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We are using a custom font with Arbortext. For instance, there are characters that normally do not display on screen, such as thin space, en space, em space, non-breakable word space, optional line break. We have replaced the normal display of these character (empty spaces) with a visual representation of the character. For instance, we have replaced the en space for a character that is a caret (V) with the letter "m" superinposed. The character in the font is designated at the correct Unicode (Hex) value of 2003. This works. However, the Non-Breakable Word Space, Unicode (hex) value of 00A0, will not display, nor with it show up on the Insert/Symbol picker.Any ideas?

Hi all, we're using a Unicode font for display on screen. Some special characters are placed in the private use area, which is correctly defined for this font. Unfortunately Arbortext Editor doesn't show the glyphs on the screen but only little boxes. Can anyone help? Best regards, Ulrike.

I've been working with a couple of different FO implementations. When I run the FO in anything except Epic, I have few problems. Epic seems to add to any issues. In doing followup on some of the problems Epic gives me, I am finding that Epic is NOT following the FO standard in many cases. To me, this is unacceptable. How can one expect to really share information developed through other resources when Epic goes off on their own direction?One example (and I am not 100% sure I believe the standard is right, but it is what is there) is in tables (and yes, I agree with Ed that "Tables are the spawn of Satan"). The XSL standards (both 1.0 and 1.1) allow the 'table-body' to contain either (table-row+ | table-cell+). Not sure why I would have table cells without a row, but ... Anyway, I'm finding Epic DOES NOT allow this. The error states I MUST have a table-row wrapping my table-cell's, or processing STOPS with a Java error. The error is explained if one has the Java console open or if one k

Hi,We are currently testing "EPIC-5.4-M080".In the documentation we found that it is possible to use a "sitprefs.xml" and reference this file through the environment variable APTDEPLOYPATH.In the siteprefs.xml there is a part of the form:<environmentvariables> <variable name="" value=""/"></environmentvariables>We want to add as many as possible APT environment variables in this "siteprefs.xml" so every user has the same settings.However if we add the APTCATPATH variable, apparently EPIC doesn't catches it.If we add APTCATPATH outside this siteprefs.xml (where we define APTDEPLOYPATH) Epic finds the catalog.The weird thing is if it is set in siteprefs.xml and I run the following code on the Epic commandline:for ($a in $main::ENV) { if (match($a, "APT")) {$z=$z . "\n" . $a . "=" . $main::ENV["$a"]}} ;eval $z;unsetvar z;I see the APTCATPATH set but Epic can't find the DTD's.Any clue?Kind regards,Michiel

Great News! As you might have already seen, Arbortext Editor 6.0,Arbortext Styler 6.0 and Arbortext Publishing Engine 6.0 are nowavailable for download from the PTC support site. To learn more about exciting enhancements delivered with these products,please visit the Arbortext What's New<">http://www.ptc.com/products/arbortext/whats-new.htm> page! If you have any questions about this release, please let me know. Regards,Mike

Good Day!Hope someone here can shed some light on this situation. Thanks in advance for your attention to this somewhat long post.We have a customer who wants their data in SGML format, rather than the XML of the majority. We do our input and publishing using XML, then change the DTD declaration (and remove , etc.) to point to an "identical" SGML DTD. Seemed to be working fine, until... Someone thought to click the completeness check in Editor this revision cycle with the SGML open. Context checking was still 'on', but the SGML was reporting missing content in a place the XML did not and does not.Changing the PROCEDURE ELEMENT declaration in the SGML DTD to "...(topic | %text; |graphic)*))..." (use an '*' in place of the '+') eliminates the error message. My belief is that the XML parser sees the %text; entity being satisfied (%text;'s '*'s allow for zero content) as also satisfying the '+', but the SGML parser sees the '+' as overriding the entity's '*'s.While it may seem the easy ans

I might be wrong but I believe that the next question and a brainstorming session on the possible answers might throw some light on the issue. <question>Isn't using a remote desktop connection a way to workaround the concept of fixed, node-locked licensing?</question>

that would be my thought> Thanks for the thought Dan,>> I've never seen a PC that allowed more than one connection at a time.> Every PC I ever used doesn't allow a connect if someone else is logged on> (remotely or via console).>> You're right about Terminal Services on a server, and I agree that that> would be unfair. I wonder if the inability to differentiate between a> server with multiple users and a single user PC is the reason they> disallow remote usage. That sounds like a logical reason even if I don't> like it.>> -Andy> \ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero - Tech Order Data> _____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 1 Lockheed Blvd, MZ 4285> \_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Fort Worth, TX 76108-3916>

They don't both return the same error because there are two different parsers, MarkIt (SGML) and Xerces (XML). Like the Help says, MarkIt may allow some constructs on which Xerces will return an error.

1) I have used config event to enable mouse events2)I suspect I must code a callback function of signature MouseDown(Button, Shift, x, y).Haven't been able to connect all the dots and make it work.Can any send me some code examples of how they did it ?

I'm working with Arbortext 5.3, CPA 1.4 and have a 62-sheet illustration. The fig and subfig tags are working fine as far as autonumbering the sheets. However, in the auto-generated table of contents, the figure is listed by its title followed by "(Sheet 1)". Why? The sheet number is not entered in the figure title tag-it is auto generated by the subfigure. Is this output standard or is there something I can do to fix this?Thanks.Kathy Reisler

Hi all, I am running IsoDraw 7.0 M010. I'm trying to run the batch extension on a macro command line, but it crashes if i specify a macro.im using the syntax spec'd in the manual:Extension sPlugIn "-s" + sSourceDir + " -d" \+ sTargetDir + " - m" + sMacroNameNote the space after the dash before the "m" flag. this is obviously wrong. but ive tried it every way i can think of. It works fine if i dont call a macro. Thanks in advance. if any of you guys are using this functionality sucessfully i would love to know about it. Kevin

Editing a document in Arbortext 5.3 with CPA 1.4. When I tried to accept all the changes, which I had successfully done earlier in the day, I got a message: "Cannot accept the change because it cannot be marked up by using CPA change markup or attributes."Anyone know what this message means and how I can get my changes accepted in the document?

Hi All,I'm wondering if anyone has run into a similar issue or has ideas towards resolution... I have successfully connected client side Arbortext (5.4 M060) to Windchill (9.1 M050) using my machine. I am running into problems getting another user connected from their machine, but am able to connect from mine using their Windchill log-in. On the client side, both set-ups use identical userprefs.xml pointing to a common network located siteprefs.xml. User is able to browse to and read the siteprefs.So I'm a bit stumped... any insights are greatly appreciated!

I'm doing a macro that writes values to a text file and it's not working properly. Intention is to give me an estimate of the time saved using each macro.The last bit of the line below doesn't work - (macro_1_count * 5)fwrite write_file_name macro_1_name + ',' + macro_1_count + ',time-saved-' + (macro_1_count * 5)If the line isfwrite write_file_name macro_1_name + ',' + macro_1_count + ',time-saved-' + macro_1_countIt works fine, but as soon as I try to put the calculation in it, it doesn't work.macro_1_count is defined as a float, so is does IML not allow calculations within some commands? If so I'll have to add an extra line in my macro to create a variable for the write string.For a macro like this, where there are several variables for each macro, it would be better if the values were stored in some sort of array or table - is there something like this in IML? I'm currently evaluating 38 macros, so there are a lot of variables to create.

Hello Adepters,I would like to delete attributes from a table on paste using 5.4M070. For example when copying & pasting a row, delete @id on all elements including row, entry, and para. I have tried:1) ACL paste callback that modifies xml in buffer_doc2) JS AOMPaste event that accesses pasted xml using relatedRangeI've learned from testing and the forum, table markup is not accessible by object id when formatted (table markup is off).With ACL, using oid to access the table components I saw the behavior:(1) if an entire table is copied/pasted, all attributes on elements are deleted as wanted;(2) if a row is copied/pasted, only the para has the attribute deleted. Interestingly, if a row is copied the paste buffer row is wrapped in table markup.This behavior makes sense because the table and para tags are displayed in the Editor, unlike the other table markup that is hidden. Since object id (oid) does not work, I speculate accessing the table object id (toid) of the hidden parts migh

Hi, everyone...I started a wiki to understand where everyone goes to get information around Arbortext, DITA, XML, and the other acronyms and terms that are used in the space. Know a few 'go-to' places? Want to share? Let's all learn from each other. Head to http://communities.ptc.com/docs/DOC-1660 and check it out.

HiI am trying to use the 'Helvetica' font in isodraw 7.1 but it is not available. It is not in the system fonts, but it is in Microsft Word. Also it is in the following Arbortext Editor folder:C:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext Editor\pstill\PSFontsGranted this location is not Isodraw but still can anyone help me here - do I have to buy the font or is their a way for Isodraw to access this font from the Arbortext editor location?Many thanksAlan

Available for immediate downloading from PTC's support site is theArbortext 5.4 M090 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=124939> . If you have any questionsabout the release schedule, please reference the PTC Product Calendarat:

Adepters:I got an e-mail this morning from PTC announcing Arbortext Editor and Publishing Engine 6.0. The link to the editor works fine and I was able to download. However, the PE link only shows me PE 5.3 and 5.4. Anyone else tried this (assuming you have a technical support subscription)?DaveSiemens

I'm wondering how you use the 3d transform command within macros.I want to let users set a rotation angle and then click on x, y or z icons to rotate that amount on a 3d drawing.Problem is that macro help doesn't explain how it's used.The syntax is just:3D TRANSFORM 3d-matrixand the example is:#stretching the drawing to double size#along the y-axis3D TRANSFORM 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0I can't find any reference to this 3d-matrix - how are we to know what each number represents?I've recorded some macros setting the Y angle rotation to 90 degrees but this hasn't helped me understand the matrix any better as it comes up with:3D Transform 0 0 (-1) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1No record of 90 degrees in that matrix, so I guess one of the numbers - "1" or "(-1)" must refer to the 90 degrees.

Hi,I have 2GB physical RAM. I had 2048 MB virtual memory. I was able to setdiffmemory to 5000. I doubled my virtual memory to 4096. If I got anythingout of this change, it is only incremental ... I have just run atdiffmemory=5200. (diffmemory=5200 might have worked before my change, I'mnot sure if I tried it). I can't run diffmemory=5500 now and couldn'tbefore, either.I expected at least a + 2000 capability in diffmemory after making thechange.-- Paul Nagai

I've a macro that writes the date and drawing name to a text file, and I want to make a list of drawings with just a specific date.I'm trying to use the batch command to get values from the text file but can't make it work.Has anyone used this along with the "find" function to find a specific string within a line of a text file?I've tried it a few ways so far and it either gives me an unknown macro command error, or it crashes Isodraw altogether - I obviously don't understand the syntax of the function or how to extract what it returns.Do you make a variable of the character position that "find" gets?Example text file (it's actually got more in than just the date and the drawing name) is:10-03-2011,11:57,Tim Sharp,export cgm THA1003-291.cgm10-03-2011,12:01,Tim Sharp,export cgm THA1003-297.cgm11-03-2011,12:11,Tim Sharp,export cgm NPA79-170a.cgm11-03-2011,12:12,Tim Sharp,export cgm NPA79-179.cgmI want to find lines that have the current date (11-03-2011), then extract the drawing names (

Hi All,My customer has 3 or 4 users who access Arbortext Editor frequently and also frequently work across a range of workspaces rather than just one and are experiencing problems with the speed of connecting the Editor to the ACM in order to browse for content.Their workspaces correspond to different categories of content which are held in different context Libraries as follows: Mechanical Engineering Marketing SalesThe delay occurs when the user is connecting to the Context (Library) after clicking the Finish button or changing Workspace.For instance a user estimates it takes him 45 seconds or more to connect to the Marketing Library. He works most regularly in this folder and therefore has the most cached work in the workspace.They have asked users to connect on their own PC using the administrator's login details and they connect noticeably more quickly, also if connecting as themselves on a different PC there is less delay which is leading them to think this problem is to do with

Any ideas on getting a GIF out of IsoDraw? It does not appear to be an export option, but is there an extension that can be used or has someone come up with a relatively simple method for getting a GIF.