Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Lately I read some postings on MadCap products. I'm not familiair with those, just wondering how MadCap compares to FrameMaker. Is it competive with Framemaker (Adobe Tech Com Suite) or is it, can it be, additional in a tech doc authoring and publishing workflow. Vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghw

FM translation error

2008-10-30 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Hi, if I get a 'FM translation error' - followed by a crash, where should I look to debug my XML application? FM 8 latest version. It concerns a Dita based XML application. Opening an XML file (created in FM using the same application) gives this error. Opening the same XML using the standard DI

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread qui...@airmail.net
They are two entirely different animals. The marketing hoopla from MadCap would have you believe that Flare is a direct competitor to FrameMaker. This is not true. MadCap products are transformational tools, primarily. Their entire cause for being was centered around transforming formatted text

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Flare's main advantage is it's topic-based single sourcing capabilities, like AuthorIt and maybe structured Frame. If you could benefit from a real single-sourcing tool than it's something to consider, but from what I hear there is a learning curve. These are my impression from what I've heard

Removing whitespaces from an xml file

2008-10-30 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Salvador... The only way I know of to strip the whitespace is to set up an import XSLT script, or to use an FDK import client that strips whitespace. The import client in DITA-FMx offers this option, and I do plan to offer this as a separate plugin at some point .. but that's not going to h

Search for random characters

2008-10-30 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all. I want to search for text that is partly predictable and partly random. Example: logo.bmp green and hairy 7 logo.bmp blue ridiculous and small 34 Each line begins with logo.bmp and ends with a carriage return (\p) I've studied the wildcards help topic (\FrameMaker7.1\help\help.html i

Cross Referencing a Variable in a Text Inset

2008-10-30 Thread Edwards, Janice - Rosslyn, VA - Contractor
Framers, Is there a way to cross reference a paragraph tag in a text inset using a variable in the same way that you're able to use a variable headers? Janice Edwards USPS

List display when importing

2008-10-30 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all, again. A second question: I am working in a document with many, many figures. Most of the figures I need to import are recently made, so if I sort the File window by date, I can find them easily. Unfortunately, I can't find any way to save that preferred view permanently. Every time I

Batch production of PDFs

2008-10-30 Thread Charles Johnston
We translate our manuals to 26 languages, which will (we're not there yet) give us a need to batch-convert a large number of Frame books to PDF, after which they will be e-mailed to the translators for review - very preferably automatically. ePublisher AutoMap can do this, of course. However, for

Unable to Build FM Book from Ditamap using Framemaker 8 and XP SP3

2008-10-30 Thread Wright, Mary
Has anyone encountered issues with Framemaker 8 and XP SP3 and the Build FM Book from Ditamap function? I can use the Build FM document from Ditamap function with no problem, but I get errors when I try to use the Build FM Book from Ditmap function using the same ditamap and dita files. Mary Wr

Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Lately I read some postings on MadCap products. I'm not familiair with those, just wondering how MadCap compares to FrameMaker. Is it competive with Framemaker (Adobe Tech Com Suite) or is it, can it be, additional in a tech doc authoring and publishing workflow. Vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghw

FM translation error

2008-10-30 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Hi, if I get a 'FM translation error' - followed by a crash, where should I look to debug my XML application? FM 8 latest version. It concerns a Dita based XML application. Opening an XML file (created in FM using the same application) gives this error. Opening the same XML using the standard

Re: Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread quills
They are two entirely different animals. The marketing hoopla from MadCap would have you believe that Flare is a direct competitor to FrameMaker. This is not true. MadCap products are transformational tools, primarily. Their entire cause for being was centered around transforming formatted text

Re: Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
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Re: Madcap and FrameMaker?

2008-10-30 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Flare's main advantage is it's topic-based single sourcing capabilities, like AuthorIt and maybe structured Frame. If you could benefit from a real single-sourcing tool than it's something to consider, but from what I hear there is a learning curve. These are my impression from what I've heard

Re: Removing whitespaces from an xml file

2008-10-30 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Salvador... The only way I know of to strip the whitespace is to set up an import XSLT script, or to use an FDK import client that strips whitespace. The import client in DITA-FMx offers this option, and I do plan to offer this as a separate plugin at some point .. but that's not going to h