Hi Rick, Thanks for the answer, but it didn't work either. My full code is as follows: Get Object Type(Menu) Name('SpecialMenu') NewVar(vSpecialMenu); Get...
Hello everyone, I am quite new to FrameScript and I couldn't find an answer to my question in reference document. I wonder if it's possible to copy pages of...
... To understand what is missing/necessary, you have to be aware that each menu command may be attached to many different menus. You find many commands or...
Thank you very much that solved the problem. I had mistakenly assumed that the assignment of the menu command to the special menu in the New command was...
Hey all- My template has a title page that is completely variable driven. The variables are on a text frame on the masterpage. It is uneditable from the body...
[FrameMaker 7.2, FrameScript 4.1R2] I wrote a script to parse an XML file encoded in UTF-8 with an EActivexObject: New EActivexObject NewVar(gvXmlDom)...
I seem to remember you can put PostScript code text boxes on the master page itself (I used this for a dissolve effect on page turns, when preparing...
Hi Klaus, did you try to use differnet beginning of your xml-files, like (From Hand): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> norlmy the the DOM-maker read...
Hello Richard, The XML files are correctly encoded as UTF-8. Changing the encoding definition in the header only won't change the encoding itself and will lead...
Hi, ... May the point where you set the codpage is important. Try between those two vabriables. ... Are you shure that MSXML can convert. May it only reads...
I think is better to use another approach: - create a frame with a different flow, - put the text in this frame, - apply some paragraph format, - format the...
When I run a script (an event script from our menu), it runs successfully the first time but returns error code -58 (InvalidString) on subsequent runs. If I...
... Debbie, Would you be able to help someone with this amount of information? Does the error message contain a line number? Have you tried looking at the...
Hi Michael, My ability to help someone with this amount of information would depend on if I had ever been in their situation. My belief when I posted the...
Hi Debbie, Variables in event scripts can persist after a window closes or a process runs to completion, unless you declare variables as local in scope. My...
Hello, this is not possible! best regards Karsten  Can framescripts be run from FrameMaker that does not have FrameScript installed. Thanks Hello, this is...
Hi, My client has a lot of scripts running now in FM 7.2 and using FS3.2 (Windows XP). They want to migrate to FM 8. What would happen with the current ...
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Hi Wim, You would have to upgrade to FrameScript 5.1 because FrameScript 3.2 is not available for Frame 8, but your scripts should work fine and not need any...
... Yes. But all usual tasks involved with version changes apply. The changes in FrameMaker are not to be underestimated! You have to care especially for...
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Hi Deb, I have been out of town so I am just now seeing your message. If you want to do a web conference, I will be glad to help you troubleshoot this. Let me...
Thanks Martin. I did have several "write console" lines in my code in an attempt to isolate the offending code. I went back and added even more and tracked...
... Debbie, non-ASCII characters are not allowed for the PDFDocInfo (which includes many characters from non-English languages, including smart quotes). For a...
Hi Debbie, I'm glad to hear that you got your script running. As I often tell people, I don't want a computer that does what I tell it to do. I want a computer...
I'm trying to write a script to copy/paste the attribute values of an Element from one document in a book to the other documents of the same book. This Element...
As Martin R. Smith recently wrote, and I like to repeat that as well at too many places and times: The computer unfortunately never does what I intend, but...
Hello Beat another problem is, the Execute Fc KbdPaste command required an active document. ForAllDocsInBook returns for a open document a object pointer an...
This is some code that I wrote to look for added carriage returns and delete them. I beleive that it finds the carriage returns but does not delete them. Can...
Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to go with the pdfmark option since A.) it seemed like fun, and B.) I could add some formatting to make the bookmark have...
Hello- I've been looking around, but I can't find any information on sending a password to a PDF such as through a pdfmark. Does anyone know if this is...
