RE: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-13 Thread Gross, Karen
Dear Framers,

I figured out what my problem was here. I had failed to set the Page
break priority in WWP's Paragraph Styles, Option tab. I thought that
placing the TopicAlias marker in a FM pgf tag that starts a new page and
setting the Table of Contents in WWP would tell WWP to start the topic
on a new page.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question. I truly appreciate your
help.

-k

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To: Bill Swallow
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Subject: RE: FrameMaker files and CHM

Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
which we're providing context-sensitive help.

I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
I'm missing something that will make it all work.

We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
number assigned to the screen by the software developers.



-Original Message-
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:40 PM
To: Gross, Karen
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

Which software are you talking about? WWP?

You most certainly don't have to have one topic per FM file. That
defeats the whole point of single-sourcing with FM and the point of
using WWP in the first place.

Can you provide details?

On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
 mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
 control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
 files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed
to
 me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
 headings, that reside in one FM file.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
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FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-13 Thread Gross, Karen
Dear Framers,

I figured out what my problem was here. I had failed to set the Page
break priority in WWP's Paragraph Styles, Option tab. I thought that
placing the TopicAlias marker in a FM pgf tag that starts a new page and
setting the Table of Contents in WWP would tell WWP to start the topic
on a new page.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question. I truly appreciate your
help.

-k

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Of Gross, Karen
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:47 PM
To: Bill Swallow
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FrameMaker files and CHM

Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
which we're providing context-sensitive help.

I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
I'm missing something that will make it all work.

We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
number assigned to the screen by the software developers.



-Original Message-
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:40 PM
To: Gross, Karen
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

Which software are you talking about? WWP?

You most certainly don't have to have one topic per FM file. That
defeats the whole point of single-sourcing with FM and the point of
using WWP in the first place.

Can you provide details?

On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen  wrote:
> I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
> mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
> control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
> files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed
to
> me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
> headings, that reside in one FM file.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
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Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-11 Thread David Schor

Karen,
WWP will generate a separate HTM file per heading (that is defined for
starting a new topic). The TopicAlias marker provides the name of the
HTM file.
Only the generated HTM files should interest your developer - it
should not matter to him/her whether the FrameMaker source is in a
single file or in multiple files.

David

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On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
which we're providing context-sensitive help.

I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
I'm missing something that will make it all work.

We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
number assigned to the screen by the software developers.


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Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-11 Thread Bill Swallow

Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
which we're providing context-sensitive help.


That has about as much to do with your source content as the
temperature in your office or the color of your socks.


I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
I'm missing something that will make it all work.


Are they using the HTML Help API? Or another API for context-sensitivity?


We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
number assigned to the screen by the software developers.


That's all you need. Just make sure your TopicAlias markers are in the
tight place (I put them in the middle of the headings) and make sure
you are splitting on those heading levels in WWP.

We produce c-s CHMs all the time from FM source using WWP and keep
much of the content in a chapter format, so there are many help topics
per FM file.

--
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
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Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-11 Thread Bill Swallow

WWP will generate a separate HTM file per heading (that is defined for
starting a new topic). The TopicAlias marker provides the name of the
HTM file.


TopicAlias markers set the c-s topic alias string for the topic, not
the filename.


Only the generated HTM files should interest your developer - it
should not matter to him/her whether the FrameMaker source is in a
single file or in multiple files.


Agreed. Your know-it-all developer is waxing ignorant. ;-)

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HATT List Owner
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FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-11 Thread David Schor
Karen,
WWP will generate a separate HTM file per heading (that is defined for
starting a new topic). The TopicAlias marker provides the name of the
HTM file.
Only the generated HTM files should interest your developer - it
should not matter to him/her whether the FrameMaker source is in a
single file or in multiple files.

David

-- 
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Senior Technical Writer
RADLAN, a Marvell Company
Tel: (+972) 3 7662823
Cellular: (+972) 54 4788253
E-mail: dschor at marvell.com
Web: www.marvell.com

On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen  wrote:
> Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
> which we're providing context-sensitive help.
>
> I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
> break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
> necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
> I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
> I'm missing something that will make it all work.
>
> We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
> screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
> the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
> number assigned to the screen by the software developers.
>



FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-11 Thread Bill Swallow
> Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
> which we're providing context-sensitive help.

That has about as much to do with your source content as the
temperature in your office or the color of your socks.

> I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
> break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
> necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
> I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
> I'm missing something that will make it all work.

Are they using the HTML Help API? Or another API for context-sensitivity?

> We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
> screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
> the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
> number assigned to the screen by the software developers.

That's all you need. Just make sure your TopicAlias markers are in the
tight place (I put them in the middle of the headings) and make sure
you are splitting on those heading levels in WWP.

We produce c-s CHMs all the time from FM source using WWP and keep
much of the content in a chapter format, so there are many help topics
per FM file.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
"I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."



FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-11 Thread Bill Swallow
> WWP will generate a separate HTM file per heading (that is defined for
> starting a new topic). The TopicAlias marker provides the name of the
> HTM file.

TopicAlias markers set the c-s topic alias string for the topic, not
the filename.

> Only the generated HTM files should interest your developer - it
> should not matter to him/her whether the FrameMaker source is in a
> single file or in multiple files.

Agreed. Your know-it-all developer is waxing ignorant. ;-)

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
"I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."



FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gross, Karen
Dear Framers,

 

Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker file
in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a pgf
tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
marker per file.

 

I'm using FM 7.2b144 and WWeP v9.2.

 

Regards,

 

Karen J. Gross

Sr. Technical Writer

Hurco Companies, Inc.

317-298-2637 ext. 2102

 

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RE: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gillian Flato
You can have as many as you want. It depends on your software. How many buttons 
do you have that point to different topics. If you have 10 help buttons that 
point to ten aliases, then you can have 10 topics. You need your software 
engineer to generate a resource.h file for you. That will tell you how many 
aliases the software has. Then you can create topic markers for all of the 
aliases and place them whereever you want. Go to the WebWorks help and search 
on context-sensitive help.
 
You can also join the webworks help group on yahoo.
 
-Gillian



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Sent: Tue 4/10/2007 12:33 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker files and CHM



Dear Framers,

have 

Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker file
in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a pgf
tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
marker per file.



I'm using FM 7.2b144 and WWeP v9.2.



Regards,



Karen J. Gross

Sr. Technical Writer

Hurco Companies, Inc.

317-298-2637 ext. 2102



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Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Bill Swallow

Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker file
in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a pgf
tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
marker per file.


You can have one TopicAlias marker per TOPIC. Usually topics are
broken down by heading levels, provided you're splitting on those
headings in WWP.

--
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
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RE: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gross, Karen
I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed to
me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
headings, that reside in one FM file.

-Original Message-
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:32 PM
To: Gross, Karen
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

 Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker
file
 in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
 ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a
pgf
 tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
 marker per file.

You can have one TopicAlias marker per TOPIC. Usually topics are
broken down by heading levels, provided you're splitting on those
headings in WWP.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
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Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Bill Swallow

Which software are you talking about? WWP?

You most certainly don't have to have one topic per FM file. That
defeats the whole point of single-sourcing with FM and the point of
using WWP in the first place.

Can you provide details?

On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed to
me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
headings, that reside in one FM file.


--
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
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FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gross, Karen
Dear Framers,



Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker file
in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a pgf
tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
marker per file.



I'm using FM 7.2b144 and WWeP v9.2.



Regards,



Karen J. Gross

Sr. Technical Writer

Hurco Companies, Inc.

317-298-2637 ext. 2102






FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gillian Flato
You can have as many as you want. It depends on your software. How many buttons 
do you have that point to different topics. If you have 10 help buttons that 
point to ten aliases, then you can have 10 topics. You need your software 
engineer to generate a resource.h file for you. That will tell you how many 
aliases the software has. Then you can create topic markers for all of the 
aliases and place them whereever you want. Go to the WebWorks help and search 
on context-sensitive help.

You can also join the webworks help group on yahoo.

-Gillian



From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of 
Gross, Karen
Sent: Tue 4/10/2007 12:33 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker files and CHM



Dear Framers,

have 

Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker file
in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a pgf
tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
marker per file.



I'm using FM 7.2b144 and WWeP v9.2.



Regards,



Karen J. Gross

Sr. Technical Writer

Hurco Companies, Inc.

317-298-2637 ext. 2102



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FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Bill Swallow
> Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker file
> in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
> ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a pgf
> tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
> marker per file.

You can have one TopicAlias marker per TOPIC. Usually topics are
broken down by heading levels, provided you're splitting on those
headings in WWP.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
"I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."



FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gross, Karen
I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed to
me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
headings, that reside in one FM file.

-Original Message-
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:32 PM
To: Gross, Karen
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

> Is it a requirement to assign one TopicAlias marker per FrameMaker
file
> in order to generate a context-sensitive CHM file using WebWorks
> ePublisher Pro? I understand that the marker needs to be placed in a
pgf
> tag that starts a new page, but I thought I could have more than one
> marker per file.

You can have one TopicAlias marker per TOPIC. Usually topics are
broken down by heading levels, provided you're splitting on those
headings in WWP.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
"I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."



FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Bill Swallow
Which software are you talking about? WWP?

You most certainly don't have to have one topic per FM file. That
defeats the whole point of single-sourcing with FM and the point of
using WWP in the first place.

Can you provide details?

On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen  wrote:
> I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
> mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
> control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
> files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed to
> me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
> headings, that reside in one FM file.

-- 
Bill Swallow
HATT List Owner
WWP-Users List Owner
Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager
http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
avid homebrewer and proud beer snob
"I see your OOO message and raise you a clue."



FrameMaker files and CHM

2007-04-10 Thread Gross, Karen
Sorry, the software to which I was referring is the application for
which we're providing context-sensitive help.

I haven't found any documentation stating anything about needing to
break up the FM files per topic. Our software developer claims it's
necessary, and our tests on the machine control prove him to be correct.
I suspect the problem is with our control's software. At the very least,
I'm missing something that will make it all work.

We're using a custom .h file that holds our topic IDs and the control
screen IDs (Map IDs).  Example: #define IDH_ScreenName 123. The text is
the same as what we put in the TopicAlias marker. The screen ID is the
number assigned to the screen by the software developers.



-Original Message-
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:40 PM
To: Gross, Karen
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FrameMaker files and CHM

Which software are you talking about? WWP?

You most certainly don't have to have one topic per FM file. That
defeats the whole point of single-sourcing with FM and the point of
using WWP in the first place.

Can you provide details?

On 4/10/07, Gross, Karen  wrote:
> I've assigned my markers, one per heading that starts a new page, and
> mapped the headings in WWP. Our software, which resides on a machine
> control, seems to require that we break up the FM file into smaller
> files, one topic per file. That doesn't sit right with me. It seemed
to
> me that I could have more than one topic, each assigned to separate
> headings, that reside in one FM file.

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