Hello- I want to have a resizable eForm, and I'd like a button at the bottom to resize horizontally. The code below doesn't seem to work great. When the eForm...
We produce parts & service manuals for custom mine and mill machinery. We are currently using FrameMaker 8.0P277. Our parts manuals basically consist of...
Hi Mark, My book is out of print, but I have been working on an update. FrameScript is ideal for automating all kinds of tasks. Your best bet is to compile a...
Rick Quatro
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Mar 3, 2009 12:26 am
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Thanks a lot Rick :) I inserted the lines you sent. The script finds the para format, but it does not find the paragraph. There are no straddled cells in this...
Hi Mark, Welcome to the club :) I found the tutorials on Rick's website useful for a start: http://www.frameexpert.com/tutorials/index.htm Best regards, ...
Hi Roswitha, Now you have to trace it back and find out why the paragraph object fails. Rick...
Rick Quatro
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Mar 3, 2009 12:42 pm
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Hi. I am using latest version of FrameScript and FM 8 latest patch. I am making a script to print books. I want to open bookcomponents of book, set conditional...
Hi Stephen, See my Loops and Linked Lists tutorial for an explanation of what may be happening. http://www.frameexpert.com/tutorials/loopsandlinkedlists.htm ...
Rick Quatro
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Mar 3, 2009 2:50 pm
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Thanks for the suggestion and warm welcome Roswitha. Mark...
Thank you as well Rick for taking the time to make some helpful suggestions. We will soon be making the plunge into FrameScript and automation. Mark ... From:...
... Roswitha, can it be that instead of ... you should use // Get the first cell in the row. set vFirstColumnCell = vRow.FirstCellInRow; // Move to second...
Reading Rick's tutorials (or the German translations at my website) should be part of the list guidelines, since they answer quite a few FAQs. Please everyone:...
Hi Forum Members, I have written a script that creates a new book, places it in a predefined location on my computer, adds three files based on my templates,...
Andy, You outlined the way how you proceed manually. With FrameScript you can go a shorter route. * Make a copy of your TOC template with the desired name in...
IT WORKS, IT WORKS - Thanks so much, Chris :-) It started finding the paragraphs, I opened up the two loops I had commented out for debugging, and now it runs...
Thanks Mark :-) welcome to you too. For myself, the quickest way to get started was: 1. basic info from tutorials, Rick's book (which is very helpful, also as...
Hey Scripters... Probably an easy question. I want to copy a table from a document and paste it into another document. Copy text and paste text doesn't do...
... Great starting point! The text list not only gives you the anchor object but also the offset inside the paragraph. With that you have to create a New...
Hello all, i am trying to change the font in my Pagraphsformats. But it seems not to work. Is it possible to change the fontfamily? I am trying it like this: ...
Hi Richard, Here is a function that will return the FontFamily number for a font name: Display ReturnFontNumber{'Arial','Family'}; Function ReturnFontNumber...
Rick Quatro
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Mar 6, 2009 1:15 pm
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Hi Rick, thankyou! Now i can change the fontfamily in my Paragraphformats. The session property "FontFamilyNames" and your pointer, that i have to change the...
Hi Jeff, When you do this programatically, you have to assign the id values yourself. This is generally how I do it. 1) Go through the book and collect all of...
Rick Quatro
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Mar 6, 2009 11:24 pm
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Hi Rick, Thanks so much. I will give one of these options a shot. I'll play with one of these methods--maybe the database one as I just figured out to set up...
Hi Rick, Thanks so much. I will give one of these options a shot. I'll play with one of these methods--maybe the database one as I just figured out to set up...
You might also want to take a look at XRef Wizard from West St. Consulting. It might do some of what you need. Fred -- Fred Wersan Senior Technical Writer VT...
Hello, I've been running through various tutorials and studying the FrameScript documentation for the last several days. Now I'm attempting to write my first...