Hi Jakob, Can't you manipulate the markers "Header/Footer $1" and "Header/Footer $2" instead, and just include those markers in the footer?
I've made a FrameScript program that does this in order to create footers for an index, so I guess you can do that with the API. Might prove easier. Best regards, Niels > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jakob Fix > Sent: 11. januar 2006 12:25 > To: Framers List > Subject: manipulating headers / footers through API? > > Hello, > > I'm currently exploring the feasibility to modify/update what > is displayed in the running footer through an API client > which reads information from an initialization file, and > updates the footer accordingly, like this: > > maker.ini > ----------------8<----------------8<---------------- > [MyInitSection] > initfile = TestInit.ini > > TestInit.ini > ----------------8<----------------8<---------------- > [Publication1] > FooterCenter="DRAFT" > FooterBinding="January 2006" > > > Now, it can't be very hard to read these configuration > settings from within an API client. However, what I'm > currently struggling with is how to access the footer of my > document. So far, I've found this: > > FO_MasterPage > -> FP_PageFrame (which is a FO_UnanchoredFrame) > -> FP_FirstGraphicInFrame and then > -> FP_NextGraphicInFrame (apparently TextFrames are "graphics") > -> use this object's objId with F_ApiGetText > -> and then F_ApiDeleteText and F_ApiAddText > > All this comes from reading the FDK reference and the FDK > Guide. As I said I'm investigating this because we may hire a > programmer to do this (and more), but I'm no C++ programmer > myself, so testing out the above would take me quite some time. > > BTW, we're currently updating the information in the footer > through text insets located in a separate file (I guess that > this may be your first suggestion to "do it another way"), > but we'd like to centralize information like this in one > easy-to-manage configuration text file for each publication. > > Thanks in advance. > -- > cheers, > Jakob. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/nfa%40maconomy.dk > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
