Read-Write rules for table cell rotation

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Roger...

Interesting. I've not played with this to see how (or if) this can be 
done through the rules file. Did you try this (without the value.. line) ..

element "entry" {
     is fm table cell element;
     attribute "outputclass" {
         is fm property rotate;
         }
     }

I'd think that if @outputclass was set to 0, 90, 180, or 270 .. this 
might rotate the cell. I know this isn't really a workable solution, but 
would be interesting to see if it works. I think the idea is that you'd 
have an attribute called "rotation" (or whatever) that you'd set to the 
desired value .. also not really feasible with DITA since you can't 
really add attributes.

DITA-FMx supports rotated cells by adding a data element to the entry 
and stores the rotation value in there, then sets the cell rotation when 
you open the file (via FDK coding).

Do let me know if you get this working via the rules file.

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892

On 2/4/13 8:20 AM, Roger Shuttleworth wrote:
> Hello All
>
> FM 11.0.1 structured, using DITA 1.2.
>
> I'm hoping some read-write rules guru will be able point me in the 
> right direction...
>
> We have some tables in which occasional cell contents are rotated. To 
> do this manually, we select the text and go to the Graphics menu. But 
> since we are using DITA XML, I'd like to save the rotation property to 
> the XML and have FM apply it again when the XML file is reopened. 
> Clearly a job for read-write rules.
>
> So after a thorough study of the Structured Application Developer's 
> Guide and the corresponding Reference, as well as the FM11 help, etc., 
> I have attempted with the following:
>
> element "entry" {
>     is fm table cell element;
>     attribute "outputclass" {
>         is fm property rotate;
>         value "rotate" is fm value "270";
>         }
>     }
>
> When I set @outputclass to "rotate" and save as XML, the attribute 
> value is not written. If I edit the XML in a text editor and then open 
> in FM, the @outputclass is set to "no value". So clearly nothing is 
> happening using @outputclass and/or my rule.
>
> The Developer Reference gives tantalizing information such as 
> "FrameMaker extends the possible values to allow rotations of 0, 90,  
> 80, and 270 degrees." I've tried a whole lot of alternative rules and 
> values, but nothing seems to do anything (except generate an error, 
> that is).
>
> Do I need to use or define a different attribute than @outputclass? Or 
> is there some other secret syntax that eludes me? Or does it just not 
> work?
>
> Thanks for your help..
>
> Roger Shuttleworth
> London, Canada
> _______________________________________________

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