Hi Wim... Mif2Go includes a batch utility called RunFm. You might take a look to see if it will work for your needs.
Also, Leximation (my company) offers a plugin called AutoFM that should do exactly what you want. http://leximation.com/tools/info/autofm.php Cheers, ...scott Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos or unexpected brevity. > On Sep 30, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp <wim at idtp.eu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a way to automate the pdf generation of FM books > (unstructured) in FM11. Use case: 6 books, each in 24 languages to be printed > to PDF once a day. Has anyone such a script (ExtendScript) available or knows > of a plugin that performs it? Would be nice if the script will allow > additional modification like importing variable definitions etc. > > I'm not sure if FMBatch still exists and can work with FM11? > > any suggestion appreciated?.. > > Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, > > Wim Hooghwinkel > > Information Energy 2013 ? Leading Conference on Innovation in Knowledge and > Information Exchange > IEn2013 > > tel. +31652036811 > Skype wimhooghwinkel > Twitter @idtp @ien2013 > info at idtp.eu > www.idtp.eu > > FrameMaker support: framemaker at idtp.eu > >> Op 23 aug. 2013, om 19:00 heeft framers-request at lists.frameusers.com het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> Send framers mailing list submissions to >> framers at lists.frameusers.com >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> framers-request at lists.frameusers.com >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> framers-owner at lists.frameusers.com >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of framers digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Hypertext links not working (Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com) >> 2. RE: Hypertext links not working (Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:00:46 -0700 >> From: <Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com> >> To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com> >> Subject: Hypertext links not working >> Message-ID: >> <31A5A925033707429B15A6DAC8BF48BA0354138F at AZ25EXM06.gddsi.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> 2013-08-22-04T20:00Z >> >> Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1 >> 4?GB RAM >> 64-bit operating system >> FrameMaker 11.0.2.384 >> FrameMaker installed on workstation >> Folder and all files on a server on the local area network in accordance >> with corporate policy >> >> I am unable to consistently encode hypertext links among five files in one >> unstructured book. >> >> Here's how the files are arranged: >> >> NOTE: The .book file and all the target files are "children" of folder >> \Abc_Def. File BEGIN_HERE.fm is "sibling" of folder \Abc_Def and is to >> contain links to all four targets. >> >> Folder \Abc_Def >> File dir_Abc_Def.book >> File targetA.fm >> File targetB.fm >> File targetC.fm >> File targetD.fm >> File BEGIN_HERE.fm >> >> I moved File BEGIN_HERE.fm out of folder \Abc_Def because a recipient of the >> informational product (portable document format files) wants it that way. I >> am using a character tag to constrain both the newlinks and gotolinks to >> small amounts of text. Before I moved file BEGIN_HERE.fm out of folder >> \Abc_Def, crossreferences among all files worked flawlessly. >> >> My latest attempt has been to specify named destinations (for example, >> newlink dir_About.fm) and jumps to named destinations (for example, gotolink >> dir_About.fm). >> >> In the source .fm files, these jumps work only a small part of the time. In >> the deliverable .pdf files, they don't work at all. >> >> Dave Stamm >> Information Engineer >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 04:39:13 -0700 >> From: <Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com> >> To: <robert at lauriston.com> >> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com >> Subject: RE: Hypertext links not working >> Message-ID: >> <31A5A925033707429B15A6DAC8BF48BA0354167F at AZ25EXM06.gddsi.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> 2013-08-23-05T11:40Z >> >> Robert - >> >> Thanks for the info. I, too, haven't done this since years ago. So >> long ago, in fact that I've tracked down my materials from Shlomo >> Perets' training back in 2002. >> >> Yes, all the files are part of dir_Abc_Def.book. The odd thing, for >> myself, is that the "child" file, is outside the folder that contains >> the rest of the book. >> >> Nothing I've tried so far works, so I'm hoping that someone on the list >> can help me find the "secret sauce" that I'm missing from the "recipe." >> >> Regards, >> Dave Stamm >> Information Engineer >> General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: robert.lauriston at gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauriston at gmail.com] On >> Behalf Of Robert Lauriston >> Sent: 2013-08-22-Thursday 16:24 >> To: Stamm, David-P45904 >> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com >> Subject: Re: Hypertext links not working >> >> I haven't done that sort of thing in some years, but it used to be that >> if you defined cross-references between .fm files in different >> directories, all the files had to be open when you saved a book as PDF. >> >> Also, the PDFs have to have the same relative directory relationship. >> If you have ./foo/foo.book and ./bar/bar.book, links in foo.pdf will be >> to ../bar/bar.pdf. >> >> If BEGIN_HERE.pdf is generated from an .fm file instead of a .book, that >> might be a problem. >> >>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM, <Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com> wrote: >>> 2013-08-22-04T20:00Z >>> >>> Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1 >>> 4 GB RAM >>> 64-bit operating system >>> FrameMaker 11.0.2.384 >>> FrameMaker installed on workstation >>> Folder and all files on a server on the local area network in >>> accordance with corporate policy >>> >>> I am unable to consistently encode hypertext links among five files in >> one unstructured book. >>> >>> Here's how the files are arranged: >>> >>> NOTE: The .book file and all the target files are "children" >> of folder \Abc_Def. File BEGIN_HERE.fm is "sibling" of folder \Abc_Def >> and is to contain links to all four targets. >>> >>> Folder \Abc_Def >>> File dir_Abc_Def.book >>> File targetA.fm >>> File targetB.fm >>> File targetC.fm >>> File targetD.fm >>> File BEGIN_HERE.fm >>> >>> I moved File BEGIN_HERE.fm out of folder \Abc_Def because a recipient >> of the informational product (portable document format files) wants it >> that way. I am using a character tag to constrain both the newlinks and >> gotolinks to small amounts of text. Before I moved file BEGIN_HERE.fm >> out of folder \Abc_Def, crossreferences among all files worked >> flawlessly. >>> >>> My latest attempt has been to specify named destinations (for example, >> newlink dir_About.fm) and jumps to named destinations (for example, >> gotolink dir_About.fm). >>> >>> In the source .fm files, these jumps work only a small part of the >> time. In the deliverable .pdf files, they don't work at all. >>> >>> Dave Stamm >>> Information Engineer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> You are currently subscribed to framers as robert at lauriston.com. >>> >>> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >>> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >>> or visit >>> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/robert%40lauriston >>> .com >>> >>> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >>> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to >> framers. >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. 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