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

2007-05-22 Thread Yves Barbion
hnologies.com at lists.frameuse > rs.com] On Behalf Of Carrie Baker > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:08 PM > To: Scott Prentice > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Getting data from xml into Frame was,Do I need to jump into > the Structured FM pool? > > As I

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

2007-05-22 Thread Mike Feimster
I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? As I hoped I am getting some interesting answers. 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 Car

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

2007-05-22 Thread Yves Barbion
. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rs.com] On Behalf Of Carrie Baker Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:08 PM To: Scott Prentice Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Getting data from xml into Frame was,Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool

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

2007-05-22 Thread Mike Feimster
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rs.com] On Behalf Of Carrie Baker Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:08 PM To: Scott Prentice Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Getting data from xml into Frame was,Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? As I hoped I am getting some interesting answers. However, since

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

2007-05-21 Thread Carrie Baker
As I hoped I am getting some interesting answers. 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Carrie... For starters, you should ge

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

2007-05-21 Thread Carrie Baker
As I hoped I am getting some interesting answers. 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 XM

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

2007-05-21 Thread Carrie Baker
Slightly connected to this. We have Frame 7.2, not structured and are doing fine. We are a small (understaffed) department of 2 half time writers. There is one very large chapter of a user guide which is based on information from the programmers .xml file. Their xml file consists of a list of param

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

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
XSLT is a "scripting" language for processing XML files. See .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xslt XSLT is not a Frame-specific language, and if your developers use XML very much, someone is bound to be able to write a simple XSLT script to generate a list of parameters/fields .. something that

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

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
XSLT is a "scripting" language for processing XML files. See .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xslt XSLT is not a Frame-specific language, and if your developers use XML very much, someone is bound to be able to write a simple XSLT script to generate a list of parameters/fields .. something that

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

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Carrie... For starters, you should get ahold of an XML diff tool (just google "xml diff", and you'll see lots of options) so you can determine exactly what has changed between versions of this XML file. You should be able to get one of your developers to write an XSLT transformation that wou

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

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Carrie... For starters, you should get ahold of an XML diff tool (just google "xml diff", and you'll see lots of options) so you can determine exactly what has changed between versions of this XML file. You should be able to get one of your developers to write an XSLT transformation that wo

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

2007-05-21 Thread Carrie Baker
Slightly connected to this. We have Frame 7.2, not structured and are doing fine. We are a small (understaffed) department of 2 half time writers. There is one very large chapter of a user guide which is based on information from the programmers .xml file. Their xml file consists of a list of para

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-20 Thread mc...@allette.com.au
Lin Surasky wrote: > So I'm thinking that structured FM must be able to help, in that I could > somehow create element tags for Fixes and Issues, and then just change > the element tag for the Issues that have been fixed and somehow > regenerate the documents (how, I don't know -- do I need to ma

RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-19 Thread mcarr
Lin Surasky wrote: > So I'm thinking that structured FM must be able to help, in that I could > somehow create element tags for Fixes and Issues, and then just change > the element tag for the Issues that have been fixed and somehow > regenerate the documents (how, I don't know -- do I need to ma

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-19 Thread rebecca officer
Could you present your release notes in tables? That lets you use FM's sort function to split the bugs into resolved and not. You just have to have a column called something like "status" and then sort according to that. Then immediately before release, you can split the table up to make your 3 se

Re: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread rebecca officer
Could you present your release notes in tables? That lets you use FM's sort function to split the bugs into resolved and not. You just have to have a column called something like "status" and then sort according to that. Then immediately before release, you can split the table up to make your 3 se

RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
rain is on overload right now! Thanks! > -Original Message- > From: Gillian Flato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:55 AM > To: Lin Surasky; framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? > > I create si

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
rain is on overload right now! Thanks! > -Original Message- > From: Gillian Flato [mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:55 AM > To: Lin Surasky; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? > > I

RE: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Gillian Flato
: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so, I've been poking around at structured FM with no real goal in mind except to see

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Gillian Flato
lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Surasky Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:44 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool? Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so, I've been poking around at structured FM with no real goal in mind except to see if it might benefit us down the road. For the most part, our process is pretty linear, a

Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-18 Thread Lin Surasky
Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so, I've been poking around at structured FM with no real goal in mind except to see if it might benefit us down the road. For the most part, our process is pretty linear, an