Batch Update of FM file templates

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Fri Aug 3 08:24:09 PDT 2012


Doesn't ring a bell, but Silicon Prairie's utilities are functionally
similar. http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Nancy Allison <maker at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I used to know how to update FM file templates in a batch, but I need a refresher. The process went like this:
>
> 1. Open your FM book.
> 2. Use a .dll function, not native to Frame, to save all the book files to .mif at once.
> 3. Open all the .mif files in a tool that provided a table at the bottom of the UI.
> 4. In that table, enter the element you wished to replace in the left column, say a paragraph tag named BL_Heading_1, with the element you wished to replace it with, say, Heading1. You could enter as many elements as you wanted, and you could save and reuse the resulting list.
> 5. Pass Go!
> 6. Hey Presto! Your changes are made.
>
> Can anyone tell me what the .dll was, and what the editing tool was?



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