FrameMaker

My department has recently finished converting to Frame 2017, updating tags/formats/layouts, and many other activities to bring some old Frame files into the modern world. We're at the point where we can realistically begin automating and simplifying various processes, which is leading us to the land of extendscript.I'd like to script the complete removal of individual character tags from text. Adobe has provided the very useful SuperFindChange script, which can swap one tag for another. I'm wondering if there is some easy way for a complete novice, like myself, to modify the script to simply remove the tag rather than swap it. I can manually copy a character format, use Find to locate the tag I want to strip, and then replace the tag with the copied format. I can also do the classic, Default Font and then reapply the paragraph tag (for paragraphs that are completely character tagged). It seems like I should be able to script it without too much fuss, but I'm probably oversimplifying.M

Hello all,Is it possible to change the text that defaults in the TitleTOC (is this considered a Style)?  I only want the text to read "Content".  Here is a snapshot of what it currently defaults to when creating a TOC:Many thanks in advance.Ben

When adding text in the cell directly above, the last row in my table disappears, and I'm not sure how to get it to appear.  The content is there, it just gets pushed below...Before:After:Where does it go?

Hi. Big problem with the recent upgrade to FM 2017. The en rules are not non-breaking any more, and I can't fix it using Text Options. It didn't happen with the previous version of FM. It means any document that gets opened up now will be messed up in a big way. Anybody had this happen to them, and know how to resolve it?

Tables in Word are recreated in Framemaker 13....styles are already set up for this, putting the data in the correct font size, centered (or not), etc....there are FM table styles for the table header row, the main body cells, and the footnotes. Currently, I am copying each individual Word table cell's contents, and then "paste special"ing each into the corresponding Framemaker table cell (choosing "as text" from the pulldown menu that appears, and hitting "ok")....after the initial copying in Word, it's several keystrokes, including a mouse move up to that pulldown menu, just to paste in each cell, over and over and over again. It would be so nice to be able to automate (with scripts, or macros?) just the pasting-in part....ie. I would copy the number in the Word cell, and then by clicking the mouse pointer in the correct Framemaker table cell and executing some custom keystroke, the "paste special" and choosing of "text" would happen automatically.....and, viola! the number magically

Hello Team, My requirement was: embed a shell script in the guide. I have imported the shell script using File >Import >Objects. In the Object dialog, i have selected the Packages option and select the Display as icon check box. Encountering error:In the FM file, the icon is there and the script works well when i click it, but when i publish PDF, nothing appears.Please help! This is very urgent. I have to deliver deliverables. Regards, Sarabjeet

[Book with 30 FM files. I had four files that were missing bookmarks, which prompted me to try fixing the problem. Big mistake].Because FM won't allow me to set the order of paragraphs in the Include Paragraphs box (default is alphabetical), I'm stuck with this order: 1Head, 2Head, Chapter Title, Procedure Title (with appropriate indents).Unfortunately, that's the order in which the Bookmarks actually appear in the saved PDF: that is, the 1Head and 2Head bookmarks appear above (before) the Chapter Title. I tried setting an umbrella setting for the entire book, but that only resulted in dozens of unwanted paragraphs (Step_1, Table_Cap_Next, etc.) added to the PDF settings for each file in the bookPerhaps related to this issue, is that the TOC had the same problem, but I could at least reorder the TOC entries manually.

I am new to Framemaker and have inherited a book file where the structure is not valid. It has a high level tag of NoName and BOOK-COMPONENTS for each .fm file it contains.I want to know how to edit these tags so I can make this have a valid structure. I have searched the help and have found the following advice:'A new book file has a structure with a highest-level element called NoName and an element called BOOK-COMPONENT for each document and generated file you added to the book. When you update the book, the elements for structured files change to the tag of the highest-level element from the file.In most cases, you need to make a few corrections in the structure of a book file after updating. For example, you should change the NoName element to the highest-level element defined for the book. And if any file elements are still called BOOK-COMPONENT, add structure to those files and then generate and update again.'But it does not say HOW to do the above. Can anyone please help me?I c

Hi,I am trying to get Condition tag name if present for TextItem inside paragraphF_TextRangeT trSel, trFound;F_IntsT condIds;F_PropValsT findParams;trSel.beg.objId = trSel.end.objId = hPgfId;trSel.beg.offset = trSel.end.offset = 0;findParams = F_ApiAllocatePropVals(1);findParams.val[0].propIdent.num = FS_FindText;findParams.val[0].propVal.valType = FT_String;//For demo "c" is the first character in the string of every F_TextItemTfindParams.val[0].propVal.u.sval = F_StrCopyString((ConStringT)"c");trFound = F_ApiFind(docId, &trSel.beg, &findParams);//Setting insertion pointF_ApiSetTextRange(FV_SessionId, m_doc.getDocId(), FP_TextSelection, &trFound);//Get condition ids at insertion pointcondIds = F_ApiGetInts(FV_SessionId, docId, FP_InCond);I am able to get the name by making every textitem a insertion point and fetching its condition values.Is there any way to fetch conditional tag name without adding insertion point for a textItem?Thanks,Abhijeet[Moved to Scripting Forum by

Hello,I created a framemaker document with the following content:HeadingBody text before frameFirst line of text frame in anchored frameLast line of text frame in anchored frameAfter FrameWhen I export it to HTML ("Save as" -> HTML) the contents of the anchored frame are converted into an image. The following is the code I get (leaving out the HTML headers) - note the IMG:<TITLE>Heading</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><DIV><H2 class="Heading1"><A NAME="pgfId-473591"></A>Heading</H2><P class="Body"><A NAME="pgfId-929642"></A>Body text before frame</P><P class="Body"><A NAME="pgfId-929663"></A> </P><DIV><MAP NAME="Test_Export-1"></MAP><IMG SRC="Test_Export-1.gif" USEMAP="#Test_Export-1" ALT=""></DIV><P class="Body"><A NAME="pgfId-929653"></A>After Frame</P></DIV></BODY>Framemaker is also generating the Test_Export-1.gif image

Using Framemaker 13, I have an index as a part of each book and a master index for a meta-book that contains all of my files. The indexes are all working properly. The one thing I can't figure out is if there is a way to have an index entry that is at one level in an individual book, appear at a different level in master index without adding unneeded levels (see Book B below) in the individual books.Here's an example (with my apologies to vegetarians and vegans):Book A index:dairy cattleGuernsey nHolstein nJersey nmeat cattleAngus nBraford nTexon nBook B indexbreeding nfeeding nmilking nMaster index (desired result):dairy cattlebreeding B-nfeeding B-nGuernsey A-nHolstein A-nJersey A-nmilking B-n

how can I use Adobe frame maker to describe a nonfiction book?

Our department has to output several large policy manuals (5k to 10k pages) each month for an internal audience of several thousand users. One of our requirements is that each month's changes should be visible to the users. So deleted text is shown as strike through and new text is colored. Whether it's optimal or advisable is irrelevant—suffice it to say that changing the requirement is an impossibility. We'd like to use tracked changes to satisfy the requirement, but these manuals are published and then archived on an internal website that includes 10+ years of materials. We publish using Frame 2017's Responsive HTML option, and it doesn't seem to want to show the markup. It will show the deleted and added text, but no color or strike through. We've been forced to use character tagging to indicate changes, but, as you can imagine, with 5k to 10k page manuals and sometimes thousands of changes per month, it's incredibly inefficient and inconvenient to first make and tag the changes, b

Hello,I am looking at a file (.fm) and I see that there are Condition Tags within.  The names of these tags however, lead me to believe they were carried over from a different book and are irrelevant to the book I am working on.  Now, I can delete all of these tags, but would like to first see if they are being used. Is there some way to do this?Many thanks.

Hello, My framemaker 12 document has mostly portrait pages with a few landscape pages  to accommodate large tables. When I save to PDF, the landscape pages get cut off at the same width as the portrait pages so the columns get cut off. How can I get each page to print to pdf in the correct way?Thanks for any help you can give!Abby

Dear all,I observe a difference in script behaviour when using jsx sources compared to jsxbin:My large script FMcalc consists of 10 modules with a total of 208 functions:Module nameContainingFMcalc.jsx#includes to all other modules (except the language modules); main(), Command(cmd), SetUpMenues(), SetupFMcalc() etc.FMcalc_Globals.jsx#includes to the language modules; global declarationsFMcalc_Ancillary.jsxAncillary functions such as OpenPdfAtDestination (pdfFile, location), PadWith0(number, nPlaces), CloneObject (oTarget, oSource), CopyToClipboard (theString), etc.FMcalc_dialogC.jsx  FMcalc_dialogS.jsx  FMcalc_dialogDS.jsx FMcalc_dialogV.jsx All but the last define palettes. dialogDS allows to set building blocks and settings for the process.These modules contain the Window definition and the corrspoinding action functions (e.g. ButtonEvalC () to evaluate contents of calc markers).DialogV is an input-check for DialogDS and not a palette.FMcalc_Evaluation.jsx FMcalc_Markers.j

I have a Framemaker subscription, and have been using FM 2015. What is the best way to upgrade to FM 2017? I found this page:https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/how-to-upgrade-your-adobe-framemaker-subscription.htmlHowever, it advises to uninstall the previous version of FM. I don't want to do that if possible. Can they co-exist? I need to test our documents in the new version before committing to it.Also, is there a better way for subscribers to download the upgrade than the link above?Thanks.

Unprecedented request from product manager: "Can you make a .pdf from this document that's suitable for automatic reading out loud?" As any Victorian novelist would say, it was the work of a moment … Save as .pdf, and activate the Tagged .pdf optionThis immediately resolved one problem someone else (with inferior software, naming no names) had run in to; Acrobat no longer reads out the header and footer. But, it introduced a new one that nearly had me falling off my chair … here's what I heard when we hit the ToC."Contents. Introduction. dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot …"Yes, Acrobat was conscientiously reading out the leader dots. I've adjusted the ToC layout as the quickest solution, but now have a document that doesn't look the same as all the others in the set. Does anyone have any tweak for getting Acrobat to skip the dots when reading out loud?Thanks in advance!

Hello,I'm converting a framemaker file to pdf that has quite a few images. However, there is a particular image where the color is lost in the pdf. I create the images in Adobe Illustrator and save them as eps file. The images are imported as a referenced file into Frame. In FrameMaker the images look perfectly fine but the pdf file loses it's colors when converted from FM to pdf. I am using FrameMaker 2017. Saving the figure in pdf from illustrator does not distort the image. Attached is the image where you can see the arrows have lost the colors.

Hallo Community,Wir verwenden FM 2015 als Editor und als Produktionswerkzeug für FM-Buch und PDF aus unserem Content Management System. Seit unser CMS auf die neuesten XML-Werkzeuge umgestellt wurde, funktioniert die Produktion eines FM-Buchs nicht mehr, da das XML-Attribut <standalone="no"> nicht verarbeitet werden kann. Folgende Fehlermeldung erscheint:XML Read Report LogSource Document: C:\Sirius\Preview\PREV7EB0E294426F4313B32CB2D7B1BD0A05.tmp.xmlXML Parser Messages (Document Instance)Error at file C:\Sirius\Preview\Software_Starten_psv.xml, line 1, char 54, Message: The 'standalone=' string is only allowed in the main XML entityError at file C:\Sirius\Preview\psv-soft-msa_kap4_OptikEinstellen.xml, line 1, char 53, Message: The 'standalone=' string is only allowed in the main XML entityError at file C:\Sirius\Preview\Anzeigeeigenschaften_Video_Einstellungen_msa_msa-3d_psv.xml, line 1, char 53, Message: The 'standalone=' string is only allowed in the main XML entityParse error

One of the teams I support (as template poobah) wants to generate alerts when a file is updated, so they can address requirements associated with the file. We are using unstructured Frame and simply publishing to .pdf. I have done significant research and reading about ExtendScript, so I don't need to know about or get advice on that. It's far too complicated for that team (and far beyond my pay scale-to-benevolence factor for this skill). I found an older note I made about thinking I had found a far simpler way to accomplish this, but I cannot remember what it was; it was so cool I was sure I'd remember to backtrack and test, but other projects arose. *grrrr* It's of course not associated with OLE, nor could I find anything relevant in the Help files when I checked on the Hypertext option for Message Client. I've looked at every logical option on every menu and searched online to smithereens, to no avail. I want to know whether scripting is the only method for configuring notification

Hi There,I'm using FrameMaker (2015) in Unstructured Mode and I need some help to understand what I'm doing, as the system seems to want to prevent me from doing the things I want to do. (creation or modification ot tables, to name one thing)I have inherited this system and 'legacy' documents from my predecessor in 2013 - I had very little training on it at the time (there is no budget allocated for a proper course*) and I have to update these old documents on a regular basis.The documents in question, are Installation Guides (Assembly Instructions) for Commercial Playground Equipment.*All of our current documents are created with InDesign, as it seems to be more flexible, but I still have to maintain the Legacy stuff, so I need to understand FrameMaker from that point of view.It would me nice, if someone could look at one of my documents and talk me through whats what - is there any remote desktop facility with any of the support options in our subscription package, to allow a technic

Hi all,I need to fetch the frame anchor object attributes to prepare a list of text attributes.Anchored Frame > Object Attributes > Text Attributes.I tried following    F_ObjHandleT  hGrfObjId = F_ApiGetId(FV_SessionId, docId, FP_FirstGraphicInDoc);    /* Traverse list of graphics, anchored frames. */    while (hGrfObjId != NULL)    {        UIntT  uType = F_ApiGetObjectType(docId, hGrfObjId);        if (uType == FO_AFrame)        {            F_AttributesT attribList = F_ApiGetAttributes(docId, hGrfObjId);            for (UIntT i = 0; i < attribList.len; i++)            {            

I would like to know if you can create embeded drop down menus and check boxes in FrameMaker.We are publishing documents that require DTDs and we want to incorporate some drop down menus and check boxes.

I use a paragraph format (command-prompt) for our CLI-based product. It uses auto-numbering CLI<network-admin@Leaf2> as the format so I don't have to type this in throughout the documentation. However, this paragraph format doesn't get picked up during the conversion. Do I format this as numbering and use upper-roman or upper-alpha to map the style?Thanks