Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[Robert Lauriston]

I wouldn't bother looking at WebWorks if RoboHelp's output is acceptable.

At my last job we switched because RoboHelp output looked lousy and there
was browser-specific bugs Adobe didn't fix, but that was RH9 ten years ago.

WebWorks' HTML output looked much better and seemed bug-free. It was also
much easier to manage the source in Subversion.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 12:45 AM Orly Zimmerman 
wrote:

> HI Robert,
> This is also what I've found - linking FM source files to generate the
> online help.
> My team started me off using FM because they wanted PDF deliverables -
> silicon documentation are hefty books and FM keeps them all wrapped up very
> nicely and very stable - publishes fine PDFs that can be jointly reviewed
> easily, so all that is good, and very important for us.
> On the other hand, now marketing is thinking about moving to online help.
> Since I have the Tech Suite, I have RH included within my tools.
> Do you think Webworks would justify its expense, or what advantage would
> it have, if any over RH 2020?
> To be fair, I understand that Adobe revamped RH from scratch, so I'm
> hoping it can do a fine job (haven't tested it yet, but on the other hand,
> I haven't used any online tools yet either).
> Just checking to see what added advantages you, or if anyone else would
> like to chime in)  think Webworks has.
>
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[Orly Zimmerman]

HI Robert, 
This is also what I've found - linking FM source files to generate the online 
help.
My team started me off using FM because they wanted PDF deliverables - silicon 
documentation are hefty books and FM keeps them all wrapped up very nicely and 
very stable - publishes fine PDFs that can be jointly reviewed easily, so all 
that is good, and very important for us.
On the other hand, now marketing is thinking about moving to online help.
Since I have the Tech Suite, I have RH included within my tools. 
Do you think Webworks would justify its expense, or what advantage would it 
have, if any over RH 2020? 
To be fair, I understand that Adobe revamped RH from scratch, so I'm hoping it 
can do a fine job (haven't tested it yet, but on the other hand, I haven't used 
any online tools yet either).
Just checking to see what added advantages you, or if anyone else would like to 
chime in)  think Webworks has. 
Thanks,
Orly Zimmerman
Xsight Labs 

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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[John Posada]

Thanks...I'll know more if I get there.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 5:30 PM Robert Lauriston 
wrote:

> WebWorks ePublisher Pro supports source in Word, DITA, and FrameMaker.
>
> RoboHelp, Flare, and WebWorks can all produce professional-quality
> PDFs. Pushing a client to FrameMaker when they've never used it
> doesn't seem to me like a good move in 2022 unless maybe PDF and/or
> print are the only deliverables.
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:56 PM John Posada  wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Robert. At this gig, RH is an established priority tool, Their
> > content authoring starts in Word.
> >
> > Should this go through, after I've proven my worth, my intent is to try
> to
> > switch them to FM as they need printed documentation/PDFs in addition to
> > online help.
> >
> > I've done Online Helps using FM/WebWorks ePublisher Pro and I agree it
> is a
> > better solution. However, it might be too much of a lift to revamp the
> > WHOLE process than to upgrade in stages.
> >
> > Proposing RH/FM as an integrated authoring environment might be
> attractive.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 3:27 PM Robert Lauriston 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > FrameMaker's multichannel publishing is a subset of RoboHelp features.
> > > If that subset meets your needs, you don't need RoboHelp.
> > >
> > > I don't think the integration options have changed since I was using
> > > them at my last job. Adobe documents importing FrameMaker into
> > > RoboHelp, but I don't see that they have ever documented what seemed
> > > to me the best practice, which is keeping the source in FrameMaker and
> > > linking it to RoboHelp. I created sample projects and some
> > > documentation:
> > >
> > > http://lauriston.com/fm10_link_to_rh9.zip
> > >
> > > At my last job we switched from RoboHelp to WebWorks ePublisher Pro,
> > > which I thought was a far superior tool for generating online help and
> > > web pages from FrameMaker source.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:35 PM John Posada 
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What is the current state of the integration between Robohelp and
> > > FrameMaker?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[Robert Lauriston]

WebWorks ePublisher Pro supports source in Word, DITA, and FrameMaker.

RoboHelp, Flare, and WebWorks can all produce professional-quality
PDFs. Pushing a client to FrameMaker when they've never used it
doesn't seem to me like a good move in 2022 unless maybe PDF and/or
print are the only deliverables.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:56 PM John Posada  wrote:
>
> Thanks, Robert. At this gig, RH is an established priority tool, Their
> content authoring starts in Word.
>
> Should this go through, after I've proven my worth, my intent is to try to
> switch them to FM as they need printed documentation/PDFs in addition to
> online help.
>
> I've done Online Helps using FM/WebWorks ePublisher Pro and I agree it is a
> better solution. However, it might be too much of a lift to revamp the
> WHOLE process than to upgrade in stages.
>
> Proposing RH/FM as an integrated authoring environment might be attractive.
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 3:27 PM Robert Lauriston 
> wrote:
>
> > FrameMaker's multichannel publishing is a subset of RoboHelp features.
> > If that subset meets your needs, you don't need RoboHelp.
> >
> > I don't think the integration options have changed since I was using
> > them at my last job. Adobe documents importing FrameMaker into
> > RoboHelp, but I don't see that they have ever documented what seemed
> > to me the best practice, which is keeping the source in FrameMaker and
> > linking it to RoboHelp. I created sample projects and some
> > documentation:
> >
> > http://lauriston.com/fm10_link_to_rh9.zip
> >
> > At my last job we switched from RoboHelp to WebWorks ePublisher Pro,
> > which I thought was a far superior tool for generating online help and
> > web pages from FrameMaker source.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:35 PM John Posada  wrote:
> > >
> > > What is the current state of the integration between Robohelp and
> > FrameMaker?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[John Posada]

Thanks, Robert. At this gig, RH is an established priority tool, Their
content authoring starts in Word.

Should this go through, after I've proven my worth, my intent is to try to
switch them to FM as they need printed documentation/PDFs in addition to
online help.

I've done Online Helps using FM/WebWorks ePublisher Pro and I agree it is a
better solution. However, it might be too much of a lift to revamp the
WHOLE process than to upgrade in stages.

Proposing RH/FM as an integrated authoring environment might be attractive.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 3:27 PM Robert Lauriston 
wrote:

> FrameMaker's multichannel publishing is a subset of RoboHelp features.
> If that subset meets your needs, you don't need RoboHelp.
>
> I don't think the integration options have changed since I was using
> them at my last job. Adobe documents importing FrameMaker into
> RoboHelp, but I don't see that they have ever documented what seemed
> to me the best practice, which is keeping the source in FrameMaker and
> linking it to RoboHelp. I created sample projects and some
> documentation:
>
> http://lauriston.com/fm10_link_to_rh9.zip
>
> At my last job we switched from RoboHelp to WebWorks ePublisher Pro,
> which I thought was a far superior tool for generating online help and
> web pages from FrameMaker source.
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:35 PM John Posada  wrote:
> >
> > What is the current state of the integration between Robohelp and
> FrameMaker?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[Robert Lauriston]

FrameMaker's multichannel publishing is a subset of RoboHelp features.
If that subset meets your needs, you don't need RoboHelp.

I don't think the integration options have changed since I was using
them at my last job. Adobe documents importing FrameMaker into
RoboHelp, but I don't see that they have ever documented what seemed
to me the best practice, which is keeping the source in FrameMaker and
linking it to RoboHelp. I created sample projects and some
documentation:

http://lauriston.com/fm10_link_to_rh9.zip

At my last job we switched from RoboHelp to WebWorks ePublisher Pro,
which I thought was a far superior tool for generating online help and
web pages from FrameMaker source.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:35 PM John Posada  wrote:
>
> What is the current state of the integration between Robohelp and FrameMaker?
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[Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

[John Posada]

Hi guys...I'm talking to a potential gig.
What is the current state of the integration between Robohelp and
FrameMaker?


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[Framers] FrameMaker 12 - RoboHelp 11 - Graphics Conversion shows bad results

[thomas . zeisig]

We are using TCS 5 and encounter blurry graphics when we convert a 
FrameMaker book to HTML Help.
All graphics are referenced in the FrameMaker files and are mainly Tiffs 
with  632x475 px at 200 dpi.
Due to our layout we want to become the graphics in the on-line help 
enlarged to 200 %.
It seems that RoboHelp converts the graphics in two stages, in the first 
stage  the graphics will be resized to 96 dpi, 303x228 px. 
In the second stage this 96 dpi graphic is then scaled to 200% which 
results in bad image quality.
Is there any way to change this conversion behaviour?
If I resize such a tiff in Photoshop I get perfect quality, but it is a 
one stage conversion.
BTW: We tested RoboHelp 2015 too, with the same result. 
 
Best Regards  - Thomas Zeisig
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Re: automating FrameMaker 10 + RoboHelp 9 build

[Robert Lauriston]

Update: I found ExtendScript unreliable. Scripts that worked fine for
months would stop working for no apparent reason, and it was too
inadequately documented and supported for me resolve the problems. So,
I've switched to FrameScript.

I uploaded a script to the FrameScript Users group on Yahoo that opens
a book, sets conditions for PDF, updates the book, saves as PDF, sets
conditions for online help, saves the book, runs a batch file to
generate online help (with RoboHelp), sets conditions for normal
editing, and closes the book.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framescript-users/message/10365

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote:
 For future reference, I posted full details in Adobe's RoboHelp 
 FrameMaker Integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/980779

 On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com 
 wrote:
 For future reference, with minor changes,
 FM_INSTALL_DIR\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
 Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
 rest isn't really relevant to this list.

 On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com 
 wrote:
 I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
 curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
 (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
 just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
 or if these are the wrong scripting tools.

 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
 ExtendScript

 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
 PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
 update book, save

 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
 directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript

 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
 source, generate Web help

 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
 directory, launch Cygwin and start script

 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
 Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)
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automating FrameMaker 10 + RoboHelp 9 build

[Robert Lauriston]

Update: I found ExtendScript unreliable. Scripts that worked fine for
months would stop working for no apparent reason, and it was too
inadequately documented and supported for me resolve the problems. So,
I've switched to FrameScript.

I uploaded a script to the FrameScript Users group on Yahoo that opens
a book, sets conditions for PDF, updates the book, saves as PDF, sets
conditions for online help, saves the book, runs a batch file to
generate online help (with RoboHelp), sets conditions for normal
editing, and closes the book.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framescript-users/message/10365

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Robert Lauriston  
wrote:
> For future reference, I posted full details in Adobe's RoboHelp >
> FrameMaker Integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/980779
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston  
> wrote:
>> For future reference, with minor changes,
>> \Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
>> Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
>> rest isn't really relevant to this list.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston  
>> wrote:
>>> I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
>>> curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
>>> (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
>>> just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
>>> or if these are the wrong scripting tools.
>>>
>>> 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
>>> ExtendScript
>>>
>>> 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
>>> PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
>>> update book, save
>>>
>>> 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
>>> directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript
>>>
>>> 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
>>> source, generate Web help
>>>
>>> 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
>>> directory, launch Cygwin and start script
>>>
>>> 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
>>> Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)

Re: automating FrameMaker 10 + RoboHelp 9 build

[Robert Lauriston]

For future reference, I posted full details in Adobe's RoboHelp 
FrameMaker Integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/980779

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote:
 For future reference, with minor changes,
 FM_INSTALL_DIR\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
 Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
 rest isn't really relevant to this list.

 On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com 
 wrote:
 I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
 curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
 (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
 just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
 or if these are the wrong scripting tools.

 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
 ExtendScript

 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
 PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
 update book, save

 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
 directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript

 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
 source, generate Web help

 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
 directory, launch Cygwin and start script

 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
 Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)
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[Robert Lauriston]

For future reference, I posted full details in Adobe's RoboHelp >
FrameMaker Integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/980779

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston  
wrote:
> For future reference, with minor changes,
> \Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
> Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
> rest isn't really relevant to this list.
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston  
> wrote:
>> I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
>> curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
>> (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
>> just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
>> or if these are the wrong scripting tools.
>>
>> 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
>> ExtendScript
>>
>> 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
>> PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
>> update book, save
>>
>> 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
>> directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript
>>
>> 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
>> source, generate Web help
>>
>> 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
>> directory, launch Cygwin and start script
>>
>> 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
>> Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)

single ExtendScript for FrameMaker 10 RoboHelp 9 (TCS 3.5)?

[Robert Lauriston]

I posted this on the Adobe FrameMaker Scripting forum but got no
response so far.

I'm trying to automate generation of PDF and WebHelp from the same
FrameMaker source

I have a FrameMaker ExtendScript that sets conditional text for PDF,
updates the book, generates PDF, sets conditional text for online
help, and updates the book. It's a minor variation on
FM10_INSTALL_DIR\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx.

I have a RoboHelp ExtendScript that updates the FrameMaker source
(thanks Willam van Weelden):

var projectPath = C:\\path\\filename.xpj;

main();

function main()
{
if(projectPath == )
{
   //Error!. Quit RoboHelp
   alert(Project path is not defined. \nPlease update the
'projectPath' variable in the script.);
   RoboHelp.quit();
}
RoboHelp.openProject(projectPath); //Open the project
RoboHelp.project.updateAll(true); //Update all linked
documents (pass true for Force update)
}

Is there some way to combine these into a single script, or to launch
the RoboHelp script at the end of the FrameMaker script? More
generally, has anyone seen a sample ExtendScript performing operations
in multiple applications?
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single ExtendScript for FrameMaker 10 & RoboHelp 9 (TCS 3.5)?

[Robert Lauriston]

I posted this on the Adobe FrameMaker Scripting forum but got no
response so far.

I'm trying to automate generation of PDF and WebHelp from the same
FrameMaker source

I have a FrameMaker ExtendScript that sets conditional text for PDF,
updates the book, generates PDF, sets conditional text for online
help, and updates the book. It's a minor variation on
\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx.

I have a RoboHelp ExtendScript that updates the FrameMaker source
(thanks Willam van Weelden):

var projectPath = "C:.xpj";

main();

function main()
{
if(projectPath == "")
{
   //Error!. Quit RoboHelp
   alert("Project path is not defined. \nPlease update the
'projectPath' variable in the script.");
   RoboHelp.quit();
}
RoboHelp.openProject(projectPath); //Open the project
RoboHelp.project.updateAll(true); //Update all linked
documents (pass true for Force update)
}

Is there some way to combine these into a single script, or to launch
the RoboHelp script at the end of the FrameMaker script? More
generally, has anyone seen a sample ExtendScript performing operations
in multiple applications?

Re: automating FrameMaker 10 + RoboHelp 9 build

[Robert Lauriston]

For future reference, with minor changes,
FM_INSTALL_DIR\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
rest isn't really relevant to this list.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote:
 I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
 curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
 (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
 just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
 or if these are the wrong scripting tools.

 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
 ExtendScript

 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
 PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
 update book, save

 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
 directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript

 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
 source, generate Web help

 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
 directory, launch Cygwin and start script

 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
 Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)
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[Robert Lauriston]

For future reference, with minor changes,
\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
rest isn't really relevant to this list.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston  
wrote:
> I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
> curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
> (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
> just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
> or if these are the wrong scripting tools.
>
> 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
> ExtendScript
>
> 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
> PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
> update book, save
>
> 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
> directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript
>
> 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
> source, generate Web help
>
> 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
> directory, launch Cygwin and start script
>
> 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
> Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)

automating FrameMaker 10 + RoboHelp 9 build

[Robert Lauriston]

I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
(I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
or if these are the wrong scripting tools.

1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
ExtendScript

2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
update book, save

3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript

4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
source, generate Web help

5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
directory, launch Cygwin and start script

6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)
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[Robert Lauriston]

I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
(I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
or if these are the wrong scripting tools.

1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
ExtendScript

2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
update book, save

3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript

4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
source, generate Web help

5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
directory, launch Cygwin and start script

6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)

ANN: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Anniversary event: Front Runner sponsoring an Adobe Exclusive visit to Toronto, Canada

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25th Adobe FrameMaker  20th RoboHelp Anniversary Event!

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RE: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

[Jeff Coatsworth]

Yes, it's possible - I do the same thing (only generating WebHelp instead of 
CHM). If you want both types of output to look the same, you'll have to do some 
CSS tweaking to bring the appearance of the CHM help into line with the 
formatting present within your FM PDFs. First place to start is with the 
Conversion Settings within RH when you import - that's the first chance you 
have at mapping your FM paragraph  character formatting to RH's styles. You 
can save that off in an .isf file for future use. Also, you can apply (I 
believe) a single CSS file to all topics when you create your CHM. I created 
one called apply2all.css that contained all my tweaks that gets applied to all 
topics and overrides the individual css files that each topic gets created when 
a FM doc is imported.


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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mythri Sathyan
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:29 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

Hello,

I am using Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output 
and RoboHelp 9 for generating the CHM output.

I am unable to use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files) as 
the CSS and master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of the 
help file changes if I use the import option.

Hence, I started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs. The 
end user documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For this, I 
must maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs (Single 
Sourcing).

So I wanted to know:


* Is it possible to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where the 
styles are different for PDF and CHM outputs?

* If Yes, please let us know how to do it?

* If No, then please suggest an alternative way to do it.

Also, it is mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for 
multiple outputs as localization is involved.

Regards,
Mythri






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Re: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

[Bill Swallow]

Yes, and if the structure of the information is different, you can
always maintain two book files. Use one for PDF, and the other for
import into RH. Note that you will need to design your content
accordingly, perhaps using many fm files for one chapter in PDF in
order to satisfy two very different content models. But if it's just
look and feel, you can certainly do this with import via css.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Jeff Coatsworth
jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com wrote:
 Yes, it's possible - I do the same thing (only generating WebHelp instead of
 CHM). If you want both types of output to look the same, you'll have to do
 some CSS tweaking to bring the appearance of the CHM help into line with the
 formatting present within your FM PDFs. First place to start is with the
 Conversion Settings within RH when you import - that's the first chance you
 have at mapping your FM paragraph  character formatting to RH's styles. You
 can save that off in an .isf file for future use. Also, you can apply (I
 believe) a single CSS file to all topics when you create your CHM. I created
 one called apply2all.css that contained all my tweaks that gets applied to
 all topics and overrides the individual css files that each topic gets
 created when a FM doc is imported.

 
 From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
 [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mythri Sathyan
 Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:29 AM
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

 Hello,



 I am using Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output
 and RoboHelp 9 for generating the CHM output.



 I am unable to use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files)
 as the CSS and master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of
 the help file changes if I use the import option.



 Hence, I started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs.
 The end user documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For
 this, I must maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs
 (Single Sourcing).



 So I wanted to know:



 · Is it possible to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where
 the styles are different for PDF and CHM outputs?

 · If Yes, please let us know how to do it?

 · If No, then please suggest an alternative way to do it.



 Also, it is mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for
 multiple outputs as localization is involved.



 Regards,

 Mythri







 
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[Jeff Coatsworth]

Yes, it's possible - I do the same thing (only generating WebHelp instead of 
CHM). If you want both types of output to look the same, you'll have to do some 
CSS tweaking to bring the appearance of the CHM help into line with the 
formatting present within your FM PDFs. First place to start is with the 
Conversion Settings within RH when you import - that's the first chance you 
have at mapping your FM paragraph & character formatting to RH's styles. You 
can save that off in an .isf file for future use. Also, you can apply (I 
believe) a single CSS file to all topics when you create your CHM. I created 
one called apply2all.css that contained all my tweaks that gets applied to all 
topics and overrides the individual css files that each topic gets created when 
a FM doc is imported.


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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mythri Sathyan
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:29 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

Hello,

I am using Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output 
and RoboHelp 9 for generating the CHM output.

I am unable to use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files) as 
the CSS and master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of the 
help file changes if I use the import option.

Hence, I started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs. The 
end user documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For this, I 
must maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs (Single 
Sourcing).

So I wanted to know:


* Is it possible to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where the 
styles are different for PDF and CHM outputs?

* If Yes, please let us know how to do it?

* If No, then please suggest an alternative way to do it.

Also, it is mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for 
multiple outputs as localization is involved.

Regards,
Mythri






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FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

[Bill Swallow]

Yes, and if the structure of the information is different, you can
always maintain two book files. Use one for PDF, and the other for
import into RH. Note that you will need to design your content
accordingly, perhaps using many fm files for one chapter in PDF in
order to satisfy two very different content models. But if it's just
look and feel, you can certainly do this with import via css.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Jeff Coatsworth
 wrote:
> Yes, it's possible - I do the same thing (only generating WebHelp instead of
> CHM). If you want both types of output to look the same, you'll have to do
> some CSS tweaking to bring the appearance of the CHM help into line with the
> formatting present within your FM PDFs. First place to start is with the
> Conversion Settings within RH when you import - that's the first chance you
> have at mapping your FM paragraph & character formatting to RH's styles. You
> can save that off in an .isf file for future use. Also, you can apply (I
> believe) a single CSS file to all topics when you create your CHM. I created
> one called apply2all.css that contained all my tweaks that gets applied to
> all topics and overrides the individual css files that each topic gets
> created when a FM doc is imported.
>
> 
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mythri Sathyan
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:29 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am using Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output
> and RoboHelp 9 for generating the CHM output.
>
>
>
> I am unable to use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files)
> as the CSS and master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of
> the help file changes if I use the import option.
>
>
>
> Hence, I started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs.
> The end user documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For
> this, I must maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs
> (Single Sourcing).
>
>
>
> So I wanted to know:
>
>
>
> ? Is it possible to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where
> the styles are different for PDF and CHM outputs?
>
> ? If Yes, please let us know how to do it?
>
> ? If No, then please suggest an alternative way to do it.
>
>
>
> Also, it is mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for
> multiple outputs as localization is involved.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mythri
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

[Mythri Sathyan]

Hello,

I am using Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output 
and RoboHelp 9 for generating the CHM output.

I am unable to use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files) as 
the CSS and master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of the 
help file changes if I use the import option.

Hence, I started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs. The 
end user documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For this, I 
must maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs (Single 
Sourcing).

So I wanted to know:


* Is it possible to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where the 
styles are different for PDF and CHM outputs?

* If Yes, please let us know how to do it?

* If No, then please suggest an alternative way to do it.

Also, it is mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for 
multiple outputs as localization is involved.

Regards,
Mythri






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FrameMaker and RoboHelp Combination for Single Sourcing

[Mythri Sathyan]

Hello,

I am using Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output 
and RoboHelp 9 for generating the CHM output.

I am unable to use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files) as 
the CSS and master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of the 
help file changes if I use the import option.

Hence, I started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs. The 
end user documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For this, I 
must maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs (Single 
Sourcing).

So I wanted to know:


* Is it possible to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where the 
styles are different for PDF and CHM outputs?

* If Yes, please let us know how to do it?

* If No, then please suggest an alternative way to do it.

Also, it is mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for 
multiple outputs as localization is involved.

Regards,
Mythri






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Re: FrameMaker to RoboHelp XREF in WebHelp TOC output

[Matt Sullivan]

Hi Steve,

To follow on Jeff's excellent suggestion, right-click on the imported FM book 
in RH and choose Properties.

From there, you can select the option to convert the FM toc. After specifying a 
toc name, you can set your webhelp ssl to use the FM toc.

-Matt

Matt Sullivan
Director of Training
roundpeg, inc.
m...@roundpeg.com
714 960-6840

On Apr 27, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Steve Kaufman skauf...@imprivata.com wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I am trying to link a FrameMaker book into RoboHelp to create an online help 
 system. When I have RoboHelp auto-create a Table of Contents, the section 
 headings (created from the bookmarks) are named like: 
 XREF_56898_About_Application
 
 I need to eliminate the XREF_56898 from the section headings when RoboHelp 
 creates the TOC. Instead, I need to have the TOC section headings named in a 
 pretty format to match the heading names when viewing the book.
 
 RoboHelp seems to get a low-level bookmark name from the FrameMaker book when 
 naming the section headings. Has anyone seen behavior like this before?
 
 I am using FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9. My output format is WebHelp.
 
  
 
 The steps I follow are:
 
 1.   Create a new blank project in RoboHelp.
 
 2.   Right-click on Project Files, choose Link, choose FrameMaker 
 Document.
 
 3.   Choose the FrameMaker .book file
 
 4.   Right-click on WebHelp and choose Generate, to generate the WebHelp 
 HTML output.
 
 5.   In the RoboHelp TOC pod, click the AutoCreate TOC button.
 
  
 
 Any help or advice is much appreciated.
 
 Thank you,
 
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[Matt Sullivan]

Hi Steve,

To follow on Jeff's excellent suggestion, right-click on the imported FM book 
in RH and choose "Properties".

RE: FrameMaker to RoboHelp XREF in WebHelp TOC output

[Jeff Coatsworth]

Why not try creating the ToC in FM and then have it brought over into your RH 
project? Or you could hand-edit all the ToC entries to make them look nice.


From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:49 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker to RoboHelp XREF in WebHelp TOC output

Hi,
I am trying to link a FrameMaker book into RoboHelp to create an online help 
system. When I have RoboHelp auto-create a Table of Contents, the section 
headings (created from the bookmarks) are named like: 
XREF_56898_About_Application
I need to eliminate the XREF_56898 from the section headings when RoboHelp 
creates the TOC. Instead, I need to have the TOC section headings named in a 
pretty format to match the heading names when viewing the book.
RoboHelp seems to get a low-level bookmark name from the FrameMaker book when 
naming the section headings. Has anyone seen behavior like this before?
I am using FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9. My output format is WebHelp.

The steps I follow are:

1.   Create a new blank project in RoboHelp.

2.   Right-click on Project Files, choose Link, choose FrameMaker Document.

3.   Choose the FrameMaker .book file

4.   Right-click on WebHelp and choose Generate, to generate the WebHelp 
HTML output.

5.   In the RoboHelp TOC pod, click the AutoCreate TOC button.

Any help or advice is much appreciated.
Thank you,
-Steve K
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FrameMaker to RoboHelp XREF in WebHelp TOC output

[Jeff Coatsworth]

Why not try creating the ToC in FM and then have it brought over into your RH 
project? Or you could hand-edit all the ToC entries to make them look nice.


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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:49 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker to RoboHelp XREF in WebHelp TOC output

Hi,
I am trying to link a FrameMaker book into RoboHelp to create an online help 
system. When I have RoboHelp auto-create a Table of Contents, the section 
headings (created from the bookmarks) are named like: 
XREF_56898_About_Application
I need to eliminate the XREF_56898 from the section headings when RoboHelp 
creates the TOC. Instead, I need to have the TOC section headings named in a 
pretty format to match the heading names when viewing the book.
RoboHelp seems to get a low-level bookmark name from the FrameMaker book when 
naming the section headings. Has anyone seen behavior like this before?
I am using FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9. My output format is WebHelp.

The steps I follow are:

1.   Create a new blank project in RoboHelp.

2.   Right-click on Project Files, choose Link, choose FrameMaker Document.

3.   Choose the FrameMaker .book file

4.   Right-click on WebHelp and choose Generate, to generate the WebHelp 
HTML output.

5.   In the RoboHelp TOC pod, click the AutoCreate TOC button.

Any help or advice is much appreciated.
Thank you,
-Steve K
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FrameMaker to RoboHelp XREF in WebHelp TOC output

[Steve Kaufman]

Hi,

I am trying to link a FrameMaker book into RoboHelp to create an online
help system. When I have RoboHelp auto-create a Table of Contents, the
section headings (created from the bookmarks) are named like:
XREF_56898_About_Application

I need to eliminate the XREF_56898 from the section headings when
RoboHelp creates the TOC. Instead, I need to have the TOC section
headings named in a pretty format to match the heading names when
viewing the book.

RoboHelp seems to get a low-level bookmark name from the FrameMaker book
when naming the section headings. Has anyone seen behavior like this
before?

I am using FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9. My output format is WebHelp.

 

The steps I follow are:

1.   Create a new blank project in RoboHelp.

2.   Right-click on Project Files, choose Link, choose FrameMaker
Document.

3.   Choose the FrameMaker .book file

4.   Right-click on WebHelp and choose Generate, to generate the
WebHelp HTML output.

5.   In the RoboHelp TOC pod, click the AutoCreate TOC button.

 

Any help or advice is much appreciated.

Thank you,

-Steve K

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[Steve Kaufman]

Hi,

I am trying to link a FrameMaker book into RoboHelp to create an online
help system. When I have RoboHelp auto-create a Table of Contents, the
section headings (created from the bookmarks) are named like:
XREF_56898_About_Application

I need to eliminate the XREF_56898 from the section headings when
RoboHelp creates the TOC. Instead, I need to have the TOC section
headings named in a pretty format to match the heading names when
viewing the book.

RoboHelp seems to get a low-level bookmark name from the FrameMaker book
when naming the section headings. Has anyone seen behavior like this
before?

I am using FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9. My output format is WebHelp.



The steps I follow are:

1.   Create a new blank project in RoboHelp.

2.   Right-click on Project Files, choose Link, choose FrameMaker
Document.

3.   Choose the FrameMaker .book file

4.   Right-click on WebHelp and choose Generate, to generate the
WebHelp HTML output.

5.   In the RoboHelp TOC pod, click the AutoCreate TOC button.



Any help or advice is much appreciated.

Thank you,

-Steve K

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Re: FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Joy Kocar]

Martha,

When I played the presentation in Google Chrome, I did not get the echo.
Hopefully it will work for you too.


Joy Kocar, EIT
Engineer/Tech Writer
www.maptek.com


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Martha Lee martha@coventor.com wrote:

 Hi All,

 I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with
 FrameMaker.
 I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
 about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
 doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
 online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
 link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
 try to generate WebHelp.

 I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
 (http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
 to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so
 I
 get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

 Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM,
 dual
 processors, 3.2 GHz each.

 I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

 Thanks.

 Martha Lee
 Documentation Department
 Coventor, Inc.
 919-854-7500 ext. 120
 martha@coventor.com

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Hi All,

I found Roundpeg's webinar useful:
http://blogs.roundpeg.com/2010/08/robohelp-webinar/. It runs about 75
minutes.


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   3. Re: FM 7.0 Locks up on Windows 7 (Dick Spierings)
   4. Recommendations for FrameMaker typesetting services (low
  level)? (Harding, Dan)
   5. S1000D in Framemaker unclassified (Mitchell, Richard (NNPPI))
   6. Re: FrameMaker and RoboHelp (Roger Shuttleworth)
   7. Translation Vendors (Flato, Gillian)
   8. RE: FrameMaker and RoboHelp (Spectrum Writing)


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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:01:34 -0400
From: Martha Lee martha@coventor.com
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Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp
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Content-Type: text/plain;   charset=iso-8859-1

Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with
FrameMaker.
I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
about how to use these two programs together. The online help for
Robohelp
doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when
I
try to generate WebHelp.

I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
(http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I
try
to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one,
so I
get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM,
dual
processors, 3.2 GHz each.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha@coventor.com



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[Joy Kocar]

Martha,

When I played the presentation in Google Chrome, I did not get the echo.
Hopefully it will work for you too.


Joy Kocar, EIT
Engineer/Tech Writer
www.maptek.com


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Martha Lee  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with
> FrameMaker.
> I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
> about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
> doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
> online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
> link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
> try to generate WebHelp.
>
> I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
> (http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
> to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so
> I
> get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.
>
> Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM,
> dual
> processors, 3.2 GHz each.
>
> I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Martha Lee
> Documentation Department
> Coventor, Inc.
> 919-854-7500 ext. 120
> martha.lee at coventor.com
>
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FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Carmen De Nicholas]

Hi All,

I found Roundpeg's webinar useful:
http://blogs.roundpeg.com/2010/08/robohelp-webinar/. It runs about 75
minutes.


Best Regards,
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CAMSTAR SYSTEMS, INC.  Advancing Product Quality
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   4. Recommendations for FrameMaker typesetting services (low
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   5. S1000D in Framemaker unclassified (Mitchell, Richard (NNPPI))
   6. Re: FrameMaker and RoboHelp (Roger Shuttleworth)
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:01:34 -0400
From: "Martha Lee" <martha@coventor.com>
To: 
Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"

Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with
FrameMaker.
I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
about how to use these two programs together. The online help for
Robohelp
doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when
I
try to generate WebHelp.

I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
(http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I
try
to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one,
so I
get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM,
dual
processors, 3.2 GHz each.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha.lee at coventor.com

FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Martha Lee]

Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker.
I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
try to generate WebHelp.

I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
(http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so I
get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM, dual
processors, 3.2 GHz each.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha@coventor.com

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Re: FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Jim Owens]

Adobe has a FrameMaker Integration Forum for FM-RoboHelp issues.

http://forums.adobe.com/community/robohelp/robohelp_framemaker

On 2010-11-01 13:01, Martha Lee wrote:

Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker. 
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He is the guru of RH/FM linking. I took training from him for this very
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Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 11:02 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp

Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker.
I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
try to generate WebHelp.

I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
(http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so I
get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM, dual
processors, 3.2 GHz each.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
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Adobe has a FrameMaker Integration Forum for FM-RoboHelp issues.

http://forums.adobe.com/community/robohelp/robohelp_framemaker

On 2010-11-01 13:01, Martha Lee wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker. 
> (...)

FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hi Martha

Kevin Stiegel's book "Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 8 HTML" goes some of the 
way, though it does not talk much about integration with FrameMaker. ISBN 
1-932733-30-2.

There's a TCS2 group on Google groups: 
http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?lnk=

Hope this helps.

Roger

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From: Martha Lee [mailto:martha@coventor.com]
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:01:34 -0400
Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp

Hi All,

  I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker.
  I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
  about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
  doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
  online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
  link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
  try to generate WebHelp.

  I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
  (http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
  to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so I
  get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

  Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM, dual
  processors, 3.2 GHz each.

  I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

  Thanks.

  Martha Lee
  Documentation Department
  Coventor, Inc.
  919-854-7500 ext. 120
  martha.lee at coventor.com

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To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker and RoboHelp

Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker.
I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
try to generate WebHelp.

I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
(http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so I
get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM, dual
processors, 3.2 GHz each.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
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Hi All,

I'm looking for some resources to learn how to use RoboHelp with FrameMaker.
I have Technical Communication Suite 2.0, and I can't find any tutorials
about how to use these two programs together. The online help for Robohelp
doesn't include any kind of tutorial, and even more disappointing, the
online help for RoboHelp is not context sensitive. I have been trying to
link a FrameMaker book, but I only get one file out of 8 to show up when I
try to generate WebHelp.

I found a link on the Web for a demo by RJ Jacquez
(http://rjacquez.com/linking_framemaker_9_books_in/), but every time I try
to play it, a second instance starts a few seconds after the first one, so I
get two presentations playing at once, but out of sync.

Don't know if it's relevant, but I'm running Win XP64 with 8 GB of RAM, dual
processors, 3.2 GHz each.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thanks.

Martha Lee
Documentation Department
Coventor, Inc.
919-854-7500 ext. 120
martha.lee at coventor.com

Porting FrameMaker To RoboHelp

[Tony Marek]

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Re: Template question, FrameMaker to RoboHelp HTML

[Matt Sullivan]

Hi Steve,

Have you considered applying a unique tag to the anchor para, mapping it to a 
css style?

I'm not a css code jockey, but you should then be able to override the 
placement inherited from FM

I'm out of the office right now, so email  cell phone (714 585 2335) are the 
best ways to get in touch with me today.

-Matt

-Original Message-

From:  Stan Burnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj:  Template question, FrameMaker to RoboHelp HTML
Date:  Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:35 pm
Size:  1K
To:  framers@lists.frameusers.com

I'm new. This is my first post. I've cross posted. Please excuse my  
directness, I'm under the gun...

FrameMaker 8.0 and RoboHelp 7 HTML as part of the Technical  
Communication Suite.

I have a FrameMaker book that uses a template designed for publishing  
to PDF.  I am trying to create a new template to reformat the content  
for importing the entire book (.book file) into a RoboHelp HTML  
WebHelp project.

My only problem is with anchored frames and the graphics.

In the template designed for Publish as PDF, all of the anchored  
frames are aligned as Center and extend to both margins. The Inside  
and Outside margins are set to 48. Some of the graphics are Offset  
 From Left = 114.0 pt (This makes them flush with the Body paragraph  
tag).  Others are Offset From Left = 130.0 pt (this makes them flush  
with the indented body paragraph tag).

I've created a new template where the Body paragraph tag is set to 0.0  
pt. And the indented body paragraph tag is set to 16.0 pt.

When I import the FrameMaker book into RoboHelp (after applying the  
new template), everything else looks fine, but all graphics are hard  
set (Offset From Left) to 114pt and 130pt. (And this looks bad.)

I want to format the anchored frames and graphics in each template so  
that when the Publish to PDF template is applied, the graphics are  
flush with the 114pt Body paragraphAnd when the Import to  
RoboHelp WebHelp template is applied, the graphics are flush with the  
0.0 pt Body paragraph.

Paragraphs are easy to manipulate in a template.  But I can find no  
way to manipulate anchored frames or graphics.  Any ideas?

Thanks!
Stan
Portland, OR


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Template question, FrameMaker to RoboHelp HTML

[Matt Sullivan]

Hi Steve,

Have you considered applying a unique tag to the anchor para, mapping it to a 
css style?

I'm not a css code jockey, but you should then be able to override the 
placement inherited from FM

I'm out of the office right now, so email & cell phone (714 585 2335) are the 
best ways to get in touch with me today.

-Matt

-Original Message-

From:  Stan Burnett <st...@xmission.com>
Subj:  Template question, FrameMaker to RoboHelp HTML
Date:  Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:35 pm
Size:  1K
To:  framers at lists.frameusers.com

I'm new. This is my first post. I've cross posted. Please excuse my  
directness, I'm under the gun...

FrameMaker 8.0 and RoboHelp 7 HTML as part of the Technical  
Communication Suite.

I have a FrameMaker book that uses a template designed for publishing  
to PDF.  I am trying to create a new template to reformat the content  
for importing the entire book (.book file) into a RoboHelp HTML  
WebHelp project.

My only problem is with anchored frames and the graphics.

In the template designed for "Publish as PDF," all of the anchored  
frames are aligned as "Center" and extend to both margins. The Inside  
and Outside margins are set to 48. Some of the graphics are "Offset  
 From Left" = 114.0 pt (This makes them flush with the Body paragraph  
tag).  Others are "Offset From Left" = 130.0 pt (this makes them flush  
with the "indented body" paragraph tag).

I've created a new template where the Body paragraph tag is set to 0.0  
pt. And the "indented body" paragraph tag is set to 16.0 pt.

When I import the FrameMaker book into RoboHelp (after applying the  
new template), everything else looks fine, but all graphics are hard  
set (Offset From Left) to 114pt and 130pt. (And this looks bad.)

I want to format the anchored frames and graphics in each template so  
that when the "Publish to PDF" template is applied, the graphics are  
flush with the 114pt Body paragraphAnd when the "Import to  
RoboHelp WebHelp" template is applied, the graphics are flush with the  
0.0 pt Body paragraph.

Paragraphs are easy to manipulate in a template.  But I can find no  
way to manipulate anchored frames or graphics.  Any ideas?

Thanks!
Stan
Portland, OR


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Template question, FrameMaker to RoboHelp HTML

[Stan Burnett]

I'm new. This is my first post. I've cross posted. Please excuse my  
directness, I'm under the gun...

FrameMaker 8.0 and RoboHelp 7 HTML as part of the Technical  
Communication Suite.

I have a FrameMaker book that uses a template designed for publishing  
to PDF.  I am trying to create a new template to reformat the content  
for importing the entire book (.book file) into a RoboHelp HTML  
WebHelp project.

My only problem is with anchored frames and the graphics.

In the template designed for Publish as PDF, all of the anchored  
frames are aligned as Center and extend to both margins. The Inside  
and Outside margins are set to 48. Some of the graphics are Offset  
 From Left = 114.0 pt (This makes them flush with the Body paragraph  
tag).  Others are Offset From Left = 130.0 pt (this makes them flush  
with the indented body paragraph tag).

I've created a new template where the Body paragraph tag is set to 0.0  
pt. And the indented body paragraph tag is set to 16.0 pt.

When I import the FrameMaker book into RoboHelp (after applying the  
new template), everything else looks fine, but all graphics are hard  
set (Offset From Left) to 114pt and 130pt. (And this looks bad.)

I want to format the anchored frames and graphics in each template so  
that when the Publish to PDF template is applied, the graphics are  
flush with the 114pt Body paragraphAnd when the Import to  
RoboHelp WebHelp template is applied, the graphics are flush with the  
0.0 pt Body paragraph.

Paragraphs are easy to manipulate in a template.  But I can find no  
way to manipulate anchored frames or graphics.  Any ideas?

Thanks!
Stan
Portland, OR


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Template question, FrameMaker to RoboHelp HTML

[Stan Burnett]

I'm new. This is my first post. I've cross posted. Please excuse my  
directness, I'm under the gun...

FrameMaker 8.0 and RoboHelp 7 HTML as part of the Technical  
Communication Suite.

I have a FrameMaker book that uses a template designed for publishing  
to PDF.  I am trying to create a new template to reformat the content  
for importing the entire book (.book file) into a RoboHelp HTML  
WebHelp project.

My only problem is with anchored frames and the graphics.

In the template designed for "Publish as PDF," all of the anchored  
frames are aligned as "Center" and extend to both margins. The Inside  
and Outside margins are set to 48. Some of the graphics are "Offset  
 From Left" = 114.0 pt (This makes them flush with the Body paragraph  
tag).  Others are "Offset From Left" = 130.0 pt (this makes them flush  
with the "indented body" paragraph tag).

I've created a new template where the Body paragraph tag is set to 0.0  
pt. And the "indented body" paragraph tag is set to 16.0 pt.

When I import the FrameMaker book into RoboHelp (after applying the  
new template), everything else looks fine, but all graphics are hard  
set (Offset From Left) to 114pt and 130pt. (And this looks bad.)

I want to format the anchored frames and graphics in each template so  
that when the "Publish to PDF" template is applied, the graphics are  
flush with the 114pt Body paragraphAnd when the "Import to  
RoboHelp WebHelp" template is applied, the graphics are flush with the  
0.0 pt Body paragraph.

Paragraphs are easy to manipulate in a template.  But I can find no  
way to manipulate anchored frames or graphics.  Any ideas?

Thanks!
Stan
Portland, OR

Training Videos - Adobe Technical Communication Suite, FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Vivek Jain]

Adobe Senior Product Evangelist, RJ Jácquez, has created three On Demand 
training videos to help customers get started with Adobe Technical 
Communication Suite.  A large number of customers have been asking us for 
training material on the Suite. I hope you will find this useful.  Please see 
the details below-

NEW Training Video! http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/  Getting Started 
with the Technical Communication Suite: Part 1 
http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/  
(http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/ 
http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/ ) 

In Part 1, you will learn about leveraging live and interactive 3D models from 
virtual any CAD/CAM/CAE software in your technical and instructional documents 
using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.  This training video includes 
all exercise files needed for you to follow along with the presenter, and 
experience first-hand how to convert a 3D CAD file into a highly compressed 3D 
PDF document and how the included 3D Toolkit software allows you to reuse this 
model in FrameMaker and then generate an interactive and rich PDF document, 
that you can distribute to anyone using the free Adobe Reader. The video also 
guides you through the steps on how to further polish your 3D models using 3D 
materials and by adding animation that shows your end-users how to disassemble 
the model.

NEW Training Video! http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/  Getting Started 
with the Technical Communication Suite: Part 2 
http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/  
(http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/ 
http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/ )

In Part 2, you will learn how to supplement your technical and instructional 
design documents with engaging Adobe Captivate demonstrations, simulations and 
quizzes in the Flash format using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.  
This training video includes all exercise files needed for you to follow along 
with the presenter and experience first-hand how to create engaging Captivate 
demonstrations, simulations and quizzes that can be imported into FrameMaker 
documents and saved as PDF files, that end-users can playback using the free 
Adobe Reader.  The video also guides you through the steps needed to add a 
printing poster in FrameMaker and how to generate a single .SWF file from 
Captivate, which includes the playback bar in the PDF file, as well as other 
best practices.

NEW Training Video! http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/  Getting Started 
with the Technical Communication Suite: Part 3 
http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/  
(http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/ 
http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/ )

In Part 2, you will learn about adding FrameMaker books and documents in 
RoboHelp as live links and reusing FrameMaker content for creating Online Help 
systems, Searchable Knowledge bases, Performance Support systems and even 
Policies and Procedures.  Just like the first two, the exercise files are also 
included in case you want to go over the integration features yourself. 

Besides Adobe Technical Communication Suite, there are training videos for 
Adobe FrameMaker 8 
http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/framemaker/#tutorials  and 
Adobe RoboHelp 7 
http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/robohelp/#tutorials  available 
on Help Resource Center http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/ .  Adobe 
Certified Trainers (for example, John Daigle http://www.showmethedemo.com/ is 
a certified trainer for RoboHelp and Captivate) can help you with formal 
training, if required.  If you are looking for formal training, you can locate 
Adobe Authorized Trainers 
http://partners.adobe.com/public/partnerfinder/tp/show_find.do  in your area 
from Adobe site 
http://partners.adobe.com/public/partnerfinder/tp/show_find.do . 

Thanks and regards
Vivek Jain
 
Group Product Manager, Adobe Systems
Adobe Technical Communication Suite, FrameMaker and  RoboHelp
www.adobe.com/products/technicalcommunicationsuite/
blog- http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/
RoboHelp Packager for Adobe AIR- http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/robohelp/
 
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Training Videos - Adobe Technical Communication Suite, FrameMaker and RoboHelp

[Vivek Jain]

Adobe Senior Product Evangelist, RJ J?cquez, has created three On Demand 
training videos to help customers get started with Adobe Technical 
Communication Suite.  A large number of customers have been asking us for 
training material on the Suite. I hope you will find this useful.  Please see 
the details below-

NEW Training Video! <http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/>  Getting Started 
with the Technical Communication Suite: Part 1 
<http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/>  
(http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/ 
<http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p29205929/> ) 

In Part 1, you will learn about leveraging live and interactive 3D models from 
virtual any CAD/CAM/CAE software in your technical and instructional documents 
using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.  This training video includes 
all exercise files needed for you to follow along with the presenter, and 
experience first-hand how to convert a 3D CAD file into a highly compressed 3D 
PDF document and how the included 3D Toolkit software allows you to reuse this 
model in FrameMaker and then generate an interactive and rich PDF document, 
that you can distribute to anyone using the free Adobe Reader. The video also 
guides you through the steps on how to further polish your 3D models using 3D 
materials and by adding animation that shows your end-users how to disassemble 
the model.

NEW Training Video! <http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/>  Getting Started 
with the Technical Communication Suite: Part 2 
<http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/>  
(http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/ 
<http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p25426010/> )

In Part 2, you will learn how to supplement your technical and instructional 
design documents with engaging Adobe Captivate demonstrations, simulations and 
quizzes in the Flash format using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.  
This training video includes all exercise files needed for you to follow along 
with the presenter and experience first-hand how to create engaging Captivate 
demonstrations, simulations and quizzes that can be imported into FrameMaker 
documents and saved as PDF files, that end-users can playback using the free 
Adobe Reader.  The video also guides you through the steps needed to add a 
printing poster in FrameMaker and how to generate a single .SWF file from 
Captivate, which includes the playback bar in the PDF file, as well as other 
best practices.

NEW Training Video! <http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/>  Getting Started 
with the Technical Communication Suite: Part 3 
<http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/>  
(http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/ 
<http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p13101233/> )

In Part 2, you will learn about adding FrameMaker books and documents in 
RoboHelp as live links and reusing FrameMaker content for creating Online Help 
systems, Searchable Knowledge bases, Performance Support systems and even 
Policies and Procedures.  Just like the first two, the exercise files are also 
included in case you want to go over the integration features yourself. 

Besides Adobe Technical Communication Suite, there are training videos for 
Adobe FrameMaker 8 
<http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/framemaker/#tutorials>  and 
Adobe RoboHelp 7 
<http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/robohelp/#tutorials>  available 
on Help Resource Center <http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/> .  Adobe 
Certified Trainers (for example, John Daigle <http://www.showmethedemo.com/> is 
a certified trainer for RoboHelp and Captivate) can help you with formal 
training, if required.  If you are looking for formal training, you can locate 
Adobe Authorized Trainers 
<http://partners.adobe.com/public/partnerfinder/tp/show_find.do>  in your area 
from Adobe site 
<http://partners.adobe.com/public/partnerfinder/tp/show_find.do> . 

Thanks and regards
Vivek Jain

Group Product Manager, Adobe Systems
Adobe Technical Communication Suite, FrameMaker and  RoboHelp
www.adobe.com/products/technicalcommunicationsuite/
blog- http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/
RoboHelp Packager for Adobe AIR- http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/robohelp/

ANN: Adobe on The Future of FrameMaker and RoboHELP

[Jobs at ProSpring]

Karl Matthews from Adobe Systems will be presenting a lunch 
presentation on the future of FrameMaker and RoboHELP at LavaCon on 
Monday, October 2.


Additional sessions and hands-on workshops are being presented by 
Frame experts Alan Houser, Sarah O'Keefe, more.


Discount airfare and hotel rooms are still available.

Program and registration info available at www.lavacon.org


See you in Kauai,

Jack Molisani
Executive Director
LavaCon 2006



LavaCon: The Fourth Annual Conference on for Advanced Tech Comm Professionals
October 1 - 4, 
2006 
Kauai, Hawaii
888-378-2333 
www.lavacon.org



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ANN: Adobe on The Future of FrameMaker and RoboHELP

[Jobs@ProSpring]

Karl Matthews from Adobe Systems will be presenting a lunch 
presentation on the future of FrameMaker and RoboHELP at LavaCon on 
Monday, October 2.

Additional sessions and hands-on workshops are being presented by 
Frame experts Alan Houser, Sarah O'Keefe, more.

Discount airfare and hotel rooms are still available.

Program and registration info available at www.lavacon.org


See you in Kauai,

Jack Molisani
Executive Director
LavaCon 2006



LavaCon: The Fourth Annual Conference on for Advanced Tech Comm Professionals
October 1 - 4, 
2006 
Kauai, Hawaii
888-378-2333 
www.lavacon.org