XML to PDF?

[Yves Barbion]

Indeed, like Russ said, you need a structured application. But instead of
creating one from scratch, which may indeed take "a minute or two", another
option would be to "remodel" the xml document first to DITA and then use the
DITA Structured Application (or DITA-FMx: www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/).

Kind regards


-- 
Yves Barbion
Documentation Architect
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
Scripto bvba
Belgium
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On Dec 12, 2007 2:14 PM, <russ at weststreetconsulting.com> wrote:

> Hi Mary,
>
> FrameMaker can do this, and in fact, it is one of FrameMaker's great
> strengths in the structured content arena. Despite what it lacks in other
> XML features, it can do a bangup PDF from XML or SGML like no other tool, I
> think. Note, however, that you need to build the translation mechanism (the
> "structured application") to get the XML imported and properly formatted.
> For a short document, an expert might be able to pull this off in a few
> days, but if you've never done it before, the learning curve can last into
> the weeks or months.
>
> Russ
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:21:11 -0600
> From: Mary Holder <rholder2017 at mchsi.com>
> Subject: XML to PDF?
> To: FrameUsers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
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> Hello Framers,
>
> Does anyone know if I can create a PDF from an XML file using
> FrameMaker? It's a relatively short document, but I haven't done this
> before so I'm not sure how to proceed--if, in fact, it can be done.
>
> TIA,
>
> Mary Holder
> The Roving TechWriter
>
>
>
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