can one force a dropdown menu state?

2010-06-18 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, is there an option in FrameMaker 9's maker.ini file or any other way to force the Source Type drop-down menu in the Cross-Reference dialog panel to default to Elements Sorted by ID? I had a look at maker.ini as well as the some of the fminit/config/*.cfg files but I can't see anything that

Re: Hacking FM 9 Dialog Boxes

2010-06-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 18/06/2010 10:43 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: Hello Framers, Has anyone figured out how to hack FrameMaker 9 pods or dialog boxes with a resource editor or other means? Thanks. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com Hi Rick, I haven't tried it with FM 9, but the

RE: Converting HTML to structured FrameMaker

2010-06-18 Thread LW White
Hi Roger, The Dita Open Toolkit includes a plugin, h2d, that converts HTML to DITA. As you suspect, the cleaner and more pristine the HTML is, the smoother the conversion. I have converted HTML authored in both RoboHelp and Flare to DITA and it's not a painless process as both products

Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Thomas Scalise
Esteemed colleagues, I am running FrameMaker 8.0 p277 on Window XP Professional SP3. The page format is A4 and it's the only book I have in that page size at present. I have an Index, the first page of which remained one column while the rest was in two-column format. No matter what I did

Re: Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Swallow
You need to apply the correct master page to the first page. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Thomas Scalise thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com wrote: I am running FrameMaker 8.0 p277 on Window XP Professional SP3. The page format is A4 and it's the only book I have in that page size at present. I

Re: Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Writer
It's been a while since I've done this, but I think this is correct... On the master page of the first index page, hold the CTRL key down and right-click the page's frame. Choose Object Properties. In the Columns area, define your column settings. Click Set. Hope that works. If it doesn't

RE: Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Thomas Scalise wrote: I have an Index, the first page of which remained one column while the rest was in two-column format. No matter what I did with the Format function, I could not get the first page into two-column format. I could change the whole index into one-column format...that

Re: Hacking FM 9 Dialog Boxes

2010-06-18 Thread Curtis Graham
Rick, Through a lot of trial and error I have more or less successfully hacked Frame 9's pods and panels. Essentially what I'm doing is hijacking existing pods and panels by replacing their contents with my own. For example, I replace the contents of the default xref panel with my own

can one force a dropdown menu state?

2010-06-18 Thread Jakob Fix
Hi, is there an option in FrameMaker 9's maker.ini file or any other way to force the "Source Type" drop-down menu in the Cross-Reference dialog panel to default to "Elements Sorted by ID"? I had a look at maker.ini as well as the some of the fminit/config/*.cfg files but I can't see anything that

Hacking FM 9 Dialog Boxes

2010-06-18 Thread Rick Quatro
Hello Framers, Has anyone figured out how to hack FrameMaker 9 pods or dialog boxes with a resource editor or other means? Thanks. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 rick at frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com

Hacking FM 9 Dialog Boxes

2010-06-18 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 18/06/2010 10:43 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello Framers, > > Has anyone figured out how to hack FrameMaker 9 pods or dialog boxes with a > resource editor or other means? Thanks. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-659-8267 > rick at frameexpert.com > Hi Rick, I haven't tried it

Converting HTML to structured FrameMaker

2010-06-18 Thread LW White
Hi Roger, The Dita Open Toolkit includes a plugin, h2d, that converts HTML to DITA. As you suspect, the cleaner and more pristine the HTML is, the smoother the conversion. I have converted HTML authored in both RoboHelp and Flare to DITA and it's not a painless process as both products

Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Thomas Scalise
Esteemed colleagues, I am running FrameMaker 8.0 p277 on Window XP Professional SP3. The page format is A4 and it's the only book I have in that page size at present. I have an Index, the first page of which remained one column while the rest was in two-column format. No matter what I did

Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Swallow
You need to apply the correct master page to the first page. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Thomas Scalise wrote: > I am running FrameMaker 8.0 p277 on Window XP Professional SP3. The page > format is A4 and it's the only book I have in that page size at present. > > I have an Index, the first

Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Writer
It's been a while since I've done this, but I think this is correct... On the master page of the first index page, hold the CTRL key down and right-click the page's frame. Choose Object Properties. In the Columns area, define your column settings. Click Set. Hope that works. If it doesn't

Columns in an Index

2010-06-18 Thread Combs, Richard
Thomas Scalise wrote: > I have an Index, the first page of which remained one column while the > rest was in two-column format. No matter what I did with the Format > function, I could not get the first page into two-column format. I could > change the whole index into one-column format...that

Hacking FM 9 Dialog Boxes

2010-06-18 Thread Curtis Graham
Rick, Through a lot of trial and error I have more or less successfully hacked Frame 9's pods and panels. Essentially what I'm doing is hijacking existing pods and panels by replacing their contents with my own. For example, I replace the contents of the default xref panel with my own