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Available for immediate downloading from PTC's support site is theArbortext 5.4 M100 release. This maintenance release includes bug fixes only. If you want to knowall the details about this release, please check out the release notes<">https://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=128958> . If you have any questionsabout the release schedule, please reference the PTC Product Calendarat:

Prior to converting all of our xml files to Arbortext's default dita, stylesheets, schemas, dtds, etc., when compiling a .chm file from .xml, a txt file with all the ids was parsed into the compilation. A section of said .txt file might look like this:#define idh_t_test_column_picker 1427Now we're using dita, and creating a .chm file has never been easier; however, I'm stuck when it comes to creating context sensitive Help. I've found a resourceid element, and thought maybe the number could go there. I'm seeing instead, in the resolved document, that the resourceid converts to a file name much, much longer. I don't know if that relates. But ultimately, the Help button on a given dialogue box gives me the error message "HH_HELP_CONTEXT called without a [MAP] section."I'm looking for a series of steps to get me on track. I've scoured the Internet and I've come up so far empty handed. What I'd really like is a series of steps to walk me through this, but any help would be appreciated. Eve

I've got Epic 6 (64 bit) installed on just one computer so far. It seems to be working okay, but I'm seeing something 'weird' occurring with the generated text in the main file I'm working on.First, is a change from Epic 5.4, in that I am not seeing the notice that my 'file is too big for automatic generated text updates'. So now when I insert a new cross reference, I am seeing the link appear immediately. This I do like.Secondly (and my problem) is that I am seeing (or rather NOT seeing) existing generated links vanishing. I'll open the file (it is rather large, just XML is 60 file ENTITIES and just over 4 MB). When I open the file, it appears (and I have not scrolled through the entire file) that all the existing generated cross references (and it is only cross reference links that do this) are there. Yet if I add a block of text, it seems that those links following the added text just go away. I'm getting close to 'publishing' time so having many of my links missing would not be a '

And now we need to ask a favor of all you Adepters members. I was totally focused on the question being asked when I did my last reply. Therefore, I overlooked the content of the attached image.Please delete any and all copies you have of this thread that contain the actual image. According to my local subject matter expert it is Boeing proprietary data, and that means it should not be circulated without the appropriate markings and controls.My apologies for any inconvenience and for having contributed to the situation.Steve Thompson+1(316)977-0515

Is it possible to work with IsoDraw 6.2 or 7.x on "Windows 7 64bit"?

This is related to my Java questions yesterday. I actually got into theJava work because I was having troubles verifying that the ACL system orsh commands were working.Today I was able to get this to work:sh 'C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat'I need to pass it a parameter though, and I get a message that theparameter isn't understood if I do this:sh 'C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat' deployAnd in this version the cmd window just flashes by doing nothing:sh 'C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat deploy'I suppose I could just create another batch file that contains theparameter, but I would like to use the tools as provided if I can.I've also tried the system function, which seems to do nothing:system("C:\Program Files\nsiv3.1.15.2\bin\makedoc.bat")

Anyone know of an automated way of removing whitespace in-between tags in DITA XML, like the HTML utility tool does called "Tidy"?<bar> <tag>Good text</tag> </bar>These whitespaces get introduced in our automated translations processes, by the way, not while editing in the Arbortext Editor, of course.Thanks.

Although I am still in the training phase, I have been asked a question regarding our long term intent of linking CAD data graphics.Question: When a graphic file is updated 1) will it update automatically in the arbortext document itself without asking for confirmation, 2) is there a way to set a notification to someone or a list of members who may need to know that file has been updated?Thanks in advance,Tim Cauley

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Hi, I have ISOdraw M60 on an XP machine and it works fine. I recently upgraded to a new machine with windows 7. I went throught heprocess of reconfiguring my lecenses and installing isodraw onto the new machine. When I open the applicaiton, I get the error message "License request fail for feature ISODRAW".Can anyone provide assistance to correct the issue?Swri

I just installed PTC Isoview on my computer. However, I couldn't find a listing of what 3D file formats the software can view. If anyone knows, your help is much appreciated!   ~Michelle

I have a rather large xml document with several graphics in it. The graphics are all stored as entities and then referenced by their entity name in the document. When I do a "create PDF" on the document, Arbortext systematically goes through and hard codes the file path for each graphic into the xml document before creating the PDF. Is there a setting somehwere that stops this behavior?Thanks

Hi everybody,This list never ceased to be a great source of information,so I hope I can also find help for this.We are building a custom DITA setting (with the APTAPPLICATION variable)We use "Compose to web" from styler (5.4 M090) with a custom framesetto export HTML files.We were able to configure many parameters, but the css stylesheet is createdin a css directory in the output directory and we didn't find a wayto change that (for example to : ressources/stylesheet)Is anyone know how to configure the css export path ?Thanks,Pierre ChateilLCI TechPub Sud-OuestTel : + (33) 5 59 77 77 27

I'm running Arbortext Publishing Engine 5.3 M090. I have created an XSL-FO stylesheet. When publishing my document PE Server drops tif graphics. It will process and print CGMs and JPGs but not TIFs. Does anyone know of anytype of configuration setting that needs to be updated to accomplish this?Thanks in advance.

I'm having troubles with running a command (basically an Ant script) fromJava within Arbortext. Here is the code: public static void build() { String s = null; try { String[] commands = new String[]{ "C:\\ProgramFiles\\nsiv3.1.15.2\\bin\\makedoc.bat", "IETP"}; Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands); BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(newInputStreamReader(p.getInputStream())); BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(newInputStreamReader(p.getErrorStream())); // read the output from the command System.out.println("BUILDing:\n"); System.out.println("Here is the standard output of thecommand:\n"); while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(s); } // read any errors from the attempted command System.out.println("Here is the standard error of the command(if any):\n"); //while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) { // System.out.println(s); //} } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("exception happened - here's what I know

I'm looking for ideas on where to put the ACL to change menus. Right now Ihave my script in the custom/init folder and I get the message that theHelp menu doesn't exist and my menu doesn't appear.I can source the sameACL file once the window opens and everything works - so the code iscorrect it is just a matter of where/when the code executes.So typically I would associate these changes with the DTD so the menuwould be added when I opened a particular document type. Here are therelated problem:- I'm working with S1000D so there are a dozen DTDs that I want to work with.- The vendor that provides the DTDs has created their own scheme forintegrating with Arbortext. They don't provide a way to customize theirinstallation and the installation has to be on eveery users machine, thereis no central installation. For my own machine I could modify the vendorssetup, but don't really want to.Any suggestions on how to get my customizations in place? right now I onlywant them to appear if the S1000

Hello experts,How do you handle CMYK pictures, CMYK and pantone colors table cell shading, bleed and crop marks?Arbortext Editor supports only RGB colors. We bought also Isodraw, the styler and the publishing engine but it appears we will need Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher and a lot of scaring macros and coding.Its a nightmare for a newbie to redact a shopping list of PTC products.Hope you are more helpful than my PTC reseller 😞

I opened up an existingfile in Arbortext 5.4 and when I tried to Compose a pdf file, the COMPOSE option was greyed out. What do I have to do to create a .pdf?

Hi,Is anyone else having trouble installing the 6.0 M010 Publishing Engine (64-bit)?(MED-71939-CD-060_M010_Win64_PE)The F000 version works fine for us (MED-71939-CD-060_F000_Win64_PE) but with M010 nothing works andit gives this error when starting PE Interactive: "editor.exe - Entry Point Not Found" "The procedure entry point ?_Xfunc@tr1@std@@YAXXZ cound not be located in the dynamic link library MSVCP90.dll."When we go back to F000 it's all good.This sort of thing can take the edge off your Friday.-- Martin

Hi All,Can anyone give me info on the following?- Cost of Arbortext for A&D (S1000D)- PTC training cost for S1000DRegards,Arun

I have changed the title of my book to Practical FOSI to reflect the book's focus on a practical way to code FOSI stylesheets. This approach removes complexity without sacrificing formatting capabilities. It is described in Chapter 3: A Practical Approach to FOSI. PDF of the following can be downloaded from www.FOSIexpert.com/Practical-fosi.html:PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: FOSI BasicsChapter 3: A Practical Approach to FOSIChapter 4: FOSI VariablesChapter 5: FOSI Syntax and KeywordsChapter 6: FOSI Pseudo-elementsChapter 7: FOSI-Generated MaterialI have tried to put the narrative material is an order that makes sense. Please let me know your feedback on this.Note that I also added an example of some fancy FOSI footwork I was fooling around with awhile back: change bars with "stripes."I apologize the book is taking so long. I am not a fast writer, and I know too much about the material. Finally, I don't like to document something until I have proved to myself it works as stat

Hi,I realize this is not a Documentum support group, but I know others outthere are using it and I thought I'd toss out an issue we think justisolated as a heads-up but also to see if anyone else has run across it.It appears that once Webtop's Virtual Document Manager (VDM) builds avirtual document from its components, it maintains a "death-grip" on thedescendants *at the time it is instantiated" and never lets go for theduration of that Internet Explorer session. (Caveat: We are currently usingsome flavor of IE6 on Windows XP. Our Documentum version is 6.5 and some SP... I forget which, exactly. Whether this behavior is replicable using otherversions or not, I do not know.)This is bad because if you instantiate the root of a document within VDM andsubsequently you, or someone else, updates chapters or subsections, thosechanges are NOT reflected in VDM or even in exports from VDM. (We arecurrently testing what happens to checkouts in this scenario.)Regardless, we will be turning this o

I've installed the Documentum WDK adapter and configured the WDKcustomizations on top of a 6.5sp3 webtop webapp installation. I added anacl file to custom/init/ directory that callsset documentumserverurl=http://{webtop_server}:8080/webtop-ptcThe IE8 browser is displayed fine and I'm able to log-in and browse throughthe folder structure. Navigating to an xml document (which is part of anxmlapp), right-clicking, and selecting either the 'View in ArbortextEditor' or 'Edit in Arbortext Editor' both resulted in a message box beingdisplayed in the Arbortext editor stating:[A47521] File not found - was this object checked out on another computer?The file was indeed downloaded by Documentum UCF because it resides in my$USER_PROFILE/Documentum/Viewed/ directory, where $USER_PROFILE is the 'C:/Users/{username}' directory on Win7 and 'C:/Documents andSettings/{username}' directory on WinXP.Navigating to the file in windows explorer results in the file opening inthe editor.Within the WDK Adapter

Hello everyone,Ok I have a little problem, if anyone has any suggestions I would be happy to hear them.GoalIn a pre-existing illustration I wish to take current callouts (generated using the callout tool) and break them down into elements, remove the rectangle (with white fill), and shorten the line so it no longer intersects the number (the rectangle provides a shadow effect around the number).ProgressSo far I have selected all callouts and converted into elements. This puts each callout into a group, I Select All and using the FirstSelectedElement mixed with the 'UNGROUP SELECTION' (cannot get the optinoal parameter DEEP to work) function Isodraw 7.1 crashes. Can anyone provide a different solution/fix?I have tried to avoid using FirstSelectedElement and Select All and I am trying to find a way to select each group individually using a loop (I think when Ungroup Selection is executed whilst multiple groups are selected Iso crashes) but I cannot find a way of selecting group individua

hello all,I'm not to familiar with configurations of Publishing Engine. I just upgraded to 5.4 M090 (from 5.3m050). The PE works and my url is working. However, when I open my custom document, I get some errors which i have no idea what they mean. Can anyone help?<Division date="Wed Jun 01 09:40:47 2011" millis="1306935647"><Heading>Compose Aclasta-fr.xml for preview.</Heading><Record date="Wed Jun 01 09:40:49 2011" millis="1306935649" msgid="A20965" severity="info" suppress="1"><Level>MESSAGE</Level><Message>Asynchronous operation started using PE server.</Message></Record></Division><Division date="Wed Jun 01 09:40:50 2011" millis="1306935650"><Heading>Asynchronous Composition Result</Heading><Record date="Wed Jun 01 09:40:50 2011" millis="1306935650" msgid="A11460" severity="error" suppress="0"><Level>ERROR</Level><Message>Formatter error on page -1.! Not a letter.Since context rule