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Hi,I'm looking to import a jpg in to a mif. I have a batch of mifs within each I need to import an image directly underneath a certain table (the first table in doc).I've used the following to identify the table but am unsure how to import the jpg underneath. I have copied the jpg in the project folder so the location is C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\test\NR.jpg. If any can point me in the right direction it would greatly appreciated.var tbl;      tbl = doc.FirstTblInDoc;    while (tbl.ObjectValid () === 1) {        if (tbl.TblTag === "TableTitle") {           /// IMPORT GRAPHIC BELOW TABLE        }           }CheersChris

We have a FrameMaker 11 book that includes about 200 pages of content and several hundred graphics. We had trouble with FrameMaker crashing when the book was updated and saved as a PDF. Some staff believe a contributing factor is the fact the imported gif graphics are scaled approximately 48% during the update/save process. Is this something that could really be a cause of slow processing time and instability of the pdf creation process?

Hello everyone,I want to change background colour(from black to white) of printscreen  in roboscreen capture.Please advise,I need to import the same in framemaker.Also advise how to make changes in paint and snip in ,because after importing file also I struggle to adjust it according to docs frame .By using roboscreen I can import it in right way ,but changing background is a challenge I have encountered.Thanks

Hi Everyone,My team is working on Framemaker 8. It's a large document with a lot of SVG images in it.  We need to retain the image quality because that is the client's requirement.  This means that the it's a big Framemaker file with about 220 pages in the book.  We have tried printing it and saving it as PDF, none of it seems to work. FM gives up halfway. I'm not sure if it makes a difference but I'm running it on a system with an AMD A8 processor with 8 GB RAM.  This is quite urgent, any help would be appreciated. Thanks

i have a new computer and need to install/use framemaker 10. the original is installed on two computer, one of which is no longer functional. how can i deactivate that copy of framemaker so i can install on my new computer?

I am trying to follow the directions to add the degree symbol to the toolbar. I need the degree symbol code to enter. Also, there is already a degree symbol in the cmds.cfg and menu.cfg files. Not sure why the symbol does not appear on the drop-down? the /xXX is what I believe I need. Thanks, Carl

I need to know if my print settings - Adobe PDF (Copy 1) will be preserved. Also I can't find step by step instructions anywhere for upgrading. Do I need to uninstall my previous version? Adobe customer support is not helpful at all. Thank you for any input.

Hi,Does the trial start counting even if I am not able to access it because I use the Mac OS? I would like to test it on the Windows when I get a chance later, but not now. I downloaded it but could not install or access it on the Mac of course as it is for Windows. Thanks.BJ

I hope I'm missing something obvious … but when I've spotted an interesting thread and clicked 'Bookmark', how do I then find a list of my bookmarks?

Using FrameMaker11, unable to import AutoCAD drawings directly into FrameMaker. File/Import/File shows "DWG (*.dwg)" as a file type option. When I select an AutoCAD drawing to import, the Unknown File Type window opens. I select AutoCAD (DWG) and Convert, and tiss message pops up: "The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation." How do I import an AutoCAD drawing?

Hi everyone!I need to use terminal command using javascript on extendscript.But, i will automate the script on macintosh and windows operating systems. Is it possible to use both in same code?For Example,  i will automate the pdffonts names in the pdf files. so, i use the command on mac "pdffonts /Users/user/Desktop/fontlist/pdf"  that gives the pdf font names. That works on manually. Is it possible to use code for mac and windows on extendscript toolkit?  or separately give a code!Thanks,Peter.

Dear experts,I want to grab the part after TAB in a paragraph, for example fromSomething TAB rest of the paragraph using some character formatting.I have no clue how to find the value for the offset.Converting the pgf to text and then look for the TAB will obviously provide a wrong value - or not?Will it be necessary to iterate through the paragraph (moving the text range from char to char) to find the item behind the TAB?Can You please enlighten me ? var doc = app.ActiveDoc;var mainflow = doc.MainFlowInDoc;var tframe = mainflow.FirstTextFrameInFlow;var pgf = tframe.FirstPgf;GetPgfPartAfterTAB (pgf);function GetPgfPartAfterTAB (oPgf) {  var oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;  var tRange= new TextRange();  tRange.beg.obj = oPgf;  tRange.beg.offset = 0;           // Well, this must be calculated!  tRange.end.obj = oPgf;  tRange.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET;  oDoc.TextSelection = tRange;  oDoc.Copy (0

How can I use the exclude feature in a book? I exclude a file and the file after the excluded file does not pick up the page numbering from the file before the excluded file.

This is currently the final function in a script I have that finds empty rows in a document and deletes them. But in this instance, I don't want to delete them. I want to change the max and min row height limits of these empty rows.function deleteEmptyRows (rows) {   var i, count = rows.length, row;       for (i = 0; i < count; i += 1) {        row = rows;        if (rowIsEmpty (row) === true) {              row.Delete ();                                 }    }           }I've got the cell dimension that I want to apply by running the below which gave me "371542". I thought I could just replace row.D

In Framemaker 11, can a text box have vertical Japanese text (tategaki)?Rotating obviously is not correct, and the customers have vetoed that.We've tried making it only one character wide, but that means that some characters (e.g.: choonpu) are not correctly aligned.Is there a setting somewhere to support tategaki text?

Gang, is anyone using any speech recognition software to get text into FrameMaker? I've tried using the software that is built into Windows 7 but can't get it to work at all. When I speak with the insertion point in a FrameMaker text flow, the text appears in a pop-up dictation box. But when I click on the Insert button in the box to insert the text into the FrameMaker document, I get nothing. The dictation box empties itself ready for the next statement but no text appears in the FrameMaker document. It works for other general apps like Word but not FrameMaker. There's obviously something special or low-level about the way that FrameMaker accepts keyboard or text input. (I have had similar issues in the past, like trying to get any keyboard macro utility to work with FrameMaker.) The only way I can see to get text from the box into FrameMaker is to select the text in the box, copy it with Ctrl+c, close the box, and paste the text into FrameMaker. If you don't close the box, the text j

Still investigating the move to structure, starting off with tools other than FM so I can learn one thing at a time, and I've run into a question: my current FM (unstructured) books often have an incremental change log in the form of a table, as well as change highlighting for the latest release. I've managed to work out how to use conditions to drive change bars and formatting; I've discovered critdates, metadata, prodinfo, vrm and so on: but I can't immediately spot a DITA element for the familiar change-log.Any suggestions? of course, I could just bung in a table and populate it with the information … but I'm hoping there'll be some more focused approach!

Hello friends, I'm back to my project.After installing "everything needed" on a new laptop I can now run ESTK as intended and hence want to use breakpoints etc.But my breakpoints do'nt halt the script:In the script I have defined a breakpoint in a function some levels downFM is open with a document the script will work on.I start the script in ESTK. It creates a menu and then stops (OK)Selecting the appropriate menu item, the script runsA message appears. it is somewhere prior to the breakpoint.Another message appears - this is way after the breakpoint.So the script did not stop at the breakpoint!How can I run the script from the menu to the breakpoint and then tip-toe through the script?I have not found any hint in the JavaScript Tools Guide.

Hi all,Have any of you made use of assigning Object Styles in the EDD?  We have tried this and don't, apparently, have the proper elements to do so. We are using xDocbook based on the default EDD that shipped with Frame 7.0  🙂  I tried looking at the default Docbook EDD that comes with Frame 12, but it doesn't have the right elements either - I think these are InsetStyle, AnchoredFrame and AnchoredFrameStyle.  I found them in the Dita EDD, but when I tried to import them into my existing xDocbook EDD, they are obviously not in the DTD/schema so still do not work.Do you know if this is actually fully supported in Frame 12 or 2015?  The Frame 12 Structure Dev Guide says that you just insert an InitialObjectFormat element, then insert the object style using either InsetStyle for a simple graphic, or AnchoredFrameStyle for an anchored frame. However, these elements don't exist in our EDD or DTD.Does anyone know of a workaround or how this should actually wo

I have some Extendscript that opens a document, locates a graphic, and selects it. The image is selected, as evident by the image details showing in Object Properties. Problem is, Framemaker doesn't scroll the window to show the selection.So far, the only way I've been able to get Framemaker to jump to the right location is by selecting the text around the graphic, then using my keyboard I press the arrow keys to jump to the location. Then I manually select the graphic. This worked for our needs at first, but now for other scripts I really need to be able to have the image selected and visible on screen. I even tried selecting the text around it, using fcodes to simulate the keyboard arrow keys, and then selecting the graphic, but Framemaker still didn't update what part of the document it was showing on screen.This is my current function. Any thoughts?//imageID is the unique ID of the frame the image is in, docName is the path & file name for the document containing the imagefunct

Hi all,I'm having some difficulty getting my EDD to properly format based on XML attributes. Basically what I'd like is this:I have some XML:<root>     <elem>Sample text sample text sample text sample text.</elem>     <elem multi="true">Sample text sample text sample text sample text.</elem></root>For elements with the multi="true" attribute, I'd like them to be prefixed by a bullet and with a left indent of 0.14" so that the text aligns with the bullet. •  Sample text sample text    sample text sample text.Those without the attribute are simply formatted according to the specified paragraph format (no prefix, left indent 0.0")Sample text sample textsample text sample text.My EDD looks like this:Element (Container): elemGeneral rule:    <ANY>Attribute listName: multi     String     Optional Prefix rulesIf context is: [multi = “true

FYI, you cannot create an expression for use with Filter by Attribute unless the document contains an instance of each attribute mentioned. In particular, you cannot store such expressions in a template unless the template contains elements with the necessary attributes. If you want to provide users with an empty template and predefined attribute expressions, you can give them empty body pages, and put elements with the needed attributes on a reference page.     --Lynne

My client requires me to use special fonts for their documentation. How do I install these new, additional fonts into FrameMaker 2015?Thanks!

In recent posts on Filter by Attribute, I have neglected to mention that hidden attributes cannot be used in filter expressions. I have encountered situations where I've had to instead make attributes read-only even though end users would not otherwise need to be aware of them.           --Lynne