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I need to update several manuals from legacy content into our new template. I was thinking a script could help me do the trick.
I think the way it should work is as follows:
Is this good practice using Extendscript?
Maybe using FCodes is an option. Do you have any suggestion?
Hi,
When I have a new template, I usually do not want any remnants from any old template.
Therefore I do it almost as fonrig said:
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Is it safe to assume that the legacy manuals are FrameMaker documents? If so then I wouldn't go about it in the way you describe. It's normally easier to import the formats from the template into the existing documents. When I have to do this with a large batch of individual FrameMaker documents I add them all to a temporary book file then import the formats from the template into all of the book components.
If you have vast numbers of documents to convert, then a script may be useful to automate the task, but otherwise I would just use the existing tools that FrameMaker provides.
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Hi,
When I have a new template, I usually do not want any remnants from any old template.
Therefore I do it almost as fonrig said:
Best regards
Winfried
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That's a fair comment Winfried. I was just checking that fonrig was aware of the built-in options.
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It is a fair comment and all advice so far seems very good. As much as I love a good script, it is worth looking hard at whether it will take longer to develop than to just do it manually. The script would need to also manage files... that is, stuff like save them to all the correct locations, possibly deal with cross-reference links, etc. etc. Could be much more involved than you think initially, especially if you are new to it. You could spend days working on it. But it would be great fun and give you much knowledge, so I say again... I love a good script!
Russ
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Thank you all for your feedback. I agree that sometimes the time spent in creating a script may be not worth it.