Arbortext

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We want to load bulk promotion notice objects for windchill to windchill migration.WBM doesnt support the loading. Are there any other options to load promotion notice?please Advise 

Does anyone know where I can find a FOSI tag description table?   

I'm having three issues with Arbortext that I'm trying to solve. It changes my XML which is unacceptable. My XML is also used by an IETM, and must be compatible with that IETM. 1. For some reason Arbortext adds the following around the DOCTYPE when I save my XML: <!-- Fragment document type declaration subset:--> How do I stop this from happening? It causes errors in the IETM when it views the XML. 2. It changes my graphic's file path from "..\Graphics\O00002-4.png" to "O:\documents\TMS\Product 1\Graphics\O00002-4.png". 3. My graphic is named O00002-1, but Arbortext changes it to <graphic boardno="O00002-11"></graphic>. It does that for O00002-2, renaming it in the XML to O00002-21. O00002-3 and O00002-4 are unchanged. Is there a way to stop Arbortext from altering my XML? At this point I'd almost rather write it in notepad and make a copy for Arbortext to publish.

Hello, I am attempting to change the standard formatted page number format in xrefs to match the page numbering I have in the document footers I've created. As it stands, the formatted page numbering is a simple number, whereas the page numbering is in the format "1.05-3". Chapters are set as Division 1, Sect1s as Division 2, and the code for the page numbering is: <_gte:DivisionReference xrefStyle="Number" which="first" divs="sect1"/>-<_gte:FormattedPageNumber/>Does anyone have an idea of how to duplicate the above in an xref? Any help gratefully received. John Laidlaw  

We have two people working on one document instance.  The license is up for renewal for one in March, and the other in November.   The one in March more than likely will update to new 8.2.0.0 while the other will still be on 8.1.2.1.   Will there be any compatibility issues, or any noticeable differences on publish using Arbortext publisher option?

Is there a document or article that displays the supported protocols of the application and if so can it be provided?     

Ok sorry this maybe a bonehead question, but I am drawing a blank. I have modified the "IsoDraw 7.3 Preferences.PRF" file to add some colors I am using on a regular basis for fills. However when I go to an existing file and I look at the fill colors they are not how they are laid out in the PRF file. The colors appear as when I originally created the graphic. Is there a way to load the current/revised PRF file in these existing files? I have attached a couple of screenshots of how the Fill window looks in an old file and how a new graphic looks Thanks in advance  

HiWe have configured the https access for the image URLs recently.We can only access the http port url in Arbortext editor but we can not access the HTTPS url. Is there any place we need to configure in the local certificates for Arbortext editor and PE to access the our image server https URLThank you!

ttrevclear ( source:s ( start:n end:n ( delete:n )? )? )? ( ';' level:n )? I can't understand those argument how to use..... thanks a lot

Hello,With ACL, I use the function "dlgitem_set_table_selection" to select a row in a table control. But I don't find how to deselect this row. Can you help me ?David

Hello,The function "dlgitem_get_table_selection" returns the selected row when the selection type of the table control is row selection,But if multiple rows are selected, how to get the rows selected ?David

Hello,I try to use the ACL function "gsub" to replace the string "and" by the character ampersand (&). But the replacement fails. Do you have a solution ?David

Hi,We are able to generate the PDF file from Arbor text editor with Publish->PDF option using XSLT stylesheet. Intermittently PDF has to be generated and modify the content before generating the final PDF. Could you suggest what ways customization can be done in XSLT to achieve the required functionality. Thanks in advance.

We use an in-house authored, very simply styled FOSI to generate PDFs from our XML files (using a slightly modified version of NLM's JATS 1.3 with Oasis tables and MathML). One problem we continue to have is that some Unicode characters, especially those for non-Latin scripts are not displaying in the generated PDFs. These characters display correctly in Arbortext Editor (we are using version 8.1.3.1). When generating the PDFs we will see warning messages like this:Attempt to use non-existent character 'ব' (2476,0x09ac) in font "Cambria"- looking for slant=regular, weight=regular (400)- no substitute character exists in font "Lucida Sans Unicode"Attempt to use non-existent character 'ন' (2472,0x09a8) in font "Cambria"- looking for slant=regular, weight=regular (400)- no substitute character exists in font "Lucida Sans Unicode"Attempt to use non-existent character 'ব' (2476,0x09ac) in font "Cambria"- looking for slant=regular, weight=regular (400)- no subst

Is there a way to test if something is not fr-FR. Styler only seems to have if it is equal to something. Bryon Attribute Test Dialog Box Attribute Value - Choose the test type and the value of the attribute that you want to test, where applicable. The options are:◦ Assigned any value (default)◦ Not assigned a value◦ Includes whole word - Select this option then specify an alphanumeric character string as the word the attribute value must include.◦ Comparison - Select this option, choose an operator (=, <, >, <=, >=, or !=), then enter an alphanumeric character string in the text box for Arbortext Styler to compares with the matching attribute in a document. This text field will include a drop down list of values if the selected attribute has an enumerated set of values.If one of the numeric operators <, <=, >, or >= is chosen, the attribute value and the value it is being compared with must both be

Agenda for the December 7, 2022, PTC User, Technical Authoring TC MeetingPlease join us on December 7, at 10:00am CST for a great discussion.  At this meeting, we will be covering the following topics:PTC User Overview and News—Brian YorkMember Brief, The Toro Company—Andrew PieperPTC News and Marketing Update (Arbortext Symposium at LiveWorx)—Deb WilliamsPTC Product Spotlight—Patti LutskyTranslation Roundtable Discussion—AllIntroduction to New Ideas from the Community Discussion—Paul Hartwig/Andrew PieperFuture Meetings/Events:Technical Authoring TC Meeting—March 8Service Symposium at PTC LiveWorx—May 15-16 Arbortext, Servigistics, and iWarranty for SLM PTC Liveworx May 16-18th in Boston www.liveworx.comTo Join: https://www.ptcuser.org/  and Join this Committee: Technical Authoring and Management 

Is there a way to rotate text 90 degrees in a table row or table cell?Thanks,

The use case I'm styling for is that we want to be able to publish one section of a document at a time, retaining compound numbering as if it were lifted from the whole document. So, I might want to number a section as "4B" and have all the automatic compound numbering underneath work as usual under that.At the top level, I am able to style the title (numbering style 1,2,3,...) to start at a number designated by an attribute on the top (part) element at that level (as "4", for example).One level down, however, the (chapter) numbering style switches to A,B,C,... and I am unable to style the title numbering to start at "B" (whether starting from a fixed start position or using an attribute).By default, numbering for this level starts at "A", as one would expect. However, if I click on "Start at" at this level, it gives me a default fixed value of "1", rather than "A". If I set the fixed value to "2", this shows in the preview in the dialog as "B", but the published result is still to sta

Hello,With Arbortext Command Language, How to write a function to get all children of a parent tag ?David

History: back in 2014 in 6.1 M040 we turned on the rewritten DITA rds (resolved document for styling) code.At that time, we introduced a settingset ditausenewrds="on/off"This setting was intended to be temporary.  It was a way for customers to revert to the old code if they found an issue.  Once the issue was fixed, they were expected to change the setting to "on". It is 8 years later, and time to deprecate this setting.  The "old" rds code is not supported, and any issues should be reported to Technical Support for resolution. We expect that starting in Arbortext 8.2, the set ditausenewrds="off" will be a "no-op" and all customers will use the "new" rds. --Patti

Looks like it has been updated to 64 bit. Available to download here:https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/software_update/swupdate.jsp Also requires a new updated license file https://support.ptc.com/apps/licensePortal/auth/ssl/index Bryon

I am upgrading from Arbortext Editor 7 F000 to Arbortext Editor8.1.  In our schema we have many attributes defined with values that contain spaces.  In Arbortext 8.1, those values are not presented as options in the Editor.  And, when opening a xml document that has one of these attributes with a value containing a space, I get an "out of context" error.  Can you please advise on how to set these values to be valid?? Schema element, Attribute example:<xsd:element name="DocumentType">   <xsd:complexType>        <xsd:attribute name="Type">            <xsd:simpleType>                <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">                    <xsd:enumeration value="Book"/>                    <xsd:enumeration value="Conference Brief"/&

How does the List of Effective Pages autogenerate when lepcontents is set to autobuild (1)? There must be additional markup you place in a Chapter or modify the attribute.

Hello all, I'm authoring a TM in XML using Arbortext and Notepad to the MIL-STD-40051D. When I open the TM in Arbortext I get the following errors: "Document is structurally invalid at the cursor. <titleblk> in entry &titleblk-XXXX is out of context. Context rules are being turned off..." I click OK and the Completeness Check Log pops up with the following: "Completeness ErrorsObject out of context titleblk-XXXX: titleblk" The cursor is put at the first line of the titleblk. It doesn't give me anymore information than that. When I open the titleblk-XXXX.xml in Arbortext by itself, there are no context errors. Can Arbortext show me where the problem is other than just pointing to the specific .xml file??? Or, at the very least, give me a hint where to start? If this program can detect an issue, why can't it show me what that issue is?