[Framers] Replace URLs

[Peter Gold]

Just an FYI for any newbies in the FrameMaker user community:

The contributions of both Chris Despopoulos and Rick Quatro go far back in
FM history. They've saved users untold hours of time and sanity.

My 2-cent ovation.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Penelope Perkins <
Penelope.Perkins at synergex.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> An alternative to scripting for changing marker text is Cudspan's
> MarkerWorker. On Chris Despopoulos's website, this plugin is listed under
> FM 9, but I still use it in FM 12 and have not seen any problems. You
> simply unload the marker text into a document, do a search and replace,
> then reload it back into the markers. I generally use it on a file, but it
> runs on a book, too. See http://cudspan.net/plugins/.
>
> Regards,
> Penelope
>
> =========================================
> Penelope Perkins, Senior Technical Writer
> Synergex International Corp
> Sacramento, California
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+penelope.perkins=synergex.com@
> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 7:03 AM
> To: Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com>; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Replace URLs
>
> Every one of the URLs contains the absolute URL in a marker.
>
> I figured I was going to hear from you. Tell me what you have in mind. :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Quatro [mailto:rick at rickquatro.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 9:59 AM
> To: John X Posada <john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com>;
> framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: [Framers] Replace URLs
>
> Hi John,
>
> You can use FrameMaker's built-in Find/Change feature to change the URLs
> in the text. For URLs in markers, you will need to use scripting. Keep in
> mind that FrameMaker versions 10 and higher include ExtendScript built in.
> If you are interested in pursuing a scripting solution, please let me know.
> Thank you very much.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> rick at frameexpert.com
> 585-366-4017
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers
> [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 9:54 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: [Framers] Replace URLs
>
> Hi, guys. My company is reorganizing its SharePoint infrastructure with
> the new year by moving  a whole bunch of SP project folders. My
> documentation has thousands of URL to files and folders on multiple SP
> sites that are going to be consolidated to one SP site, hence, breaking
> every one of my links.
>
> This means I need to change the root part of thousands of URLs from one
> address to another. This has to be applicable against a whole book and not
> file by file...I have over 1,000 FM 11 files
>
> What are my options?
>
> Thanks
>
> John Posada
>
>
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