An observation: Frame Wizardry

[Klaus Mueller]

Hello Klaus,

These definitions are not taken from the fminit/custom file;
I guess the formats are stored internally ("fallback catalogs").

This happens only if the appropriate catalogs are not
defined in the MIF file at all.
If you add *empty* catalogs to your MIF snippet,
they are kept empty:

  <MIFFile 7.00>
  <ColorCatalog>
  <PgfCatalog>
  <FontCatalog>
  <TblCatalog>
  <RulingCatalog <Ruling>>
  <MarkerTypeCatalog>
  <ConditionCatalog>
  <VariableFormats>
  <XRefFormats>
  <Page <PageType ReferencePage>>

Anyway, the standard colors, system variables and standard
marker types cannot be removed.
A document without a master page is not possible, too.

Kind regards,
Klaus Müller, itl AG


--- Original Message ---
From: Klaus Daube
Date: 04.10.2006 10:31
> Dear all,
> 
> Recently i have discovered, that _opening_ a very rudimentary MIF 
> file, such as the one hereafter, FM magically creates a nearly full 
> document environment - only a text frame on the body page is missing. 
> 
> The open document displays a full set of catalogues, masterpage Right 
> and even a Reference page with the 'standard' elements. 
> 
> Where does FM take these defintions from?
> 
> Klaus Daube
> 
> --- sample MIF -----------------------------------------------
> <MIFFile 7.00> # Generated by FrameMaker 7.2p158
> # Arrow style "rhombus filled"
>  <PolyLine 
>   <Pen 0>
>   <PenWidth  0.2 mm>
>   <HeadCap Square>
>   <HeadCap ArrowHead>
>   <TailCap Square>
>   <ArrowStyle 
>    <TipAngle 45>
>    <BaseAngle 135>
>    <Length  8.0 pt>
>    <HeadType Filled>
>    <ScaleHead Yes>
>    <ScaleFactor  0.25 pt>
>   > # end of ArrowStyle
>   <NumPoints 2>
>   <Point  10 cm 0.5 cm>
>   <Point  16 cm 0.5 cm>
>  > # end of PolyLine
> # End of MIFFile
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