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Hi all,I'm faced with an issue concerning our Arbortext Editor extension which is written in Java and uses JavaFX 2 for its UI.My issue is that I need to have jfxrt.jar in the classpath in order for this to work.Since this jar is part of the runtime since at least Java 1.7 I thought I needed to do nothing to work with the classes defined in this jar, but AE is not seeing them. When I manually add the jar to the classpath usingAPTCLASSPATH=D:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext Editor\bin\x86\jre\lib\jfxrt.jarThen I can use them.Is this expected behaviour ?If so is there a way to add it programmatically ?I would need to retrieve the Installation path of Arbortext Editor in ACL in order to be able to do this.I tried "set classpath" and "append_java_classpath", but both did not work.Any ideas ?René

Anybody have any sugesstions on how to make the default list_response box bigger/wider?Thanks in advance!

Hello and Happy New Year to everyone.I am attempting to use the metadatarule element, as explained in the topic "Using One-Way Metadata" in the Arbortext Content Management Guide, to put the content of the navtitle element into a Windchill table field. I tried several attributes which, I believe, apply to the Dynamic Document type. For example, my XML might look like this: <metadatarule elementname="map"expr="string(/map/topicmeta/navtitle)"metadata="description" sourcetype="text"/>No matter which attribute I try to use (I've tried using both the name and the internal name of the attribute), I get a burst log error like this:Begin Save As Object for document Document1Cannot modify the following attributes:"description" because they are not definedSave As Object failed, code -199.I would prefer to solve this problem than to use my work-around, which is to append the navtitle content to the data I'm already putting in the Name attribute. Would appreciate any ideas. Thanks.Mike Moor

I have been working on my PRF files to get IsoDraw environment the way I want. I have noticed that in the PRF file there isn't a portion of the file for setting drawing sizes. Is there a way I can add to the list drawing sizes under EDIT--->Preference--->Drawing--->Format?I am using IsoDraw 7.3 Datecode M031 build 1Thanks,Keith HowardNorthrop Grumman

I have a topic where I would like the image landscaped. We have modified the style sheet to give us this capability by setting outputclass to landscape. I functions and turns the table with the image in it landscape. The issue is that it does not keep it on the same page as the title. Is there an easy way to make this work? See attached files. I can rotate the image in IsoDraw and have the table at the bottom of the image. I think it would look better rotated.ThanksBryon

My team recently moved from Arbortext 5.4 to 6.1 M040. With the previous, version we could double-click an image and the image opened in our image editor. Now, double-clicking throws this error:[A60329] Unable to open document: file:///C:/dita/source/web/task/..\image\image1.pngFor context, our file structure keeps the DITA topic types and images in separate folders: web concept image reference task topicIt's as if Arbortext is trying to resolve the image but is appending an absolute path to the topic folder (i.e., task). We must use relative paths in our content so our build servers can create the documentation.Any suggestions or help are welcome!

Anyone else have this problem and find a solution?

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Hi Everybody!I'm having problems adjusting the main content as page region in FOSI. Where can I change in code to adjust page contents(main content)?

Hi Experts,1) We are facing some issue while calling java class from ACL. From one of the menu item of Custom menu we are calling Java class but we getting error message like a) [A30134] Can not find the java class com.XXX.XXX.XXX..b) [A30133] No Java class for the object could be found.2) We provided our all classes in custom/classes folder and mentioned all the jar files in the classpath variable. But still problem is existing.Environment details:Arbortext editor 6.0 M010Arbortext PE 6.0 M010Could you please help us.

Greeting Adepters,This post is asking for a little more detailed information about Editor's inner workings than we usually see here, but like the saying goes, "If you don't ask, you don't get."We have created an application which uses PTC Arbortext Editor for editing of XML documents. It initiates a document editing session and is notified of any save action by means of DocumentSaving event. We have Editor customizations that perform a set of data extraction and persistence operations that are executed as part of any document save request. The main application listens for the DocumentSaving event to refresh itself according to the current document state and the extracted data.We have run into a sequencing issue related to the invocation of DocumentSaving event and the execution of our Editor save customization. When a save request is made by the user, Arbortext Editor will immediately raise the DocumentSaving event. Our save customizations do not get executed until after the event hand

AdeptersI have never found an adequate description of the various output types that can be produced via Styler. Can you tell me what Styler's specific output capabilities (e.g., online help, hard-copy print, interactive PDF, etc.) are available?John T GrovesW R Systems, LTD.2500 Almeda AveSuite 214Norfolk, VA 23513-2403e-mail jgroves@wrsystems.com<">mailto:jgroves@wrsystems.com>Ph. 757.858.6000 ext 442

PTC Arbortext 6.1 M050 is now available for general customer download. Please refer to the following Reference docs for details on what is addressed.Editor/Styler/Architect Release NotesSPR FixesThank you-

Hello everyone,I have been trying to figure out the existence of any cell merge/split feature in Epic. However, I do not see any such option available in the tool or in any of its supporting documentation. Can someone please guide on Epic's support for such feature (which I am guessing there should be, as Epic is believed to have all the MS Word abilities mapped into its environment).I have come across another forum thread which states the below navigation for spanning/unspanning table cells:TABLE--> SPAN CELLS (ALT + F11)TABLE--> UNSPAN CELLS (ALT + SHIFT+ F11)However, none of the above seem to be enabled on my editor. I do not see them appear in my table menu bar options either.Please guide whether it's possible to perform these operations on a table and if yes, how?Thanks in advance,Pooja

Hi,   I've been using IsoView 7.3 as an Internet Explorer plug-in to view CGM, TIF, etc. images.   I found on IsoView datasheet that it also supports pvz file format. So I included a pvz animation on a webpage, but IsoView only shows an empty frame.   The TIF images display properly on this same page, though. Please see the two screenshots.   Any help will be much appreciated!     Viewing TIF:   Attempting to view PVZ:  

Hi Experts,I am using Arbortext Editor along with Publishing Engine . My requirement is when I upload document in windchill all the topics goes in topic folder, concepts in concept folder and so on in windchill. I am not able to do so can you guys help.Thanks in advance

The PTC SLM Solution Management Team invites you to our upcoming PTC Technical Information Solutions User Community Webcast Series!Starting tomorrow, we are hosting a monthly webcast to keep you and other customers informed on the latest solution roadmaps, tips & tricks and best practices. On Wednesday February 18, from 11-12pm EST we have our first webcast: “What’s New in Creo Illustrate 3.0 M030.”We welcome your feedback on other topic areas you would be interested in. Please send me any suggestions. Current considerations include:• Styler/APP Tips and Tricks• Aerospace & Defense solution update• Arbortext update• Information delivery best practicesWe look forward to hearing from you.Thank you,SusanSusan FortSolution Manager

Hello,I'm wondering if it's possible to highlight the text between two change elments in Styler?Example: <para>The quick brown fox <revst/>jumps over the<revend/> lazy dog.</para>I want to set a highlight color on the text between the <revst/> and <revend/> elments. Is this possible in Styler? Maybe using FOSI? Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Lisa

Hi allI would like to get the Arbortext Isoview Internet Explorer Addon auto enabled.Today in the version that we have 7.3 the ocx (addon), this file is on our local disk after installation (C:\Program Files (x86)\PTC\PTC Arbortext IsoView 7.3).I can´t find the codebase for adding this by the url from ptc.How do I get an Group Policy to do that?//Andreas

FWIW: At this point, I think standard versus proprietary is a red herring. Things are just not that clear-cut.FOSI is both a standard and proprietary. Same for XSL-FO. APP is proprietary, except for the JavaScript part. Adobe PostScript and PDF are proprietary languages that are de facto standards.Standards are great, but I think what matters most is stuff like cheaper,faster,easier,more productive, better quality, etc.Suzanne Napoleonwww.FOSIexpert.com"WYSIWYG is last-century technology!"

- Just a few years ago, APP was an interactive, template-based product that utilized processing instructions. By comparison, FOSI/TeX's successful track record of top speed, top quality, database-driven, "lights-out"batch publishing of SGML/XML documents in multiple languages is entering itsthird decade. - SPR Fixes for Arbortext Editor 6.1 (through M040) lists 10 bugfixes related to FOSI/TeX, none of them involving software crashes. On the other hand, approximately 135publishing bugfixes specifically related to APP are listed.In addition, the release notesfor APP 11.0 (through M070) list approximately 250 bugfixes. It is not clear how much overlap exists between the two documents. In any case, at least 250 APP-related bugfixes were reported, with many involving unexpected termination of the software. That's >250 compared to 10. The numbers speak for themselves. FOSI/TeX has the reliability and stability that organizations require. APP does not. - SPR Fixesfor 6.1 Styler (throug

My mistake. My recollection is that CJK support was added to FOSI/TeX early on (first editing, then composition), followed by Arabic and Hebrew.According to current documentation, Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai are supported in the Edit window, which of course is formatted by FOSI/TeX. I was under the impression that support for formatted output had been added, as with CJK. I wonder why not.My apologies for the confusion!Suzanne

Hello! I'm bursting dita maps into Windchill, I'm not experienced enough in Xpath I made some bursting rules which put each XML Topic together with related Images into a folder named same as first 20 characters of the Title of that topic/task (I based on http://communities.ptc.com/thread/58544 thread).For example: if I upload some DITA map containing topicref link to topic with a title "Why bursting is good for you", so there will be the folder "/Topics/Why bursting is goo/" crated in my WC context and also XML and related images will be placed in this folder.What I wish to do... I would like that my "Topics" folder(which has a static name now) where my generared subfolders for each topic are located would be named like a Title in whole map. So each topic would be bursted to WC CONTEXT HOME/MapTitle/TopicTitle/Topic.xmlThe problem is that i guess I need to add some string that gets the Title in Map to topic's location rules, but that title is in another file... No idea how do it. I hav