Just to explain why we recommend a non-scripting solution here: a) it is easier b) it is more complete In case of text changes you *always* want the '>' to...
A little correction: To find forced line ends (lines that ends with a Shift+Return) the FrameMaker special character is "\r" instead of "\n". Furia -...
FM8 p277 non-structured, FrameScript 5.2R1p219 , XP Sp3. I have a script that loops through the documents (bookcomponents) in an open book, sets certain View...
Hi, This is probably an easy one for you guys but I am struggling on this. I want to change some properties of the AFrame containing a selected graphic. The...
Hello What's the matter on the Yahoo Group? I cannot perform a search on the whole content as I used to do before. When I perform a search, Yahoo just displays...
yes, Yahoo Groups Search seems broken. :-( I searched for "book" and got only one result throughout all postings for all the time of the list. I had similar...
One possible solution is that maybe your graphic is not within an anchored frame, but an unanchored frame, in which case the BaselineOffset property would in...
Hello Stephen, ... In the past, I had some FM crashes with some (not all) documents containing text insets when using the command "Update TextInset". Do you...
I would like to export all of the files in a book to rtf or doc format one by one. There is a sample FS script that does this for pdf (SaveBookAsPdf.fsl). The...
Hi, I have some subroutine questions: 1 Is it possible to pass the value _of_ a local variable to a subroutine? Or must this be a global variable? 2 Is it...
Hi Daniel, Just before the Save command, put a line that has Set ErrorCode = 0; Just after the Save command, add this Write Console 'ErrorCode: '+ErrorCode+'...
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Hello Daniel, ... Ensure that the filter is not commented out with a semicolon. This was the case in my FM8 default installation. Ensure enabling the...
I've sent a message to Yahoo tech support asking about this. (Thanks to jxopher for sending an email to framescript-users-owner@yahoogroups.com to alert me....
Hi, Is it possible to search for FM variables within a document using Framescript? I'd like to search for variables in files in a folder and convert specific...
Hello Daniel, ... I am not aware of any F-Code to convert variables to text (according to the FM GUI, keeping inline char formattings). So if you replace...
Has anyone else experienced PDF production flakiness in FM8 using FrameScript? From what I can tell, the whole Adobe Distiller (the PDF making engine) system...
Hi Daniel, Here is another way to do it, which will preserve any character formatting in the variable's definition. Assume that oDoc is your document object...
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Thanks Benjie for your reply. The graphic was within an anchored frame. I do not know what happened yesterday because today all is fine. I have not even...
jx, I tried this and it worked. Of course, it was a small test book. You might want to test, whether any of the folowing APIClient entries in tghe maker.ini...
FrameScript knows four types of variables (as can be seen in debug mode if you select "Examine Dataspace"): * global variables that are persistent * script...
When I run the following script on FrameMaker 7.0, the following error is displayed: "Internal Error 7004, 6052770, 7652963, 0. FrameMaker has detected a...
Hi Klaus, Thanks! The technique works for cross-references as well. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com...
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Hey JX, I ran your script in my environment it crashed after producing the second PDF. I'm running: Framemaker V8.0p227 Framescript 5.2R1p219 My book has...
[resent, because somehow the original was abbreviated] jx, I tried this and it worked. Of course, it was a small test book. You might want to test, whether any...
Hello Scripters, I am trying to detect when the user presses the Alt+Arrow key combinations. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen...
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Hi, i have some fdk-code to detek a key-press and do somethink. May you can code it for framescript. Richard #include "fapi.h" #include "fmemory.h" #include...
Hi Rick, ... See the following event script. As you know, "Event NotePreFunction" is always critical regarding system ressources, so you may want to replace ...