[Framers] Automatic shrinkwrap?

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Rick...

Do you mean a FM binary file? (A composite file could be XML or binary.)

While it would seem that you can use DITA as the model for a structured 
FM binary file, it's really not a good idea. There are a handful of 
areas (like this) that it's assuming you're working in XML, and will 
cause trouble. All I can suggest is that if you do want to put multiple 
objects in the frame, make sure that the first object is a referenced 
image and that image is large enough (extra white space) to accommodate 
all of the expected content. That way the auto-shrinkwrap will size to 
that image, and *should* work reasonably.

Note that I haven't tried this in default FM-DITA, but that's how it 
works in DITA-FMx, and I think it's been like that since FM-DITA was 
cloned from DITA-FMx (could have changed though).

Side note .. FMx does support (limited) multiple objects in a frame, as 
long as the first object is a referenced image and the other objects are 
objects like callouts, and Frame art. This works in FM binary files as 
well as XML. The callouts and Frame art are stored as DITA data elements 
so it'll round-trip from XML to FM and back.

Good luck!
...scott


On 4/16/19 9:48 AM, Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> Thanks. I get the rationale. But my client is working on a composite
> document and is sticking more stuff in some of the frames. It is not an
> ideal workflow, but you should have the option to turn the automatic
> resizing off if you want to.
>
> Rick
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Framers] Automatic shrinkwrap?
>
> Hi Rick...
>
> This is standard operation when editing DITA files. Does it not happen for
> you as well? There is no "setting" it's just the way it works. The rationale
> for this is that there's no "frame" element in DITA, just "image" .. so the
> anchored frame should track to the size of the image, otherwise you'll get a
> false sense of the functionality (might be inclined to stick more objects in
> the frame).
>
> (Well, that's my rationale.)
>
> Cheers,
> ...scott
>
>
> On 4/16/19 6:39 AM, Rick Quatro wrote:
>> Hi All,
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>> I have a client that is using structured FrameMaker 2017 with DITA.
>> When he scales an image, the anchored frame automatically scales to
>> the image. Is this a setting that I am not aware of?
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>> Rick
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