EDD customization in FM11

[FM11]

Goodmorning,

I wrote this content in the wrong area of this forum.

I repeat the question in the FM structured area so maybe someone can help me.

I'm using Structured Fm 11 with DITA files and DITAMAP stored in SharePoint CMS.

I’m trying to customize the edd files but it I'm not able.

This is my problem:

With Fm 11 when  I modify some edd as commonElements.eddmod or hazardstatementDomain.eddmod and then I try to update the concept.edd file or the topic.edd file  the program is not able to update the files because it remains in waiting status for also 2 hours.

With Fm 10 I hadn’t this problem, one minute was enough to update the concept. edd file.

It seems as there is a close loop in the edd (shortdescription element seems to have some problems).

At the end I had to export the edd from the concept template and modify it. But this is not the solution because I have to repeat the same job for the concept. edd, the task.edd, the topic.edd, the reference.edd, the ditabase.edd  and the composite.edd.

Mny Tks

Cristina

[ScottPrentice]

Hi Cristina...

These EDDs are a never-ending source of grief. I can't say what's up with the resolving of the insets .. I know it can take a long time.

My suggestion is to create your own custom app from the ditabase app, and convert the insets to text. You should be able to do everything you need using one app (ditabase), and with the insets converted to text, you can just open the EDD, make your edits, import into the template and get back to work. It's just not worth the overhead to maintain multiple apps (one per topic type) .. crazy!

Note that using the ditabase app doesn't mean that you have to use a <dita> element at the root. You can create files that are the exact same structure as before, but you're just using one app. This is the way the DITA 1.1 app was set up, and it worked just fine for years.

Cheers,

...scott

[FM11]

I think I will do in this way.

Tks again.

Cristina