Find/Replace behaving erratically
Dear friends and expertsIn my script FM-biblio the following is a key task:An RTF file contains lines with the search and the replace strings: {Daube 1989 #9}»(Daube 1989) The » denotes a TAB For...
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How to refresh the document window?
At the end of my lenghthy script the display of the document does not reflect the work of the script.I always must type CTRL+l to refresh the display.Now I tried to use this function:function...
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Invoking XSLT from Extendscript - where to put the XSLT file?
I'm growing increasingly fond of invoking XSLT from FrameMaker Extendscript. I can now consolidate formerly multi-tool, multi-step workflows into a single Extendscript. But ... in scripts for...
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Constants.FV_BK_FOLDER - how get folder name ?
Hello. In book hierarchy - we see folder - how to get folder name ? var compType=comp.ComponentType; if(Constants.FV_BK_FOLDER == compType || Constants.FV_BK_GROUP == compType){ comp =...
View ArticleHow to center the new string ?
Hi forum. I have got a function that delete a text from a texline and set a new text in this one.the new text is shorter and i would to center this text instead of set on the left side. the currently...
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Cannot initialize API Client
I have script which does book 2 dita for 2 books. During second book it shows above error. but books are same, no problems with inputs ? does anybody know what does this problem mean ?
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How to free the memory to avoid memory leak in FrameMaker
Hi All, I open 2 books and save to dita I get memory leak. Does anybody know how to remove objects of opened fm files and books. As might clean the memory ?
View ArticleTextRange - SubCol
Hello, I'm using template with 2 or 3 column textframe.I'm trying to make a script that avoid hyphen at end of column.Getting the last pgf of a column, getting the end of line type is not a problem...
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Timer on extend : run a function after a specific number of seconds
run a function after a specific number of seconds. is that possible ?
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Import some variables
Hi All, I like to import only some variables from an old FM template file to a new one.The SimpleImport function is not accurate as all variables of the source old FM template file will be...
View ArticleHow to mark overflow
Hey, I'd like to have a script that goes through the document and places a string in each paragraph or table that has overflow. Any ideas how I can achieve this? Thanks.
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operation time open .dita with extendscript
Does anybody know why opening .dita with extend script takes much longer than the same operation manually. Can you suggest right parameters as i will overcome unnecessary stages during opening. I get...
View Articlehow to open .dita file on extendscript
Fm is working slow when I open multiple .dita files. are there special parameters to make it faster ?
View ArticleSpecial characters not displayed correctly in variable if inserted via script
Dear all I came across a nasty bug: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-5522 (please vote on it). Script InsertVariable.jsx creates a variable with this...
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FrameMaker Internal Errors when using script to generate FM books
I developed a script to automate the generation of large FrameMaker books from Ditamap and XML files. The script successfully generates 2 or 3 of these large books before FrameMaker crashes midway...
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How to reliably close a palette window
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to positively close a palette window that has both an X in the upper right corner and a Close button. The reason is that I want to use the Window.find() method to...
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Autorun script that adds elements to an XML file on open with Notify event
Hello,I am working with FrameMaker 2019 and I try to add some elements to an xml file based on a custom application when a new xml file is selected by the user.I have managed to set the notification...
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How to apply hypertext marker to text with specific character tag
I am trying to apply a gotolink marker in my text to a word that has a specific character tag. A couple of months ago, frameexpert helped me with some code that applies the newlink marker to text in a...
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Does anybody know how to add group/folder with extend script
is it possible to add group/folder with extendscript ?
View ArticleESTK vs FDK
Dear all,To the best of my knowledge: ESK is a wrapper around FDK - or something like that. It seems to me that not all FDK functions are mapped to ES functions.For exeample, in the FDK documentation I...
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