a book. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Sivia Atar wrote: >Hi Rebecca, > >I am also looking for a way to import only user

Apply Default Attribute Values

2005-12-16 Thread Scott Prentice
to go with the script, Rick. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Spreadbury, David wrote: > Rick, >I thought you could do this in the EDD, and you can, but it might depend >on the type of attribute. Search the Structure_Dev_Guide for default &g

Apply Default Attribute Values

2005-12-16 Thread Scott Prentice
r has no value (). It would be nice if there was some read/write rule that allowed you to enable the exporting of "default" values, of some way to make them more real .. Oh well. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rick Quatro wrote

Merge lists?

2005-11-23 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi... I'm just going to throw this out and see what comes of it .. being relatively new to both of these lists, I don't have the history to know any better. In a perfect world, is there really a need for both of these lists (FrameUsers and Framers)? Are most people actually on both lists

fmPython

2006-04-03 Thread Scott Prentice
does include a blurb saying that the installation just requires putting it in the Plugins folder .. if the DLL is in the Plugins folder, you don't need to add a line to the maker.ini. I'm going to try contacting the developer, and will let you know if I hear back on this. ...scott Scott

fmPython

2006-04-03 Thread Scott Prentice
to load the python script .. it's probably obvious, but I've moved on to other work for now. Jim, did you get a script to run yet? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Joe Malin wrote: >Notes: >* As far as I can tell from Googling, the most

Question about a trademark superscript

2006-04-04 Thread Scott Prentice
Rather than hacking the MIF file, you can use our ExtraCharFormat plugin (FREE) to set the OffsetVertical and OffsetHorizontal character style properties if you want to save the positioning as part of the character style. http://leximation.com/tools/info/extracharformat.php Enjoy! Scott

ANN: Frame plugins (and other tools)...

2006-04-04 Thread Scott Prentice
l listings, and we recently added an RSS feed that provides the list of tools updated or added in the last month. Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

Question about a trademark superscript

2006-04-04 Thread Scott Prentice
I'll put it on the list! :) Peter Gold wrote: > Cool, Scott! > > Where's the Mac version? > > At 8:23 AM -0700 4/4/06, Scott Prentice wrote: > >> Rather than hacking the MIF file, you can use our ExtraCharFormat plugin >> (FREE) to set the OffsetVertical and Of

renaming a variable

2006-04-14 Thread Scott Prentice
http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php Cheers! Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com > Is there a way (other than FrameScript and similar tools) to rename a > variable throughout a book? > > I want to rename the user variable BoldProduct to B-Bold

Variable length rule below paragraph

2006-04-27 Thread Scott Prentice
This may be too obvious, and not customizable, but the use of a Numeric Underline does basically what you're asking for (as long as the line doesn't wrap). In addition to the table method described, I've also seen this done using an anchored frame (At Insertion Point) at the end of the

Need Help Automating FrameMaker Processes

2006-04-28 Thread Scott Prentice
do what you need. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 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

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