automating FrameMaker 10 + RoboHelp 9 build

[Robert Lauriston]

For future reference, I posted full details in Adobe's RoboHelp >
FrameMaker Integration forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/980779

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
> For future reference, with minor changes,
> <FM_INSTALL_DIR>\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional
> Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx that comes with FM10 handles step 2. The
> rest isn't really relevant to this list.
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
>> I'm looking into automating a time-consuming build process and am
>> curious if anyone has done this successfully. I know how to do it
>> (I've done similar things in the past with DZbatcher, ANT, etc.), I
>> just don't want to start the project if I know that it's not possible,
>> or if these are the wrong scripting tools.
>>
>> 1. Windows batch file: launch FrameMaker from command line and start
>> ExtendScript
>>
>> 2. FrameMaker ExtendScript: open project, set conditional text for
>> PDF, update book, save as PDF, set conditional text for online help,
>> update book, save
>>
>> 3. return to batch file, delete the contents of the Web help target
>> directory, launch RoboHelp from command line, and start ExtendScript
>>
>> 4. RoboHelp ExtendScript: open RoboHelp project, update FrameMaker
>> source, generate Web help
>>
>> 5. return to batch file, create .zip file from Web help target
>> directory, launch Cygwin and start script
>>
>> 6. Cygwin script: cvs commit (I know it's possible to kick off a
>> Cygwin script at the end of a batch file)