In April 2015, Adobe Partner Rick Quatro of Carmen Publishing was a special guest in a webinar that focused on how repetitious tasks can be economically automated through ExtendScripts for FrameMaker. Register here to get access to the “FrameMaker Automation Ideas with Example ExtendScripts” webinar recording: FrameMaker Automation Ideas with Example ExtendScripts Note: When you […]
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Write your own FrameMaker ExtendScript, Part 1
In January, long-time FrameMaker maven, Rick Quatro of Carmen Publishing, did a guest appearance in the first of a 2-part series on FrameMaker ExtendScripts. This session (Part 1) goes through the process of creating a broadly useful ExtendScript for automating common tasks in FrameMaker, step-by-step. You can get a recording of the session here. [Update]: […]
Adobe STC Summit Interviews 3: content modeling, problem solvers and “Word Up!”
In this week’s installment of more Thought Leader interview’s from this year’s STC Summit, we cover a variety of topics, ranging from “content modeling” to how to rebrand yourself as a “problem solver” rather than just a “technical writer.” Jack Molisani: Seek Out Problems and Solve Them LavaCon’s Jack Molisani provides a thought-provoking view […]
Making FrameMaker work for you
Many jobs are tedious, involving a repetitive sequence of commands that must be executed on a large number of almost identical elements in a document. And because they are tedious and feel like a waste of time on the part of the author, attention may decrease, and errors may go unnoticed. This, apart from the […]
Modifying Markers in FrameMaker at Book level through ExtendScript
Hello Framers, In this blog post, we will talk about an ExtendScript, which updates marker text of a particular type by iterating over all the components of a book. This example script again reinforces the notion of ExtendScript being very handy for doing repetitive tasks in FrameMaker or doing some little enhancements over the existing […]
ExtendScript of the Week: Suppressing a specific FM Alert
Continuing with the “Extend Script of the Week” postings, now we will showcase an extend script which suppresses a specific FM alert which is specified by the user. The script prompts the user to enter the alert string displayed by FM Alert dialog in a text box and then subsequently suppresses the alert when it occurs. Information about the […]
ExtendScript of the Week: Externalizing Graphics
As part of the series ‘Extendscript of the week’, we are providing an extendscript utility to convert all the graphics in FM/Book “imported by copy” to “imported by reference”. In this process all graphics imported by copy will be created externally and then imported by reference. These externalize graphics will be created in same directory as […]
ExtendScript of the Week: Import and Export Variables
As part of the series ‘ExtendScript of the week’, we are providing an ExtendScript to export a list of User Variables in a FrameMaker Book. The list will also show the status that whether the user variables is used or not. After the list has been generated, you can modify the definition of the user […]
Generating Glossary Term as a Text Pop-up / Tool Tip
In the last blog by Willam van Weelden we were acquainted with the capabilities of the Scripting support in RoboHelp and the variety of tasks/functionalities that can be automated using scripting (see also Willam’s Blog). In continuation with the exploration of the support of scripting in RoboHelp, we are providing a script which elaborates the […]
ExtendScript of the Week: Generate List of Referenced Graphics and Update Their New Paths
As part of the series ‘ExtendScript of the week’, we are providing an ExtendScript to generate a list of referenced graphics in a FrameMaker book. The list will also show the status that whether the referred graphic is resolved or not. After the list has been generated, you can modify the paths of the referenced […]