Cannot access text insets in a doc
Windows 7 / FM 11 / ESTK CS6 / ExtendScript 4.2.12 I am trying to perform a pretty simple task--iterating over the docs in a FrameMaker book and converting all text inset instances to their...
View ArticleIssue While trying to add folder to book using FDK11.
Hi, i am trying to create folders in a .book file using FDK11. However, i am not able to do so as i am getting parentId as null. I have taken help from the samples that is provided during FDK...
View Articlefacing issue while trying to add folder to book using FDK11
hi12:26 PMhi, i m facing issue while trying to add folders to a .book. Here's what i have done.I have created a book...
View ArticleHow can I find out on which page of a document an Xref can be found using...
Hi, I want to find out on which page of a document an external XRef can be found. Is there a simple way to manage that using ExtendScript? The equivalent in FrameScript is XRef.Page.PageNumString....
View ArticleOT: Beginning FrameMaker Scripting Webinar
Hello Framers, I will be doing a Beginning FrameMaker Scripting Webinar on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:00 am EST Every FrameMaker workflow can benefit from automation. Starting with version 10,...
View ArticleHow to search text in the table?
Suppose, I've selected some fragment in my document, and I need to find and replace some text in it. Everything is ok, untill I select a part of a table with this text. Does anyone has idea, how to...
View ArticleSHIFT \ RETURN, and TAB space for find/replace array
So right now i have a simple script that will go through a document and find words/characters and replace them with something else. Right now it loops through the document trying to find words in one...
View ArticleNo u with ChangeStyles script installed
I've run into a very odd bug after installing the ChangeStyles script mentioned in the latest Technical Communication blog post. With the script installed, I cannot type a lowercase letter u in...
View ArticleBatch.bat unable to generate PDFs with FM11 trial version & Elmsft 5.2 trial
Hi, I am evaluating the trial version of Fm11 and FrameScript 5.2 (Elmsft) to generate PDFs using a Batch.bat file. I am able to generate stand alone PDFs with FM11. Now, I have created a Batch.bat...
View ArticleScript needed asap to rename linked graphic folder path name in FM11
Hello, I am using FrameMaker 11 in the Technical Communication Suite 4 and I am looking for a script that can "hopefully" take careof these two issues. Here they are: I need to rename the linked...
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How to enter Escript world
Hello friends! I face a strange hurdle at the entrance tothe Escript world: - Running existing scripts out of FM (10 or 11) is possible via File > Scripts, select a script and Run it.- Opening the...
View ArticleNeed ExtendedScript to change paragraph formats
Hi We are migrating our old courses into a new FrameMaker template. As part of this process, we have to change the content with old paragraph formats to new paragraph formats as well. For example,...
View ArticleExtendScript and CMS
Is the FrameMaker CMS functionality exposed to ExtendScript? If so, is there any documentation or sample scripts available? Thanks in advance. Rick Quatro
View ArticleHow to verify if a document is updated?
Hi, How would I select a page based on it's id ? To set the scene ; I'm running a couple of scripts to allow me to update a conversion table on the fly. This all works fine, but I'd like to check if my...
View Article[FM10] Some support needed with book save as XML
Hi there, I'm in a process to convert loads of old non structured FM manuals into structured formats, and though it all works fine there is a lot of repetition involved I'd like to get rid off. I'm...
View ArticleAdding Character Tag based on used Font Family
Hi there, There are quites some examples available on changing existing styles etc, but is it possible to add them using extend script if they are not added yet ? Example : I'm having quite some frame...
View ArticleScript needed to generate a list of paragraph and character styles from the...
Hello, I am using FrameMaker 11 in the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 and I need to find a script that will generate a listof paragraph and character styles from the book level. I am working...
View ArticleGet Table Continuation Variable from Table Title
Hi, I have a table object, and I've determined that the table has a title by finding a valid FirstPgf object. Now I want to check that FirstPgf object to see if the system variable, Table Continuation,...
View ArticleFDK - Add custom modeless dialog to workspace
(cross-posted to framedev and Framers, having no luck getting an answer) Hi, Has anyone successfully added their own dialog to a workspace, then gotten it to appear when that workspace is selected or...
View ArticleHow can I catch a keyboard input and return another character to Framemaker?
Hi, I want to catch an keyboard input and return another character to Framemaker, like e.g. changing a "y" I type into my computer into a "z" and vice versa or changing the arrow key "right" into...
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