Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice to get right. If you have an engineer to work with, they could probably make quick work out of it (after complaining about how AutoIT is too much like Visual Basic) with your help. http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ I man

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) - Update the books - Create PDFs of books and some stand-alone files

cross reference vs variables

> In these documents that I am currently cleaning up, the title, > customer name, document date, and document number are all variables on > the title page, but then are cross-referenced throughout the chapters. > It would make more sense that they are variables throughout? Yes, having them all as

RE: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

You could probably do it with AutoIT, though it would take some practice to get right. If you have an engineer to work with, they could probably make quick work out of it (after complaining about how AutoIT is too much like Visual Basic) with your help. http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ I man

cross reference vs variables

> Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a > statement. > > There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. > > Discuss. > > Deirdre One advantage of variables is that you can't delete them accidentally. More than once, I have deleted a sectio

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

Framers, A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will do the following: - Pull FM files and books from their version control system (PVCS) - Maybe set conditions (not sure if this is needed yet) - Update the books - Create PDFs of books and some stand-alone files

Find and Replace cross references

Hi Deirdre, > So, the original author has hand typed the name of the document into > every.single.master.page (there's about 100 of them). Unfortunately > (s)he got the name wrong. You now know that you can use variables and how to insert them. However, why are there 100 master pages? Does each

Re: cross reference vs variables

> In these documents that I am currently cleaning up, the title, > customer name, document date, and document number are all variables on > the title page, but then are cross-referenced throughout the chapters. > It would make more sense that they are variables throughout? Yes, having them all as

cross reference vs variables

Yes, and yes. However, they'd only be "variables on the title page" if it's a stand-alone file. If it is, then you should be able to import them into all the other files so that all component files in the book have the same consistent set of variables. And then you could do a series of search-and-r

Re: cross reference vs variables

> Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a > statement. > > There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. > > Discuss. > > Deirdre One advantage of variables is that you can't delete them accidentally. More than once, I have deleted a sectio

cross reference vs variables

False. > Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a > statement. > > There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. > > Discuss. > > Deirdre > ___

Registering a new FrameMaker license

Without commenting on this issue, I can confirm that there is a special upgrade policy for FrameMaker 8 (and Adobe Technical Communication Suite) that allows for upgrade from any version of FrameMaker. Thanks and regards Vivek Jain Group Product Manager, Adobe Systems Adobe Technical Communicat

cross reference vs variables

Deirdre Reagan wrote:> Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a statement. > > There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. > > Discuss. Disagree almost completely. IMO, about the only thing they have in common is that they are methods

cross reference vs variables

Thank you all! This helps so much in learning how the program works and how the documents work! I'm looking like a hero to my co-workers. (Ok, not really.) Thanks! Deirdre On 2/20/08, Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at

cross reference vs variables

In these documents that I am currently cleaning up, the title, customer name, document date, and document number are all variables on the title page, but then are cross-referenced throughout the chapters. It would make more sense that they are variables throughout? I don't think I am acutally ref

cross reference vs variables

Thank you Fred -- I'm pretty sure the help pages and the user guide said the same thing, but I haven't been able to make heads or tails of them. Your explanation is much clearer. Perhaps you should offer your services to the Adobe Company? ;) Deirdre On 2/20/08, Fred Ridder wrote: > > Deirdre

cross reference vs variables

Precisely! Cross-references are to variables as crayfish are to lightning. > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:17 PM > To: Frame User

cross reference vs variables

Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a statement. There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. Discuss. Deirdre

RE: cross reference vs variables

By the way ... just to "plug" the BookVars plugin further ... For a simple example (this is a complete file), here is the content of the text file first generated automatically by BookVars (and edited from then on by me): [General] AltBookVarsFile= DelVarCode= RenVarChar= LogFile=GSM Mobile Devi

cross reference vs variables

By the way ... just to "plug" the BookVars plugin further ... For a simple example (this is a complete file), here is the content of the text file first generated automatically by BookVars (and edited from then on by me): [General] AltBookVarsFile= DelVarCode= RenVarChar= LogFile=GSM Mobile Devi

Re: cross reference vs variables

Thank you all! This helps so much in learning how the program works and how the documents work! I'm looking like a hero to my co-workers. (Ok, not really.) Thanks! Deirdre On 2/20/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EM

RE: cross reference vs variables

Deidra, There are at least two ways to set it up that will accomplish the same thing. 1. Define the variables you need in the Title Chapter, then import them into all of the other chapters. Insert the variables themselves wherever you need them. When a change is needed, change the variables in th

cross reference vs variables

Deidra, There are at least two ways to set it up that will accomplish the same thing. 1. Define the variables you need in the Title Chapter, then import them into all of the other chapters. Insert the variables themselves wherever you need them. When a change is needed, change the variables in th

RE: cross reference vs variables

> -Original Message- > From: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If it is, then you should be able to import them into all the other > files so that all component files in the book have the same consistent > set of variables. And then you could do a series of > search-and-replaces t

cross reference vs variables

> -Original Message- > From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] > > If it is, then you should be able to import them into all the other > files so that all component files in the book have the same consistent > set of variables. And then you could do a series of > search-and-r

Re: cross reference vs variables

Yes, and yes. However, they'd only be "variables on the title page" if it's a stand-alone file. If it is, then you should be able to import them into all the other files so that all component files in the book have the same consistent set of variables. And then you could do a series of search-and-r

Re: cross reference vs variables

In these documents that I am currently cleaning up, the title, customer name, document date, and document number are all variables on the title page, but then are cross-referenced throughout the chapters. It would make more sense that they are variables throughout? I don't think I am acutally ref

RE: cross reference vs variables

I agree entirely with your observations, Fred! They are different and needed for different purposes. I use cross-references for paragraph and other document information that I want to reference elsewhere in the document or book. Like table titles for example. I use variables to hold commonly us

cross reference vs variables

I agree entirely with your observations, Fred! They are different and needed for different purposes. I use cross-references for paragraph and other document information that I want to reference elsewhere in the document or book. Like table titles for example. I use variables to hold commonly us

Re: cross reference vs variables

Thank you Fred -- I'm pretty sure the help pages and the user guide said the same thing, but I haven't been able to make heads or tails of them. Your explanation is much clearer. Perhaps you should offer your services to the Adobe Company? ;) Deirdre On 2/20/08, Fred Ridder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

REVIEW: PDFEscape-Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing [AppScout]

Grant Hogarth wrote: > AppScout: PDFEscape-Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing > 1-9-269> Looks like a very useful utility; thank you for posting, Grant. And may I once again promote the use of TinyURL... http://tinyurl.c

Re: cross reference vs variables

False. > Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a > statement. > > There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. > > Discuss. > > Deirdre > ___ ___ You

FrameMaker Spell Checking

Good afternoon fellow Framers A colleague of mine posed a question on FrameMaker spell-checking: Anything out there that can supplement the current Frame environment for spell-checking? Or better yet, can we expect an improvement in this area as Frame isn't very robust. Just checking in and wo

RE: cross reference vs variables

Deirdre Reagan wrote:> Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a statement. > > There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. > > Discuss. Disagree almost completely. IMO, about the only thing they have in common is that they are method

Page count in a large book

Harold Winberg wrote: > Hello Framers > > > > Does anyone know a simple way to just count the number of pages in a > large book (or any book)? > > > > All we really need at this point is to count the number of pages for > organizational purposes. > > Open the book file, set the first fi

help needed with cleanfm batch file

Dave, I don't have the batch file, but you can delete unwanted files as follows: 1. Open a command prompt by choosing Start > Run, type cmd.exe, and click OK. 2. In the command prompt, go to the directory you want to clean up using the cd command. 3. To delete backup and lock files, execute the

RE: cross reference vs variables

Precisely! Cross-references are to variables as crayfish are to lightning. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:17 PM > To: Frame Users > Subject: cross reference vs varia

help needed with cleanfm batch file

Dave, I don't have the batch file, but you can delete unwanted files as follows: 1. Open a command prompt by choosing Start > Run, type cmd.exe, and click OK. 2. In the command prompt, go to the directory you want to clean up using the cd command. 3. To delete backup and lock files, execute the

cross reference vs variables

Just to mix things up, the next question will appear in the form of a statement. There is very little difference between cross-references and variables. Discuss. Deirdre ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list mess

Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-WikiConverter/ > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of William Gaffga > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:03 AM > To: framers at frameusers.com > Subject: Re:

Find and Replace cross references

Ah, the Daily Deirdre is like a ray of sunshine in our dark cubes Yes, you can use a cross-ref, but a user variable would be better and more flexible. And you can use it to consistently control the name of the document everywhere else too -- title page, part number, etc. Art On Wed, Feb 20,

Find and Replace cross references

Use a user variable. That's what they're designed for.> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:02:15 -0600> From: deirdre.reagan at gmail.com> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Find and Replace cross references> > Good morning fellow Framemaker Users!> > You didn't think a day would pass without

Page count in a large book

Hello Framers Does anyone know a simple way to just count the number of pages in a large book (or any book)? All we really need at this point is to count the number of pages for organizational purposes. Thanks Les Winberg

Find and Replace cross references

She obviously responded to the wrong list. > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:44 AM > To: Owen, Clint > Cc: Frame Users > Subject: Re: F

Find and Replace cross references

Thank you Clint! LOL about this: > However, if all the files use the same master pages you can fix them in > one file and then import the page layouts into all the other files. That would be nice, wouldn't it! I will get busy opening pages and let you all know whether or not Victory is Mine! T

Cross References:using text that is not that linked to

Thanks, that was the sort of thing I hoped existed! On 2/19/08, Combs, Richard wrote: > Carrie Baker wrote: > > > Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text > > that appears in the cross reference is something that I type > > in, and not the text that appears in Heading 2 (i.e. wi

Find and Replace cross references

Every individual document (file) in FrameMaker has it's own Master page. > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr. Winfried > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:33 AM > To: Frame User

Find and Replace cross references

Thank you all for your answers. Four out of four peple think the user variable is the way to go, so I'll try that. However, can I do a find and replace or do I have to replace the text with the user variable by hand? And how do I do a find and replace for the master pages, anyway? It only worke

Re: REVIEW: PDFEscape-Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing [AppScout]

Grant Hogarth wrote: > AppScout: PDFEscape-Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing > 1-9-269> Looks like a very useful utility; thank you for posting, Grant. And may I once again promote the use of TinyURL... http://tinyurl.c

Find and Replace cross references

Good morning fellow Framemaker Users! You didn't think a day would pass without my popping my head in with another question, did you? I'm on XP using Framemaker 8.0., working with documents someone else wrote. So, the original author has hand typed the name of the document into every.single.mast

help needed with cleanfm batch file

Hi Folks A month or 3 ago someone posted a batch file to clean up Frame's backup and lock files from a folder. I kept a copy of the batch file code, but now that I want to use it, I can't find the instructions on how to use it. My manual has expanded and now it is becoming tedious to manually

FrameMaker Spell Checking

Good afternoon fellow Framers A colleague of mine posed a question on FrameMaker spell-checking: Anything out there that can supplement the current Frame environment for spell-checking? Or better yet, can we expect an improvement in this area as Frame isn't very robust. Just checking in and wo

Re: Page count in a large book

Harold Winberg wrote: > Hello Framers > > > > Does anyone know a simple way to just count the number of pages in a > large book (or any book)? > > > > All we really need at this point is to count the number of pages for > organizational purposes. > > Open the book file, set the first fi

RE: Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-WikiConverter/ > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Gaffga > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia? >

RE: Page count in a large book

Generate a PDF file. Clint Owen Technical Publications Crane Aerospace & Electronics 425-743-8674 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold Winberg Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:02 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Page

Page count in a large book

Generate a PDF file. Clint Owen Technical Publications Crane Aerospace & Electronics 425-743-8674 -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Harold Winberg Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:02 AM To:

RE: Find and Replace cross references

Hi, all. I have not put user variables into master pages, but (once you fix the master pages anyway) ... ... I *STRONGLY* and *HIGHLY* recommend using the BookVars plugin from http://www.leximation.com/tools/ to maintain user variables - *particularly* when a variable is used in multiple documen

Find and Replace cross references

Hi, all. I have not put user variables into master pages, but (once you fix the master pages anyway) ... ... I *STRONGLY* and *HIGHLY* recommend using the BookVars plugin from http://www.leximation.com/tools/ to maintain user variables - *particularly* when a variable is used in multiple documen

Re: Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

There isn't really a way to go FM -> Wiki, i.e. there are no tools to do so easily. You could dump out HTML from FM and just put them in the wiki but that won't get you the wiki-goodness. We were able to largely automate the process for our first foray but it was simply an ideal candidate becau

Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

There isn't really a way to go FM -> Wiki, i.e. there are no tools to do so easily. You could dump out HTML from FM and just put them in the wiki but that won't get you the wiki-goodness. We were able to largely automate the process for our first foray but it was simply an ideal candidate becau

Page count in a large book

Hello Framers Does anyone know a simple way to just count the number of pages in a large book (or any book)? All we really need at this point is to count the number of pages for organizational purposes. Thanks Les Winberg ___ You are cu

RE: Find and Replace cross references

She obviously responded to the wrong list. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:44 AM > To: Owen, Clint > Cc: Frame Users > Subject: Re: Find and Replace cross references > >

Re: Find and Replace cross references

Thank you Clint! LOL about this: > However, if all the files use the same master pages you can fix them in > one file and then import the page layouts into all the other files. That would be nice, wouldn't it! I will get busy opening pages and let you all know whether or not Victory is Mine! T

RE: Find and Replace cross references

Every individual document (file) in FrameMaker has it's own Master page. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:framers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr. Winfried > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:33 AM > To: Frame Users > Subject: RE: Find and Replace cro

RE: Find and Replace cross references

Hi Deirdre, > So, the original author has hand typed the name of the document into > every.single.master.page (there's about 100 of them). Unfortunately > (s)he got the name wrong. You now know that you can use variables and how to insert them. However, why are there 100 master pages? Does each

RE: Find and Replace cross references

You need to open the master page view for each separate file before you can find and replace on the master pages. It's a pain in the neck. However, if all the files use the same master pages you can fix them in one file and then import the page layouts into all the other files. Finally, after you

Find and Replace cross references

You need to open the master page view for each separate file before you can find and replace on the master pages. It's a pain in the neck. However, if all the files use the same master pages you can fix them in one file and then import the page layouts into all the other files. Finally, after you

Re: Find and Replace cross references

Thank you all for your answers. Four out of four peple think the user variable is the way to go, so I'll try that. However, can I do a find and replace or do I have to replace the text with the user variable by hand? And how do I do a find and replace for the master pages, anyway? It only worke

RE: Find and Replace cross references

Cross references work great for this. Just put a cross reference marker at the first place you use the text, like on a title page, then cross reference it everywhere you need it. You can also use a variable to insert the text in the first location, to make it even easier. Change the variable once a

Find and Replace cross references

Cross references work great for this. Just put a cross reference marker at the first place you use the text, like on a title page, then cross reference it everywhere you need it. You can also use a variable to insert the text in the first location, to make it even easier. Change the variable once a

Re: Find and Replace cross references

Ah, the Daily Deirdre is like a ray of sunshine in our dark cubes Yes, you can use a cross-ref, but a user variable would be better and more flexible. And you can use it to consistently control the name of the document everywhere else too -- title page, part number, etc. Art On Wed, Feb 20,

RE: Find and Replace cross references

Use a user variable. That's what they're designed for.> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:02:15 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Find and Replace cross references> > Good morning fellow Framemaker Users!> > You didn't think a day would pass without my popping m

Find and Replace cross references

Good morning fellow Framemaker Users! You didn't think a day would pass without my popping my head in with another question, did you? I'm on XP using Framemaker 8.0., working with documents someone else wrote. So, the original author has hand typed the name of the document into every.single.mast

RE: Registering a new FrameMaker license

Without commenting on this issue, I can confirm that there is a special upgrade policy for FrameMaker 8 (and Adobe Technical Communication Suite) that allows for upgrade from any version of FrameMaker. Thanks and regards Vivek Jain Group Product Manager, Adobe Systems Adobe Technical Communic

Re: Cross References:using text that is not that linked to

Thanks, that was the sort of thing I hoped existed! On 2/19/08, Combs, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carrie Baker wrote: > > > Can I create a cross reference to somewhere, when the text > > that appears in the cross reference is something that I type > > in, and not the text that appears in