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Fellow Forum Members,Is it possible in Arbortext Editor 6.1 to use the Print Compose feature for the task of printing 150 separate XML files into a single PDF in a batch mode process? The idea I have is to code a XML file that will list all of the XML files in the order I want and here is where I need help. How can I direct the Print Compose tool to print all of the XML files in a batch mode by using such a XML list file?  Any opinion on how I can accomplish this will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Hi,With ACL language, how to modify the context menu in Arbortext Editor (right click with the mouse)?

Hi Experts,I am finding it difficult to configure bursting files. Any change made to the .bcf are not reflected the CMS. I am trying to burst my bookmap document into chapters when they are stored in Windchill, but I am not able to do so.Please help me understand how this burst configuration concept works.I have created a new bursting folder and added it to the system variable as APTOBJCFG.I am uploading the .bcf files I am using.

Hi,We have done latest installation for ArborText Editor 6.1 ver , as per our requirement we want to add one new additional menu on ArborText editor for our business perspective and need to add some sub menus with some customization functionality . We don't have source for the Arbortext editor to customize , currently we have licence to access only the features that are  existing in the editor , we want to add or develop some new features for our requirement in the ArborText Editor to do this we required source code to customize , can we get any support on this please.Thanks & Regards,Sridhar Tuggudem

We are considering adding the DITA Machinery task and Side by Side Procdure topics to our DTD. Just wondering if anyone else is using them and if there were and concerns or suggestions before we embark. We are slightly concerned since its a specialization that there may be things we are unaware of. ANy input at all is welcome.

Is anyone using AE 6.1 on Windows 8 or 8.1.did you experience any issues, performance etc.How is it working for you?

Hey folks,I have a situation where I'm referencing an attribute value from the root node in a block that is getting formatted into a table with gentext. The problem is I lose the attribute value because XPaths do not work in gentext very well.Consider the sample XML...<root attr="foo"><block><p> The value is <placeholder target="attr"/>.</p></block></root>I have an XPath/Attribute set on placeholder to get the value of "attr" from the root node. The stylesheet is formatting <block> into a table. When these combine, I lose the value of attr in placeholder.I've seen this done before, but can't remember how it is done. Appreciate any tips.Thanks,-Jeff

Hi,I have created a FOSI that produces a sorted numerical index for parts data. Right now, the final output is formatted with algroups and boxing. This kind of works but I would like to instead output the final index in tabular format like a gentable. I'm just not sure where to introduce the tabmat markup.If I wrap the pseudo elements that save my index.app, I can get the tabular markup in the preliminary index but then I get no final index at all. Not good.If I try adding the table markup to the final index pseudo elements, I get errors about unbalanced tags - I think because nothing I put in the <ixfinal> element seems to take effect, but I don't know where else to put the <tabmat> wrapper markup. I tried creating a new <_final> pseudo element but that didn't have any effect either.Has anyone done this before? anyone have any hints how I can get this to work?Thanks,KM

I'm trying to create a macro that will select a fill by an RGB value (R:252, G:249, B:206). So far I haven't been able to get this to work, can anyone help? Please & Thanks

I just installed Arbortext Editor 6.1 on a new Windows 7 machine. When I open my XML document, I get the Schema/DTD not found error [A15015]. I browse for the DTD file and associate it with my XML document. When I close the XML file, Arbortext does not remember the association, and I have to again browse for the DTD and associate it each time I open the document.This happens whenever I close and reopen the XML document. How can I change my Editor 6.1 settings so that my XML documents will remember the association? It is currently looking for the DTD in the same root directory in which the XML document is housed, however I keep my DTD in the custom/doctypes folder in the PTC directory in Program Files. I have checked my file location preferences and the correct file path to the DTD is listed there. In a desperate attempt, I opened my XML document in notepad and manually entered the file path for the DTD, but I do not want to have to do this for ~2000 files. Any ideas how to make the DTD

Fellow Forum Members,I downloaded from the S1000D official specification website a S1000D Bike data set for Issue 4.1 zip file.  Here is the download link:  Pages - S1000DDownloads  I hope someone familiar with the PTC Arbortext CSDB S1000D suite of tools can help me with installing this XML files pertaining to a fictional product (bicycle)  into the PTC CSDB so that I may correctly output a PDF of this technical manual from the PTC Publisher Module. The stylesheets for this fictional bicycle are coded in XSL-FO and this seems to be posing a serious problem. Both the PTC CSDB and the Publisher module don't seem to be compatible with XSL-FO stylesheets. .  What do I need to do to make these XSL-FO stylesheets work?Lastly, through my testing is these XSL-FO stylesheets I learned they work nicely within Arbortext Editor.  However, this does not help me because Arbortext Editor does not enable one to build a manual like one is able to using the PTC Publisher m

Does anyone know if this if gitHub is available through Arbortext or Windchill?Our team works in varying versions of Arbortext Editor SGML environment. We use Windchill as a repository as well. But I'd like to use the same functionality that an environment like "gitHub" offers. A collaborative environment.Thank you

Dear all,One customer meet a problem, when he public the manual use Arbortext6.0, the sytem show the following message,Maybe it means Java virtual memory is too small? How can we solve this problem? Thank you very much!

This month, the PTC SLM Solution Management team will be featuring a webinar on "Introduction to PTC Technical and Service Parts Information for Aerospace and Defense", presented by Ian Boulton, Senior Director of Solution Management. It will be taking place on July 17th, from 11-12am EST.Ian will demonstrate PTC’s next generation solution for the creation, management and delivery of Technical and Service Parts Information for Aerospace and Defense.This live demonstration will show how S1000D technical data can be connected to upstream PLM engineering data to drive greater levels of content re-use and configuration management than previously thought possible.Please register by visiting this page: Introduction to PTC Technical and Service Parts Information for Aerospace and Defense - June 17, 2015 - Registration - P…You will need to login in order to access registration.Regards-Pushpinder

Hello Everyone,We are working with Arbortext Styler 5.4 M070 and S1000D 4.0 and 4.1 specifications.  We have two issues.The first being that of paragraph numbering.If the paras are nest more than 3 levels, the para numbering ends up looking something like this1.1.11.1.1?.1.1.1No amount of coding corrects the issue.  We have tried everything we know to do.  so I am hoping someone out here has run into this issue and can help us figure this out.  It makes it very difficult for our authors to keep track of the paragraph numbering when it will not display correctly.The second issue we have is with footnotes in tables number continously from one table to the next instead of restarting in the next table. When I opened the stylesheet for S1000D Schema, and found the element footnote, It say that the information is not table related.  Styler help number 5126 says that in order for the renumbering to restart the footnot has to be in the context of a table.  Yet whe

Hello everyone.. experts and enthusiasts,Ok, so I'm creating a new menu and adding a new functionality in my Arbortext Editor, however, before I execute my tasks, some other stuff needs to be executed, specifically one other task, which belongs to another option provided in a different menu, what I'm trying to do is, to call that specific option since my acl script; does anybody knows if there is a way to achieve this? There's an available acl command to have access to the other feature? the reason why I'm not calling directly another script is because I don't have control of the other functionality, it was made by another team and I don't have direct access to their code or scripts.As always I appreciate so much your time and support.Paulette Zorrilla

Hi Gang,I wrote a macro for giving the ICN numbers in the illustrations. It will ask the user some specific inputs. There is a place where it will ask for the starting and ending value numbers. User would give the starting number as 00001 and ending as 0010 (for example). After running the macro when we see the file name and the ICN number in the file, zeroes in front of the value are ignored and it is displayed as 1 and 10. Why Isodraw ignores the zeroes?.

Fellow Forum Members,I'm using the PTC Arbortext S1000D CSDB Suite of tools. In the PUBLISHER module I have the ability to publish either a PDF, a PDA or a IETP.  The problem I'm having relates with hyperlinks between two Data Modules.  I am using the DMREF code to setup links between two data modules and the DMREF code works correctly for the PDA and IETP publications I publish.  However,  for the PDF publication it's a different story.  All of my links to other data modules are dead within the PDF publication. Nothing happens when I click on them. In contrast, the links in my IETP and PDA work correctly and even show up as BLUE. In short, why do my DMREF coded links to other data modules work correctly in PDA and IETP publications but for a PDF publication the links are dead?  My hunch is the S1000D version 4 schema requires I use Xlink code instead of DMREF coed  however I have not been able to get the Xlink code to work properly in all three publi

We are still very new with Arbortext and converting for a bad MS Word culture. We have coverted a document fully into Arbortext and now an SME want a word copy so he can do Russian translation. We don't want to do that and are wondering what to give him to markup with the least amount of learning curve for him without us need to reconvert something on return. We are way to early for SIM. Does anyone have ideas or can you share what you do?

Hi All,I have a problem connecting to an instance of Arbortext Content Manager when using the Arbortext Editor.The error I receive is "There are no contexts locally saved to enable off-line access."When i access the same instance via the web interface I can view and interact with the library as I would expect.On a second and third instance of Windchill (development and certification) I do not encounter this problem when connecting from the Editor.I've tried to clear out the various cache, but this has not resolved my problem.Does anyone have any pointers as to what could be wrong with my setup?

Rumor has it there has been a fix for the inability to work with 6.0 as it did with 5.3 with a locked license.Does anyone have any documentation on how to access locked licenses with remote desktop in the newest iterations of Arbortext?Thanks in advance

I have manged to create a macro in 5.4 to find/replace a certain attribute.  How would I get this macro to run from beginning to end of doc.

Hello Everybody,A footer page is defined on Generated Contents tab of Arbortext Styler. Footer should contain an attribute conten valuet within the page. By selecting "Insert> Attribute Content" within "Generated Content" window, I can select the value based on the occurrence (1st,2nd,..., last) of the element. That's good but not enough for the customer requirement. The footer should show the greatest value of attributes within the page.So I write the statement: (//lep/@lep_date[not(. < //@lep_date)])[1]The statement selects max value of lep_date attribute of lep elements within an xml document.When I put this statement within ElementContentPage as shown on the image, the text could not be generated, and I don't see any error messages regarding it.When I put this statement within XPathString all footers show the same max value of lep_date within whole document. I want the max value of lep_date only within the page, so every page footer will have different values regarding its pa

Hello gurus and amateurs So I'm creating different plugins for the editor in order to customize the functionality for my users; currently I'm looking a way for lock the menu bar when I create a new window, the option for create my customized window is inside a menu I created in the menu bar of Arbortext Editor, however if the window was created and someone clicks again the option, a new window will be created, so they are duplicated, I don't want to create a complete validation for this case since the window all it does is to load a report inside the document opened in editor, so I though in the option of locking the menu bar. Does anybody can help me with this?Thank you so much in advance for your time and help.Paulette AZ

Dear all,Sorry the dummy question, but how to open/retrieve a old file in the version history tab?I would like to open into Arbortext the version "A.24", but when I click over the "Actions" button, it doesnot give the option for previous iteractions. Any workaround to get the old file?Thanks in advance the community!