Frame 9 - setting specific graphic sizes in dita xml jobs

[Writer]

You still haven't said what you use to create the PDF. However, I wouldn't bother trying to set up the columns, pages size, etc in the authoring environment because really all you are creating at that point is unformatted XML. I would apply all the formatting using the whatever it is you use to create the PDF. For example, if you're creating the PDF by going from DITA > FM > PDF, I would create a template to apply to the FM files. 


I have seen references to some plug-ins for FM that allow you to control the defaults for anchored frames, but I've never used them.

They are:

ImpGraph by Bruce Foster (I'm not sure if this is still available as Mr. Foster passed away recently).
ShrinkWrapAsIs.dll (http://martinek.us/shrinkwrap.html).

Let us know how you resolve your problem.

Nadine




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> From: Pattie Alsop <PAlsop at tweddle.com>
>To: Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca>; "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
>Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:34:01 AM
>Subject: RE: Frame 9 - setting specific graphic sizes in dita xml jobs
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>DITA Data is coming in directly from a content management system. We are trying to use FrameMaker as the authoring/editing tool, and the final deliverable would be PDF. 
>Legacy data is the issue, when it comes into frame all graphics are built as 1 column wide, but they are not scaled to fit within the graphic block.  
> 
>I don’t know if the best way to control it is through the EDD or read/write rules. 
> 
>If I can’t get this to work soon they will go with another xml edit tool. 
> 
>-Pattie
> 
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>From:Writer [mailto:generic668 at yahoo.ca] 
>Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 4:52 PM
>To: Pattie Alsop; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Frame 9 - setting specific graphic sizes in dita xml jobs
> 
>What kind of output are you creating? What applications are you using to create your output?
> 
>Nadine
> 
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>>From:Pattie Alsop <PAlsop at tweddle.com>
>>To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:52:28 PM
>>Subject: Frame 9 - setting specific graphic sizes in dita xml jobs
>>Hello all, 
>> 
>>I’m relatively new to Frame 9.  I have worked in previous versions but that was quite a few years ago.
>> 
>>My problem is this:  
>>DITA XML Job.
>> 
>>EDD has entries for Figure and Image tags.    
>>Ex: Image …
>>in all contexts
>>insert imported graphic file 
>> 
>>My page layout is landscape, 3 columns, so when this file opens in Frame, the graphic  is cut off because it should display across the page, and not just in one column.    
>> 
>>I need to be able to control the object properties(?) based on the image width attribute.  
>>I have 3 different possible width values, 1 column, 2 column, and 3 columns wide.
>> 
>>How do I achieve that?  
>> 
>>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>> 
>>-Pattie
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