Framemaker 8 DITA-OT plugin

[RJ Jacquez]

Hi Rosemary, it's a bit tricky, but here are the overall steps you must take to point FrameMaker's DITA menu to the DITA OT installation folder:

* After you have properly installed the Adobe FrameMaker 8 plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit (incidentally for FrameMaker 9 users, the appropriate link) is also on the same page: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/

* You need to add the following code to this file:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2\Adobe FrameMaker 9\fminit\ditafm\ditafm.ini".

Note that I'm using FrameMaker 9 from the Tech Comm Suite 2, but please navigate to the path above based on the version of FrameMaker you are using.

* Add this code to the ditafm.ini file:

[BuildFile]
AntCommand=ant
AntScript=ditafm-ant.xml
Count=2
DitaDir=C:\DITA-OT1.4.2.1
1=chm
2=html

* Here's where you point FrameMaker to the exact location of the DITA Open Toolkit installation folder.

* Relaunch FrameMaker and you should now be able to select DITA > Generate Output.

Sincerely,

RJ Jácquez
Senior Product Evangelist
Adobe Technical Communication Suite
Adobe eLearning Solutions
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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary O'Connor
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 8:53 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Framemaker 8 DITA-OT plugin

Hi guys
I've recently followed all the instructions to as per the adobe.com to
install the DITA-OT plugin for Framemaker 8.
All went well until I clicked on the new Dita menu item - Generate Output
I receive the following error:

DITA-OT directory not defined in Options. Could not generate output.

Does anyone know how to define this directory somewhere? I've set all
the required environment variables as per the documentation.

bye
Rose

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Rosemary O'Connor
Ph: (07) 3286 7038
Mob: 0402 368 653

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