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Hello - this is my first time here, so I hope it is okay for me to ask a question regarding the Arbortext editor.I am an end user and have just found out that I can map my own keyboard shortcuts through the command line. My coworkers and I are thrilled that we can do this and use the editor in a more personal adjusted way. But I don't think we can save the shortcuts locally - I haven't figured out how anyway, and it's propably a good thing that we can't override what our system administrator has set.My question is - are there any way of running more than one command at a time?Eg. I have made these (and more): map F10 insert_tag NRmap ctrl+d delete_tagmap ctrl+shift+T insert_tag TXTand I copy/paste them in the Command line each time I start Arbortext editor. Do you know of any easier way?Thanks 🙂Betina

We have a script that automatically adds the index tag to our parts catalog. I want to take it one step futher and would like to add a profile to the index element. In the acl script it has an entryinsert_tag(indexterm)What do I need to add to this to add a profile entry under the otherprops heading?ThanskBryon

Using acl scripting in Arbortext Editor 6, How can an sgml file be opened and then save it as xml?The doc_open method below returns a document identifier.Providing this document identifier to the doc_save function saves an empty xml file.Sample ACL Code:#Open a sgml file#0x200 - Open the document without loading a stylesheet.$sgml_doc = doc_open("file.sgml", 0x200)#save as xml#0x0020 - Write the document as an XML documentdoc_save($sgml_doc, 0x0020, "file.xml")What should be done differently?

Recently we've been experiencing some issues when bursting an Editor document into Windchill. Apparently, special characters such as ':,>' etc. are not allowed within Windchill object names. So I've found the following Xpath code (to be inserted in the burst configuration naming rules) which should be able to substitute any special characters when names are generated: <namerule elementname="map" rule="xpath" nameexpression="translate(title/@outputclass,' \*:()|<>%.?/"'',' ')"/>I cannot however get it to work. If anyone is familiar with Xpath syntax, could you please provide an example of how this code would look when using it to substitute characters in chapter object names? I suspect the issue lies with the 'title/@outputclass' part of the code, since I have tried for example 'title/chapter' and many other variations with no luck...

How would one checkthe value of apreference setting with ACL? I assume there is some kind of prefix required.For example, I want to know whether peservices is on or off andmessage peservicesdoesn't work.

Hi, We used to work with MsWord where we used "highlight text fucntionality" to identify the paragraph, sentence that need to be modified or reviewed later on.But as we moved to Arbortext, authors are finding it impossible to markup/highlight text that are not finalised.Is there a similar function in Arbortext we could use to identify text within an element (e.g <para>) as "not final".Is there a way to highlght text in Arbortext?This could be a great help and reduce intermediate authoring in word only to be copied to Arbortext later on.Thanks, Edwin

Hiya,Has anyone had any success populating the advanced metadata (documentproperties) in PDFs?I am able to set: Title Author Subject KeywordsI can't set: Author Title Description Writer Copyright Status Copyright Notice Copyright Info URLI'm mostly interested in the last three.(If you search the archives for atidmd you will probably see a discussionin which Susanne shared part of her book that relates to this, but like thePTC documentation, those advanced properties are not addressed.)I don't know what the correct Key names are for them. They don't workas-is. Removing the space or replacing it with an underscore doesn't work.Replacing it with %20 crashes the formatting engine (whee haw!).-- Paul Nagai

Hi,I am using the 4.4 M080 print services and I noticed that on page 1 of a Data Module the Table of Contents lists the paras 1, 2, 3, 3.2, 3.2 and then stops. There are a couple of figures after para 3.2 and then the text content resumes. There should be entries for 4 through 5.4.3 since the data module contains more content. Does anyone have a quick fix for this?Greg

Hi,Ok I updated the AAD Print Services stylesheets to 4.4 M090 (14099). The extra white pages which appeared at the end of Data Modules have disappeared. However my Table of Content issues have changed.In 4.3 M060 and 4.4 M080 I got a partial Toc in each Data Module. Some of the titles of levelledPara were listed, after which the remainder did not appear in the Toc. Now the situation is somewhat worse as "References" and "Description" appear in the Toc of a Data Module[cid:image001.png@01CFB092.0A97AD60]Is this by design? I have 14 tables and 18 Figures listed from the Data Module, information code 030, but none of the titles for levelledPara show up. I think they should.Greg

foTable.xsl still does not contain picas and the translate portion is still missing a conversion statement. Without this statement the column widths for tables with measurements in picas are incorrect in the output. I added the following pica related code in two tests:<xsl:when test="(contains(@colwidth,'*')" or=" not(contains(@colwidth,'*')))=" and=" not(contains(@colwidth,'cm')=" or=" contains(@colwidth,'cm')=" or=" contains(@colwidth,'mm')=" or=" contains(@colwidth,'mm')=" or=" contains(@colwidth,'pi')=" or=" contains(@colwidth,'pi')<br="/>And this to the coversion template:<xsl:template name="T_ConvertToMilliMetres"> <xsl:param name="pValue"/"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="contains($pValue," 'mm')=" or=" contains($pvalue,=" 'mm')"="> <xsl:value-of select="number(translate($pValue,'mmMM',''))"/"> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="contains($pValue," 'pi')=" or=" contains($pvalue,=" 'pi')"="> <xsl:value-of select="round

foTable.xsl still does not contain picas and the translate portion is still missing a conversion statement. Without this statement the column widths for tables with measurements in picas are incorrect in the output. I added the following pica related code in two tests:<xsl:when test="(contains(@colwidth,'*') or not(contains(@colwidth,'*'))) and not(contains(@colwidth,'cm') or contains(@colwidth,'CM') or contains(@colwidth,'mm') or contains(@colwidth,'MM') or contains(@colwidth,'pi') or contains(@colwidth,'PI') And this to the coversion template:<xsl:template name="T_ConvertToMilliMetres"> <xsl:param name="pValue"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="contains($pValue, 'mm') or contains($pValue, 'MM')"> <xsl:value-of select="number(translate($pValue,'mmMM',''))"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="contains($pValue, 'pi') or contains($pValue, 'PI')"> <xsl:value-of select="round(number(translate($pValue,'piPI','') * 4.2175176))"/> </xsl:when>

Hi,I am using the 4.4 M080 print services and I noticed that on page 1 of a Data Module the Table of Contents lists the paras 1, 2, 3, 3.2, 3.2 and then stops. There are a couple of figures after para 3.2 and then the text content resumes. There should be entries for 4 through 5.4.3 since the data module contains more content. Does anyone have a quick fix for this?Greg

Hi,If one of our XML files, 123456.xml, contains change-tracking markup, we write a copy of the file, 123456.xml.redline, and then accept all of the changes to the file before further processing and placing the file in a watch folder to be picked up by our typesetting system. After that is done we want to restore the version of the file that contains the change-tracking markup. For many years using the Unix version of Arbortext Editor (or its predecessors), we would copy 123456.xml.redline to 123456.xml and the edit -current to open the file with change-tracking in the open editing window. Now that we have switched to Windows (running v6.1 M010), after issuing the edit -current command, the file (123456.xml) does not display the change-tracking markup. However, if I open 123456.xml in an ASCII text editor, I do see the change-tracking markup in the file. In order for the change-tracking markup to be visible again, I have to completely exit and re-start Arbortext Editor and re-open 1234

Arbortext 6.0. We are using and SGML DTD with Arbortext 6.0 M080. Our writers use the id and xref combination for referencing.When they click on attributed icon to bring up the attributes, they click on the autogenerate ID icon (looks like a firecracker we think) it generate a tag that is the first 35 character of the text and an ASCII value. Probelm is the text is in camel case (first letter of each word is Uppercase with no spaces). When they then use xref and select the reference, the text key is all lower case. It works ok in the composer/APE, but we use the data for creating ourown HTML and links do not agree. Is there a way to set the text to all lower case for the ID or to make REFID keep the text the same as the ID. Or is there a way to just generate the ascii number and not use the text.

We've been having problems inserting graphics/images into our Arbortext SGML file. Each time we try to insert a graphic, we receive the following message:"[A11647] Graphics are not allowed in this document type"We've opened up our .DCF file to try to resolve the issue. In the .DCF, we've found an element for Graphics in the "Specials" field. When I open the attributes for it, I see the following: My question is: What do I need to enter into these fields that will enable us to put in graphics?

Dear guys,do you know an opportunity to get a 'curl' character like in WinWord instead of space character in Arbortext Editor?In XML there is an three-per-em space unicode between this characters, like here:As you can see there is only a space character visible. In WinWord the useres know this sign:As you can see there is a curl between the characters.Is it in Arbortext Editor or Style also possible to get the curl instead of the space character?Thank you in advance for your help.

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Hi All,In my ditamap, topics are starting on odd pages.There are no page numbers for blank pages, so, I don't want to count that pages.How can I do it in Arbortext 6.0 using APP?

Using workspaces in Arbortext Content Manager (or Windchill) can be a bit confusing. How do you keep it clean? When should you create one? How long should you keep a workspace? How do you know which one to us (if you have several)? And, hey, while we're at it, why might you have several?  What is a workspace for anyway? What does it mean?  In this session we're going to talk about workspaces in Arbortext Content Manager and Windchill: How to use them effectively and what the best practices are for managing them.Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/551941194

Hello, I am trying to understand if there is any Default DTD / Stylesheet template in ATXT S1000D Editor which can be used for a demo. I would appreciate any guidance in this direction. br. Nitesh Pujari

I am trying to implement change marking in an existing FOSI. The DTD provides a change mark attribute on most of the relevant elements and everything is working nicely except for the figure captions.The DTD uses a <figure>,<title> and <graphic> structure and the FOSI suppresses the content in <title> and uses a savetext to capture the title content that is then presented below the <graphic> element with a <usetext>. This is the customer's desired presentation and it has worked fine for the title content in past projects. But now they want change bars.Adding the change att rule on the <figure><title> element, I get a bar to the left and above the <graphic> which kind of makes sense, but I need to find a way to get the change bar to display to the left of the actual caption on the page (and multiple pages if it is a multi-sheet figure). Could I put the caption in a float instead to make this work? Has anyone dealt with this situation

I've been asked to create and configure a template for a new document and I don't know where to start. I'm navigating through the DOCTYPES directory for some guidance. I tried to take some of the training online but my request must have been lost in the shuffle. Anyway, training or not, I need to do this and this file appears to be necessary for my new dtd but I don't know why. Thanks.

I'm currently working a problem with the pview plugin, I want to hide the 'File' menu, the toolbar contains 'Home', 'Markup', 'Sectioning', 'Animation' should be kept visible.Can anyone give me some advice?

Abortext IsoView does not appear to be qualified for touchscreen devices and there appears to be more development of functional improvements on the Creo View product range. Will IsoView be improved or can Creo View be considered a modern replacement for IsoView when viewing 2D technical illustrations on touch devices?CreoView seems to support a wider range of Web broswers compared to IsoView, so it is not just the user experience aspect where this query is coming from. Web BrowserIsoViewCreoViewInternet ExplorerFirefoxChrome

I have Arbortext Editor 5.3 configured with AF DTD 38784STD-BV6. Now there is a need for 38784STD-BV9.dtd (DTD v9). What other files do I need and how would I configure AE to create a structure that is compliant with the newer DTD?I downloaded the "v9" DTD and FOSI and something called a TDT.When I opened an sgml document that was compliant with my v6 DTD, and associated the v9 DTD with it, it blew up.That's the good news. At least the content is there. I think I might have to run through context checking and it would create the proper structure. I hope.But I have no stylesheet. Where does one obtain that?Basically 2 questions:What does one need to set up their AE config for an updated DTD of a MIL STD?How do you get started creating a document with a new DTD? Or, better yet, how do you get an existing one to slide nicely into the updated DTD structure?