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Jeddleman
Inspiring
May 3, 2009
Question

ElementPgfFormatTag r/w Translation

  • May 3, 2009
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Using: FM 8.0

During the import of a DTD into the related EDD, I am trying to assign the proper TextFormatRules>ElementPgfFormatTag that is needed in the final fm document.

For example when I import a DTD into my EDD with the element name “TableProduct” the r/w rules automatically identifies this as a FrameMaker table element and set the object appropriately, by using:

element "TableProduct" is fm table element;

Is there a r/w rule that would do the same but only for the ElementPgfFormatTag element?

Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.

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Van Kurtz
Inspiring
May 4, 2009

I am confused as to what you are trying to do.

You state you are importing a DTD into its related EDD. It is my understanding that the EDD already contains the same structure rules as its related DTD.I do not know what it means to import a DTD into an existing EDD.

Are you trying to open an XML file, which gets converted to a Frame file? If so, you can edit the EDD to assign the correct paragraph format tag to each element. There is no need for a read/write rule.

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JeddlemanAuthor
Inspiring
May 5, 2009

Van, thanks for your response, I will attempt to clarify my question.

Firstly, you are correct, the EDD is the DTD + CSS all in one, and more. Users can import a DTD into an EDD rather than staring it from scratch, as I did in this case. Then you can further develop the EDD to contain information beyond the DTD specifications. One of these pieces of information that can be added is assigning a certain FM Paragraph Tag to an element.

I use this DTD not only for FM but for other documents as well. For this reason as changes are made to the DTD, it is re-imported into the FM EDD on a regulator basis. Unfortunately when this is done it wipes out the associated Paragraph Tag element “ElementPgfFormatTag” from every element.

This is why I am looking to see if anyone knows a r/w syntax that could be used to established the “ElementPgfFormatTag” for these assigned elements during the DTD import process.

Thanks.

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Russ Ward
Legend
May 5, 2009

jeddlemen,

I've never tried it, but apparently the Import DTD command is designed for this purpose. Here's a page that talks about it:

http://wiki.scriptorium.com/tiki-index.php?page=Updating+an+EDD+with+DTD+information

Russ

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