increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

2011-01-12 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Hi Leigh, The $chapnum variable is a file level marker. You can only have one chapter per file. Baruch Brodersen On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:51 PM, LW White wrote: > > I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a > numbered section as the top level. At the second level,

increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

2011-01-12 Thread LW White
I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a numbered section as the top level. At the second level, they have one or more numbered chapters. When a file contains more than one numbered chapter, I can't get Frame to recognize that chapter as part of the $chapnum auto-i

RE: increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

2011-01-12 Thread Combs, Richard
LW White wrote: > I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a > numbered section as the top level. At the second level, they have one or > more numbered chapters. When a file contains more than one numbered > chapter, I can't get Frame to recognize that chapter as part

increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

2011-01-12 Thread Combs, Richard
LW White wrote: > I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a > numbered section as the top level. At the second level, they have one or > more numbered chapters. When a file contains more than one numbered > chapter, I can't get Frame to recognize that chapter as part o

Re: increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

2011-01-12 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Hi Leigh, The $chapnum variable is a file level marker. You can only have one chapter per file. Baruch Brodersen On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:51 PM, LW White wrote: > > I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a > numbered section as the top level. At the second level,

increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

2011-01-12 Thread LW White
I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a numbered section as the top level. At the second level, they have one or more numbered chapters. When a file contains more than one numbered chapter, I can't get Frame to recognize that chapter as part of the $chapnum auto-i

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Anton David
Hello all, A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" The output files requested are .chm and compiled online help. Is anybody able to tell me

Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Steve Johnson
I believe that's the WebWorks project file and it predates 9.x so it might be WebWorks Publisher 2003 or something like that, which Quadralay no longer supports. If it's the project file, it won't help you anyway. It's in binary format and all it does is define the output format. It doesn't have a

RE: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Jennifer Randel
Hi Anton, I believe that Quadralay makes WebWorks... Jennifer Randel Data Processing Technical Writer Kern High School District -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anton David Sent: Wednesday, Januar

So Frustrated... Frame Drawing objects -> .mif conversion with r/w rules

2011-01-12 Thread Margaret Lee
It has been a long time since I have spent this much time trying to figure out a function in FrameMaker. Here is what I expect to happen. I have an .xml file that I can open in FrameMaker and edit the graphics using the frame graphic tools. Upon save, it would save the anchored frame as .mif u

Release notes for Frame 10?

2011-01-12 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hello All Does anyone know if there are Release Notes for Frame 10, RoboHelp 9, and/or TCS3? I've looked on the Adobe web site but don't see any. I'm interested to know whether any of the manifold bugs, annoyances, and crashes found in Frame 9 and the FM-RH "integration" have been addressed. (I

Re: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Steve Johnson
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/try.html On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Mike Wickham wrote: > > > On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: >> >> Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol >> for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Fram

OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:26:54 -0500, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: >There is workaround, but it involves the user setting a >command line instruction to allow opening of local Webhelp >files. See the Adobe forum for the instruction. I checked the forum, and it turns out that Snippet 130 on Peter Gr

OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
There is workaround, but it involves the user setting a command line instruction to allow opening of local Webhelp files. See the Adobe forum for the instruction. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of

Flare vs Frame

2011-01-12 Thread Veronica Kutt
Here are answers to the software purchasing questions... Front Runner is also an Adobe Software Reseller... To answer Jim Pinkham's question... If your company purchased a Maintenance package with FrameMaker you would get updates/upgrades as they become available, provided the Maintenance is curre

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 12/01/2011 12:41 PM, Anton David wrote: > > Hello all, > > A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. > The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. > Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" > The output files requested are .c

FrameMaker search

2011-01-12 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Ragnar has some very good suggestions. 10 quick search and replaces might be the best bet. The MIF to Word to MIF round trip also works well. If you do that, search and replace in Word using these wildcards: Find: ([0-9][0-9])([a-z][a-z]) Replace with: \1 \2 Note that there is an empty space betw

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Steve Johnson
I believe that's the WebWorks project file and it predates 9.x so it might be WebWorks Publisher 2003 or something like that, which Quadralay no longer supports. If it's the project file, it won't help you anyway. It's in binary format and all it does is define the output format. It doesn't have a

Re: OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:26:54 -0500, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: >There is workaround, but it involves the user setting a >command line instruction to allow opening of local Webhelp >files. See the Adobe forum for the instruction. I checked the forum, and it turns out that Snippet 130 on Peter Gr

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:09:16 -0800, Alison Craig wrote: >Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can >tell me the protocol for installing a trial of Frame 10 >on the same machine as Frame 9 - without wiping out or >affecting the Frame 9 installation? Simple. Don't do it. Install

OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:21:06 -0500, "Martha Lee" wrote: >Our Mif2Go OmniHelp files fail to load in Google Chrome. I realize that we >need an ohct_.css file for Google Chrome. Anyone know if that file is >available? And would I need any other updated file to open OmniHelp in >Chrome? Currently,

Flare vs Frame

2011-01-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Flare is a full-blown single sourcing program, something like Structured Frame, and includes online help output. It's more complicated to use, but might be more powerful. I never used it. You have to take into account that the downside to using more complex and less popular programs is that the

RE: OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
There is workaround, but it involves the user setting a command line instruction to allow opening of local Webhelp files. See the Adobe forum for the instruction. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Je

FM10 released

2011-01-12 Thread Art Campbell
In the past, Adobe's allowed a 60-90-120 day update window, but the exact length and deal has varied But I haven't heard anything about the 9/10 situation yet. May want to ping RJ Jacquez at Adobe and ask. Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's not

Release notes for Frame 10?

2011-01-12 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hello All Does anyone know if there are Release Notes for Frame 10, RoboHelp 9, and/or TCS3? I've looked on the Adobe web site but don't see any. I'm interested to know whether any of the manifold bugs, annoyances, and crashes found in Frame 9 and the FM-RH "integration" have been addressed. (I

Re: FrameMaker search

2011-01-12 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Ragnar has some very good suggestions. 10 quick search and replaces might be the best bet. The MIF to Word to MIF round trip also works well. If you do that, search and replace in Word using these wildcards: Find: ([0-9][0-9])([a-z][a-z]) Replace with: \1 \2 Note that there is an empty space betw

Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Writer
Some version of (Quadralay) WebWorks Publisher or ePublisher (www.webworks.com). Nadine --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Anton David wrote: > From: Anton David > Subject: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 12:41 PM > > Hello a

Re: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 12/01/2011 12:41 PM, Anton David wrote: Hello all, A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" The output files requested are .chm and com

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Writer
Some version of (Quadralay) WebWorks Publisher or ePublisher (www.webworks.com). Nadine --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Anton David wrote: > From: Anton David > Subject: Compiling FM into help files (wfp file) > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 12:41 PM > > Hell

So Frustrated... Frame Drawing objects -> .mif conversion with r/w rules

2011-01-12 Thread Margaret Lee
It has been a long time since I have spent this much time trying to figure out a function in FrameMaker. Here is what I expect to happen. I have an .xml file that I can open in FrameMaker and edit the graphics using the frame graphic tools. Upon save, it would save the anchored frame as .mif u

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Jennifer Randel
Hi Anton, I believe that Quadralay makes WebWorks... Jennifer Randel Data Processing Technical Writer Kern High School District -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anton David Sent: Wednesday, Jan

Compiling FM into help files (wfp file)

2011-01-12 Thread Anton David
Hello all, A client is requesting to recompile FM7 files after translation. The template file available in the staging directory has .wfp extension. Opening it in a text editor, I can see "quadralay-wdt-80" The output files requested are .chm and compiled online help. Is anybody able to tell m

OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Martha Lee
Hi All, Our Mif2Go OmniHelp files fail to load in Google Chrome. I realize that we need an ohct_.css file for Google Chrome. Anyone know if that file is available? And would I need any other updated file to open OmniHelp in Chrome? I'm on digest, so please cc me on any response. Thanks. Martha

Re: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:09:16 -0800, Alison Craig wrote: >Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can >tell me the protocol for installing a trial of Frame 10 >on the same machine as Frame 9 - without wiping out or >affecting the Frame 9 installation? Simple. Don't do it. Install

Re: OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:21:06 -0500, "Martha Lee" wrote: >Our Mif2Go OmniHelp files fail to load in Google Chrome. I realize that we >need an ohct_.css file for Google Chrome. Anyone know if that file is >available? And would I need any other updated file to open OmniHelp in >Chrome? Currently,

RE: Frame 9 and 10 - SOLVED

2011-01-12 Thread Alison Craig
Jeremy: I've received lots of good advice. Most people say having 2 simultaneous versions on the same machine is fine - unless you want to uninstall one. That being the case, if the trial is actually a download, I'm going to load it on my old (current) machine after I get my new machine next we

Frame 9 and 10 - SOLVED

2011-01-12 Thread Alison Craig
Jeremy: I've received lots of good advice. Most people say having 2 simultaneous versions on the same machine is fine - unless you want to uninstall one. That being the case, if the trial is actually a download, I'm going to load it on my old (current) machine after I get my new machine next we

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Steve Johnson
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/try.html On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Mike Wickham wrote: > > > On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: >> >> Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol >> for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Fram

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Mike Wickham
On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol > for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Frame 9 - without > wiping out or affecting the Frame 9 installation? > In one of the publicity pages I read for FM1

OmniHelp with Google Chrome

2011-01-12 Thread Martha Lee
Hi All, Our Mif2Go OmniHelp files fail to load in Google Chrome. I realize that we need an ohct_.css file for Google Chrome. Anyone know if that file is available? And would I need any other updated file to open OmniHelp in Chrome? I'm on digest, so please cc me on any response. Thanks. Martha

FM10 released

2011-01-12 Thread Pinkham, Jim
We purchased FM 9 on Nov. 10 or 11. Anyone know if there's a window of free upgrade, such as MS has on new versions of Office? I know...I know. But one can **hope** :) Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On B

Re: FM10 released

2011-01-12 Thread Art Campbell
In the past, Adobe's allowed a 60-90-120 day update window, but the exact length and deal has varied But I haven't heard anything about the 9/10 situation yet. May want to ping RJ Jacquez at Adobe and ask. Art Campbell               art.campb...@gmail.com   "... In my opinion, there's nothin

FrameMaker search

2011-01-12 Thread Ragnar Hanas
You can do 10 quick searches: 1in, 2in, 3in etc, and then replace by 1 in, 2 in, 3 in. I have done so on several occasions, and it doesn?t take much extra time compared to one major search. The other option would be to save as MIF, then open in Word. However, when searching in Word as you describe

RE: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Lea Rush
I'm afraid that you may be on the right track, Alison. I tried the online trial yesterday, and I found it clunky and non-intuitive. The insult to the injury is that the example file (which I found eventually) warns you that it's a Ver9 file. That's just lazy for a demo. My $0.02 worth as a softwar

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Lea Rush
I'm afraid that you may be on the right track, Alison. I tried the online trial yesterday, and I found it clunky and non-intuitive. The insult to the injury is that the example file (which I found eventually) warns you that it's a Ver9 file. That's just lazy for a demo. My $0.02 worth as a softwar

RE: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Alison Craig
I've stopped looking for logic when I'm on the Adobe website :-((( Alison From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) [syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent: January 12, 2

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Alison Craig
I've stopped looking for logic when I'm on the Adobe website :-((( Alison From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) [syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent: Janu

RE: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Owen, Clint
FM10 is for sale on Adobe's website and FM9 is not. For FM9, their trial download was the full install, but it would only work for 30 days or until you bought the activation code. I assume FM10 is the same. Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 867

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Owen, Clint
FM10 is for sale on Adobe's website and FM9 is not. For FM9, their trial download was the full install, but it would only work for 30 days or until you bought the activation code. I assume FM10 is the same. Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 867

RE: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol > for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Frame 9 - without > wiping out or affecting the Frame 9 installation? > In one of the publicity pages I read for FM10,

Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: > Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol > for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Frame 9 - without > wiping out or affecting the Frame 9 installation? > In one of the publicity pages I read for FM10,

Re: Frame 9 and 10

2011-01-12 Thread Mike Wickham
On 1/11/2011 3:09 PM, Alison Craig wrote: Having only ever used Frame 9, I wonder if anyone can tell me the protocol for installing a trial of Frame 10 on the same machine as Frame 9 - without wiping out or affecting the Frame 9 installation? In one of the publicity pages I read for FM10, I

RE: FM10 released

2011-01-12 Thread Pinkham, Jim
We purchased FM 9 on Nov. 10 or 11. Anyone know if there's a window of free upgrade, such as MS has on new versions of Office? I know...I know. But one can **hope** :) Jim -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Beha

RE: FrameMaker search

2011-01-12 Thread Ragnar Hanas
You can do 10 quick searches: 1in, 2in, 3in etc, and then replace by 1 in, 2 in, 3 in. I have done so on several occasions, and it doesn´t take much extra time compared to one major search. The other option would be to save as MIF, then open in Word. However, when searching in Word as you describe

Re: FrameMaker search

2011-01-12 Thread Steve Johnson
This is for Frame 9: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/9.0/Using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f7862b-7ff6.html Frame supports wildcard characters in search but it might not do what you want. You should post this question on the Adobe Frame forum as well. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Na

RE: FM10 released

2011-01-12 Thread Tim J. Slager
Oh great! Since it was right around the corner, I was waiting for FM 10 before upgrading from 7.2. Now I get to pay full price. Hope I can still buy ver. 9. tims -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John

Re: Flare vs Frame

2011-01-12 Thread Steve Johnson
You can still buy Frame 8 using a special kind of licensing I can't think of now, maybe volume licensing. Search the Adobe Forum; you'll find it. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Writer wrote: >> >I believe that I can go from Frame to .chm. >> >> No, you can't.  You could use Mif2Go (our produc

RE: framers Digest, Vol 63, Issue 4

2011-01-12 Thread Venkan
Dear All, The Type 1 Helvetica Font is not activated in FrameMaker 9 Application. Please help. Venkan Newgen Knowledge Works  (P) Limited India - Tamil Nadu - Chennai (o) +914424495057 | (m) +919791040282   Email: venkates...@newgenimaging.com; Skype: venkan20 -Original Message- From: f

Re: Flare vs Frame

2011-01-12 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Flare is a full-blown single sourcing program, something like Structured Frame, and includes online help output. It's more complicated to use, but might be more powerful. I never used it. You have to take into account that the downside to using more complex and less popular programs is that th