Structured FrameMaker -> RoboHelp/Air?

2010-11-24 Thread Jakob Fix
om [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 1:52 PM > To: Framers List > Subject: Structured FrameMaker -> Robobhelp/Air? > > Hi, > > We have a publication as structured FrameMaker 9 files that I thought &

Re: Structured FrameMaker -> RoboHelp/Air?

2010-11-24 Thread Jakob Fix
pping and publishing process. > > Please do share your feedback. > > Thanks > Mahesh > > Product Manager > Adobe Technical Communication Suite > mah...@adobe.com       +91-120-2444711 > > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com &g

Structured FrameMaker -> Robobhelp/Air?

2010-11-22 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, We have a publication as structured FrameMaker 9 files that I thought I could quite easily publish with TCS 2.0's FrameMaker/Robohelp/Air integration. However, in the meantime I've been told that Robohelp is only able to take into account any formatting styles defined in FrameMaker but not th

Structured FrameMaker -> Robobhelp/Air?

2010-11-22 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, We have a publication as structured FrameMaker 9 files that I thought I could quite easily publish with TCS 2.0's FrameMaker/Robohelp/Air integration. However, in the meantime I've been told that Robohelp is only able to take into account any formatting styles defined in FrameMaker but not th

convert inline elements to xrefs

2010-10-28 Thread Jakob Fix
ore thoughts? Thanks, Jakob. > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 9:02 AM > To: Framers List > Subject: convert inline elem

convert inline elements to xrefs

2010-10-28 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I have elements like this one report 15 which are defined in the DTD as normal elements. Now, I have been asked to convert them all to native FrameMaker xref elements, (with the correct xref format if possible). As there are hundreds if not thousands of these falsexref elements, I need to fi

Re: convert inline elements to xrefs

2010-10-28 Thread Jakob Fix
any more thoughts? Thanks, Jakob. > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 9:02 AM > To: Framers List > Subject: convert inline elements to x

convert inline elements to xrefs

2010-10-28 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I have elements like this one report 15 which are defined in the DTD as normal elements. Now, I have been asked to convert them all to native FrameMaker xref elements, (with the correct xref format if possible). As there are hundreds if not thousands of these falsexref elements, I need to fi

can one force a dropdown menu state?

2010-06-18 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, is there an option in FrameMaker 9's maker.ini file or any other way to force the "Source Type" drop-down menu in the Cross-Reference dialog panel to default to "Elements Sorted by ID"? I had a look at maker.ini as well as the some of the fminit/config/*.cfg files but I can't see anything that

can one force a dropdown menu state?

2010-06-18 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, is there an option in FrameMaker 9's maker.ini file or any other way to force the "Source Type" drop-down menu in the Cross-Reference dialog panel to default to "Elements Sorted by ID"? I had a look at maker.ini as well as the some of the fminit/config/*.cfg files but I can't see anything that

EDD rule that refers to the book element - impossible?

2010-06-15 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, please consider this: I have a structured book with a large number of components. The book structure conforms to the EDD, i.e. validating the book works. The top element of the book, has a @status attribute that can be either "draft" or "publishable". In the component files, I have xrefs that

EDD rule that refers to the book element - impossible?

2010-06-15 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, please consider this: I have a structured book with a large number of components. The book structure conforms to the EDD, i.e. validating the book works. The top element of the book, has a @status attribute that can be either "draft" or "publishable". In the component files, I have xrefs that

find all xrefs for an ID in FrameMaker?

2010-06-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Bill, Matt, good idea, the index of markers. I very rarely use them, so I completely forgot about them. I'll try that for starters. The need is indeed to find all cross references for a given element. I must admit my reference for this stems from Oxygen XML's behaviour where you execute an Xpath

find all xrefs for an ID in FrameMaker?

2010-06-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I'd like to find all cross-references to a given element identified by its ID attribute, preferably across a book. I'd like to be able to see them in the cross-references panel at the bottom screen but have failed so far. Any ideas? Thanks, Jakob.

Re: find all xrefs for an ID in FrameMaker?

2010-06-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Bill, Matt, good idea, the index of markers. I very rarely use them, so I completely forgot about them. I'll try that for starters. The need is indeed to find all cross references for a given element. I must admit my reference for this stems from Oxygen XML's behaviour where you execute an Xpath

find all xrefs for an ID in FrameMaker?

2010-06-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I'd like to find all cross-references to a given element identified by its ID attribute, preferably across a book. I'd like to be able to see them in the cross-references panel at the bottom screen but have failed so far. Any ideas? Thanks, Jakob. _

problems with long URLs in PDFs

2010-04-21 Thread Jakob Fix
Shlomo, that's a very nice explanation of our problem, thank you! Also, in this context, your recommendations make perfect sense. Does MicroType or another software developper possibly propose a tool/plugin that can automate the hypertext link creation part based on an element in our structured F

Re: problems with long URLs in PDFs

2010-04-21 Thread Jakob Fix
Shlomo, that's a very nice explanation of our problem, thank you! Also, in this context, your recommendations make perfect sense. Does MicroType or another software developper possibly propose a tool/plugin that can automate the hypertext link creation part based on an element in our structured F

problems with long URLs in PDFs

2010-04-20 Thread Jakob Fix
ding " " around URLs > with special characters? > > -Lief > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:37 AM > To: Frame

problems with long URLs in PDFs

2010-04-20 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, co-workers of mine have trouble with some long URLs that break over lines and some may also contain "special" characters such as question marks or parentheses. Please note that we're using Acrobat to create the PDF and that the Generate Tagged PDF option is selected (as documented here: http:/

Re: problems with long URLs in PDFs

2010-04-20 Thread Jakob Fix
" " around URLs > with special characters? > > -Lief > > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:37 AM > To: Framers List &

problems with long URLs in PDFs

2010-04-20 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, co-workers of mine have trouble with some long URLs that break over lines and some may also contain "special" characters such as question marks or parentheses. Please note that we're using Acrobat to create the PDF and that the Generate Tagged PDF option is selected (as documented here: http:/

control the size of the element tags in document

2009-12-21 Thread Jakob Fix
thanks Scott, that was kind of what I was expecting. cheers, Jakob. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 18:05, Scott Prentice wrote: > Other than by changing the zoom size of the whole document, I've never seen > a way to do this. > > ...scott > > > Jakob Fix wrote: >&

Re: control the size of the element tags in document

2009-12-21 Thread Jakob Fix
thanks Scott, that was kind of what I was expecting. cheers, Jakob. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 18:05, Scott Prentice wrote: > Other than by changing the zoom size of the whole document, I've never seen > a way to do this. > > ...scott > > > Jakob Fix wrote: >&

control the size of the element tags in document

2009-12-21 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I've been asked whether it's possible to control the font size of the element tags that are displayed in the document when View > Element Boundaries (as Tags) is activated. I looked in the maker.ini file but didn't find anything that seemed related. Is there? Jakob.

control the size of the element tags in document

2009-12-21 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I've been asked whether it's possible to control the font size of the element tags that are displayed in the document when View > Element Boundaries (as Tags) is activated. I looked in the maker.ini file but didn't find anything that seemed related. Is there? Jakob. _

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
ng so. The matter is now in the capable hands of the Miramo support staff who actually monitor this list as I found out. Thanks again. Jakob. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 15:33, Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I've now spent hours scouring the list archive and reading dozens of &

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Thanks Stuart, all very useful information. It's been some time that I haven't used FrameMaker in-depth ... Jakob. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 18:24, Stuart Rogers wrote: > Jakob Fix wrote: >> >> Richard, I should have said this in my initial message, but yes I >

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Please find a screenshot of the section break/discontinued page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfix/4190175063/sizes/o/ Page eight is the first page, page nine the last page of the document. Although Rick explained it to me, I still have problems recognizing that this is a disconnected page

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
or a quite long time! cheers, Jakob. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:49, Combs, Richard wrote: > Jakob Fix wrote: > >> So this means that Frame doesn't consider it an empty page and doesn't >> delete it. ?Which makes perfect sense. >> >> Also, I just ran Miramo

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:07, Art Campbell wrote: > The Section symbol is a paragraph. So if it's on the second page... you have > content there even if there's no textual content. So this means that Frame doesn't consider it an empty page and doesn't delete it. Which makes perfect sense. Also

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Richard, I should have said this in my initial message, but yes I checked this and found the Pagination > Start: Anywhere for the first paragraph (which is actually the table itself). On the second page the only thing that's visible (if text symbols is toggled on) is the ? sign. Another observatio

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I've now spent hours scouring the list archive and reading dozens of posts dealing with apparently the same problem as us, but none of the workarounds and solutions work for us. ?Please allow me to expose the problem: We have a book containing about 500 unstructured one-page documents whic

Re: how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
ng so. The matter is now in the capable hands of the Miramo support staff who actually monitor this list as I found out. Thanks again. Jakob. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 15:33, Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I've now spent hours scouring the list archive and reading dozens of &

Re: how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Thanks Stuart, all very useful information. It's been some time that I haven't used FrameMaker in-depth ... Jakob. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 18:24, Stuart Rogers wrote: > Jakob Fix wrote: >> >> Richard, I should have said this in my initial message, but yes I >

Re: how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Please find a screenshot of the section break/discontinued page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfix/4190175063/sizes/o/ Page eight is the first page, page nine the last page of the document. Although Rick explained it to me, I still have problems recognizing that this is a disconnected page

Re: how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
or a quite long time! cheers, Jakob. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:49, Combs, Richard wrote: > Jakob Fix wrote: > >> So this means that Frame doesn't consider it an empty page and doesn't >> delete it.  Which makes perfect sense. >> >> Also, I just ran Miramo again

Re: how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:07, Art Campbell wrote: > The Section symbol is a paragraph. So if it's on the second page... you have > content there even if there's no textual content. So this means that Frame doesn't consider it an empty page and doesn't delete it. Which makes perfect sense. Also

Re: how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Richard, I should have said this in my initial message, but yes I checked this and found the Pagination > Start: Anywhere for the first paragraph (which is actually the table itself). On the second page the only thing that's visible (if text symbols is toggled on) is the § sign. Another observatio

how to prevent empty pages in a book? (part xxviii)

2009-12-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I've now spent hours scouring the list archive and reading dozens of posts dealing with apparently the same problem as us, but none of the workarounds and solutions work for us.  Please allow me to expose the problem: We have a book containing about 500 unstructured one-page documents whic

custom text plugin wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Jakob Fix
k into developing it. > > Cheers, > > ...scott > > Scott Prentice > Leximation, Inc. > www.leximation.com > +1.415.485.1892 > > > > Jakob Fix wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> We're looking at weaning our authors off a previous XML au

custom text plugin wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Jakob Fix
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? DoD 358 > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Jakob Fix wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> We're looking at weaning our authors off a previous XML authoring tool >> (Syntext Serna) and get them accustomed to FrameMaker 9 (structured). >&

Re: custom text plugin wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Jakob Fix
k into developing it. > > Cheers, > > ...scott > > Scott Prentice > Leximation, Inc. > www.leximation.com > +1.415.485.1892 > > > > Jakob Fix wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> We're looking at weaning our authors off a previous XML au

Re: custom text plugin wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Jakob Fix
                  DoD 358 > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Jakob Fix wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> We're looking at weaning our authors off a previous XML authoring tool >> (Syntext Serna) and get them accustomed to FrameMaker 9 (structured). >&

custom text plugin wanted

2009-11-24 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, We're looking at weaning our authors off a previous XML authoring tool (Syntext Serna) and get them accustomed to FrameMaker 9 (structured). One of the things they really liked with the previous tool was the possibility to create easily graphical buttons in the menu bar and associate them w

custom text plugin wanted

2009-11-24 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, We're looking at weaning our authors off a previous XML authoring tool (Syntext Serna) and get them accustomed to FrameMaker 9 (structured). One of the things they really liked with the previous tool was the possibility to create easily graphical buttons in the menu bar and associate them w

FM files unaccessible on file server [RESOLVED]

2009-10-20 Thread Jakob Fix
ve. ?Hope this helps the few people who encountered the same problems as we did. cheers, Jakob. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:48, Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > we have intermittent problems with access to FM files stored on a > central file server (running Windows 2003 Server). When

Re: FM files unaccessible on file server [RESOLVED]

2009-10-19 Thread Jakob Fix
ve.  Hope this helps the few people who encountered the same problems as we did. cheers, Jakob. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:48, Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > we have intermittent problems with access to FM files stored on a > central file server (running Windows 2003 Server). When

FM files unaccessible on file server

2009-08-27 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, we have intermittent problems with access to FM files stored on a central file server (running Windows 2003 Server). When trying to open a document, users get a FrameMaker popup like this: You do not have read access to \\server\path\to\file.fm. Investigating directly on the server, I fou

FM files unaccessible on file server

2009-08-26 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, we have intermittent problems with access to FM files stored on a central file server (running Windows 2003 Server). When trying to open a document, users get a FrameMaker popup like this: You do not have read access to \\server\path\to\file.fm. Investigating directly on the server, I fou

installation of FrameMaker 8 not completed - automatic rollback

2009-06-04 Thread Jakob Fix
lease let the suggestions coming! I may uninstall FrameMaker 7.0, just to see if it makes a difference. Thank you again, Jakob. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 15:36, Helen Borrie wrote: > At 09:51 PM 4/06/2009, Jakob Fix wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm trying to install FrameMaker 8

installation of FrameMaker 8 not completed - automatic rollback

2009-06-04 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I'm trying to install FrameMaker 8 on a development machine running Windows 2003 Server. On this machine we already have FrameMaker 7.0. At the very end of the installation procedure (I had C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker8 open and saw the files) just before it says that everything is fine

Re: installation of FrameMaker 8 not completed - automatic rollback

2009-06-04 Thread Jakob Fix
lease let the suggestions coming! I may uninstall FrameMaker 7.0, just to see if it makes a difference. Thank you again, Jakob. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 15:36, Helen Borrie wrote: > At 09:51 PM 4/06/2009, Jakob Fix wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm trying to install FrameMaker 8

installation of FrameMaker 8 not completed - automatic rollback

2009-06-04 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, I'm trying to install FrameMaker 8 on a development machine running Windows 2003 Server. On this machine we already have FrameMaker 7.0. At the very end of the installation procedure (I had C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker8 open and saw the files) just before it says that everything is fine

conversion table question

2008-10-20 Thread Jakob Fix
Thanks Rick, now that we've managed to structure error-free documents, we no longer get the Id attributes. Weird. Anyway, thanks for your reply, as usual! :) On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Jakob, > > These Id and Idref attributes are usually created to facilitate con

Re: conversion table question

2008-10-20 Thread Jakob Fix
Thanks Rick, now that we've managed to structure error-free documents, we no longer get the Id attributes. Weird. Anyway, thanks for your reply, as usual! :) On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Rick Quatro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jakob, > > These Id and Idref attributes are usually created

conversion table question

2008-10-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, we're evaluating (rather successfully up to some point, I should say) the use of FM8 to structure an unstructured document using a conversion table. The one problem we encounter and can't pin down is the presence of an *Id* (Mixed case) attribute. We use an unstructured document without any

conversion table question

2008-10-16 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, we're evaluating (rather successfully up to some point, I should say) the use of FM8 to structure an unstructured document using a conversion table. The one problem we encounter and can't pin down is the presence of an *Id* (Mixed case) attribute. We use an unstructured document without any

footnote trouble

2008-07-21 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, This may be an easy one for you, but I have no idea and a deadline ... We have some footnotes in a structured FrameMaker document (7.2) where the call of the footnote is on one page, but the footnote itself finds itself on the next page. Usually, this is the case when the footnote call is on

footnote trouble

2008-07-21 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, This may be an easy one for you, but I have no idea and a deadline ... We have some footnotes in a structured FrameMaker document (7.2) where the call of the footnote is on one page, but the footnote itself finds itself on the next page. Usually, this is the case when the footnote call is on

how to take an element out of the flow

2008-04-29 Thread Jakob Fix
ng table ruling to draw a box > around the content. > > 3) Consider using XSLT to move the from the end of the document > to the beginning on the way into FrameMaker and back to the end on the way > out. > > --Lynne > > > At 03:50 PM 4/23/2008, Jakob Fix wrote:

Re: how to take an element out of the flow

2008-04-29 Thread Jakob Fix
proach precludes using table ruling to draw a box > around the content. > > 3) Consider using XSLT to move the from the end of the document > to the beginning on the way into FrameMaker and back to the end on the way > out. > > --Lynne > > > At 03:50 PM 4/2

how to take an element out of the flow

2008-04-24 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I have a lot of XML files with the same structure which contain among other things an element variable amount of text here which comes as the last element of the document. Each document represents two or four pages of the final document. The element should appear inside a box on the bott

how to take an element out of the flow

2008-04-23 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I have a lot of XML files with the same structure which contain among other things an element variable amount of text here which comes as the last element of the document. Each document represents two or four pages of the final document. The element should appear inside a box on the bott

importing/structuring docx into FrameMaker?

2008-03-13 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi Martin, thanks for your reply. The main problem I'm facing is that our authors are using a modified version of Word 2007. Even though this is a modified version which guides the author to use the appropriate paragraph and character styles, it will still export docx documents. So, in my situat

importing/structuring docx into FrameMaker?

2008-03-13 Thread Jakob Fix
structure documents to DITA, I use MIF2Go instead. > > Kind regards > > > Yves Barbion > Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor > Scripto > Belgium > > > > > Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if anybody is using the "Structure cu

Re: importing/structuring docx into FrameMaker?

2008-03-13 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi Martin, thanks for your reply. The main problem I'm facing is that our authors are using a modified version of Word 2007. Even though this is a modified version which guides the author to use the appropriate paragraph and character styles, it will still export docx documents. So, in my situat

Re: importing/structuring docx into FrameMaker?

2008-03-13 Thread Jakob Fix
> When I need to (re)structure documents to DITA, I use MIF2Go instead. > > Kind regards > > > Yves Barbion > Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor > Scripto > Belgium > > > > > Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if anybody is us

importing/structuring docx into FrameMaker?

2008-03-11 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I was wondering if anybody is using the "Structure current document" functionality in FM8 to structure imported Office 2007 documents, and whether this method can be recommended, or whether there are shortcomings that one should know about before going down this route. -- cheers, Jakob.

importing/structuring docx into FrameMaker?

2008-03-11 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I was wondering if anybody is using the "Structure current document" functionality in FM8 to structure imported Office 2007 documents, and whether this method can be recommended, or whether there are shortcomings that one should know about before going down this route. -- cheers, Jakob. _

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi Rick, everybody, On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:54 PM, wrote: > What I find funny about the ORIGINAL posted question regarding the future of > Framemaker is that it did not make it into my regular email, my server > identified it as spam and junk mail, I just happened to see it as I was > delet

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Jakob Fix
b 14, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Lin Surasky wrote: > Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again > for oh, at least another week or so > Where does the time go? > ;-) > > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at l

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I would like to know if anybody has some reliable first-hand information about the future of FrameMaker. I have recently heard of people having attended Adobe training sessions for FrameMaker that Adobe may/will probably stop FrameMaker development. As the organization I am working for is

Re: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi Rick, everybody, On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:54 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I find funny about the ORIGINAL posted question regarding the future of > Framemaker is that it did not make it into my regular email, my server > identified it as spam and junk mail, I just happened to see i

Re: future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Jakob Fix
b 14, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Lin Surasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gosh, has it been 4 months ALREADY? I didn't think this would come up again > for oh, at least another week or so > Where does the time go? > ;-) > > > > -Original Message- > From:

future of FrameMaker

2008-02-14 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I would like to know if anybody has some reliable first-hand information about the future of FrameMaker. I have recently heard of people having attended Adobe training sessions for FrameMaker that Adobe may/will probably stop FrameMaker development. As the organization I am working for is

cudspan dobatch plugin problem (FrameMaker crashes)

2008-01-08 Thread Jakob Fix
thanks Fred, while I am pretty sure that I have disabled this dialogue box in the preferences already, I'll verify again tomorrow. every suggestion is welcome! in the meantime, I am also exploring the runfm batch. On Jan 8, 2008 8:30 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: > > It occurs to me that the problem

Re: cudspan dobatch plugin problem (FrameMaker crashes)

2008-01-08 Thread Jakob Fix
thanks Fred, while I am pretty sure that I have disabled this dialogue box in the preferences already, I'll verify again tomorrow. every suggestion is welcome! in the meantime, I am also exploring the runfm batch. On Jan 8, 2008 8:30 PM, Fred Ridder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It occurs to

cudspan dobatch plugin problem (FrameMaker crashes)

2008-01-05 Thread Jakob Fix
thanks Rick, Jeremy, everyone, for your feedback. I think it's a good idea to develop a plan "B" as a fallback solution, so I think we'll go down the runfm route. On Jan 4, 2008 11:42 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:35:47 +0100, "Jakob Fix"

Re: cudspan dobatch plugin problem (FrameMaker crashes)

2008-01-05 Thread Jakob Fix
thanks Rick, Jeremy, everyone, for your feedback. I think it's a good idea to develop a plan "B" as a fallback solution, so I think we'll go down the runfm route. On Jan 4, 2008 11:42 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:35:47

cudspan dobatch plugin problem (FrameMaker crashes)

2008-01-04 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello and happy new year to all, I have a problem with Chris Despopoulos' DoBatch plugin from his Cudspan series of plugins. Judging from the mailing list he hasn't made an appearance yet, but maybe somebody else can clarify. We're using the DoBatch plugin to save several hundred files (in a nu

cudspan dobatch plugin problem (FrameMaker crashes)

2008-01-04 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello and happy new year to all, I have a problem with Chris Despopoulos' DoBatch plugin from his Cudspan series of plugins. Judging from the mailing list he hasn't made an appearance yet, but maybe somebody else can clarify. We're using the DoBatch plugin to save several hundred files (in a nu

looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-11-05 Thread Jakob Fix
eers, > > ...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

Re: looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-11-05 Thread Jakob Fix
er.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. T

looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-10-31 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I am preparing an update installer to be deployed by authors in my organisation. The update contains mainly updated EDDs and other supporting files and will be copied to the Structure subdirectory. I need to determine the location of where FrameMaker has been installed, as not all authors

looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-10-31 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I am preparing an update installer to be deployed by authors in my organisation. The update contains mainly updated EDDs and other supporting files and will be copied to the Structure subdirectory. I need to determine the location of where FrameMaker has been installed, as not all authors

automating a custom save command?

2007-02-07 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I would like to automate a task that consists of saving all files in a book using a *custom* save command that is available through the use of a custom FDK client, without reprogramming the client. Currently, I have to open the book, open all files inside it, and then save them one by one,

automating a custom save command?

2007-02-07 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I would like to automate a task that consists of saving all files in a book using a *custom* save command that is available through the use of a custom FDK client, without reprogramming the client. Currently, I have to open the book, open all files inside it, and then save them one by one

problem with PDF batch processing (cudspan batch + watched folder)

2006-05-18 Thread Jakob Fix
Jeremy, thanks for your answer. See comments further down. Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > I wrote: > [...] > >What could the problem be, and how can I solve this? > > There seems to be an intermittent problem in Frame itself. > When we added the ability to make PDF to our runfm.exe tool, > we ran i

Re: problem with PDF batch processing (cudspan batch + watched folder)

2006-05-18 Thread Jakob Fix
Jeremy, thanks for your answer. See comments further down. Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: I wrote: [...] >What could the problem be, and how can I solve this? There seems to be an intermittent problem in Frame itself. When we added the ability to make PDF to our runfm.exe tool, we ran into this

problem with PDF batch processing (cudspan batch + watched folder)

2006-05-17 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello Peter, On 5/17/06, Peter Gold wrote: > Hi, Jakob: > > I have a few guesses that might help track down the problem: > > * Set Distiller to check the watched folder at greater intervals, to > give more time for the .ps files to be written completely. (Just a > hunch.) I had it set to 10 secs

problem with PDF batch processing (cudspan batch + watched folder)

2006-05-17 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I have put together a process to batch process our FrameMaker files to create PDF files, like this: step 1) the Cudspan batch tool helps me create the batch file for a given book (the batch file contains three instructions for each FrameMaker file contained in the book: 1) open the file, 2

Re: problem with PDF batch processing (cudspan batch + watched folder)

2006-05-17 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello Peter, On 5/17/06, Peter Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Jakob: I have a few guesses that might help track down the problem: * Set Distiller to check the watched folder at greater intervals, to give more time for the .ps files to be written completely. (Just a hunch.) I had it set

problem with PDF batch processing (cudspan batch + watched folder)

2006-05-17 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, I have put together a process to batch process our FrameMaker files to create PDF files, like this: step 1) the Cudspan batch tool helps me create the batch file for a given book (the batch file contains three instructions for each FrameMaker file contained in the book: 1) open the file,

Newbie with Questions

2006-03-28 Thread Jakob Fix
Kevin, On 3/28/06, Kevin Rusnak wrote: [...] > MY ULTIMATE GOAL: > 1. One of our line of business applications will produce XML from a > button click. I have been told from a buddy of mine that is handling > that end of the experiment that he can make the XML look like whatever I > want. > > 2. W

Re: Newbie with Questions

2006-03-28 Thread Jakob Fix
Kevin, On 3/28/06, Kevin Rusnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > MY ULTIMATE GOAL: > 1. One of our line of business applications will produce XML from a > button click. I have been told from a buddy of mine that is handling > that end of the experiment that he can make the XML look like whatever

Importing a very large DocBook XML file kills FM 7.2

2006-02-06 Thread Jakob Fix
John, On 06/02/06, John Pitt wrote: > Q3 Is there anything I can do? We would prefer not to cut up the xml > file as we want all chapters to talk to each other without spending long > periods resolving broken xrefs. coming from the XML end of things, my first question would be: Is the XML file

Re: Importing a very large DocBook XML file kills FM 7.2

2006-02-06 Thread Jakob Fix
John, On 06/02/06, John Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q3 Is there anything I can do? We would prefer not to cut up the xml > file as we want all chapters to talk to each other without spending long > periods resolving broken xrefs. coming from the XML end of things, my first question would b

[SOLVED] Case of attribute values modified on import SGML->FrameMaker 5.5.6

2006-02-02 Thread Jakob Fix
Dave, On 02/02/06, Dave Searle wrote: > Hi Jakob, > > It sounds as if your "id" attribute is declared in the DTD to have a > value of type "ID" which is a name. Thus it has to conform the name > character rules and is also affected by the NAMECASE settings. pure genius! Yes, I just checked, and

Case of attribute values modified on import SGML->FrameMaker 5.5.6

2006-02-02 Thread Jakob Fix
Hello, consider this puzzling little problem: I have an SGML document containing a number of unique ID attributes following this kind of scheme: id="ABCD.03.55816DE001BDF8FA". When importing this document into FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6 (but 7.2 showed the same results), some values are, surpisingly,

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