[Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

[bernard at publishingsmarter.com]

;)

Hey, talk to the boss. Then have Rick talk to the boss. Just, you know, a general conversation. If that doesn't help... :D

Seriously though, I always use the "there are things I know the software cannot do by itself, but with a scripted solution I know that this can be overcome" and then it's an issue of me being smart enough to find a developer who can do the scripting. That shows you are smart enough to know where the software limit is, make a business case for why it's worth having it fixed (risk management with no errors in books, faster, consistent, etc), and then find a way to implement the solution. Makes you smart to ID it, and even smarter to make the case and fix it.

Bernard



----- Original Message -----
From: john.sgammato at actifio.com
To: bernard at publishingsmarter.com
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: 6/5/18 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks

> I agree about the quality of the product... It's convincing the boss that I
> am too stupid to solve these problems, but smart enough to know that he can!
> 
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 8:16 PM Bernard Aschwanden  wrote:
> 
> > 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:
> >
> > 
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> >
> > 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 
> > 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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