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henry6782
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April 30, 2020
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FrameMaker Developer Kit vs Cloud solution

  • April 30, 2020
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Hi all,

 

This is my understanding about FDK:

 

(1) The Adobe FrameMaker Developer Kit (FDK) is a set of C libraries and header files that allow you to write Application Programmer Interface (API) clients or plug-ins using the C or C++ programming language.

 (2) Using the FDK, an API client can perform interactive user tasks and more. It gives programmers direct access to all the objects in a FrameMaker session or document. This includes graphics, text, markers, paragraphs, formats, and more.

(3) Only be invoked through FrameMaker application and the FrameMaker must be run parallel with the integration application

 

That means we cannot create a services on cloud to transfrom a Framemaker file to XML by suing FDK?

 

Do you have any ideas for a cloud services to transform a Framemaker file to XML?

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Correct answer frameexpert

But as far as your questions, 1 and 2 are true. There is a way to invoke and FDK client on FrameMaker startup so, while 3 is true, you may be able to start FrameMaker with some other process in order to kick off the FDK client.

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April 30, 2020

But as far as your questions, 1 and 2 are true. There is a way to invoke and FDK client on FrameMaker startup so, while 3 is true, you may be able to start FrameMaker with some other process in order to kick off the FDK client.

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    henry6782
    henry6782Author
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    May 1, 2020

    Thank you so much. Let me do study on FrameMaker Publishing Server to make sure they will support the features 

    frameexpert
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    frameexpertCommunity Expert
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    April 30, 2020

    There is a FrameMaker Server product, but I am not sure if it has the functionality that you want.

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      henry6782
      henry6782Author
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      May 1, 2020

      Hi,

      I did some research on  FrameMaker Server product and it may work for me, but there are something need to understand:

      1.  FrameMaker Server product included FM Windows desktop application and Web Server. That mean the Web server cannot executre the tasks without FM Windows desktop application. Is it correct?

      2. The tasks only can run sequencely and cannot run multiple tasks at the same time, right?

       

      Thanks.

       

       

      frameexpert
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      frameexpertCommunity Expert
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      May 1, 2020

      1 is true, but I am not sure about 2.

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