System call from framemaker customized menu

[Kesini]

Hi,

I am trying to create customized menu in frammaker and execute an external script through the menu selection.

So, i have modified the  customised.cfg file and able to get the menu options in framemaker.

But when i try to call the external script using the below command in the cfg file

<Hypertext message winexec C:\Temp\CCIntegration\test.bat>

The test.bat file is just getting opened but not getting executed. Is there anyway, i could execute the external batch script or any other script through menu selection.

Please help

Thanks & Regards

Kesini

[vishu_13]

Hi Kesini,

Check the blog mentioned below, it might help you in order to resolve this

http://blogs.adobe.com/tcs/2011/03/framemaker/create-your-own-custom-menus-for-framemaker.html

Thanks

VJ

[Kesini]

Hi VJ,

I had already referred the link. It do not contain the required  information

Thanks !

Kesini

[K.Daube]

Hi Kesini,

I have done a lot of such modifications (see http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker66.html) and learned that the set of hyptertext commands which can be used is limited.

Whenever You use a relative path, this is relative to the currently open document (not to the FM-installation dir).

To open a file with its associated program use

   <Command newcommand <Label menu-label>

           <Hypertext message openfile complete_file_path_including_extension>>

for example:

    <Command _maker.ini <Label Display maker.ini in $HOME$>

            <Hypertext message openfile +fm-root+/maker.ini>>

*** +fm-root+ must be extended to the real path of the FM-installation

To execute a program use  the same command, for example:

    <Command _maker.ini.user <Label Edit maker.ini in User area>

            <Hypertext message openfile +fm-root+/fminit/configui/GetUserIni.exe>>

*** The program GetUserIni.exe is a compiled AutoHotKey script to find the file in the user-area and open it (in an editor)

You may get useful information from http://www.daube.ch/docu/files/etb-customising-fm.pdf .

[Kesini]

Hi Daube,

Before i try this, i realized that the open is working based on the Windows -> Default programs setup. Once, i modified it, i was able to execute the batch script using the below command

<Hypertext message system C:/CCIntegration/checkout.bat>

I will keep this mind, anyways.. Also, checking on the pdf . thanks a lot!

Also, one more question on this.

any idea, how we can get the open filename in a variable and pass this as parameter upon script execution ?

I mean, want to do something like this

$fullfilename="Get the Full name of the file"

<Hypertext message system C:/CCIntegration/checkout.bat '$fullfilename'>

Please help!

Thanks a lot

Regards

Kesini