Hallo, I´m considering using framescript and browsed around several websites for information about it. Now I´m wondering whether framescript is also usefull...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 4, 2000 4:33 pm
Werner, FrameScript does allow you to loop through all of the files in a folder. They do not have to be in a book to process them with FrameScript. You cannot...
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Broadhurst, Heather
hb121021@...
Aug 7, 2000 7:49 pm
Greetings all, I'm trying to write a rather complex script, to automate a rather ugly procedure for producing "embedded tables." I've got it to the point...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 7, 2000 8:27 pm
Hi Heather, First of all, the row height really consists of two properties: RowMinHeight and RowMaxHeight. Here is how to loop through the selected table and...
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Michael Mueller-Hille...
michael@...
Aug 7, 2000 8:37 pm
Heather, Sounds your digging deep in the properties :-) I think tables are kind of complicated. I recently wrote a script to compare two documents of different...
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egriffin@...
Aug 8, 2000 3:05 pm
Hi We have a very large manual (several thousand files) that contains master pages that we no longer require. In order to reduce the space that this manual...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 8, 2000 6:48 pm
Erica, This one deserved its own tutorial. See the Tips page of my web site. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 716 659-8267 rick@... ...
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egriffin@...
Aug 9, 2000 9:22 am
... Thanks very much. Erica Erica Woosey-Griffin Technical Author Schlumberger Geoquest 11 Foxcombe Court Wyndyke Furlong Abingdon Business Park Abingdon OXON ...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 9, 2000 11:48 am
Hi Solvejg, I have forwarded this to the "original" FrameScript list. I would urge you to use this list instead since there is more traffic. I have encountered...
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Broadhurst, Heather
hb121021@...
Aug 9, 2000 6:39 pm
Thanks Rick, I was battling the made one extra change without saving demon yesterday and scrambling to reclaim ground lost -- all fixed now -- I know I know...
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ian.saunders@...
Aug 10, 2000 8:20 am
Hi, Can anyone tell me the correct format for the New Object command when using an integer value to specify a condition object variable? It is unclear from ...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 10, 2000 12:13 pm
Ian, This is explained in one of the tutorials on my web site. See "Counting Condition Format Usage in a Document." If you need further help, please let me...
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ian.saunders@...
Aug 10, 2000 12:29 pm
Thanks Rick! So the Value option is not required, contrary to what is shown in the Scriptwriter's Reference? Regards Ian...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 10, 2000 12:49 pm
In this case, you are using the IntValue instead. Rick...
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Ryneonic
lsherman@...
Aug 10, 2000 2:07 pm
Hi all, I'm writing a script that saves several manuals, each with 10-20 chapters, to PDF, one PDF for each chapter. When the process is complete, the script...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 10, 2000 2:39 pm
Hi Larry, Here is an idea that should work. Since you know how many files you are saving to PDF, you know how many log files to expect. You could have a ...
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egriffin@...
Aug 10, 2000 3:05 pm
Hi I am working on a script to remove specific named conditional text formats from a manual, while leaving the rest of the conditional text formats in place....
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 10, 2000 3:54 pm
Erica, Are the condition formats that are not deleted, in use in the document? Format names are case sensitive. You should check this also. Rick Quatro Carmen...
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Michael Mueller-Hille...
michael@...
Aug 10, 2000 7:48 pm
Hi Larry and Rick, in this case FM and Distiller will fight for processing time and the distilling process will be significantly longer. And if for any reason ...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 10, 2000 8:29 pm
Hi Michael, One minor clarification: a log file should be created for each attempt, whether or not a PDF is produced. If Distiller can't produce the PDF for ...
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egriffin@...
Aug 11, 2000 8:13 am
Message: 8 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:54:39 -0400 From: "Rick Quatro" <rick@...> ... Yes they are. ... Thanks I'll double check but I think the case...
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Michael Mueller-Hille...
michael@...
Aug 11, 2000 10:08 am
Is there a way to check whether a FrameMaker dialog called with an Execute Fc Kbd... command is canceled? Currently I have a MsgBox asking "Okay?". - Michael...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 11, 2000 12:33 pm
Erica, Be careful with this. If you use FrameScript to delete a condition format that is in use, it deletes any text that has that condition format applied! ...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 11, 2000 3:53 pm
Hi Erica, I am sorry I did not see this before. You cannot use a Loop ForEach type of loop to delete formats. The Loop ForEach loop has a built-in mechanism...
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Larry Sherman
lsherman@...
Aug 13, 2000 3:41 am
Hello Rick and Michael, A couple of observations: A .log file will only be created if Frame in fact outputs the book to Distiller. If an error occurs in Frame,...
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Fitzmaurice, Terri
tfitzmaurice@...
Aug 13, 2000 6:15 pm
I am using a subroutine that lists the format maps for my template conversion. I also set up an Install script that installs several scripts, including the...
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Michael Mueller-Hille...
michael@...
Aug 13, 2000 8:20 pm
Folks, I looked at the list of FrameMaker's own events and found NotePreDistill as well as NotePostDistill. BUT they did not seem to be triggered at least when...
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Michael Mueller-Hille...
michael@...
Aug 13, 2000 8:26 pm
One thing I can throw in here is that _only_ variables defined in the initial script are global. All others are regarded local to each subroutine. In a larger...
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Rick Quatro
rick@...
Aug 14, 2000 12:31 pm
Is your mapping script installed by the Initial Script? Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 716 659-8267 rick@... http://www.frameexpert.com ... are ... ...
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Fitzmaurice, Terri
tfitzmaurice@...
Aug 14, 2000 6:32 pm
Rick, Here's a copy of the beginning of the Initial Script. I included the install for the mapping script, but I get an error message when I initialize and it...
