Writing FrameMaker Scripts (FM10)

[Jang F.M. Graat]

Hello Harsh,

You should get a couple of PDFs from the Adobe website and read the intros.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/framemaker_10_scripting.pdf
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/pdfs/Adobe_Intro_to_Scripting1.pdf
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/scripting/pdfs/javascript_tools_guide.pdf

The first document lists all objects and methods for FrameMaker 10. The other two documents give you information about more generic objects and methods available via the ExtendScript ToolKit (ESTK). For questions about specific aspects of scripting there is the FrameMaker Scripting forum: http://forums.adobe.com/community/framemaker/extendscript

Debra Herman has had a blog on ExtendScript for FrameMaker but after a good start she has not been posting much recently. You will find her blog at: http://extendingframemaker.blogspot.nl

And finally, I have started a blog on Automating FrameMaker, in which one category is reserved for ExtendScript. Not much there yet, but there will be more and I think it is useful for beginning scriptures.

Good luck

Jang

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> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:51:53 -0400
> From: Harsh Patel <HPatel at semtech.com>
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I am a new member in this forum. I was just wondering, if anyone here has any experience with the scripts in FM10. I have tried some different scripts by reading some material online, but didn't work. I was wondering if I can get some information or a sample code to understand how it works.
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> Thanks a lot in advance,
> Harsh
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