How to insert Char Tab using Extendscript in Framemaker 12?
Hi, I am currently trying to insert a Char tab into a new paragraph, I'd like to separate each variable I insert into the paragraph separated by a Char Tab. I am updating an existing mif file. I am...
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Counting line in paragraph
Hello, I usually work with structured FM doc, but for once i need to work with unstructured doc. I need to make a script that check if there is only few chararter at the last line of a paragraph, and...
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ExtendScript doesn't recognize variables passed to...
Hi all, I am currently developing a script that automates the addition of new paragraph text comprising variables and string. b_user_inputis the the variable name defined in framemaker which is input...
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How to get rid of "unsafe script"
Dear all,I want to call a script from a menu and tool bar. In both cases I get the message Script Alert You are about to run a script in Adobe FrameMaker 2015. You should only run scripts from...
View ArticleWhat is the correct file association for jsxbin?
FoF (Friends of FrameMaker)!Tying to execute a script from a menu (or a tool bar button) leads to the following problemThings work correctly if calling a jsx script:<Command ETBnudge <Label...
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How to find if a file exists using FrameMaker with ExtendScript?
Dear Community, How do I find out if a give file exist? I found an answer here: How to find if a file exists using FrameMaker API ?Is there a similar function in ExtendScript? I want to look up...
View ArticleRestructuring elements with Scripting
Hello All,I have the following issue. I am working with a milspec document. We are working with tables in flight manual context.Our correct element structure for a table is as follow:<Figtable>...
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Links dialog box">Function equivalent to "Break Link" in the Edit-->Links dialog box
Hello fellows, I wonder if there is an API (in framescript/extendscript) for breaking a link to an imported inset file (Excel sheet, Visio, etc). Thanks,Roman
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FM initialisation sequence
I want to understand why the ordering of menu entries does not work for commands defined in ExtendScripts. It was reported in the old bug base as Bug#4110544 (this can no more be tracked). Hence I...
View ArticleReplace Element by Element
Hello, When opening XML in FM, sometimes, FM can't apply correctly the EDD to my document.Example on a book of 1.500 pages there can be around 20 superscript text that are display as normal normal...
View ArticleExtract Index Markers
In Framemaker, can the product keyword that is stored in an index marker be extracted with an association to the models or parts# it references?
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Script to Apply Conditional Tag based on Paragraph Tag?
I use conditional tags to apply automatic updates to headers and footers using variables. The conditional tag is applied to a paragraph based on what the paragraph tag is. The condition displayed is...
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Same script simultaneously on two FM session/instances
Hi everybody, I have an issue with a rather big script. Here is what the script does:it runs over a *.ditamap and rearranges the many *.xml files into a few *.fm files for a new *.booka...
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Deleting condition formats but saving the contents
Hello all, I hope someone from Adobe is monitoring this list, as there is lots of stuff that requires either more work on the ExtendScript coding or on the documentation. I have almost finalized my...
View ArticleCannot initial API client in patched FM 2017
I have an FDK client that was developed in FM 12. While I did not test it extensively in the original release of FM 2017, it seemed to work. With the patch installed, it does not initialize (the...
View ArticleFrameScript dialog box not appearing
When I select a script from the FrameScript menu, a dialog box should appear where I can select a language to change the text inset flows in my document. This used to work on my machine, and it works...
View ArticleFM-14: multi-code commands not working any more
I have just filed 2 bug reports FRMAKER-2807 Script can not set multiple document view propertiesFRMAKER-2808 Multi-code commands not working anymoreAll is fine until FM-13, but in FM-14 commands...
View ArticleSet all flows in a document to just one flow
Hi, I'm converting legacy docs to DITA. The conversion process is failing when there are multiple flows in a document. Even though I tried to set all the flows to the same flow using the menus in...
View ArticleCan't script
In FrameMaker (Help -> About Framemaker says I'm running 13.0.1), when I click File -> Script -> New Script, nothing happens. When I click File -> Script -> Run and select a simple...
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FM-14: Setting View options incorrect
Dear all,Having discovered that in FM-14 the multi-code commands do not work correctly, I thought to bypass this flaw by a script. However, also this is not working correctly. With the change that the...
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