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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Verdana">Mark...<br>
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There are tools that can do this. I offer one called AutoFM that
can be used to script the creation of a PDF (among other
things).<br>
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The problem is that the FM license doesn't allow unattended
scripting of FM unless you buy the "Server" version of FM
(that's the big ticket item). I can't provide you with legal
advice, so you should have your legal guys take a look at the FM
EULA, but it's my understanding that if a human kicks off a
script buy clicking a batch file or the like .. that's OK, but
if a script is run by some other automated process, and
especially if it's running an instance of FM that's installed on
the "build machine" .. that's not in line with the user license.<br>
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Note that Adobe has recently started offering a subscription
price for FM Server at $500/mo instead of the $15K price to buy
it outright. This $500/mo may be something that's more palatable
by management.<br>
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Feel free to contact me off list if you'd like more info about
automation options.<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 1/27/15 11:58 AM, Mark Soiseth wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,
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<div>We're creating documentation in PDF format from FrameMaker
(for a few lucky projects). At the moment, I manually create a
PDF and place it in a specific folder where it is picked up by
the build machine. The manager, however, finds this to be
"old-fashioned" and wants the build machine to create the PDF
directly from the FrameMaker files. </div>
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<div>I believe that there's a very expensive tool available from
Adobe that will do this but I'm hoping that a third-party
vendor has created a tool that will do this at a more moderate
price.</div>
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<div>Has anyone heard of anything that could do this and be
incorporated into a script?</div>
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<div>Mark</div>
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