[Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files

[Rick Quatro]

Excellent idea. You could even configure a script to put corresponding page
numbers in the plain text document so that when you found the text in the
text copy, you could more easily locate the text in the FrameMaker document.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
rick at frameexpert.com




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From: Framers
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Of Jo H
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:19 PM
To: Austin Meredith; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Searching for content in FrameMaker files

Would it be an option for you to keep a copy of every FM document in plain
text? This is not as cumbersome as it sounds, since you can install an
Extendscript which saves the plain text copy automatically whenever you
choose File > Save.

I've set up something similiar to have a readable copy for Git version
management. If you're interested, I can post the Extendscript on the mailing
list.

Jo H


2016-05-07 15:28 GMT+02:00 Austin Meredith <kouroo at kouroo.info>:
>    I don't seem to be able to persuade the File Explorer of Windows 10 to
>    find Boolean content inside FrameMaker2015 files. I've tried all the
>    obvious tricks such as making certain that the file suffixes ".fm" and
>    ".frame" are included in the indexing list, and deleting and rebuilding
>    that indexing list. File Explorer will find the name "Thoreau" if it is
>    part of the FrameMaker file's filename such as "ThoreauINDEX.fm" and
>    will indeed find the name "Thoreau" when it is *inside* a '.txt" or
>    other file, but refuses to find the name "Thoreau" for me when it is
>    inside a ".fm" or ".frame" file. What am I doing wrong? -Austin
>    Meredith
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