Frame 9 plug-in for DITA OT problem

Report · May 14, 2009

I have installed the Adobe FrameMaker 9 plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit. Clicking the new menu item DITA> Geneate Output doesn't spawn the Generate Output dialog box but rather skips over it and immediately gives the error message wanting a DITA-OT pathname. I reproduced this problem on another machine with a evaluation copy of Tech Suite II. I've gone over the simple instructions several times and can't see where I could be going wrong. Has anyone else installed this successfully and did you encounter anything that might help me?

Report · May 14, 2009

Hi Rick...

Unfortunately the instructions are not all that clear. You need to complete the info under the "Current File Method" section before the Generate Output dialog will display. Just add the following content to the ditafm.ini file (fminit/ditafm/ditafm.ini) ..

[BuildFile]
AntCommand=ant
AntScript=ditafm-ant.xml
Count=2
DitaDir=C:\DITA-OT1.4.2.1
1=chm
2=html

Oh .. make sure the DitaDir parameter points to the actual location of the DITA-OT on your system. Also, you must have the OT set up so that it will run from *any* command prompt (not just the one you get when you run the startcmd.bat file provided with the current OT). The startcmd.bat file sets the necessary environment variables for use within that shell .. for FM to properly call the OT, these environment variables must be set globally for all command shells.

Cheers,

...scott

Report · May 14, 2009

Hello Scott,

Thanks! That did the trick! I knew something was missing.

Thanks again,

RP