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I'm using Styler 5.4 and I need to have theads repeat with a continuation text. Theads already repeat if the table spans to a new page, but I need to add the text Continued to the entries within the row in the thead. I tried putting a heading element in the entry to get at the repeat title or continuation text category on the gentext tab, but that only works if the heading element is in the context of a division element and entry isn't a division. How can I get this generated continuation text to render?thanks,Steve

I’m using Arbortext 6.0 and using Windchill 10.0 to automatically create translations with the translations process, which comes with the Service Information Manager component. I have a topic (Topic 1) that contains multiple conrefs to a source topic (Topic 2). Topic 2 is translated into multiple languages. I will not need to send Topic 1 with content references for translation, since all of the text in the Topic 2 has been translated. How do I get the content references to automatically reference the translated topic instead of the English, when I get the rest of the translated files back from the translation vendor?It seems that the only way to have the translated text is to manually update all of the content references to reference the translated file in Windchill instead of the English. See examples below.Conref examples in Topic 1 that reference text from the English and French source topic (Topic 2)English Example: x-wc://file=0000005419.xml#Warnings-13549F07/TheFollowingWarnings

Hello everyone!! 😃Ok, so now I'm dealing with a new problem, I'm trying to insert some new tags in a document, however because of my doctypes this hasn't been an easy task, so I was thinking that maybe there's a way to create this tags or modify my context checking preferences in order to create my new customized tags. Do you now if this is possible? Also I would appreciate if any of you have any suggestion in order to reach my goal, my idea is try to extract some content from a document and differentiate it from the rest of the content, also this "extract" would be kind of categorized, that's the reason because I need to modify my current document.As always I have no words to thank you guys for your time, help and support.Best Regards.Paulette Zorrilla

[CROSS POST - Put this up through Tech Writer - Should be here maybe ]I know that there are some real experts out there that read this list that are SGML & XML and Arbortext gurus… with this I beseech you… (burning chicken bones over a bat wing fire here)-1. New TMs for new USAF equipment calling for SGML vice XML…. what’s up with that? (i.e. where are they going with this, big USAF I mean?) Too much $$$ in SGML infrastructure? Thought they’d be moving forward to XML on all fronts, no? The end product appears to be ‘indexed’ PDFs with SGML file deliverables.a. Deliveries are both SGML and ‘indexed’ PDFs (meaning ‘linked’? More on this below)b. SOW says we can use any SGML editor with their DTD (true), but they also state their FOSIs were built for Datalogic only (which I’ve never used.)c. Now I need to buy freakin’ ‘Datalogics’?@!? I know nothing of ‘Datalogics.’ (and I’m already old enough to remember using Interleaf)a. No screen FOSI (have worked without one a lot – so not too co

Hi, all. Did you know that the Arbortext change tracking namespace declaration in DITA topics breaks the build in the DITA Open Toolkit? Here’s the issue:Even after all changes in a file are accepted or rejected, Arbortext leaves a change tracking namespace declaration and an <info> element in the file, like so:<task id="InsertingAVaribleList-CC4AB62F" xml:lang="en" xmlns:atict="http://www.arbortext.com/namespace/atict"><atict:infotracking="off" ref="0" print="" color=""/><atict:user user="mcevallo"fullname="mcevallo" color="#8000FF"/><atict:user user="sfogel"fullname="Steve Fogel" color="#D06000"/>The DITA OT complains about the xmlns:atict attribute of the task element and excludes the file from the build.We at Oracle view this as a bug and suggest that all this code be removed after the last change is accepted or rejected. We’re perfectly happy to accept that the DITA OT build might break if there is actual change tracking markup in the body of the file

Hi All,I am trying to do some string functions in Styler 5.4. Here are the tags:<new1> <wuc></wuc> (empty) <noun>Some Text</noun> <wuc>Text</wuc> <noun>Some Text</noun> <wuc>Text</wuc> <noun>Some Text</noun>...</new1>I am in <noun> and I want to access the content of <wuc>. I would like to check if <wuc> is empty, and I would also like to compare one of the characters in <wuc>'s content.My XPATHs are working correctly.test1.txt is assigned 'A' in the rsrcdescWhat I'm having trouble with are the savetext comparisons:The second <wuc> is not empty, but it's executing attval="#NONE"String length = 0 falseEMPTYThe first time ismatch.txt changes from '0' to 'A' I get this:String length = 0 false A NOT EQUAL A (for the following tags it's correct: "A EQUALS A")The first time ismatch.txt changes from 'A' to 'B':String length = 0 false A EQUAL B (for the following tags it's correct:

Hi all,I'm new to acl and ArborText, and I am hoping somebody here could help me with an issue I'm having.I am creating a script to manage the chunking process, where by all chunks saved to the server are saved in a folder structure that resides in the same folder where the top most file lives. so I have something likefile TopMost.xmldir allLvlOnesdir allLvlTwosdir allLvlThreesetc.When chunking a file the first time my script works fine, because I'm using "dm_browser::current_folder();" to find the base folder to append my relative path to.However when I check out a file and add say a lvlThree object to my lvlTwo object I need to put it into it's correct folder, but obviously "dm_browser::current_folder();" will be empty when checking in this file, and so it treats it as a "Windchill relative" and throws it into the Library/AllLvlThrees.My first thought is of getting the path of the parent element, and going back one directory, so something like "../parent".I'm not sure the best way to

Hello there, I was wondering if any of you could help me with this.I have a DITA file named DITA file A (topic file/ map file) which references DITA file B.Now, I have to make a change in the referenced file DITA file B, but I'm not sure if this DITA file B is referenced by other files or not.If I change the DITA file B, I think it will also change the DITA files which reference this DITA file B.Is there any way to find out if the referenced DITA file B is also used by other files?Thank you very much in advance.Tomomi

Hi All,I am new to ACL. I know how to get the doc_path(), but can someone please help me. i need to get the path to the schema. Is this possible ??Thank you

Hi folks--If you are doing Arbortext customizations, check out my recent blog post on using the Arbortext Object Model for developing customizations:http://www.terraxml.com/community/blog/bid/296808/Customizing-Arbortext-using-the-Arbortext-Object-Model-AOM--Clay

I have Javascript code embedded in a XUI dialog and I would like to see errors when something goes wrong. I think that the errors should go to the java console, but nothing ever shows up. Do I need to do something to get the errors to appear?For example I might have code like:do_something(foo);But maybe 'foo' isn't really the right variable name, it should be 'bar'. when that line of code executes, nothing happens. Program execution stops, but no indication of the error shows up in the console.I would really love to see an error like "foo is not defined" instead of having to just look through the code an imagine what might be going wrong.

If I have multiple stylesheets, do I need to export this file for each one? ie One for print, web and editor.ThanksBryon

Bonjour,soit un fichier XML ou sgml tel que :<pere> <fils> <petit_fils nom="paul"/> <xxx>ddsdsddsd</xxx> </fils></pere>Je voudrai lorsque je suis sur l'élément "fils" savoir s'il existe un élément "petit_fils" ayant un attribut "nom" avec la valeur "paul".<e-i-c gi="fils"><att> <fillval attname="nom" attloc="petit_fils" fillchar="conrule"> <!-- it's not OK --> <charsubset> <savetext textid="nom.txt" apend="0"> </charsubset></att>....</ e-i-c>Merci de votre aideHello,either an XML or SGML file as:<pere> <fils> <petit_fils nom="paul"/> <xxx>ddsdsddsd </xxx> </fils></pere>I want when I'm on the "fils" element whether there is a "petit_fils" element with an attribute "nom" with "paul" value.<e-i-c gi="fils"><att> <fillval attname="nom" attloc="petit_fils" fillchar="conrule"> <!-- it's not OK --> <charsubset> <savetext tex

Bonjour,Est il possible de faire une trace avec une FOSI (contenu de variables?)MerciCordialementHello,Is it possible to track with FOSI (content of variables?)thank youRegards

I am using version 5.3. When a user brings up the Table Properties dialog, is there a way to disable the first two tabs and make only the third tab (Borders) active. I want to do this if they select the Modify Borders button on the Table Toolbar or if they select the Table Properties menu item. Thanks.

I am in Anaheim for the Service Exchange event and will be attending this evening's reception. I have some really cool pens to give out this year.Suzanne Napoleon

I am using version 5.3. Currently a user can right click on the menu bar and a popup menu appears that lets them hide/show the different toolbars. Is there a way to turn off this popup or capture a change. I need to do this because there is a bug where if certain buttons on the Edit toolbar are removed using dlgitem_withdraw (such as Preview), they reappear if the toolbar is hidden and then reshown. Thanks.

Hello members,I´ve got xml files that don´t have a doctype declaration and I can´t add this because of workflow reasons.Can I tell the Arbortext Editor to assign a specific pubid, when the xml file loaded has a specific root element? The solution should be placed in the custom directory, I can´t get access to the rest of the installation directory because of rights permission.Thanks in advanceThomas

Available for immediate downloading from PTC's support site is the Arbortext 5.4 M170 release.If you want to know all the details about this maintenance release, please check out the release notes<.">https://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=155944>. If you have any questions about the release schedule, please reference the PTC Product Calendar at:PTC.com<">http://www.ptc.com>

Hey everyone,I want to add some additional <link> and <script> tags to the beginning andend of the HTML generated by Arbortext for HTML output and Web output. I'm trying to add some javascript libraries and additional CSS files to our output.Does anyone know if it's possible to hook this into the HTML generation, or am I going to have to create custom XSL and add it to that?Thank you!

Hello everybody!!I'm having a problem with my implementation using Arbortext, I'm working with ACL and I'm using arrays, and I'm getting an error which I don't understand and I thought that maybe you could help me in order to comprehend what it's about this error.The message that I receive is: A11477 Missing subscript for array variable.Please if any of you know what's the problem, I would really appreciate your time and support. Regards.Paulette Zorrilla

Hello FOSI-folk, got a quick question...The document types I am working with were originally developed at the document level (MRU). I am building framework around this to enable complete-manual publishing and intermanual hyperlinking.Where I am having trouble is, that up to this point, I haven't had a requirement to be able to produce a footer with total page counts (i.e. "Page 1 of X") that would apply to several sections within an overall instance.So I go through the motions, got a counter in the folio for a pageset and a savetext that saves the counter to a variable for my TOC.Now, I have a time-independent variable declared, and in the e-i-cs that start a new section, I reset the page counter, and I have my savetext with placement=after that uses the TOC variable with the BO modifier as the rule to save to the ID for the TIV.This doesn't seem to work. The first section doesn't set the tiv, the second one sets the tiv, but it keeps the same value for the last section. I tried turnin

How can the "Modify Attributes - Link/Xref" dialog be configured to recognize custom tags in my content?Background:I'm using a Design Science DITA DTD that includes <equation> tags as a customization. If I want to insert an xref/href to an equation tag, the process is very painful. The default "Modify Attributes - Link/Xref" dialog does not seem to "see" these custom tags, even when Type="Any" and Show="AllElement"|"All Elements with IDs" (see example image).As such, writers have manually type the entire relative DITA link path, with all of the correct associated IDs. This process is Bonkers!I believe that all of my paths are set to point Arbortext to the correct DTDs, and I assumed that arbortext functionality should conform to the DTD, but that doesn't appear to be the case here. What am I missing?

Hello experts!Today I'm having a problem with my development using Java and ACL, I'm trying to pass an ArrayList from Java to ACL. I tried to pass it through Acl.func() however I found that this function only allows String parameters, I don't know how can I pass a List; I would like to know... is this possible?! Please if anybody has any suggestion, or an alternate implementation I would be pretty glad you could tell me.As always I really appreciate your time, also your comments and support.Best Regards.Paulette Zorrilla

I just filed a support case with PTC. The topic is one I've slammed them onbefore several years ago. The rest of this is me venting a bit, but thereis a serious issue in my venting. PTC CHANGING OUR DATA so it will not workoutside of Epic. <venting>Recall my question on the Epic support of the OASIS TR 96-01 a couple ofweeks ago. Well I spent a great deal of time modifying my document to workwith the <xi:include> adding nearly 70 file references. Once done, the maindocument did parse in Spy and Oxygen. Well I still prefer to use Epic as my primary authoring tool, butoccasionally I am on a machine without an Epic license, but that has one orthe other of Spy or Oxygen. Imagine my surprise (read TOTALLY PO'd) whenmany of the files I had spent hours fixing were back the way they hadstarted out. Seems that Epic is changing my data when they save any of the referencedfiles that were changed. They wrap the entire DOCTYPE header subset (theDOCTYPE, SYSTEM call, AND ANY DECLARED ENT