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I'm unable to insert a figure xref that generates a figure and page number when I create a pdf.What needs to be enabled/disabled in a stylesheet to be able to insert figure xrefs that generate a figure number and page number?

Hello,The usage of non-breaking space is more in our documents and our editor want to see this differently from a regular spaceband. Preferences are set to show spaces and tabs but it does not display non-breaking spacebands. Non breaking spacebands are inserted as .Is there a way that I can style this differently and show it in the editor view?ThanksKarthik

Not quite...There are not only different levels or versions of PDF, but there are also standards of PDF which are required for different consumers of the document. Each have their own specific requirements and each present their own challenges. I'm going to have a look at some of the requirements of PDF here and how using Arbortext products allow you to meet them.Lets start by looking at why you want to create a PDF in the first place.Some people are happy with just a plain old vanilla PDF. All they want is something that looks like a printed page so they can read it on their computer, stick it on a website or make paper copies. They're not too bothered about colour reproduction, download speeds, storage or accessibility. As long as it doesn't look rubbish, they're happy. That is fine. Nothing wrong with it at all. PDF is more than happy to give you this.But...What if you are bothered that the expensive glossy catalogue you've blown your marketing budget on looks as good as it can? Wha

Hi,I am wondering if there is a way to generate tool tips for XML elements using FOSI; similar to creating the generated text. I am also open for ACL options.Thank you.Regards,Uma Shankar

Adepters:Anyone know what this message means?***ERROR: Problem during DI map load.Or, better yet, where are messages like this documented? I searched everywhere I could think of and couldn't find that text. We're suspecting a byte-order-marker before the XML PI.Dave HintzSiemens

Arbotext CSDB for defence \ aerospace S1000D\S2000MThe version we have is 4.2 M39-4 Can you help me understand how the licensing works? Does the application get credentials just one time when the application is first opened, or are there repeated requests as each button is clicked, module opened.I need an answer specific to our version.The reason for asking is that weve experienced significant poor performance and wondering if there is an issue with the licence server response. Following a restart of the licence service performance improved dramatically..Julian

At work we have two seats of Isodraw (we are newbies) and we also have CS4 and currently there are three illustrators so one of us uses CS4 to create our art in then save down to Illustrator 8 and then we open in Isodraw and apply the callouts. The files then are saved as cgm's to use in Arbortext. The problem is when we open the files from illustrator in isodraw all of the ellipses are converted into beziers. Is there a setting to keep the ellipses? Thanks

Wow! Is it really that time already?

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Hi again, sorry in advance for being a pain in the neck.I have a Definition List in Styler on a 2 col page (so 4 cols per page.) It needs to be indented left and right, and the Definition is supposed to left-indent if it wraps to a second or more lines. The Styler Indent Tab seems to be ignored. It was suggested I scrap this and use <algroup>. Also, how to get the heading to repeat across the column breaks?<acronymlist><term></term><def></def><term></term><def></def><term></term><def></def><term></term><def></def></acronymlist>It should look like this:Term Any advice is appreciated!Regards, Caroline

Tables are an exception case when it comes to WYSIWYG, which may or may not be related to tables being the spawn of the devil, as has been suggested. Atable preview sounds like a great feature.Suzanne

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Several of our users are complaining that tables in the Editor view don't look like they do when composed in a print preview. Tables have no identation in our editor view but they have the standard 1" margin when you do a print preview and I was wondering if there was any way to have the indentation in the Editor view as well, as well as make it more WYSIWYG looking. I know it's last century technology 🙂

Hi all,I am a beginner, a bit overwhelmed with creating my first stylesheet. I know I will have to use FOSI eventually but I am trying to get as much done in Styler first. I was wondering if there is an XPath override to capture the previous element's generated text title number in Styler? I was only able to retreive the title without the number.My element title numbers are restarting at 1 and I would like them to +1 from the previous element's number.Also, can one output the title number after the element content in Styler, or will I have to do a FOSI edit with a text variable?I'm using 5.3.Thanks for any help!Regards, Caroline

Hi all,We've found that some of our more technically adventurous authors have been creating local copies of XML DTDs (faster if working from home than logging on over VPN). This is highly undesirable for obvious reasons. Given some people's apparent readiness to hack the doctype declaration to point to their own copy of the DTD, is there anything we can do to prevent this?How can we, for example, give authors read access to the DTD on the network drive without at the same time giving them the ability to copy it (Read=Copy)? As XML files are "just text" they are eminently hackable? Since they can always go outside Arbortext I guess this cannot be solved by any scripting solution? Binary XML, anyone? (just kidding!)

Good morning,I am using Isodraw 7.1, below is the whole task and the help section is my main query. I should be able to make the rest fo the macro.TaskI need to find a text element with certain text inside and then check the distance between this text element and the next text element directly below this. If the distance does nto match a specific number then it needs to be modified.HelpDoes anyone know if it is possible to detect the next text element directly below the currently selected text element?Can the distance between these 2 text elements be measured?Thank you for your timeAlan

I have a model loaded into CADProcess that has 125 main objects with thousands of sub-objects.They are not in alphabetical order so I have to do a search every time I need to look one up - does anyone know a way to change the order of the objects displayed in the object window?

Hi Ed!Here are some excerpts from my book.Also, search for Xpath in the PDF atSome XPath expressions, such as the following, require traversal of some or all of the document whenever the expression is evaluated at run-time. When the document being formatted is not short, formatting speed can become quite slow.- preceeding:: or following:: expressions- position() or last() expressions that test position- Any expression or sub-expression that begins with //The tagged FOSI editor must be used to enter a value for the xpath characteristic.Enumerat xpath attributeWhen xpath is specified for the enumerat xpath attribute, its return value is used instead of the incremented value.For example, given <document code="123">, the following code outputs "1234":<counter initial="1111" style="arabic" enumid="codect">...<e-i-c gi="document"><charlist inherit="1"><enumerat enumid="codect" xpath="string(@pubnumber)"><usetext source="codect"></usetext>If the enume

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You get it. You understand the value for having your content in XML. Perhaps you are already there or on your way. Now you have all of your content tagged and structured for optimal reuse. You breathe a sigh of relief.  Then you get the request to produce high quality designed outputs for things such as catalogs, product brochures, data sheets, or even advertisements, etc….  Can your rendering engine handle it?  If you have Arbortext the answer is definitely YES!  In this recording of the one hour webinar, we will show you how you can automate the creation of high volume, high quality output using the Arbortext Suite of products.  About The PresenterSimon Taylor is the Product Manager for XML Publishing and Layout Applications at PTC. Simon spends his time “thinking about putting content on pages”. He has defined the requirements for several full product releases, presented at numerous conferences, represented PTC and product during sales processes and otherwis

When requesting a jt file from a client for import to isodraw, what export settings should be requested for an optimal 2d conversion when using isodraw?For instance, we had two jt of files of the same assembly. One had a superior result when converting the drawing to 2d. The other had a lot of missing detail. I am assuming it has to do with the export compression setting/options when the jt file is being created/exported.I need to know if there are certain settings that I can request.

One thing we are noticing is that when editing a book and only changing a lower level burst object the main book doesn't get tagged as changed and therefore doesn't generate a new rendition on check-in. Has anyone come across this before and is there a way to fix that?Currently we are using Editor 5.4 and WC 9.1.Thanks in advance for any help.Brian

When I insert a Iso file into an Arbortext document the only part of the illustration that shows up are the leader lines. Do lines on top of the rendered file need to be grouped together in IsoDraw before the iso file is inserted into Arbortext?

Dear Adepters,I seem not to be able to let go of Arbortext... When PTC acquired Arbortext some years ago, I must admit that I feared the worst. I am happy to have been proved wrong: obviously the product line flourishes!- As from next week, I'm available for Arbortext Editor development projects. Could travel and work on-site in Europe, but prefer to work from my home office (which has a 25 Mb/s pipe). As some of you might know, I'm ACL/XUI/JavaScript proficient. I can reluctantly understand and speak Java. I have also done some stylesheet development with Styler.The last few years I've mainly been developing complex websites using the Python driven open source Plone CMS. Lately also wet my feet with C# / Silverlight / Windows Phone. And since I moved from Stockholm to Berlin five years ago I've learned German!It feels good to be back here!Karl Johan Kleist / karl.johan@kleist-it-consulting.de

how can reduce the file size of .iso?