Oy. This time I'll cc the correct list! (Sorry dual techwr-l, framers subscribers!)
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Paul Nagai <naglists at gmail.com> wrote: > meant to cc the list, too ... > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Paul Nagai <naglists at gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 >> CBSS/GBHAC <Darren.Butler.ctr at robins.af.mil> wrote: >> >>> Hello fellow FrameManiacs, >>> Does anyone know of an application that converts MIF to XML and/or >>> SGML, besides the Maximus application made by Xorba inc? I hear that >>> the company is defunct, so I have to find and alternative. >>> We have an older copy of Maximus that is quite buggy. If we could find a >>> copy of the latest source code, we could fix the bugs and use Max until >>> we find something else. >>> Thanks, >>> Darren >>> >> >> I have a really hard time imagining that this would interest you (aimed at >> a different market based on wild assumptions I'm making about your assumed >> Maximus source code availability), but PTC (who acquired Arbortext, the >> "brand") has an import/export product that supports, among many other >> things, the conversion from FrameMaker (MIF) to XML. Here they have it >> attached to a server product (Publishing Engine), but I know it is also >> executable on an enabled client from a GUI or the command line. >> >> >> http://ptc.com/products/arbortext/publishing-engine/product-capabilities.htm >> >> If you're converting thousands of pages, probably not going to be >> interesting unless you are already an Arbortext shop. Get deep into the >> hundreds of thousands ... maybe. Into the millions? Then the software (and >> potential service costs) start to fade out as inhibitors depending on your >> requirements. >> >> -- >> Paul Nagai >> > > > > -- > Paul Nagai > > -- Paul Nagai