Rick,
Custom import/export clients are very common, although XSLT has made the
need for them less frequent. Two types of customizations are needed:
1) Those that depend only on the element structure (e.g., changing an XML
Title element to either Table or TableTitle in FrameMaker)
2) Those that require knowledge of FrameMaker formatting details (e.g.,
where page or line breaks fall, or mapping between a FrameMaker formatting
property (such as font size) and an attribute.
Tasks in category 1 are by far more frequent and can be handled either by
XSLT or the FDK, although XSLT is becoming more frequent. (A pitfall is
that without a category 2 tool, a round-trip through XSLT does not preserve
variables and text insets.)
I think FrameScript support of both categories would be a great
enhancement. As is true for both XSLT and FDK modifications of default
import/export behavior, it should only be necessary for the user to specify
how to map elements and attributes whose processing differs from the
default as modified by r/w rules.
--Lynne
At 06:42 PM 9/27/2006, Rick Quatro wrote:
The FDK has a way to write import/export clients for situations where
read/write rules fall short. I wonder how common these clients are in
structured FrameMaker applications. Would this be an area where it would
useful to have a scripting language, such as FrameScript, do import/export
tasks? FrameScript's developer is trying to determine if there is a demand
for this kind of functionality in FrameScript. Any feedback would be
appreciated. Thanks.
Lynne A. Price
Text Structure Consulting, Inc.
Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development,
and training
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