Re: mass update of system variable
Hi Lin, Thanks very much for this help. I created a MIF file with the system variable definitions I required and then imported that into different FM books. It worked a dream, as it didn't change the user variables defined in the document (which was my concern). thanks again, Edwin From: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com To: Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.com, Cc: etudsb...@cpaglobal.com etudsb...@cpaglobal.com, Frame Users framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: 19/04/2013 15:17 Subject: Re: mass update of system variable If it helps any, I learned to do this from Shlomo. :) Yes, Edwin will have to open each book to do this, but it's still faster than editing one file in each book and importing from there. I don't think there's a plugin available that will do any better than that. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.com wrote: Hi Lin, I was sure. If you open a MIF snippet to be able to import formats from it, all variables which are not defined in the MIF snippet are populatead with the default values. That’s why I never used it to import formats from it. However, if you do import formats, it seems that these default values are _not_ imported although they are there. Strange. If you import the MIF snippet as a file, then you can import it only into a single file. Of course you can then import variables into all other files of the book. However, this is not what the poster wanted. I would make a book with all the files (from all the folders and subfolders) and use one of the plugin to import a single variable. Best regards Winfried From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:56 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: etudsb...@cpaglobal.com; Frame Users Subject: Re: mass update of system variable Really? I've used a MIF snippet in the last month to update all the variables in a book file, and that was in Frame10. (ETudsbury, I forgot to say that you have to reopen the MIF file in FrameMaker, but I figured you'd know that since the file you're importing from has to be open.) On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.com wrote: Hi, MIF snippets do not work. You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy into a single file. If you would then import the variables from this file into other files (via import formats), you would import all variables. I would recommend to check the variable plugins from Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software: http://leximation.com/tools/ http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure they would help you. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM To: etudsb...@cpaglobal.com Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: mass update of system variable MIF snippet. 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Let me know if you have questions. :) Lin On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable Running H/F1 for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e
RE: mass update of system variable
If I remember, you have to File Import File with MIF snippets. That means you have to import it one file at a time, doesn't it? (Unlike File Import Formats across a book). This is because you are actually importing the content into each file (even though it is invisible in a sense). Correct me if I'm wrong. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:32 PM To: Ed Tudsbery; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: mass update of system variable If the MIF snippet or some other approach works, you could do all files at once by creating a scratch book, using Windows' search to find all your .fm files, and dragging and dropping the found files into the book. Then, in FrameMaker, select all the files in the book and import the snippet. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as craig...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/craigede%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: mass update of system variable
Lin Sims wrote: My concern with doing that sort of thing was that Edwin said there were hundreds of files to be updated. Opening that many either all at once or one by one, as Frame does when the files aren't already open, could tie up even the most robust system for a long time. One of my first FrameMaker jobs 15 years ago in Frame 4 on a Sun platform, was to update hundreds of files with new variable values. I used the same approach, dropping all the files in a single book. It took a while, but it did work. If it was possible back then on a system with 100x less memory than you'd have available now... ;-) Harro de Jong Triview ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
Hi Craig, According to Lin, you use File Import Formats and import variables. From Lin Sims: 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Lin: please correct me if I'm understanding incorrectly. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 22-Apr-13 4:01 AM, Craig Ede wrote: If I remember, you have to File Import File with MIF snippets. That means you have to import it one file at a time, doesn't it? (Unlike File Import Formats across a book). This is because you are actually importing the content into each file (even though it is invisible in a sense). Correct me if I'm wrong. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:32 PM To: Ed Tudsbery; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: mass update of system variable If the MIF snippet or some other approach works, you could do all files at once by creating a scratch book, using Windows' search to find all your .fm files, and dragging and dropping the found files into the book. Then, in FrameMaker, select all the files in the book and import the snippet. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as craig...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/craigede%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
Shmuel, Yes, you understood correctly. That's how Shlomo showed me how to do it. I took his two FrameMaker template courses a few years ago. Lin On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Craig, According to Lin, you use File Import Formats and import variables. From Lin Sims: 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Lin: please correct me if I'm understanding incorrectly. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 22-Apr-13 4:01 AM, Craig Ede wrote: If I remember, you have to File Import File with MIF snippets. That means you have to import it one file at a time, doesn't it? (Unlike File Import Formats across a book). This is because you are actually importing the content into each file (even though it is invisible in a sense). Correct me if I'm wrong. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-bounces@lists.**frameusers.comframers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.**frameusers.comframers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:32 PM To: Ed Tudsbery; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: mass update of system variable If the MIF snippet or some other approach works, you could do all files at once by creating a scratch book, using Windows' search to find all your .fm files, and dragging and dropping the found files into the book. Then, in FrameMaker, select all the files in the book and import the snippet. __**_ You are currently subscribed to framers as craig...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe@lists.**frameusers.comframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/**mailman/options/framers/** craigede%40hotmail.comhttp://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/craigede%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. __**_ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe@lists.**frameusers.comframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/**mailman/options/framers/** shmuelw1%40gmail.comhttp://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
If the MIF snippet or some other approach works, you could do all files at once by creating a scratch book, using Windows' search to find all your .fm files, and dragging and dropping the found files into the book. Then, in FrameMaker, select all the files in the book and import the snippet. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
MIF snippet. 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Let me know if you have questions. :) Lin On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable Running H/F1 for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery -- The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: mass update of system variable
Hi, MIF snippets do not work. You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy into a single file. If you would then import the variables from this file into other files (via import formats), you would import all variables. I would recommend to check the variable plugins from Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software: http://leximation.com/tools/ http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure they would help you. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM To: etudsb...@cpaglobal.com Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: mass update of system variable MIF snippet. 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Let me know if you have questions. :) Lin On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.commailto:etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable Running H/F1 for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and immediately destroy this e-mail and its attachments. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
Really? I've used a MIF snippet in the last month to update all the variables in a book file, and that was in Frame10. (ETudsbury, I forgot to say that you have to reopen the MIF file in FrameMaker, but I figured you'd know that since the file you're importing from has to be open.) On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.comwrote: Hi, MIF snippets do not work. You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy into a single file. If you would then import the variables from this file into other files (via import formats), you would import all variables. I would recommend to check the variable plugins from Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software: http://leximation.com/tools/ http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure they would help you. Best regards Winfried *From:* framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Lin Sims *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM *To:* etudsb...@cpaglobal.com *Cc:* Frame Users *Subject:* Re: mass update of system variable MIF snippet. 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Let me know if you have questions. :) Lin On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable Running H/F1 for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery -- The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims -- This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and immediately destroy this e-mail and its attachments. -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: mass update of system variable
Hi Lin, I was sure. If you open a MIF snippet to be able to import formats from it, all variables which are not defined in the MIF snippet are populatead with the default values. That's why I never used it to import formats from it. However, if you do import formats, it seems that these default values are _not_ imported although they are there. Strange. If you import the MIF snippet as a file, then you can import it only into a single file. Of course you can then import variables into all other files of the book. However, this is not what the poster wanted. I would make a book with all the files (from all the folders and subfolders) and use one of the plugin to import a single variable. Best regards Winfried From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:56 PM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried Cc: etudsb...@cpaglobal.com; Frame Users Subject: Re: mass update of system variable Really? I've used a MIF snippet in the last month to update all the variables in a book file, and that was in Frame10. (ETudsbury, I forgot to say that you have to reopen the MIF file in FrameMaker, but I figured you'd know that since the file you're importing from has to be open.) On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.commailto:wr...@tycoint.com wrote: Hi, MIF snippets do not work. You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy into a single file. If you would then import the variables from this file into other files (via import formats), you would import all variables. I would recommend to check the variable plugins from Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software: http://leximation.com/tools/ http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure they would help you. Best regards Winfried From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM To: etudsb...@cpaglobal.commailto:etudsb...@cpaglobal.com Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: mass update of system variable MIF snippet. 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Let me know if you have questions. :) Lin On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.commailto:etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable Running H/F1 for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and immediately destroy this e-mail and its attachments. -- Lin Sims This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail
Re: mass update of system variable
If it helps any, I learned to do this from Shlomo. :) Yes, Edwin will have to open each book to do this, but it's still faster than editing one file in each book and importing from there. I don't think there's a plugin available that will do any better than that. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.comwrote: Hi Lin, I was sure. If you open a MIF snippet to be able to import formats from it, all variables which are not defined in the MIF snippet are populatead with the default values. That’s why I never used it to import formats from it. However, if you do import formats, it seems that these default values are _*not*_ imported although they are there. Strange. If you import the MIF snippet as a file, then you can import it only into a single file. Of course you can then import variables into all other files of the book. However, this is not what the poster wanted. I would make a book with all the files (from all the folders and subfolders) and use one of the plugin to import a single variable. Best regards Winfried *From:* Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2013 2:56 PM *To:* Reng, Dr. Winfried *Cc:* etudsb...@cpaglobal.com; Frame Users *Subject:* Re: mass update of system variable Really? I've used a MIF snippet in the last month to update all the variables in a book file, and that was in Frame10. (ETudsbury, I forgot to say that you have to reopen the MIF file in FrameMaker, but I figured you'd know that since the file you're importing from has to be open.) On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried wr...@tycoint.com wrote: Hi, MIF snippets do not work. You can import the MIF snippet only via import by copy into a single file. If you would then import the variables from this file into other files (via import formats), you would import all variables. I would recommend to check the variable plugins from Leximation and Silicon Prairie Software: http://leximation.com/tools/ http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ I do not know these plugins. However, I am sure they would help you. Best regards Winfried *From:* framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Lin Sims *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2013 2:36 PM *To:* etudsb...@cpaglobal.com *Cc:* Frame Users *Subject:* Re: mass update of system variable MIF snippet. 1. Open a blank document and edit the variables you want to update. 2. Save as a MIF file. 3. Open the MIF file in a TEXT editor. 4. Delete everything but the code for the variables you want to update. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open the files you want to update and import variables from the MIF snippet. Let me know if you have questions. :) Lin On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable Running H/F1 for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery -- The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims -- This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and immediately destroy this e-mail and its attachments. -- Lin Sims -- This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you
Re: mass update of system variable
And I believe if you create a book which contains each of the needed books, you can complete the task with one import. -MattMatt R. Sullivanco-authorPublishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11P:714.798.7596 |C:714.585.2335 |m...@mattrsullivan.com@mattrsullivanLinkedInfacebookmattrsullivan.com On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote:Yes, Edwin will have to open each book to do this, but it's still faster than editing one file in each book and importing from there.___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
I knew you could put books inside of books, but I haven't tried importing variables into a book file that contains other book files. I wasn't sure if Frame would open the document files as well as the book files. My concern with doing that sort of thing was that Edwin said there were hundreds of files to be updated. Opening that many either all at once or one by one, as Frame does when the files aren't already open, could tie up even the most robust system for a long time. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Matt Sullivan m...@mattrsullivan.comwrote: And I believe if you create a book which contains each of the needed books, you can complete the task with one import. -Matt Matt R. Sullivan *co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ * *P:* 714.798.7596 | *C:* 714.585.2335 | m...@mattrsullivan.com http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan@mattrsullivanhttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivanLinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivanfacebookhttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan http://mattrsullivan.com/mattrsullivan.com On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, Edwin will have to open each book to do this, but it's still faster than editing one file in each book and importing from there. -- Lin Sims facebook.pngtwitter.pnglinkedin.pngblog.png___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: mass update of system variable
And BookVars from Leximation (see http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php) is an excellent tool for the job - I maintain all my variables at the book level for consistent use. As I have also mentioned before, it is the single most used add-on to FrameMaker that I have. Highly recommended. Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 8:08 AM To: Lin Sims Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: mass update of system variable And I believe if you create a book which contains each of the needed books, you can complete the task with one import. -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | m...@mattrsullivan.commailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com [cid:image001.png@01CE3CD7.758EA180]http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan@mattrsullivanhttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan [cid:image002.png@01CE3CD7.758EA180] http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan [cid:image003.png@01CE3CD7.758EA180] http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan [cid:image004.png@01CE3CD7.758EA180] http://mattrsullivan.com/ mattrsullivan.comhttp://mattrsullivan.com/ On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, Edwin will have to open each book to do this, but it's still faster than editing one file in each book and importing from there. inline: image001.pnginline: image002.pnginline: image003.pnginline: image004.png___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: mass update of system variable
Maybe contact Rick Quatro -- might be a job for his script wizardry. Tori Muir tm...@spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674 www.spot-on-creative.com On 4/19/13 5:25 AM, etudsb...@cpaglobal.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to update the definition for the system variable "Running H/F1" for hundreds of FrameMaker 7.2 files. I don't want to update other user variables, so I can't use the Import Formats Variable definitions method. Does anyone know of a painless way of doing this? regards, Edwin Tudsbery The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as tm...@spot-on-creative.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/tmuir%40spot-on-creative.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
