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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Verdana">Hi Roger...<br>
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Interesting. I've not played with this to see how (or if) this
can be done through the rules file. Did you try this (without
the value.. line) ..<br>
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element "entry" {<br>
is fm table cell element;<br>
attribute "outputclass" {<br>
is fm property rotate;<br>
}<br>
} <br>
<br>
I'd think that if @outputclass was set to 0, 90, 180, or 270 ..
this might rotate the cell. I know this isn't really a workable
solution, but would be interesting to see if it works. I think
the idea is that you'd have an attribute called "rotation" (or
whatever) that you'd set to the desired value .. also not really
feasible with DITA since you can't really add attributes.<br>
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DITA-FMx supports rotated cells by adding a data element to the
entry and stores the rotation value in there, then sets the cell
rotation when you open the file (via FDK coding).<br>
<br>
Do let me know if you get this working via the rules file.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
...scott<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.leximation.com">www.leximation.com</a>
+1.415.485.1892
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On 2/4/13 8:20 AM, Roger Shuttleworth wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:510FDFDF.1050208@gmail.com" type="cite">Hello
All
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FM 11.0.1 structured, using DITA 1.2.
<br>
<br>
I'm hoping some read-write rules guru will be able point me in the
right direction...
<br>
<br>
We have some tables in which occasional cell contents are rotated.
To do this manually, we select the text and go to the Graphics
menu. But since we are using DITA XML, I'd like to save the
rotation property to the XML and have FM apply it again when the
XML file is reopened. Clearly a job for read-write rules.
<br>
<br>
So after a thorough study of the Structured Application
Developer's Guide and the corresponding Reference, as well as the
FM11 help, etc., I have attempted with the following:
<br>
<br>
element "entry" {
<br>
is fm table cell element;
<br>
attribute "outputclass" {
<br>
is fm property rotate;
<br>
value "rotate" is fm value "270";
<br>
}
<br>
}
<br>
<br>
When I set @outputclass to "rotate" and save as XML, the attribute
value is not written. If I edit the XML in a text editor and then
open in FM, the @outputclass is set to "no value". So clearly
nothing is happening using @outputclass and/or my rule.
<br>
<br>
The Developer Reference gives tantalizing information such as
"FrameMaker extends the possible values to allow rotations of 0,
90, 80, and 270 degrees." I've tried a whole lot of alternative
rules and values, but nothing seems to do anything (except
generate an error, that is).
<br>
<br>
Do I need to use or define a different attribute than
@outputclass? Or is there some other secret syntax that eludes me?
Or does it just not work?
<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help..
<br>
<br>
Roger Shuttleworth
<br>
London, Canada
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