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Say what?With Clay and Brandon's help, I am now successfully generating links from anamespaced element, atidlm:resourcepair. However, if these links resideinside of elements that get savetexted and usetexted, the link is outputtwice.For example in most contexts:<atidlm:resourcepair ....=" tons=" of=" attributes=" live=" here=" ...="/>Gets turned into:<loc id="xxxx" role="table" type="link_with_title" title="titlegoeshere"/">Which is subsequently formatted as a cross reference ... everything worksas designed. The link is live, highlighted properly, and contains all theparts and pieces it should.If, however, that <atidlm:resourcepair..../> lives inside of an element,the content of which gets stored for later output, I end up with two links.The first is "right" and the second one has the right text, is not entirelylive (only the ID/IDREF or numbering portion is live) or entirelyhighlighted (same bits highlighted as live),Any thoughts on what happens to links that are sav

With Arbortext 6.0, Editor now supports Schematron validations. However, with the propriety configurations that are part of Arbortext Editor, it's only possible to use a single Schematron for a doctype. This is ludicrous for a complex DTD. Schematron is specifically designed to be flexible and allow for validating partial aspects of a XML instance. Developing XML for different outputs create different kinds of errors to be checked. Writing a single Schematron attempting to throw every possible validation scenario will only confuse writers. Writers need the ability to select different Schematrons based on the validation needs of the current document instance they are creating. Can the Schematron implementation be changed to allow for multiple Schematrons for single doctype?

We do a lot of drawings with cables and I'm attempting to do a macro that creates a cable from a single bezier by using the parallel paths function, joining the beziers, then adding white fill so that several cables can be put on top of each other realistically.Trouble is, I can't find anything in documentation that adds fill to selected items. And when I use record macro to see what it does, nothing is recorded when I add or change fills - does this mean it can't be done in a macro?

Review and use the attached Consolidated ISODRAW SHORTCUT KEYS.

Good day All,I've created animations using Isodraw cadprocess. Is it possible to play the animation in Isodraw itself or it is mandatory to have ISOVIEW?Thanks for your cooperation.

Hi,Arbortext 5.4 is the platform.I want to define a macro/key/right click menu option (doesn't matter which) to run a process against some XML files, including the one I currently have open in Arbortext. Specifically, I want to run part of my org's internal publishing toolchain. This toolchain requires an exclusive lock on every XML file it uses as input, and as it's not under my control, this can't be changed. So I need to temporarily wrest the file out of Arbortext's hands, run the piece of toolchain, and then open the file back up in Arbortext. This has provided after-dinner entertainment for me for several days, and I still haven't solved it.If you have any ideas on this, please let me know.What I've found so far:1) window_close() doesn't. It's documented that it doesn't actually close the window (it MINIMIZES it, making one wonder why it was not called window_minimize()), but still.2) doc_close(current_doc()) does not seem to actually fully close the file, from Arbortext's point o

Adepters,I am trying to create a pdf file using Print Composer in batch mode. After looking through some older threads I was able to use:Method 1:epic.exe -c "print" test.sgm (this results in a pdf output but prompts the user for the filename)Method 2:epic.exe -c "print printer='Adobe PDF' file=test.ps" test.sgm (this suppresses the filename prompt, but outputs postcript)Is there a way to use the second method (suppressing user input) but output directly to pdf (bypassing the need to use distiller)?Thanks in advance!

I have been looking at the list of Arbortext sessions for the upcoming PlanetPTC Live and I am a bit perplexed. Is the list of sessions displayed on the site (

We are currently only able to publish to pdf via styler. I would like to turn off hyphenation I cannot seem to follow the help guide as I do not have the options under format. Am I missing something?Excerpt:Turning off hyphenationYou must explicitly turn off hyphenation to prevent words breaking at line ends. To turn off hyphenation for an entire document:Choose Format ▶ Edit FOSI Components ▶ Document Default to open the Document Default style panel. Position your cursor on Hyphenation. Click the RIGHT mouse button and choose Add from the resulting popup menu. Set the enabled? value to “no.” Save and apply the Document Default style panel settings. NoteIf hyphenation is desired in a specific element-in-context, open its style panel, add hyphenation, and set the enabled? value to “yes.”

Hi all,I have the following question.We are using arbortext 5.4 m130.could be posible in app stylesheet disable the option of hyphenation.we don´t want to cut any words in the document, we need that all the words go to the next line.thanks in advance and regards,Ramón

We have a custom style sheet designed for use that has a cover page built into to it. When publishing the complete book, the cover page only prints on the cover. If I print a portion of the book ie 3 or 4 differnet topics with some having topic heads, it prints the cover seperatly, then uses the cover page again for all the body pages.Is arbortext 6.0 capable of publishing only sections of a manual or does it need to print the whole book each time. Just trying to cut down on publishing time as it is almost 20min to publish entire book.

Can someone tell me how Arbortext compares to the newest Adobe Tech Comm Suite? (Framemaker 11, Robohelp 10, Captivate 6, etc.)-especially with regard to DITAThanks!

HelloDoes anyoneknow how to turn off e3 composition permanently? I know it's possible to set it to off within the command line for the current session via "set e3composition=off", but cannot see this option within Tools > Preferences.If it's turned on, the Print Preview Options are disabled which I do not want.Thanks,Andy

Hello Friends,I have more 3D .pvz models, After Explode the parts every time I have place the callouts manually. I know how to Generate the callout automatically, but while I use this way generate more callouts for all parts. I would like to give callout specific parts. If anyone know let me know how to give the callout specific part using "Automatic callout generate option".

Hi,While opening isodraw we will have the standard pens in the Pen dialog box. But when i try to open Isodraw in my system, it has one more Pen which was created by some other user. Kindly guide me how to open the default new Isodraw file without other pens?. I think we have to touch the preferences file. Thanks for your cooperation in advance.

In my ditamap I have pressed enter and created a chapter. In a new topic I want to create a cross reference to go and see this chapter. How do I do it as everything I have cross referenced so far has been a standalone topic. I do not see the chapter heading in my resource manger screen.Bryon

FYI - IsoDraw 7.1 will crash when opening a CGM that was exported out of Team Center Visualization Mockup 2007 (64 bit). VisMockup can export CGM versions 1, 3, and 4. All versions will crash IsoDraw.The crashes only happen when the Objects window is displayed. If the Objects window is turned off before opening the CGM, the CGM will open fine.Attached is a sample CGM that causes this problem.Thanks

Can this be done?I'm a keymapper-and-rememberer. A colleague is toolbar-clicker-and-keep-brain-uncluttereder. I have some macros I'd like to share as toolbar buttons. Can this be done? I've created a new toolbar by copying the file that defines the original ones to the custom/dialogs directory on Windows. However, I can't seem to find something to put in command= that will directly run one macro, as opposed to bringing up the dialog that lets you choose a macro to run.Am I on the right track? What else do I need to do?Or is there another way of mapping macros to new buttons in a new toolbar, that I should be using instead?Thanks in advance

Here's an odd one.We have noticed that occasionally tables will break within a cell despitehaving deepcontentsplitting = off. The row splitting will only happen on afirst run of the content. PDFs run a second (or any subsequent) time, donot exhibit the cell break. This *seems* to be true across users meaning ifMary runs the PDF and generates the bad break, then she runs it again or ifJohn or someone else runs it ... the break does not occur.Yeah, I know it's just past 4:20 Pacific but believe me, I made otherpeople confirm this very, very strange behavior before I was willing totalk about it in public. Next week, I'll be presenting on spontaneous humancombustion.So ... has anyone noticed this in 6.0 m010 (or anything newer that 5.3 m110?Intermittent is bad enough, but with a one-time-incident per file, I can'teven imagine how to debug this.-- Paul Nagai

Ok, so I have a series of small output docs (three elements within a wrapper, all wrapped in a root element) that I print in tabulated form.I have these values aggregating into a savetext that eventually outputs a table as part of a usetext at the end of the document.Since upgrading from 5.3 to 5.4, I have come to find that if the amount of content is more than a page-full, my table no longer breaks to another page (runs through the footer and throws my favorite error, page overset fault).Has anyone else had this issue? Any clues here?I have checked all the e-i-cs for table markup, for the document elements themselves, and the pseudo-element used to generate the text, and I have no explicit keeps set anywhere. I'm just at a loss as to what might have happened. I know I'm not the only one building tables in gentext, so perhaps someone else has seen something?Thanks,-Jason

Available for immediate downloading from PTC's support site is the Arbortext 5.4 M140 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=142378>. If you have any questions about the release schedule, please reference the PTC Product Calendar at:PTC.com<">http://www.ptc.com>

Hi,We are in a process of migrating Arbbortext editor from 5.1 to 6.0 version. In Epic Editor 5.1 after editing the document if we do check-in/cancel check out back to the Documentum repository, XML document/manual automatically disappearing from editor. But in Arbortext Editor 6.0 we are missing this fuctiobality, the manual/document still available in editor after performing check-in/cancel check out operation successfully. As a result one copy of the document/manual still remain in Checkout location. Do we need to change/modify any configuartions in editor to disappear the manual from Editor once if Checkin/cancel check out operation is done..

Hi Experts,We are facing issue while composing a PDF file from XML manual and we are able to compose PDF file at chapter level but as a whole manual we are not able to compose PDF. Please assist me on this.Please find the attached file for the composer log.

Hello! I'd like to create an installer for my plugin for Arbortext Editor. How can I detect installed Arbortext Editor versions?For example, what keys should be considered in Registry?

Long story: Nah, you don't want to hear it.Short story:I'm trying to create an ID/IDREF link in FOSI.I have defined my link element in the DTD with an attribute to store thetarget element's ID value as an IDREF attribute.I have placed that element in the appropriate locations within the contentmodel.I have added that element to the DCF as a link (both as primary="yes" andas primary="no" ... not at the same time, of course).I have copied FOSI code working in 5.3 and updated it to reflect thiselement's name.But my links don't "fire." I get all the right text, except for the elementnumber, but the text is not a link.For example, my output should be: Table 1A Table title goes hereAnd it should be clickable in the PDF.Instead I get: Table XXX-1234 Table title goes here.And it is not clickable.Wrinkle-time: The element is namespaced. So it is: xxxx:linkelementname. Ihave placed the namespace declaration in the DTD.What am I forgetting?! Or is this not possible with a namespaced element?-- Pa