Readd and write XML files in FDK

You might consider using XSLT to transform the XML file. FrameMaker has a couple of XSLT processors built in, including Saxon Enterprise Edition. These processors can be invoked through the FDK and ExtendScript. Here is an article that explains how to do it in ExtendScript, but you should be able to translate the instructions to FDK code.

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2017/11/21/xslt-support-in-framemaker-2017

I particularly like XSLT because it is a W3C standard and I can do my development outside of FrameMaker in Oxygen XML editor. Once I get the desired output in Oxygen with my XSLT, I can plug it into my FrameMaker workflow. For me, that usually involves ExtendScript; in your case, the FDK.

Hi Sanam,

Do you want to read a XML file that FrameMaker has saved? If so, so long as the structured application has been set up properly you can use FrameMaker directly.

If it is not a FrameMaker saved XML file, or does not have a structured application, which I suspect is your requirement, then I suggest you look at implementing pugixml.org - Home. I have found this library brilliant for all the configuration stuff my clients plugins require. It works without problems with c++ plugins for FM15.

Jon