FrameMaker 9/10 Toolbars

[Klaus Daube]

On 15 Aug 2011 at 14:53, Rick Quatro wrote:

> Is there any good information on making custom toolbars in FrameMaker 9
> and 10? I basically figured out how to make a custom toolbar and have it
> show in the View > Toolbars menu, but I am trying to find out if you can
> add custom commands to the toolbar buttons. For example, I would like to
> have a command that would show/hide text symbols and borders at the same
> time. Also, is there a way to see the available button icons? For example,
> if I have to have separate show/hide text symbol and show/hide borders
> buttons, I would like to find icons that would be representative for these
> commands. Any help or direction would be appreciated. 

Rick, with the development of the Enhanced Toolbars (based on Shlomo Perets' work) I got 
quite an insight.

Unfortunately the requested function "have a command that would show/hide text symbols and 
borders at the same time" is problematic since FM-9, because part of the function must be 
set up in the customui.cfg file and the other part in the cmds.cfg:

    Of multi-code commands FM-9/10 executes only the first code. Partly fix:
    - The commands must be located in cmds.cfg, menu Add and Order remain in customui.cfg
      Commands involved: GoToMasterPage, GoToRefPage
    - If buttons should work, no menu specification must be present in customui.cfg
      Commands involved: EditingView, PrintingView

Please look at the following files:
Section "Background Information" in http://www.daube.ch/docu/files/fm9-etb-en.pdf
Shlomo's file (1999!) http://www.daube.ch/docu/files/microtype_toolbars.pdf

HTH
Klaus
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