Printing a ditamap file structure

[Yves Barbion]

Or, open the ditamap in oXygen XML Author and print the map to a PDF file.
This gives an even nicer result than the other two workarounds I mentioned
earlier.

Cheers

Yves

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Yves Barbion <yves.barbion at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Roger
>
> I'm using FrameMaker 9.0p255 in Windows XP, but I'm seeing the same
> behavior over here. My workarounds:
>
>    - Save the ditamap as Fm 8, open the .fm file in Fm8 and save it as
>    PDF. No problem.
>    - Open the ditamap in the free IBM Task Modeler. There, you have some
>    nice views for your ditamap, for example hierarchical diagram (like PostIt
>    notes) or indented list. You can simply print this view to a PDF file.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Yves
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Roger Shuttleworth <
> rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>> Hello All
>>
>> I just came across this today, and wonder if anyone can confirm:
>>
>> FrameMaker 9.0 p255 on Vista.
>>
>> I have a ditamap and want to print it so I can see the outline (that is,
>> not print the XML but just the file as it appears in the FM UI). The map is
>> the only file I have open.
>>
>> If I choose File, Print, it prompts me for a ditaval file. There is an
>> option to skip that step, in which case nothing happens. Poof. It's as
>> though I'd not come to work today. (If only...)
>>
>> If I do choose a ditaval file by selecting and clicking Choose...nothing
>> happens. Poof. It's as though I'd not come to work today.
>>
>> Trying the same from the Resource Manager, there is an option File, Print
>> Ditamap. Again it prompts me for a ditaval file. Even if I choose one,
>> nothing happens. Poof (you get the idea).
>>
>> There are no secret dialogs open and hidden behind other applications, and
>> no spooler processes running in the background. It just does nothing.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm this?
>>
>> Roger Shuttleworth
>> Technical Documentation
>> AV-BASE Systems Inc.
>> 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
>> London, Ontario
>> N5V 3S4
>> Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330
>>
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