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Hey all, I'm wondering if there is an easy way to apply one conditional tag to all occurrences of a single element in a structured framemaker file?I'm reading in data from an XML file and formatting it according to its tags, and would like to make all the text between the <X> ... </X> tags formattedwith a certain conditional tag. There are many instances of this <X> ... </X> element, and I'd like to format all of them.I know how to do this manually, but there are hundred of these tags and it would take far too long.I've gone into the XML and noticed that framemaker adds some formatting elements in there, but does anyone know an easier way than to write a scriptthat manually places this conditional formatting stuff into the XML document?Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Hello !I have a problem when I try to create an HTML output in structured FrameMaker 12.It only creates the file "index.html", but my topics (tasks, references, concepts) are not converted. So when I open the file "index.html", it shows the table of content but when I click a link, it does not work.However, the creation of PFD output works perfectly.Does anybody knows where the problem could come from?Thank you

I have to prepare a file for a printing company. I print my document with color separations (all colors are process colors) into a PostScript file, then produce the PDF file with Acrobat Distiller. In the PDF file (and already in the Postscript File), the page numbers on the individual color separated pages are wrong. The pages are named as follows:"Cyan:1", "Magenta:2", "Yellow:3", "Black:4", "Cyan:5", etc. instead of "Cyan:1", "Magenta:1", "Yellow:1", "Black:1", "Cyan:2", etc.Hence the printing company could not put together the separated pages, as they told us.I use FrameMaker 12 (version 12.0.4.445). Does anybody have a solution for this problem? Thanks for any help.

Hi,I was asked to repeat this question under "scripting", and hope someone can help us out.We have document files generated as MIF. We then call F_ApiSimpleSave to have FrameMaker produce fm files as described in http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/framemaker/fdk/10/fdkprogrammerguide.pdf), p 253.In version 12 of FrameMaker the F_ApiSimpleSave call obviously results in "View only" files. I'm not familiar with that format, but in our case it's not good at all.The call to produce fm files from MIF has been unchanged for many years and versions of FrameMaker.Why does the F_ApiSimpleSave call to FrameMaker produce these read only ("locked" or "View only") files, and more important: what can be done about it?The original question can be found here:Error report saying: Couldn´t update this book, because it contains no openable nongenerated filesThanks,Andreas

Where do I style the numbers of an ordered list for Responsive HMTL5 and Microsoft HTML Help?Publish > Edit Settings > Style Mapping > Paragraph > "style" > Output Style = [Source*]Modifying the font settings changes the text in the body of the element - not what I want.Any ideas?

Hello,My company is preparing to buy FrameMaker 12, and I would simply like to get a comparison of plans and their prices, such as what is shown on this page for Acrobat: Plans and pricing | Adobe Acrobat DC. I'd like to see the same info for FrameMaker 12, but I can not find it.I started on the Contact Customer Support page, which asked me first to select a product (FrameMaker). This loaded a page where I select the issue I want to discuss. I clicked "Deciding what to buy". That loaded the "Upgrade Guide" page, which describes the features available in the past several versions of FrameMaker (including version 12), but does not list any prices.So I went back to the previous page and clicked the "Still need help?" blue button at the bottom of the page, and it brought be back to the first page (Contact Customer Support)! I went around again, found myself back at the beginning, and I realized that this would just take me around and around in circles.There's also a page that describes wha

We have hundreds of DITA files in many different projects, maintained using FM11 set to DITA 1.1.Most files are composite topics, with DOCTYPE: <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Composite//EN" "ditabase.dtd"> <topic>.......</topic>We are testing introduction of FM12 set to DITA 1.2 and find that when opening a composite topic file and saving it, FM12 changes the DOCTYPE to<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "technicalContent/dtd/topic.dtd">and then throws a bunch of validation errors which I assume are down to the fact that the nested topic types are not allowed with that DOCTYPE.Is there an easy way of wrapping our "old" composite topics in the <dita> element and setting the doctype to "dita" in the DOCTYPE?Our FrameMaker guru has left and we have no experience with preprocessing on file open.I'd be grateful for any tips.

Hello fellows,Does anyone know what the following structured FM12 client does and what the configuration options are?XmlUtilities=Standard, Utilities for XML, fminit\xmlutils.dll, structuredThe FM12 INI Reference Guide does not explain anything about this (and many other) clients. The documentation is superficial.We had a problem with running Saxon until we commented out the XmlUtilities line in maker.ini.Thanks for your input in advance![Thread moved by moderator]

I bought a licence for TSC5. I can see 2 links to download Adobe Technical Communication Suite 5.0 for Windows Content Installer Package and Adobe Technical Communication Suite 5.0 for Windows Installer Package.Can someone please tell me the difference between the two?

Hi FM scripting Gurus,I'm stuck in the following issue and need help:I'm trying to write a script to save ditamaps to composite FM files with ditaval file specified. I use the document property Constants.FS_DitavalFile (=linux.txt) to specify the ditaval file. Unfortunately, it seems that the script does not execute the SaveCompoFm function. If I remove the Constants.FS_DitavalFile property from the function, the script runs properly. I've no idea what the problem is. The following is the SaveCompoFm function. Is there anything wrong with the code? Thanks a lot for your help!function SaveCompoFm(file,saveName,ditaval) {        saveProp = GetSaveDefaultParams()    i = GetPropIndex(saveProp, Constants.FS_FileType)    saveProp.propVal.ival =Constants.FV_SaveFmtCompositeDoc        i = GetPropIndex(saveProp, Constants.FS_DitavalFile)    saveProp.propVal.ival =ditaval    re

FrameMaker (Windows) 10.0.2.419Distiller X 10.1.245Acrobat X 10.1.2.eps (Illustrator) includes area text callouts, white text on black background.fm reproduces same callout style in text frame, using character style (colour, white; background colour [selected] black)Looks fine on screen, but callouts in text frame print white on white in .pdfAny way the Acrobat process can be persuaded to reproduce what I see in FrameMaker? would be nice …

Hi,I tried a lot of solutions before I ask this question.I can successfully use the unstructured FM12, but if I use structured FM12 to create/open a DITA file, the FrameMaker 12 crashes... I used the default FM DITA tool, and used the DITA-FMx tool. The same error occurs. In addition, I have reinstalled the FrameMaker 12, and unistall the FrameMaker 11 from my computer...In addition, I should use the correct structapp file, as my other coworkers all use the same file.I really do not know what can I do. It is a work software for me...Thanks a lot!Tina[Thread moved by moderator from General discussions]

I am perfectly happy with a custom DTD that I developed and use with structured FrameMaker. However, DITA advocates say go to DITA for reuse. Is that really proven? for technical writing?[Thread moved from General discussions by moderator]

Can FrameMaker 12 import a Word 2013 (.docx) file and convert the Word MLA citations to FrameMaker footnotes or endnotes? If not, what happens to them?

Are there any resources (Tutorials, guides, whatever) for getting a desired appearance in a Microsoft HTML Help (chm) file? I've got an FM12 document that looks the way I want it (except the Table of Contents - this isn't cooperating!), but obviously I'm doing something wrong in the conversion settings since the chm file Table of Contents doesn't look right either. (I want it hierarchical.)I understand that the conversions uses the TofC of the FrameMaker document as a starting point. One of the problems is that I don't want the FMP TofC to include page numbers (the FMP document will only be available as a pdf for electronic viewing.Is want I'l looking for clear to anyone? Any ideas?Thanks in advance!Tom Burton

Is there a way to prevent this? Sometimes I want to accept a single instance of tracked text, and I don't want it to jump to the next tracked text edit. I want it to stay exactly where it is. Is there a way to do this?

This attribute seems only apply to <TEXT>. If a ul, p or fig element appears in the table cell, it will not work.I also tried to write a context rule to li, like ul < entry < row[valign="middle"], but there's no luck.

This probably should be obvious, but how can "undo" be supported for a custom command(in Framemaker 10?  I found app.beginUndoGroup() for another product but frame gives an unknown method call for this.The following will delete with Ctrl-Q, but "undo" remains greyed out.  Thanks in advance.function demoDelete() {    var doc = app.ActiveDoc;    if (!doc) {        alert("No active document");        return;    }    var range = doc.TextSelection;    if (range.beg.offset == range.end.offset) {        alert("Need to select some text");        return;    }    doc.DeleteText(range);}function Command(cmd) {    app.beginUndoGroup("demoCsr Command");    switch (cmd) {    case 1111: {   

i'm having difficulty downloading a trial version of Framemaker 10 from the adobe site, any ideas?

Save as PDF: Will the RGB - SMYK-issue be resolved in this version?

When I try to update a generated book I get an error report saying: Couldn´t update this book, because it contains no openable nongenerated files.How do I do?

Hello,I have three questions:1.  Do I have to lock into a 12-month subscription for using the subscription option for Adobe FrameMaker 12, or can I just do month-to-month and cancel after 4-6 months or so?2.  If I use the subscription version for Adobe FrameMaker 12, can I install it on my desktop and laptop, or am I limited to just 1 computer?3.  Related to my second question, does anyone know if I can install the stand-alone version (boxed retail DVD) of FrameMaker 12 and/or Technical Communication Suite 5 on my desktop and laptop?Thank you.Brad

I use track changes as part of document approval.When accepting changes, sometimes tracked changes are missed.This happens in random documents and almost always in text in table cells.You have to actually put the cursor in the offending cell, and then it finds it.Has anyone seen this?

Hi All,I am trying to merge four books with similar content into a single book using Conditional Text.Rather than going about and comparing the three output files(pdf) one by one, I went through and tried comparing the documents/chapters in each book one by one. I applied the conditions to the text added or deleted accordingly (This was a shortcut, and I know, not really advisable). But the problem I am facing now is that the ToC doesn't work, if I try the comparison technique.My question here is, is there any other way to merge multiple books and their ToCs into a single book and ToC, other than reading through each and every chapter line by line, and apply conditional text tags to the related content?Any help would be much appreciated!Thanks,RGMessage was edited by: Rashmi Girdhar Hello.... anyone ????? No additional help is available online for Conditional Tagging in Framemaker, AFAIK. Would expect some sort of response from the experts here..... Regards,

Hi All,How can we add double quotes to a string that i fetch dynamically?I have a string likeStingT my_var;my_var=D:/FrameTest/abc.fmNow I want to change this to "D:/FrameTest/abc.fm";Is there any frame maker librabry that i must include to do this? The normal C method like using escape string "\"my_var\"" does not work .Any ideas are appreciated.Thanks in advance!