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As part of a macro, I'm trying to work out the approximate perimiter of a selected ellipse.I'm falling down right at the start because I don't understand how to extract the information needed to do the working out.In my macro, the user selects an ellipse. I then want to extract various bits of information from the ellipseproperties in order to work out the approximate perimiter.Below is an extract of what I've done so far - it is not correct though, as it doesn't work!macro cylinder_properties define ellipse_pt as element define start_angle as string define me as MouseEvent me = Wait MouseClick ellipse_pt = me.ptMMGrid Select at pt.x pt.y start_angle = ellipse_pt.ellipse.segments[1].startAngle #TO TEST IT I JUST WANTED TO DISPLAY ON SCREEN THE VALUE IT'S FOUND FOR start_angle BUT IT GIVES A SYNTAX ERROR message 'ellipse segment start angle is: ' + start_angleend macroI've not figured out yet how you extract data using the language, so can anyone help me?I find that the lack of any ki

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Anyone know if this is configurable? Anyone do it as a customization?I found and understand the set spellsentencecapitalization option, but Iwant "fixsentencecapitalization" or something similar.-- Paul Nagai

How to find server license in Arbortext publishing engine?Suresh

I have a two-column layout in which I have mulitple categories of content. Each category is given a title using xsl:text. When the content of a given category flows over to the 2nd column, I want the category title to print above the content that has flowed over.Thanks.

Has anyone has any success using the float-scope attribute on the fo:float element?I'm currently working on setting up Table Title Continued lines and within the Table element. I need the float-scope to be set for the table element but am not having any luck getting it to work. All other attributes work as expected. I have the float-scope set to read the id of the table element and when I do a transform it is producing the correct id but when I print preview in arbortext it repeats the Title Continued line on every table throughout the entire section. Like the scope is set for the chapter element and not the table element.Here is my code:<xsl:template match="imm:table/imm:title"><fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="space text" text-align="center" start-indent="0pt"><xsl:value-of select="."/>fo:block><fo:float atixslfoext:float-class-reference="tabtitle" atixslfoext:float-scope="{parent::imm:table/@id}"><fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="space text" text-align=

Hi, all...Just temporarily, we'd like to be able to show the props attribute in the Modify Attributes dialog box (CTRL-D). We realize that this is used for specialization only, but we've created a migration that uses it directly for now.I edited the file C:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext Editor\application\com.arbortext.dita\dcfmodules\dita-base-module.dcfand set<attributeoption attribute="props" <b=">dialogHidden="no" screenHidden="no"/>However, after restarting Arbortext, the props attribute still does not appear in the Modify Attributes dialog box.Anybody know why? Arbortext version 5.4 M040ThanksSteve

Hello Everyone,We are getting an error message that states "Error 50 Cannot start Server" has anyone seen this in relation to Isoview? Do you know what it means? Or what the solution is?Sindy YoungAWACS Tools and Technology Team,(253) 657-6964Kent, WA 98032

Adepters:Starting Monday, several of our users are reporting a problem wherein Arbortext Editor won't start. A Windows message pops up that "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem." At this point the user has to do a repair install.These users are probably all XP users and we're all on AE 5.4 patch M050. The culprit seems to be an automatic Windows update, although I can't prove. Just wondering if anyone else on the list has had this problem?Dave HintzSiemens

Hi everybody!We are working on Cadprocess and wonderig how to directly import the part numbers from the 3D files and extract them into a text/excel file.We saw it in a short demo but we couldn't replay it.Anybody can help us?Thanks for all comments!SalutiMassimo

Does anyone have any experience using the programming interface for IsoDraw? I'm curious what the possibilities are and whether there is anything more common that it could be compared to. Any input would be appreciated.

We're still playing (sic) with the 40051-2A (style sheets for the -1A electronic TMs are a later task) style sheets. What we're having a problem with is getting a graphic to rotate if it is too wide to fit in portrait mode. We're not trying to rotate the page set, just the graphic. One potential problem we've had is that the 40051 DTD dropped the 'rotation' attribute from <graphic> in late 2003. We've reinstated it for testing but it still not recognized by the FO. Anyone who isn't still overly stuffed from Thanksgiving have any words of wisdom? ThanksLynn

Hi AllDoes any one know if Epic V5.1 and 5.3 is compatible with Windoze 7.John T. Groves W R Systems, LTD. 2500 Almeda Ave Suite 214 Norfolk, VA 23513-2403 Ph. 757.858.6000 ext 442 email: jgroves@wrsystems.comBut a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never berestored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.<john adams=" 1775=">

Has anyone had this problem? Whenever I double-click on a text element to edit it, the text highlights as it should, but when I type in new text, the highlight disappears and the new text is added to the existing text instead of replacing it. I have to click and drag to re-highlight the already highlighted text (which is not an exact science - if you miss the begining of the text by a micron, it jumps out of that text element and attempts to create a new one) in order to replace the existing text. This is fairly new behavior that seems to have started spontaneously.

HelloI try to use this hot key to popup a line in front another without success (on azerty keyboard , isodraw 7)Anyone know why this command doesn t work ?Thanks in advance.

Can anyone tell me if the "peaxis2" application (supporting the "PEWebService") deployed as part of Arbortext PE Server (5.4) is used internally by the PE server? We're also using a Windchill adapter for storing content, employing Visualization Services CADworkers. I basically want to know if it's "safe" to disable this ("peaxis2") application that appears to have been enabled "out of the box", given that we're not employing custom SOAP apps to interact with PE.The larger goal is to secure the PE Server in a corporate environment; I'd rather "turn off" any unused entry points rather than securing them.Looking into this task, it appears there are several applications / services we could remove or disable:The Tomcat applications:managerhost-managerdocsexamplesI think I can do that by cleaning out the "webapps" directory and removing the corresponding app .xml files in "conf/Catalina/localhost".PE apparently also deploys an instance of "axis2" software (as a WAR file from within the "e3"

Is there a way to tell, within a macro, which pens are from the preference file and which are from the file itself?More detail:We import files from Illustrator and come across such wonder pens such as "0.09-1". I would like to cycle through these, but skip the pens that are defined by the preference file. I would like, if at all possible, not to have to do checks to make sure that I'm not cycling through normal pens. Any ideas?

I would like to find a way to represent a as something visible. Itcould be the background colored, glyph, or something else. I want it to be avisible only in the Editor.d

Hi,Arbortext is stripping the / from empty elements when I load them, e.g.<header:metadata-item name="create-date" value="20100920"/"> becomes<header:metadata-item name="create-date" value="20100920">so the document isn't even well formed any more. However, Arbortext still gives it a clean bill of health (no completeness errors). Can someone please point me at the setting in Prefs that fixes this - none of my colleagues is having this issue.Thanks.

Hi All, I am developing XUI type window using Arbortext.In this type of window, one combo box is one of the key item. My requirement is "apart from dropdown list, combo box should be editable".So, I changed the type attribute to "dropdown". Now it is editable, but i am unable to get the edited value.I found no such function in ACL to get that value. Is there any workaround or solution for this.Can any one help me? Thanks,Subbu

Hello all,We have a testingmemberswho uses SharePoint to store some test XML files. Our default XML editor is ArborText and it is configured to open any XML file (default application). However when I checkout a file from SharePoint it does not open the XML file for editing. Also when ArborText is closed and if I checkout the file, then ArborText application is opened but it does not open the file. I am getting a message that the file does not exist.Is there a way to make ArborText to edit files from SharePoint? If not then I might have to move XML files to a directory of some network location. Karthik

I'm reviewing material for presentation at planetPTC 2011, and I'm looking for input on which of the following to include. What else would you suggest?- Slash formatting time by 50% or more with FOSI and Arbortext Editor's formatting pass reduction feature- Cool stuff you can do with FOSI Regions- Fancy FOSI Footwork: How to access the content of suppressed child elements- How to code your FOSIs to optimize generated text updates in the Edit window- "Lights-out" formatting with Arbortext Editor and FOSI- Tips and Tricks: * Learn the 3 things that can slow FOSI formatting and how you can avoid them * Learn 5 ways to make your FOSIs easier to maintain * Learn 7 ways to work around a DTD to achieve the desired formattingThanks!Suzanne Napoleonwww. FOSIexpert.com"WYSIWYG is last-century technology!"

What file are the preferences stored in?I have a writer that trashed his custom settings so much I can't even open his preferences. Be easier if I could just cut and paste mine and start all over.Thanks,John T. Jarrett CDTSenior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support, Land & Armaments/Global Tactical SystemsT 832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376 | x1147 | -<">mailto:->BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474www.baesystems.com

Suppose my xml document is at c:\temp\xmlIf I insert a graphic which is stored at the same level of my XML document, the result is :<inlinegraphic fileref="graphic6.png"/>If the graphic is in an image directory at the same level, it becomes :<inlinegraphic fileref="images/graphic6.png"/>Now, if I want to reference an image that is one level down in my tree structure (temp/shared), A/E switch to absolute path and the result is ;<inlinegraphic fileref="c:\temp\shared\graphic6.png"/>So my question : is is possible to hava a relative path (../shared/graphic6.png) instead of an absolute.Any idea is welcome, Pierat

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