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I'm looping through my array of chapter tags and comparing an attribute value to my loop counter and I don't know if my attribute is a string or integer. Because my document uses a double digit numbering system, attribute value 05 is equal to counter loop value 5. Any way for me to convert 05 to a string so when I compare them, they are not equal?   Also, I'm confused as to why I got an output of 566 when I output 5.00102. See the attached screen shot.   Thank you for all and any help!

When publishing with APE, if any profile is selected, we get red page published with no content. It seems that it cannot see our pcf files. Has anyone else seen this.   Bryon

When 'track changes' are on and user makes revisions to the content, the incorrect user name is displayed. AE preferences do have the correct user name. So I'm not sure where the random user name is coming from. Is there a setting that I can go to that will allow me to insert the correct user name?

We are using schematron for extra validation of our xml documents during the standard 'Check Completeness' function and working well.   We would like to create a separate menu item for a different schematron (a subset of <pattern>s) only to be run by certain users employees. We would like this second Schematron to be kicked off from a custom menu item using ACL.   I can create a menu no problem, but how can I get my menu item to reference the schematron file? Where should this schematron file be saved?

Hello,I have a problem with displaying images in *.pdf format in Arbortext Editor.The files with standard extensions (*.jpg, *.eps, etc) are displayed in Arbortext Editor, but when I try to insert an image in the *.pdf format, all I can see is an icon indicating a missing image.Does anybody know if this is a matter of changing the display options or maybe this format is not supproted?Thank you very much in advance.Sandra

Arbortext Back to School Series continues....   Please join us for February's webinar as we continue our series focusing on an Arbortext curriculum specially designed for you! As promised, we will offer a live class every month through May, which will also be recorded and available to view any time.   February 27, 2019: Arbortext Styler and APP - The Styling Story 10am EST- 45-minute duration   Click HERE to register (Webex page will open- just click on the blue register link on the left hand side of the page).

Hello, I have certain cases where I want frame to break a line after a slash (as in the and/or phrase) as well as some cases where I do not (as a slash in a measuring unit Kg/m ). I don't want to turn off breaking entirely. As exemple I need to stop the breaking line betwen the "m/" and the "s" in this phrase  (m/s). Thanks, Zied  

Trying to figure out how to create a macro that will open the pictures folder on my c drive.   Macro open folder# recorded with PTC Arbortext IsoDraw 7.3#open a folder on a Windows-PCOPEN "c:\%userprofile%\pictures\"End Macro   This does not seem to do anything.   Bryon

Join us on March 26th 2019 at 10am EST for the next webinar in the Back to School Series.   Title: Arbortext Content Management- Keeping the Digital Thread Date and Time: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 10:00am EST Duration: 45 minutes (30 minutes presentation, 15min QA) Register: https://ptc.webex.com/ptc/onstage/g.php?MTID=efea772b985174d4ca49881153324e87e    Be sure to click the blue Register button on the left hand side of the page..   

Hi Everybody I need help on that one... i could not find script for editing text... I need to remove cs text on reference inside illustration ex:reference cs123_xyw need to be rename 123_xyz Thanks a lot for support!!!   Macro Delete CS# recorded with Arbortext IsoDraw 7.3 Select if text contains 'cs' from selection... ???delete cs???    

I recently discovered an issue with exporting 32 Bit color images of lineart in IsoDraw 7.2 where lines appear jagged and not anti-aliased (Please view the full size images to see the issue): However, if I export this same image as a 8 Bit grayscale image, the lines appear correctly anti-aliased:   Is this a bug in IsoDraw's export engine? This occurs with both PNG and JPEG files. Logically, the full 32 bit range of colors should have no issue properly containing the image information, but it appears IsoDraw is not anti-aliasing the lines on those exports.

Hi folks,   Has any one undergone the exercise of upgrading your Arbortext editor and APE base from 6.1 version to 7.1 recently?  I would like to get a few answers on below questions   What were the pitfalls you went through and were you able to get a solutions for all and transitioned completely? And was your 6.1 environment customized? If YES how did the customizations fair through during the upgrade and do you have any metrics on how much of your existing customization was re-usable without warranting further modifications or change to the code? We are considering an upgrade with our heavily customized environment and would like to have few inputs before we take the dive-in really.   Thanks in advance!   BR Amar Karthi ARASAN  

Can I produce a chm file from Styler? How do I do this?

Looking at my document 'untagged', I see several 'fields' that I can not explain. What are they and where do they come from? Some examples are: <?Pub Dtl?> <?Pub Caret 0?> <?additional_field x=y?> <?rpstl x=y?>

How to set default value of translate attribute as yes in arbortext 6.1 so, whenever i insert 'p' tag or any other tag translate attribute is set to yes automatically. Which xsd file or any other file i have to modify to achieve the same please explain in detail on how to do it

We are using arbortext 6.1, we are using custom application containing different schemas and it is referenced from a server....application works fine in arbortext 6.1 but the same same application is not working properly in arbortext 7.0 getting unknown tags and attribute errors saying its not defined in xsd file, which is really strange. structure of the application is each schema folder is different under doctypes for ex - doctypes->diagonostic, doctypes->description etc so each schema has its own xsd files, schema template and catalog file, dcf file etc.   need help on this asap!   please let me know the root cause of this issue Awaiting your reply

I'm tired of having a plain white background while tagging SGML in Arbortext Editor. I want to try something darker to reduce some eye strain. I can easily change the color of my tags, but I'm struggling with how to change the default white background to something else. Is it even possible?I've tried window_set(canvasbackground blah blah blah) , but either I'm not sure how to use that command or that command does not work in the way I'm thinking it should work.Thanks

Hello,I work at a manufacturing company and we're interested in user arbortext to manage our documents and publish them to a website for our customers. Another business unit is currently in the process of implementing the software but those of us on the website side are trying to get a jump planning.I know arbortext is capable of HTML output but can someone explain to me how that content is stored and how it is retrieved? Our documents would have chapters, sections, etc. Each piece of content will also be tagged to a particular model.Thank you!

We require an API that allows us to select over tag borders without turning balanced selections off. We have to do that be cause we want to be able to select text in tags partially.   Here is an example: <x>a <b>c d</b>e</x> We like to be able to select "a" and "c", or "d" and "e" without automatically selecting "c" and "d" together. Currently our code looks like this: set balancedselections=offscroll_to_oid(oid);goto_oid(oid, offset);CharRightExtend; repeat selLen; Maybe it's feasible to introduce some kind of function that allows to extend right without balancing the tag selection. scroll_to_oid(oid);goto_oid(oid, offset);CharRightExtendUnBalanced; repeat selLen; Is this something that you could consider for an upcoming release?

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Hello Arbortext Community!   Happy New Year to all! Hope you were able to enjoy a short (or long) break and are ready for 2019. We're excited to unveil a new webinar series we will start running this month for the first half of 2019. We are calling it a "Back to School" series. We want to provide you tips, best practices, advice and resources for everything from content authoring to content management to delivery. Each session will be 45 minutes, come join us! If you can't make a session, don't worry because it will be recorded and available for playback.   The first one will be Arbortext Editor Tips and Tricks on January 30th at 11am EST. If you have not received an email to register, please use this link and we'll make sure you get notifications for the future webinars as well.    As always- please let me know if you have questions, comments or suggestions.   Thanks- Pushpinder  

Hi,   I am using Arbortext CMS to store our DITA topics. I wanted to know how those XML files store in the CMS database. The reason I am asking this is for XML parse and reporting.   For example, a DITA topic may look like this: <topic id="topic" xml:lang="en"><title>Authoring DITA Topics</title><body><p>When you first open a DITA topic, the default <phid="ArbortextEditor-0CDFC876">Arbortext Editor</ph> configurationfor editing DITA topics appears. </p></body></topic>   What I want to do is a XML search and the result would be the content in an element with an specific attribute. In this case, I want to get the content "Arbortext Editor" when I do a search for a tag <ph> with "id=ArbortextEditor-0CDFC876".   Thanks, Kangxw

We're bringing the Arbortext team to San Diego for a live User Group event.   We're excited to have Solar Turbines host us for a one day event to allow you to network with fellow Arbortext users, collaborate on ideas and hear about roadmap and future strategy.   This is a free event on March 19th from 11:00am-4:00pm (lunch will be provided).   Register here.    See you there! Pushpinder 

Hi Arbortext Community,   We have the first of our Aerospace & Defense webinars for 2019 scheduled.   Join GPSL on Tuesday February 5th at 11:00AM and learn how, with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) integrated with Service and Parts Information, you can run a digital thread from the engineering drawings through bills of materials, parts lists, illustrations, and service content, all the way to the content delivered to the service technician.    Register here for the Digital Thread Webinar   Hope to see you there   Kate