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Adepters,Using Arbortext Epic 5.3m040 running on Windows XP with 3 gig of RAM installed I am encountering a problem that I thought was solved y a custom.tmx file back in 2008. When a table continues to another page Arbortext Editor with Print Composer is repeating the top rule. This is not supposed to happen and I have no clue why it is happening now.Does anyone else have this problem or a different fix for it?Here is a snapshot of the top of the page and the applicable portion of the custom.tmx file:[cid:image002.png@01CD554B.109375E0]%------------------------------------------------------------------% File: custom.tmx%% Description: This file defines special formatting instructions% for all doctypes (locate in custom\inputs).%% Version: 2008-01-08 - testing complete, moved to production.%% 2007-07-25 Disable check for "5.0 (Chestnut)" so% "5.2 (Maple and later") will work.% -AWE%------------------------------------------------------------------% ****** Start of Patch NoRepeatColumnhe

Has anyone noticed a change to the behavior of \t within a response()dialog in 6.0?In Editor 5.3 m110 the following:local status = response("Ido:\n\tAAAA\n\tBBBB\n\tCCCC\n\nProceed?\n\n","&Yes","&No");Produced a prompt that looked like:

Hello!I use Java (the plugin is made) for modifying the content of the opened XML/SGML files (Arbortext 5.2).How should I modify the color of the nodes (I mean programming mode)?As far as I'm concerned, the usage of _font nodes is forbidden (a-la <_font>text). At least it leads to errors in SGML.Then we should use processing instructions (PI). How should we create them?The standard Java DOM method createProcessingInstruction() does not work when we deal with SGML.I think that it's because of the different format of PIs in SGML and XML.Should we use Acl OID commands/functions?

Hello all,Are there Java / Arbortext configuration updates required in order to run Arbortext 5.4 with Java 7? After doing an upgrade from Java 6.30 to 7.5 I’m getting the follow errors starting up Arbortext 5.4.“Internal error: dl_load failed for C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\client\jvm.dll”That error is followed by:“[A12281] Cannot create a Java virtual machine from “C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\client\jvm.dll (-1).”Will Arbortext 5.4 run with Java 7? If so, how?Thanks!>> Randy--Randy McGarveyOperations Software ArchitectGeneral Code ♦ 800-836-8834

I'm moving some code into a 6.0 environment and I'm having problemsmanaging a menu item.I can't menu_add -before ".Edit.Delete Markup" in 6.0 m010I can menu_add -before ".Edit.Change Markup" no problem.response(menu_add(".Edit.Delete Markup")) produces empty message.response(menu_add(".Edit.Change Markup")) produces "ChangeMarkup" asexpected.Whassup?A search through the Editor install tree for DeleteMarkup leads me to$DeleteMarkupLabel but I can't find that defined anywhere ... just theplaces it is used.Why can't I menu_add -before Edit.Delete Markup?Or, if you don't know that, where is $DeleteMarkupLabel initialized?Or, maybe just some sympathy 😉-- Paul Nagai

Hi,I have recorded one macro in my desktop. I want to create same macro other computer, How can I move the macro's one computer to another computer?

Does anyone know if I can use an XSLT 2.0 engine in Arbortext Editor . I'm using Arbortext Editor 5.2, M050. If so, how I should replace/config the system. Thanks, Carolyn Helrin

We add lots of callouts to our illustrations and nearly always have to zoom in to each one to move the end of the leader line slightly away from the geometry to make it look cleaner.I want to do a macro to move callout lines away from geometry automatically, but I need to know the start and end points of the callout to do this. I presume that when you select a callout, Isodraw knows where the start and end points of the leader line are but I don't know how to access this information.Anyone know if it's possible?

Hi all,In case you weren't aware, wanted to let you know that we've released Arbortext 6.0 M050 and it's now available for download from www.ptc.com/support. This version primarily was for SPR fixes and minor enhancements.You can take a look at the release notes at http://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=141362Thanks,Pushpinder

Hi,The Hotspots under Isodraw are delimited with green fine line.But when I look them under Isoview. the lines are red and very thick And I don't see the hotspot's names.Have you got a solution to set the hotspots ?Best regards

Hi,I need to put custom change marks in the page margin besidechanged content.I use a UFE with side-by-side alignment with a negative offset.This works for marks beside regular text, such as paragraphsand titles.But there are two problematic cases:1. Next to a list item the side-by-side layout interferes withthe proper indent of the list number and the following text.2. When the change mark is on a table row, the side-by-side doesnot seem to work (not too surprising).So, is there another way to put text in the margin that mightwork better?Environment: Styler 6.0 M040 (APP Engine)Thanks,Richard

Hi,I am updating a checkbox in a XUI document in Editor 6.0 m010: dlgitem_set($win, 'mycheckbox', 'VALUE', 1)The dialog visually updates as expected 100% of the time.Subsequent tests of that checkbox's state SOMEtimes report that it isunchecked.Has anyone seen behavior like this?-- Paul Nagai

Have numerous callouts that have the part name and the "long version" of the part number, i.e.WASHER(01-030, 79-21-11)would like to have a way to click on the callout, hit a macro or hit a button that quickly changes to the "short version" of the part numberWASHER(01-030)It will always be the same pattern. Find the comma, delete it and everthing after it until the paren.have been playing with:selecting the layer with callouts on itmaking it the only visible layerselecting only text that contains "("exporting selection as text filegoing to an outside text editor to do find&replaceimporting them back into IsoDrawGot to be a less klunky way to something so simple?

I am doing a macro to fine tune scaling of elements.We often bring parts of several drawings together and they are usually at different scales. The scale function is fine for the getting it nearly right, then we have to fine tune it. We tend to start with 99%, then 99.9% then 99.99% (or 101% etc if going the other way) to get it as near exact as required. Trouble is that each time the scale is changed, the scaling point has to be set again - and if you are zoomed into one of the edges of the scaled item, you have to zoom back to where you can set the scale point again (and enter the percentage) - then back again to the edge so you can see more clearly as it scales.The macros are just meant to make it a bit quicker to fine tune scaling and my toolbar has icons for the following:99.99% 99.9% 99% SET 101% 101.1% 101.01%The SET macro just prompts the user to pick a point on the drawing, and makes global x and y variables for the other macros to use as the scaling point.It works fine, but o

Hello,We recently upgraded to PE 5.4 M100 from 5.3 M040. I have a custom ACL function that have running on the PE server, that is kicked off by an HTTP request from a servlet.Anyway, this function ran just fine on the 5.3 PE server. Since upgrading to 5.4, I cannot get the function to run.It returns the following error to the diagnostic window:22:33:56 [http-8080-1] INFO e3.XHtmlErrorPage - (pid=7272) Error 0x80042201 source='Epic.Acl.1' desc='Error parsing command string:e3cessna::cleanup( "book","testpub", 'D:\Tomcat 6.0\temp\activ...[A11345] Undefined package name: e3cessna::cleanup(' msg='IDispatch error #8193'.Anyway, I have the app set up in the e3config.xml as follows:<allowedfunctions> <clientfunction pattern="e3apptest::testapp" type="acl"/> <clientfunction pattern="e3appsave::appsave" type="acl"/> <clientfunction pattern="e3cessna::*" type="acl"/> <clientfunction pattern="com.arbortext.*" type="java"/> <clientfunction pattern="E3AppTest" type=

As most of you know, some of the work I've been doing the past few years has been in support of the ASRL for the U.S. Army. This site allowed the downloading of various Army SGML/XML information (DTDs, schema, and style sheets). I was just told that until further notice, the ASRL (which has been operated by CSC) is to be turned off and no responses to queries will be handled. So if any of you folks are working with 40051 and need anything from the ASRL, GET IT NOW. As things change, I'll pass the word.Lynn

Hi all,Wanted to let you know that we've released Arbortext 6.0 M050 and it's now available for download from www.ptc.com/support.This version primarilywas for SPR fixes and minor enhancements.You can take a look at the release notes athttp://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=141362Thanks,Pushpinder Toor

WITHOUT annoying your users too much. Supports collecting the informationand generating the license ahead of any Arbortext Administrator conductedinstall so you're not waiting around the user's cubicle while the PTClicensing application is chugging away on preparing your license file.FYI: I modified the file contents here in my e-mail to obscure informationpotentially considered proprietary. I may have introduced typos or errorsof logic. Read carefully and test well in a non-production environment blahblah blah=======@echo offrem Make a directory on the user's hard drive to store cpu_id.exe whichwill not run from a UNC.mkdir "c:\Arbortext\cpuid"rem Copy the contents of a server directory which contains cpu_id.exe tothe directory you just created.xcopy \\servername\sharename\cpuid "c:\Arbortext\cpuid" /s /y /irem Grab the MAC address reported by cpu_id.exe and start an Outlook e-mailrequest with that informationrem in the subject line to two Arbortext admins at yourcompany.rem Outlook p

Hello!I am a developer, I use Java for writing my plugin. I know that Arbortext Editor 5.1 goes with Java 1.4 and Arbortext Editor 5.2 goes with Java 1.5.The developer guide tells the developers about debugging with a javadebugport.But what about profiling? How acl file should be modified for at least Arbortext Editor 5.2?I can't add profiling agent. If my post looks strange then where it the forum for the Arbortext Editor extension developers? Here is acl in init folder:set javadebugport=3500;set javavmargs = -javaagent:agent.jar MainPluginClassjava_console();

Hi All,Two Qs:1) Is there a place/functionality within these forums to provide 'pinned' or FAQ items that get repeatedly searched for? Like searching the software changes by build, with a list showing the areas affected with the new build? Or even a little topic organization?2) In Arbortext Editor 6.0 Build 040, we've got some peculiarities with our Print Composer PDF Table of Contents and Alpha Index Outputs that we do not have in Build 010. I know there are stylesheets involved, but the DoD provided DTD and stylesheet files we are using have not changed. Specifically, - a. The autogenerated Table of Contents have a couple of places where they run off the page bottom, overwriting the page number, and not displaying the rest of the TOC entries for that section (called a 'Work Package' in military tech manual parlance.) Not all TOC sections are affected, but it's a very obvious and noticeable problem to anyone doing DoD MIL-STD 40051-2 military tech manuals with standalone Arbortext Edi

Our editors are copying from Word and pasting into AE regularly. The Word documents they are working with are produced by a variety of external sources anduse the full spectrum of quotes. Does anyone have a snippet of ACL that can be run on save (XML)to convert all quotes to simple straight quotes?Thanks for your help all!Ashley

Hello,the remove_file function does not work anymore in my APE server. I've acl functions which clean files and they fail to remove files.It was working on another environment. But since I reinstalled APE on a new server, it fails.I checked access rights in DCOM and for the Tomcat service : the local system user has got full access to files.I also make a test by setting a very short time to live to Epic threads in order to force them to restart often and so to release their resources.Nothing work. Have you got an idea ?

Hi Gang,I am new to IsoDraw, my background has been in Autodesk products and Pro/E up to this point. So I am trying to master IsoDraw and have been asked to create a couple of macros to help expedite our process. The task I am trying to accomplish is taking many graphics we have created and scale them down to fit in a specific size and then export out to a CGM file. Where I am having some trouble is getting the size of the group of elements width X height. I want to take this data and determine the orientation of the group of elements portrait vs. landscape. Then I will scale the group using a specific size for either portrait or landscape. So if someone knows of a reference book for IsoDraw and macros within IsoDraw that would be incredibly helpful. I have the Macro language reference guide but I think I need a bit more help and information.Thanks for any and all help.Keith Howard

Hi,I am giving <_newline> element to break the line in <p>,<title> element. But it's not working in the PDF output. Could you please help me how can I get this.Anything to be done in the styler stylesheets. Kindly advice.thanks,Bala, AJ

I'm looking to get event notifications when a double-click is performed on a row in a tablecontrol. I've tried several ways and get no errors or exceptions (I'm creating and manipulating the xui in java), but I haven't been able to find any that work. Anyone done something like this before?Thanks,-- Brian Jensenbjensen@bluelid.com