Infinite loop with pgf.ObjectValid
Why would this result in an infinite loop? I thought that wehn it got to the last Pgf object it should become invalid and stop. var doc = app.ActiveDoc; var pgf =...
View ArticleHow to access a table for changes
I'm iterating through the Pgf objects in a flow, and for each one I look for table anchors. I find the table anchor, then what do I do to access its Tbl object and do things with it? I'm just trying to...
View ArticleCode to Save As PDF
Hi, Does anyone have any code for saving a document as PDF? I don't need an entire script, just a chunk of code that shows the save parameters. Thanks in advance. --Rick [moved to FM scripting forum by...
View ArticleHow to insert a new paragraph?
I want to insert a paragraph with something like a line, to separate hunks of text I am pasting into a document. I see no obvious way to do this. I see no AddPgf() function, for example. And no...
View ArticleHow to find last Pgf of pasted paragraphs?
I'm pasting several Pgf objects at once into a file (a changes file of sections containing changebars), in the main text flow. I want a divider line to go at the end of each pasted section, so I try to...
View ArticleApplying a condition to a paragraph
Greetings, I want to iterate through all paragraphs in a document and for each paragraph with the "comment" style, I want to apply an existing condition called "Comment" (as per p. 126 of the FDK...
View ArticleAccessing file system
My script needs a Framemaker template file in creating a new file. I've made it work by hard-coding the path to the template in the script: sFilename = "C:\\Users\\gisteppen\\Desktop\\fm change...
View Article600-page Fm file causes script to fail
My script goes through all files in a book to find changebars. It works fine except when it tries to process two very large FrameMaker files, each one being almost 600 pages long. When I try to run one...
View ArticleHow to strip attribute Id values in a chapter by calling FDK APIs for...
HI I like to empty the Id values in a chapter by FDK APIs,how can I do that? Thanks.
View ArticleIs it possible to call a function when a specific event happens?
Hi everyone, I would like to pop up an alert when a user deletes a named destination marker. I thought this would be a no-brainer, but I'm having trouble finding examples of scripts that handle events....
View ArticleLooking for a script that will save as v11
I need to save a book and all its files as version 11 (from version 12)
View ArticleANN: New ExtendScript samples for beginners
Hi, I've worked up a set of samples designed to help beginners get started with ExtendScript. This is mainly as a public service, as I felt there was a lack of simple, working samples out there to help...
View ArticleXSLT transformation for Single XML Output
I want to save a book to a single XML document. Is it correct that I can do this by adding an xslt to merge the standard framemaker entity type output ? Can I easily reconfigure the standard Save As...
View ArticleFind Replace from Textfile with regex
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone knows about an existing script that does a find/replace by list like the script "FindChangeByList.jsx" that comes with every InDesign installation.This consists of tow...
View ArticleNew Extendscript Guides for FM 11&12 available
The updated ESTK scripting guides are now available online: FM11http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/11.0/Scripting/index.html (What's New at http://adobe.ly/1fHm1rP)...
View ArticleCreate an ExtendScript to create PDFs...object help
Hi Adobe Framer Community- Does anyone know which FM Object the Constants.FV_SaveFmtBookWithFm property value constant is a property of? I think it's a property of the Doc object, but I'm having...
View Articleapply a conditional tag to all occurences of a pragraph
Is it possible to write an extend script to apply a conditional tag to all occurences of a pragraph tag in a document? Are there any samples of a script like this
View ArticleIs there a maker.ini command to change extendscript default startup directory?
Hi All, Rather than use <framemaker install dir>\startup, I want to use c:\deploy - for storing all my required startup extendscripts and dlls. Can I do this, if so, how? Thanks! Tracey
View ArticleError while loading an XML document using a structured application
Hi, I try to load an XML document using a structured application defined in the default structapps.fm My code is shown down, extracted from the FDK API code sample. Problem, I always have the same...
View Articlemy palette window hides behind main window
For awhile, as I developed a script, the "tools palette" window that it creates stayed in front of the main doc window. Somehow it changed behavior, and how hides behind the main doc window whenever I...
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