Arbortext

Hello, all I just came across this tool. Just wondering if anyone is using it. We are currently using Isodraw and I was wondering how similar these programs might be.   Thanks   Bryon

If so, how to create it?

Hello,    Has any one successfully integrated Multimedia files (.mp4) in files that are created using Arbortext editor (starting 7.x) and published it in PDF/HTML versions?   Even though the release notes say this feature as an enhancement from 7.X and further in Styler 8.1 (for publishing) there is really no Article or Help menu sections that are of real help.   Tech Support is also vague on this topic and they give confusing answers to achieve this.   I'm super confused if this is not an OOTB feature, why does PTC boast this as an enhancement in the release notes without giving any proper update or help for customers on this? There are literally no videos in any of the demos nor courses in PTC University that covers this feature.   Appreciate any help on this and Thanks in advance!  

We are using Arbortext Editor 7.0 M030. Is it possible to change the font size of menus in Arbortext Editor? Also, I would be interested in learning if it is possible to change the size of buttons in the toolbar?   Any tips would be much appreciated.   Thanks.

I have looked for an answer in the various posts but have not found anything, so here is the question. I am using Arbortext Editor 5.3. We have a couple of script files (init.acl and user.acl) on a network folder, say s:\scripts. To avoid network latency the script files are copied to a local hard drive and loaded from there when Arbortext is executed. Occasionally one or more of these scripts may change. I want to make it easy for users to check for updates by providing an menu option they can use.  The idea is it checks the version of the local script and then checks the version of the network script.   In each script file I put a version that I want to check against later, e.g $initscriptver=1 and $userscriptver=1,  what I want to do in my check_for_updates.acl script is something similar to the following: Open the network script file (e.g. s:\scripts\init.acl) Find the line containing the version number (e.g. $initscriptver=1) Extract the version number from th

Trying to publish a postsciprt to pdf and I am getting this message. What does it mean and how do I track down the issue?    %%[ Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: 1) (Digitized data copyright (C) 1993-2000 Agfa Monotype Corporation. All rights reserved. Arial® is a trademark of The Monotype ]%% Stack:/AdvTT2876772e\{-44 -209 980 919}/FD4 %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%   Thanks    Bryon

Hello, I have to work with an already developped FOSI environment (xxx.style) Arbortext Editor Styler 6.0 My problem is that thead is not repeated after page break in the tables, there is just the first thead at the beginning of the table, and nothing after the page break. Where could I found a method to have thead at the beginning of every new page of the table ?  where is it configured ? is it in table ? in tgroup ? in thead ? in tbody ? Thanks in advance, and sorry for my bad english...

Arbortext Editor/Styler/Publishing Engine 8.0.2.0 and Arbortext Layout Developer/Arbortext Layout Editor 12.0.2.0 have released!   These releases include customer critical bug fixes.   There is an installer issue related to the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime.  You must download and install the 2019 version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft.  The 2019 version includes the 2015 and 2017 content.

Arbortext Publishing Engine 8.0.2.0 , Publish to PDF fails with below error   APP did not produce an output file <Message> Error return '0' from PDF generator. </Message><Trace> java.lang.Exception: Error return '0' from PDF generator. at com.arbortext.e3c.PdfServerExtension.doCompose(PdfServerExtension.java:303) at com.arbortext.e3c.ServerComposer.doCompose(ServerComposer.java:597) at com.arbortext.e3c.Application.doPost(Application.java:173) at com.arbortext.e3.subprocess.EpicE3AppContext.doJava(EpicE3AppContext.java:349) at com.arbortext.e3.subprocess.EpicE3AppContext.handleE3AppRequest(EpicE3AppContext.java:897) at com.arbortext.e3.subprocess.EpicE3AppContext.doRequest(EpicE3AppContext.java:667) </Trace>   Attached debug log. Any help is appreciated.

Hi there, I am running an XML doctype and when authors try to insert an ordered or unordered list from the menu, the <p> prior to the cursor get swallowed up into the list, rather than the list starting afresh.   Any idea on how to solve this please?

Hello,   I would like to know if Arbortext Isoview is compatible with chromium navigators, like Edge Chromium. Apparently not, is there a way to make it compatible (or is using Internet Explorer the only way to make Isoview work?)?   Thank you.

Hello. Product : Arbortext Isodraw 7.3M100, floating licences.   We have a problem with Isodraw, which freezes for 5 seconds almost every 10 seconds. Isodraw is installed on a physical computer (no virtual machines), and the workers uses it directly from the computer (not through remote connection). We have 2 different geographical locations (LOC1 and LOC2), and the problem occurs only on LOC2. The installation is the same on every computer. The only difference seems to be the licence server, which is physically on LOC1, where the problem doesn't occur. With a ping, reaching the licence server takes 1ms from LOC1, and 10ms from LOC2.   Where can it come from?   Thank you.    

Hello, We are having an issue where users are being denied access to IsoDraw CAD because all of the licenses are in use. We are trying to determine if we need more licenses or if this it is just a case of users opening the application and letting it run in the background. Is there a way to get this type of information in the log file? I can see in the error log when a user is denied due to no available licenses - but I can't see how long users with the licenses taken have been idle, etc. Any thoughts or assistance would be appreciated. Thank you!

Installed 7.0 as usual. Have done this many times for co-workers. Print Preview runs and says it has completed, but no preview file ever comes up.

The Arbortext IsoDraw and IsoView 7.3 M110 release removes the need for Work Group Manager and allows you to connect directly to Windchill.  Managing your IsoDraw projects has never been easier!  Our latest release integrates a direct connection, allowing IsoDraw to handle its own communication with Windchill, and cutting out the need for the IsoDraw Work Group Manager application.  Download IsoDraw and IsoView 7.3 M110 now to optimize your workflow.  With this latest release, you can manage all your content both simply as well as efficiently.  Just use the Open/Save/Import type tools in the file menu of IsoDraw to interact with Windchill.

Objective is to remove a specific string with special characters from a file programmatically.   The problem experienced is, everything leading up to the forward slash I can remove, as soon as i include a forward slash in the $stringToRemove variable, the program fails to perform a substitution with the value "test". Ultimately i will replace "test" with an empty space. Lack of debugging tools makes this a bit tricky to solve.   # $stringToRemove =  '<!string1 % string2 "string3//string4/string5"> %string6; '   $Double_Quote_Symbol  = chr(34)$Percent_Symbol             = chr(37)$Forward_Slash_Symbol = chr(47)   $stringToRemove = "string1 " . $Percent_Symbol . "string2" . $Double_Quote_Symbol . "string3//string4/string5"  execute("substitute -a -c -noe -ws -noq /" . $stringToRemove . "/test")   Note: this is performed on an XML file opened as a text file using "edit -untagged"   I've attempted: 1)

Currently I am able to execute a basic script to open a file, perform data processing, save then close.   For a batch process though, my thought process is to get the directory path filled with the collection of "*.xml" files, iterate over each file path and perform the functions doc_open, <functions to edit file>, doc_save, doc_close.    However as the script iterates over the files it doesn't appear to be making any modications as anticipated, and in the file explorer there is no updated "Date Modified" timestamp confirming that changes have not been made. I get the correct count of xml files stored in the variable $filepaths. When I perform a "message" or "response" command it appears to be the correct $filepath but not certain as it doesn't seem to get modified. the replace function always returns saying "string not found" even though I am certain of the strings existence in the file.   My question is: Where am I going wrong in the logic for ACL Batch File

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Hi there,   In our Styler Style sheet we have a attribute called chgstatus which signifies a change to that area and what stage of approval it's in. This chgstatus attribute can be applied to most tags in the XML. This chgstatus is listed in the LOEP and in the footer of the pages that are generated. The problem we're having is that in the footer, it only displays the chgstatus of the container, and not the individual figures.  As you can see here the figure has a chgstatus of "ORIG APPLE" while it's container has a chgstatus of "ORIG PLUM".  On the generated document, the footer displays "ORIG PLUM" instead of "ORIG APPLE". The Footer pulls from chgstatus, but it pulls from the container's chgstatus instead of the more specific one to that page.    Not sure what what the best way to rectify this issue. My initial idea is to make a separate attribute to distinguish them. But I fear that may interfere with the LOEP.  

This will be my first script in ACL and I am having struggle finding examples that can be used to understand the language with respect to accessing the filesystem and performing processes on files.   No matter what I do - the below code I created and execute multiple times appears to perform different behaviors. Sometimes it has performed a replace on the Currently Open Document in arbortext, sometimes it does nothing, and sometimes it presents a message saying "0 new objects scanned and processed." but have gotten to the point where I know how to create ACL code which won't produce errors. Its just not doing what I think it should.    In my example the ultimate goal will be to replace all Unicode characters (en dash, em dash, curly quotes) with ascii characters (hyphen, straight quotes).   $EnDashChr = chr(8211)$EmDashChr = chr(8212)$LeftDoubleCurlyQuote = chr(8220)$RightDoubleCurlyQuote = chr(8221)   $filepath = "C:\\Users\\MyDirectory\\Desktop\\TestXML.xml"$

I urgently need to return an Arbortext Epic 5.3 licence to reallocate it to a different user, however, the site has changed significantly and I cannot find where to return or obtain licences now. I was given instructions by my predecessor but they appear well out of date. I managed to return a licence and obtain a new one about 6 months ago using those instructions but they do not work any more.

  I am hoping this is not too DOD specific for this community and that someone here may be able to assist. I am using DTD 40051C_3_28 (Oct 16) and I inserted a tswp under troublecategory between existing WP 0026 and 0027. I set insertwp=1 and wpseq=0026.1. I inserted figures in WP and they all are showing up in the TOC as 0027-1, -2, ect… not 0026.1-1, 0026.1-2, etc... as I expected. Does any have advice on how to get proper numbering in the TOC with the same WP number as set in wpseq attribute?Steve 

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We are exited to inform this community on a new version of PTC Arbortext Content Delivery - 7.1.5.0, that is now released and available for download!!   Key Release Highlights Mobile Devices Support PTC Arbortext Content Delivery is now available on the Android and iOS mobile devices. Options and Choices Filters Auto-Set PTC Arbortext Content Delivery can now automatically set the Options and Choices filters that are applicable to the selected product model or Serial Number (SN). Product Serial Numbers Support Improvements PTC Arbortext Content Delivery now provides the ability to use the same Serial Number (SN) for multiple product models. Add a Complete Parts List to a Cart You can now add an entire parts list to a cart using a single click in PTC Arbortext Content Delivery. View Improvements Parts related documents hyperlinks: The part relations hyperlinks are now available on the inline parts items and parts preview pages for easier tracking of the parts related do

Hello,    After upgrading Arbortext editor to 6.0 to 8.1.1 we've got 2 errors :  - [A18115] Error in initialisation file : D:\Products\Arbortext\8.1.1\adapters\com.ptc.prowt.arbortext\init\dms_customize.acl- [A12258] Require : couldn't open any package file in the load path   For information, the JRE version is : Adopt OpenJDK 11 and the JAVA custom code is well compiled with this JRE version.  I've searched in the support topic but cannot find anything related to our issue.    Do you know how to handle these errors ?   Thanks in advance,