[Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

[Bernard Aschwanden]

BTW, that type of an xml document could, if you REALLY want, even have an
application in FrameMaker that opens it, puts it into a more human friendly
format, and then writes it back to XML as well. As many people on the list
attest, Rick does awesome work, so I'd suggest it's worth the
effort/time/cost to have him build something for you.

Bernard



-----Original Message-----
From: Framers
[mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter.com at lists.frameusers.com]
On Behalf Of Rick Quatro
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:14 PM
To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.'
Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

Hi Chris,

I demoed something like this in one of my webinars a few years ago. The XML
file looked like this:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<dialog title="Set Variable Formats">
  <group id="DocumentTitle">
    <statictext label="Document Title:"/>
    <edittext value="ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG SUPPLEMENT"/>
  </group>
  <group id="ChapterTitle">
    <statictext label="Chapter Title:"/>
    <edittext value="Front End Parts"/>
  </group>
  <group id="ReleaseDate">
    <statictext label="Release Date:"/>
    <edittext value="Sep 30/14"/>
  </group>
  <group id="RevisionCode">
    <statictext label="Revision Code:"/>
    <edittext value="A/C 5538"/>
  </group>
  <group id="ProductName">
    <statictext label="Product Name:"/>
    <edittext value="Widget"/>
  </group>
</dialog>

Each group represents a variable and variable definition. The variable name
is the group id, and the label is a more human readable form. And the
edittext value is the desired definition. The resulting dialog box expands
vertically to hold all of the groups in the XML file. Whatever values the
user enters in the dialog box become the defaults the next time the script
is run. To add, delete, or edit groups, you edit the XML file. The script
runs on the active document or book.

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
Behalf Of Chris Despopoulos
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 5:35 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

I actually got this working, but I never finished it...  I was hung up on
hosting it on a web site, when hosting it on the file system would probably
be more useful...
Anyway, an XML file that captures sets of variables and definitions.  You
can swap out for a book by choosing the set and importing it.  And add to
that just plain old book-level variables...  A scrolling list with all the
user variables, their definitions, and a tick-box for change/leave as-is.
Go through the list, set your variables, click DO IT, and your book is
transformed.  No need to hunt for a file to import formats, no dealing with
the clunky variable GUI (this can be much larger and easier to use).
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