RE: Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-10 Thread Sales at Bright Path
Hi Lynne: Good suggestion, but with the number of markers with long entries, having them do find/replaces each time they regenerate would be a pain. They are using XML and Structured Frame to automate processes, and having this process break down is a serious glitch to them. With FrameMaker's

RE: Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-10 Thread Lynne A. Price
At 06:03 AM 7/10/2006, Kay Ethier wrote: Good suggestion, but with the number of markers with long entries, having them do find/replaces each time they regenerate would be a pain. They are using XML and Structured Frame to automate processes, and having this process break down is a serious

Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-10 Thread Sales@Bright Path
Hi Lynne: Good suggestion, but with the number of markers with long entries, having them do find/replaces each time they regenerate would be a pain. They are using XML and Structured Frame to automate processes, and having this process break down is a serious glitch to them. With FrameMaker's

Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-10 Thread Lynne A. Price
At 06:03 AM 7/10/2006, Kay Ethier wrote: >Good suggestion, but with the number of markers with long entries, having >them do find/replaces each time they regenerate would be a pain. They are >using XML and Structured Frame to automate processes, and having this >process break down is a serious

Re: Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-05 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Kay... I haven't looked into this much, but I believe that the limit is in the FrameMaker UI, not the underlying marker support mechanism. Programmatically, you can add many more than 255 characters to a marker (try adding more content to the marker as a MIF, then re-open in FM and you'll

Re: Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-05 Thread Frank Elmore
: Workaround for marker character limit? Hi Kay... I haven't looked into this much, but I believe that the limit is in the FrameMaker UI, not the underlying marker support mechanism. Programmatically, you can add many more than 255 characters to a marker (try adding more content to the marker

Re: Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-05 Thread Lynne A. Price
Frank, Scott, Very interesting. I created a MIF file in which I inserted an Index marker containing 900 characters and also a variable whose definition had 900 characters. I opened the MIF file and saved the result back to MIF. Both 900-character strings were still there, so the entire

Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-05 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Kay... I haven't looked into this much, but I believe that the limit is in the FrameMaker UI, not the underlying marker support mechanism. Programmatically, you can add many more than 255 characters to a marker (try adding more content to the marker as a MIF, then re-open in FM and you'll

Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-05 Thread Frank Elmore
, the FrameMaker will still only use the first 255 when you generate an index. Frank Elmore Project leader for FrameScript - Original Message - From: "Scott Prentice" <s...@leximation.com> To: Cc: ; Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Workaround for marker character l

Workaround for marker character limit?

2006-07-05 Thread Lynne A. Price
Frank, Scott, Very interesting. I created a MIF file in which I inserted an Index marker containing 900 characters and also a variable whose definition had 900 characters. I opened the MIF file and saved the result back to MIF. Both 900-character strings were still there, so the entire