Hi John, I use two plugins/FrameScript packages very often:
i-frame i-frame is a collection of scripts for FrameScript. The modules encompass scripts for everything! I like these scripts best: Scale Graphics - for me invaluable! FM2MIF2FM - Convert to/from MIF There are many more to get reports and to maintain formats. I can only recommend to have a look at the web-site. http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description.html Import formats special This plugin adds some more options to the Import Formats dialog. Specifically: User variables This is a plugin which I need very often. It's from Rick Quatro, but I couldn't find it on his homepage. Best regards Winfried > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 8:01 PM > To: John Sgammato > Cc: framers > Subject: Re: What FM plugin suite give the most bang? > > Thanks, John, but this is a one-shot deal. > > First, I'd never get a scripting product in here. The applications have to > have specific functions they can test before installing. > > Second, if I was to use someone like Rick, it would be a 4 month process > for each one I tried to get. > > I cannot install anything. It has to be done by the right department. > > John X Posada > AML Syst & Ops Supt Data Analyst | US FCC & RC Systems Control & Analytics > | HSBC North America Holdings Inc > 330 Madison Ave., NY NY > > > ______________________________________________________________ > _ > > > > > > Phone > Int: 212-525-5483 Ext: Personal Cellphone - 732-259-2874 > Fax > Conference Bridge - 877-304-0052, Code 74809254 > Email > john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ > _ > Protect our environment - please only print this if you have > to! > > > > > > > From: John Sgammato <john.sgamm...@actifio.com> > To: John X Posada/HBUS/HSBC@HSBC02 > Cc: framers <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Date: 04/23/2015 01:56 PM > Subject: Re: What FM plugin suite give the most bang? > > > > I'd look into FrameScript. There are many useful free scripts available, > and you can write your own or contract someone to write them for you. I > highly recommend Rick Quatro, whose wizardry has dramatically expanded > what > I can do with unstructured FrameMaker 12. > > Two examples of easy, effective cleanup: > * ArchiveFM.fso does pretty much what the late Bruce Foster's Archive > plugin did - it takes all the files, images, and text insets in a book, > even those referenced from distant folders, and puts them in a ZIP archive. > In seconds you can blow away all those extra images that aren't used in a > book. > * TidyImport.fso enable you to clean up a doc with too many extra para and > character tags by doing a CleanImport from a known good clean template or > chapter. Not just those, but Para, Char, Table, Variable, x-ref, > conditions, color defs, math defs, doc properties, object styles, reference > pages and page layouts. > > FrameScript is $179 for a single license. See https://framescript.com/ > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 1:35 PM, <john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com> wrote: > > Hi, guys...I'm using FM11 unstructured and I maintain quite a large > document set...10 books of 2,000 pages each give or take. > > Because of the amount of time I spend on housekeeping, I'm ready to take > a > stab at adding plugins that will save me time. In addition, I may be > bringing in a team of 3-4 writers and I want the files to be as clean as > possible. When you evolve to 20,000 pages of document from an initial 195 > pages in 2 years, ya get careless at times. > > Now...I'm in a very locked down environment, so I know I'm in for a > battle...this very well can be a 3-6 month project and I may loose. > > Money is no object. I was able to easily justify a $500 application just > to > check broken links (3 bullet points in an email) , but it took 4 months > to > work through the process from "request to license". > > So...if I was to try to put together a shopping list together with as > many > plugin components in as few different products as possible, what should > that be? > > Thanks > > John X Posada > AML Syst & Ops Supt Data Analyst | US FCC & RC Systems Control & > Analytics > | HSBC North America Holdings Inc > 330 Madison Ave., NY NY > > _____________________________________________________________ > __ ________________________________ This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. 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