Query about what happens in structured Frame

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Theresa,

Here is the document you need to start with:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/structapp_dev.pdf

This will give you information on working with structured FrameMaker and
structured applications. When you need reference information, you can use
this:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/structapp_dev_ref.pdf

As far as your project, what you need is to have the XHTML EDD and template
modified to match your existing unstructured template. Your Access developer
should be able to produce valid XHTML from the Access data. You would then
open the XHTML export from Access in FrameMaker, and the formatting should
be pretty much done.

Since you have a lot of FrameMaker experience, you can probably figure it
out with the documentation above. Because there is already an XHTML
application in FrameMaker 8, you don't have to start from scratch anyway.
Another approach would be to hire someone to help you modify the existing
application. I would certainly be willing to do some "live" sessions where
you could watch me make the modifications via web meetings. Then you can
learn at the same time as the job is getting done. When you feel
comfortable, you could finish it up yourself. I can't speak for Shlomo, but
he does a lot of working web meetings, and may be willing to do the same
thing.

If you are looking for "free" help, you can certainly post questions here as
you read the documentation and start experimenting. Please let me know if
you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much.

Rick

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-283-5045
rick at frameexpert.com




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Theresa de
Valence
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 3:50 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Query about what happens in structured Frame

Hello Framers,

I'm in need of some basic advice. I've been using Frame for >20 years but
have not yet used structured Frame. My Frame is 8.0p273, Acrobat
Professional is 10.1.7

 From an eList about crime fiction, several authors are writing a
collaborative mystery story. I'm organizing the story in Access. The story
itself is in an rtf memo field called BookComponent.Storytext. My friend is
writing VBA code to export Storytext to html (Storytext.html) but he has no
familiarity with Frame. So far, he has exported to html which MS Word can
read, then I can copy and paste into Frame-this is a bit too ugly for
repetitive iterations. Both Rick Quatro and Shlomo Perets have offered help
(services), but I don't even understand what to ask for.

If I understand correctly, what I should be able to do is to open structured
Frame and introduce it to Storytext.html and somehow get all the <h1> tags
to convert to <Heading1> paratags. Right? How could one phrase this better
(so as to explain the process which happens)?

I have been pointed here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\FrameMaker8\Structure\xml\xhtml\app\template
but as there is nothing in the template, I don't understand what to do with
it.

FrameMaker 8's User Guide is not helpful.

Could a kindly Framer point me to a sample which I could study?

Thanks in advance,
Theresa

P.S. If you want to read the cool mystery story it's in a pdf on this page:
http://www.reviewsbytdev.com/content/Whos-Murdering-Crime-Fiction
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