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I've currently upgraded from Arbortext version 5.3 to Arbortext 6.0 M100 and I'm having some problems with porting over our custom javascript/ACL.One of these customizations is a simple function run when the document is first loaded that checks a couple attributes of the root note:var actDoc = Application.activeDocument;var docRoot = actDoc.getDocumentElement();var rootName = " + docRoot.getTagName();Right now, docRoot is returning null which breaks the getTagName() call. Other exceptions in some of our other custom ACL also say:Wrapped com.arbortext.epic.AclException: [A12653] The "detail" command is illegal for a text file.All our custom code is running on 5.3 without hiccup. Are there any caveats/details I need to know about with custom javascript/ACL when upgrading from such an old version? I know Arbortext 5.3 used Rhino as a Javascript interpreter, did anything change there in the updaets maybe? I'm really lost here and would appreciate any input.

I would to have the word STEP show up before the generated chapter number. In styler, Under elements, I have found the element title in chapter, and under generated text it has add before element content the number 1. If I click on edit it brings me to the add before - title screen all that is in there is a yellow box. how do I add STEP to this, Why can I not modify the yellow box? Am I even in the right place to modify the chapter number?Bryon

Hello everybody!!Well, I have been implementing some functionality in my Arbortext Editorusing java, javascript and ACL, however suddenly I'm having this problemwhen Arbortext Editor closes unexpectedly and I don't have any idea whythis is happening. I'm attaching an image of my error, so please, doesanybody knows what are the possible scenarios in which this errorappears? I think that maybe this is because I've created a lot ofjava_instances inside my ACL code, however I'm not pretty sure about it,I must say that once any of this java objects fulfill it's function Idelete it using the java_delete ACL command :- Please help me! 😄As always I really appreciate your help and support. Have a wondeeerfullday!Paulette Zorrilla

Available for immediate download from PTC's support site is our newest maintenancerelease for 6.0. The M100 release notes can be found hereand the list of SPR fixes here(login to the PTC support site may be necessary to access these PDFs).

Hi all,Is there any good way to show footnotes under a table which contains the several number of notes without DITA specialisation?I already tried the footnote element <fn> to show the notes right under the table.I was told to use <fn> to make it and style it with Styler for the design to show the footnotes right under the table.However, the table was a bit too long to fit in one page so it was divided in two pages. Then the head numbers of footnotes were different in each page even they were the xref of one same footnote element. (See the image)I have no idea how to fix this one. Even if the footnote is valid for this, I have no clue how to style it with Arbortext Styler.Also I am looking for the way to do this without specialising DTD.Can anyone help me with this?Thank you very much in advance.

Hi, One of my customer is facing problems while working on ISO DRAW 7.2. Apparently, these were no there in older versions. Can somebody help me repond to this : How to set the default templates (Full page and Half page) in 7.2?While taking print out list number not display ? While doing eps, we have to give path every time manually. This was not the case on older versions of ISO Draw? Dashed shadow lines some times not visible. We need to close application and relaunch everytime to see the Shadow llines. While opening dxf file, It shows multiple lines crossed, an explamle is attached. Thanks & RegardsNITESH

When publishing to PDF, I'll sometimes get an error/warning message (for example if I don't back up a keyref with an href), and the message gives me a line number (where the issue occured). Is there an easy way to search for that line from the bookmap? Currently, I'm searching for the concept id where the issue occurs manually, and it's a pain.

So the 2014 PTC World call for presentations no longer lists Arbortext (or IsoDraw) as a PTC product.So has PTC spun the entire service management side of things off to another BU? Is there any compelling reason to attend PTC World? Is there still an intent to have a separate service event?So many questions...

I have referenced a footnote in a table that is in a table, the reference and the footnote are both in the second table. When I publish the pdf, the footnote appears but the refereced one does not. I think the context should be under xref. But what should my context look likeThanks for any help

Hey guys, played around with isodraw on and off for awhile. I can't find the answer in the documentation, but it should be a relatively simple answer. How do i get images to go inside the grid box? I open pvz and other cad types, and they always bigger than and far away from the grid. All the instructions show them as already being inside.Many thanksBryon

We are excited to announce the release of Arbortext 6.1, available now for immediate download on PTC.com. Requests for DVDs will be available next week.This 6.1 F000 release has a number of enhancements and SPR fixes. As a reminder, with this being a new major release, a new license is required; however it will be backward compatible with Arbortext 6.0.https://www.ptc.com/appserver/lm/secure/ati/licenseLanding.jsphttps://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=157567For PE: https://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=157559

Geetings, Adepters;We formerly used an old, VB version of a class in the Editor.exe reference called AclSingleUse to instantiate new epic instances. This class implements the IACL interface. The reason for the use of this class is that, from what we've been able to gather, it allows for the instantiation of multiple instances of the Arbortext Editor without each instance writing on the other ... or something like that. However, when referencing the same Editor.exe in C#, the AclSingleUse class does not appear. We have created our own class and implemented the IACL interface, but are not sure if this will work - it may not have the "single use" capabilities. Does anyone know anything about the use of this AclSingleUse? If so, is its functionality something we can duplicate even without the class itself?

If you use a PI in an ph element does it need to be styled? If so, can someone steer me in the right direction. I have that senario currently and it is not doing what I want it to do.Thanks,Bryon

We've been using the Print Preview function to preview PDFs; it seems a little quicker than the Compose > PDF method. However, graphics do not show up when we do this. Do you know why? It doesn't seem to matter if the graphic is local or on Windchill.We are using Arbortext 5.4 M130 version.

Fellow Forum Members,How do I get Arbortext Publisher to publish a PDF utilizing 3031A stylesheets provided by the Army? I already tried the following which I thought was going to work but did not: In my "Publisher for S1000D (Print Services)" folder I changed the foPrintServices.xsl file so that it points to the "FO-3031-A00-USARMY-MAIN_001-00_EN-US.xsl" file provided by the Army. Then in the "foPrintServicesIncludeFiles.xsl" I changed all of the XSL files to the ones provided by the Army. Logically this should work, however it does not. I would appreciate hearing from anyone out there that could provide some guidance on what I need to do to make 3031A stylesheets provided by the Army to work in Arbortext Publisher.Below is the link where I downloaded the 3031A Army stylesheets from:https://www.logsa.army.mil/pub/s1000d/FO-3031-A00-USARMY-PARA_001-00_EN-US.zipAny help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Is somebody know if they have a way to custumize shortcut key in Isodraw.Do they have a file in file installation who we can custumize???Thanks!

Hello All,I am new to Hotspot creation in isodraw as the new requirement of the S1000D 4.1.Could any one help me out in:1. Primitives for creating HOTSPOTs in ISODRAW.2. What elements have to be included in the isodraw file.3. Is Companion file required for creation and execution of HOTSPOTs in publishing.4. How to link the Authoring XML files to .cgm files (As this is our output files).If possible Please suggest some examplesThanks in advance,Mahesh C J

I have Windows 7, IE 9, and some security settings which turn various things on and off in IE9 to make it more secure Arbortext IsoView Control is Enabled in manage add-ons   I can view the majority of items in the WebCGM static-graphics (V1-3) tests, and the dynamic10 (V4) tests,   However, when I try the WebCGM 2.0 add-on test modules, each time the page loads, I see a 'PTC' image, instead of the CGM object. Pressing F5 or Ctrl-F5 results in a different PTC image, and I simply cant get the CGM object to display   Same thing happens for the WebCGM 2.1 Test Suite   The PTC image that appears, for example, says "Arbortext IsoDraw Intelligent Graphics, PTC.COM", or "Arbotext IsoView Evaluation Copy, PTC.COM" and I simply cant get the 2.0 or 2.1 drawings to appear.   Any ideas as to what may be causing this?

When we launch the print preview the file is composed as a pdf automatically. How do I turn this off?I noticed that my Arbortext print preview does not look like the user beside me. Attached are some screen shots of the two different windows.Item #2 in the screen shot produces the correct view of the print preview.Does anyone know how it is that we have different looks to the print preview? How can I get my setup to be like Item #2?

I use the ACL function "dlgitem_get_value" to get the value of the element "datetime" but this function returns an integer.For exemple, I select the date "10/10/2013", and the function returns the integer "1381356000".I would like a function which returns the string ""10/10/2013". Is it possible?Kind regards,David

Adepters:We use links in our PDFs extensively and they work great. We've also implemented links from one PDF to another and they work great. One problem we've noted is that they don't always work correctly or at all when the PDF is launched in the browser add-on for PDFs. But, if you set up the browser to disable that add-on and always use the Adobe Reader, there's no problem.Has anyone experienced this problem with browser add-ons and, even better, found a solution?Dave HintzSiemens

I found isoview 7.3 in windows8/8.1 when you zoomout by tow fingers, actualy it acts as zoom in.The same as zoomin by tow finger. In a word, Isoview give the error response to my gesture. Is there something config error, or Isoview dose not supports gesture in windows 8/8.1. Have anybody know dose Isoview supports windows 8/8.1 ? If not ,dose ptc has the plan to supports windows 8? Thank you very much.

Hi,I am creating a print fosi for our tech authors to review content in a pdf form.I have an element that requires a 3-digit numerical value per its DTD (which I can't alter) and am capturing its value with a savetext in order to output it later in the instance. That was fine, but now my authors want to see that number output without its leading zeros when they print a review copy if its value is less than 100, i.e., "98" not "098". Is there a way to strip those leading zeros out using FOSI?Thanks, KM

I have referenced a footnote in a table that is in a table, the reference and the footnote are both in the second table. When I publish the pdf, the footnote appears but the refereced one does not. I think the context should be under xref. But what should my context look likeIf I add a new one it tells me that tgroup is not a parent of xref and that tgroup is not a parent of tgroup.Thanks for any insight Bryon

Hi,We are trying to pass HashTable as a function parameter from JAVA to ACL.Following is the sample code snippet for the same. We are able to pass the HashTable from java to ACL and also able to print the HashTable as {KEY=VALUE} .*SOS.java*: Hashtable<string,string> hashTable = new Hashtable<string,string>(); hashTable.put("ONE", "1111"); hashTable.put("TWO", "2222"); String cmd = "ditadocs::sos_link_insert(" + "\" + text + "\" +"," + id + ",\"+hashTable+"\"+")"; Acl.eval(cmd);*ditadocs.acl:*function sos_link_insert($docname,$doc,$selectedTopics){ consoleT("DOCNAME:".$docname); /#DOCNAME:whatIsDocument1/ consoleT("DOC:".$doc); /#DOC40/ consoleT("SelectedTopics".$selectedTopics);*/#SelectedTopics{TWO=2222, ONE=1111}/* local arr[]; local i; # Convert the ArrayList object to an ACL array local size = java_array_to_acl($selectedTopics, $arr); consoleT("SIZE".$size);///#Exception occurred during event dispatching://// #com.arbortext.epic.AclException: [A11276] Badly formed numb