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Hi,I would like to duplicate an ACM server (for testing) on a new environnement.From my understanding, on the source side, I need to :- export the source data base (with ORACLE pump)- export source LDAP from Windchill Directory Server- backup the Windchill vaultsIs there anything else to export or back up from source ?Then, on the new environnement, I hate to install ACM and then :- import the data base- import the LDAP- copy the Windchill vaultsIs this procedure OK ? Where do I have to pay particular attention ?

Hi,How to position the main book title centered? I use default SMA Dita provided with Arbortext. I tried changing the margins but of no use.--Dhinesh

Bringing this to the experts hope someone can help...We have a library of Warning XML files stored in an Oracle repository that we link to other XML files by creating file entities. The file entity is created by using the URL link to the warning file. (http://<server Name>:0000/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=OSCLSLIMSAP21O1035007&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased).This works great for doctypes that are validated by a DTD. However we have several doctypes that have Schemas. When trying to insert the file entity into an XML file that is validated by a schema I'm getting a context rules error. I believe this to be because it is looking for the namespace on the file it is inserting (xmlns attribute).Since we are working with several different doctypes with different namespaces adding the xmlns attribute to the warning files is not possible.Any guidance on how to address this issue would be great appreciated.Sarah Price

Hi,I am a nowise user just exploring Arbortext. I have a problem in aligning the page numbers getting generated in table of contents. Now the format is right alignment. I want to change it to left 9 1 of 13 should get aligned with 9).--Dhinesh

Arbortext 6.0发布出来的html文件里面有一些图片在IE9，ie10里面显示不了，但是在IE8里面能显示

Hi everybody.I'm wondering if someone knows how to automatically link the callouts with the parts number of the items.I can now make it one by one (through OBJECT INFO -> HYPERTEXT -> OBJECT -> Relative callout number) and it's a waste of time .I need this link to use it when exporting the datas (xml) to excel.Any tips will be appreciated !Regards,Massimo

I don't know 3b2 have this dialog or notbut I really need the function like thatsomething like indesign, when the document have overflow textit will warn me to solve.but 3b2 let you pass, no any warningits so dangerous for my workso anyone can give me some suggestion or solve methods?thanks buddy

I am creating a CGM file. In the past when I have created CGM files they always seem to be smaller than the IDR and definitely smaller than an exported TIF file. I am creating a file now by taking a TIF photograph and then putting a call out on the photograph to a particular part. That is the only thing I am doing to the file. When I save as an IDR the file size is 702 KB when I export the file out as a CGM it grows to 1,757KB. When I export the file out as TIF it is 678 KB. Anyone have an idea what might be causing this or something to look for?Keith

Hi,I am working as an technical illustrator. I installed some softwares as following.Autodesk InventorPTC Creo ParametricPTC IsoDraw CADprocessCorelDrawWindchillArbotext EditorI have two working processOpen 3D model in Inventor  > Create 2D drawing as CAD file > Open the drawing in CorelDraw > Modify the drawing and export it to SVGOpen 3D model in IsoDraw > Create 2D drawing as CGM > Open CGM in CorelDraw > Modify the drawing and export it to SVGI upload SVG to Windchill one by one.I think it will be easy to use if there is a link between Isodraw and Windchill.There are two choices for me. IsoDraw and Creo Illustrate. I want to know which one is better.Thanks.br, Lily

Hi Everyone,We have traditionally published our content to PDF and so far we use EPS as the standard image format as this renders the best result. We did toy with SVG at one point, but Arbortext just rastorized it (at least at the time it did when we used V6.0).We are embarking on producing ePUB's, but the resulting PNG files are published at 96 DPI which is too low.Looking at the Arbortext manuals, there is a setting:set defaultprintdpiset defaultprintdpi= valueThis command specifies the resolution value in images resulting from PTC Arbortext Editor converting SVG and PVZ images for print and PDF output. value is a positive integer specifying the resolution in dpi (dots per inch). If defaultprintdpi is not set, PTC Arbortext Editor assumes a value of 300.However by the manual's own admission this only applies to SVG and PVZ images and only when publishing to PDF.Is there another way to configure how Arbortext converts EPS to PNG when publishing to ePUB? Or are we stuck coming up with

Hi Folks,I have one other question related to ePub's. Has anyone else got any ideas of how best to convert tables to Images when publishing to ePub?We find that HTML rendered tables are useless when rendering to ePub as many readers just crunch the column size really narrow. To date we have found the best thing for end users is to have table images which would allow them to scroll sideways. What do others do in this scenario and if you have used image tables, how have you rendered these on-the-fly?Thanks,Rob.

Hi Folks,We are working towards using Arbortext (6.1 in this case) to render our traditionally PDF content into an ePub format. We have a somewhat custom schema and the rendered document looks pretty good - however Arbortext/Calibre seem to split the content into separate pages at seemingly random places.Does anyone know if there is a way to control where the HTML content is split for the ePub format (or even how the point the page is split today is chosen). Otherwise our only option is to do post processing to reconstitute the file, and re-split how we see fit. Thanks in advance,Rob.

Hi All,What is the procedure to migrate from ACM 9.1 to Windchill SIM 11.0 ?Thanks !

Hey folks,I'm trying to work with named paste buffers in a callback to manipulate content before it is output to the current doc.I'm finding that Arbortext is getting confused on which is the current doc depending upon what actions I'm performing. For instance, if I do oid_delete(some_oid), it removes the oid from the buffer. However, if I do a change_tag, it wants to act upon the document currently open in the window. I thought this was perhaps an issue with commands versus functions, but goto_oid() also works in the document window rather than the buffer.Here is a snippet of my code where I am setting things up with the named buffer.buffer_create("_temp_");set paste = "_temp_";local bufstr;buffer_clipboard_contents(bufstr);insert_buffer(bufstr,1,"_temp_");local pdoc = buffer_doc("_temp_");local root = oid_first(pdoc);The oid_first() function works OK. This would lead me to think that Arbortext has picked up on the named buffer as the current doc, but as I described, it gets flakey. I

Hey All,So here is my situation. I have a working export macro which just exports a tiff of my current isodraw drawing. However from time to time I'll export a drawing and forget it, then run a batch export macro on an entire folder and my macro will take that tiff image that i forgot about and overwrite my vector art with the raster tiff. Is there a way for my macro to only recognition .iso files? or not export the .iso if a .tiff of the same name already exists? Or if anyone else has any suggestions, thanks in advance - Justin

I am having an issue with Arbortext Publishing Engine 7.0 M010 using an XSL-FO stylesheet. PE is not reading the fo:external-graphic content height attribute value.CODE: <fo:external-graphic src="cams.png" content-height="0.50in"/>It blows the graphic up more that 10 times the size. The only content height I have been able to get to work is a percentage.Has anyone else experienced this problem? If so what did you do to correct it?Thanks,Sarah Price

If I receive a list of cgms, is there a way to identify what version (1, 2, 3 or 4) the cgms are?

I created pseudo elements in my document with ACL:<?Pub _source_data><?Pub _rqrd_itemattr1="source2" attr2="Required Source Data Item"><?Pub /_rqrd_item><?Pub_src_item attr1="source1" attr2="value1"><?Pub /_src_item><?Pub _src_itemattr1="source3" attr2="value3"><?Pub /_src_item><?Pub /_source_data>I am trying to use the FOSI to format these elements:<e-i-c gi="_source_data"><charlist charsubsetref="standalone"><usetext source="\SOURCE DATA:\" placemnt="after"><subchars charsubsetref="gentext"></subchars></usetext></charlist></e-i-c>I can't seem to get it to work.  Am I missing something.  I am using PTC 5.3.

reviewing our options, want to understand if there are any single contractors who focus on Arbortext/Windchill specifically?

Hi all,I'm pretty lost here and would appreciate any help/hint that comes my way. First of all, I'm working with Arbortext 7 with Styler.I have a TOC element in my XML and also a "list of shortcuts" (holds definitions) and an "index". All 3 of them are auto generated and by rules in the DTD no title elements are allowed. Actually, no child elements are allowed in any of them.I would like to create 2 entries/links in the TOC (published to PDF). 1 for the index and the second for the list of shortcuts. I need only the titles and page numbers in the same format as the rest of the TOC entries.The TOC of the document is configured to read only "title" elements/context so I'm not able to add anything else.Thanks in advance for any ideas thrown this way.Tasos

Dear Users,I am new to Arbortext and I am keen in achieving the translation capability that is possible through Arbortext. And I am using a Arbortext trial version for moment,1.I tried to create a sample dita file with "Hello" as title. I am trying to translate Hello to different languages like French , German.2. I exported the XLIF file from the new Style file and imported it back to the styler with out any modification.3. I tried to edit the lanugage = "en" to "fr"/"de" and import the .dita file back to the Arbortext editor.4. Publishing does not show any translation . Pls help me on this topic considering the fact the trail version is used .Regards.Sriram Rammohan

Hello Arbortext Community-I'd like to know if you are interested in a web based XML authoring tool which would complement your current authoring environment. The intention is not to replicate everything you can do in a tool like Arbortext Editor. Arbortext Editor is still expected to be used for advanced authoring. But I've been hearing requests from customers for a simpler, web based UI that allows authors to edit/create content without the knowledge of DTDs, XML or structure. That's a tall order, so I have put together the following survey to gather some feedback for my investigation.Would you take a few minutes to help me out and provide some feedback? The survey is 10 questions, and if you are interested in having me contact you individually to talk about use cases or business requirements, please let me know in the survey (there is a question asking if I can contact you).Thanks for your time. I will keep this survey open for 2 weeks, until July 12th.Link to survey: XML Web Based A

Dear Sir,   Regarding ADOC installation in our PC equipped with Windows Seven and IE8, we have problem with the isoview. If we opened the figure inside ADOC there was not appeared the figure and appeared "Arbortext Isoview". Could you guide me how to solve the problem so I can see the figure inside ADOC.   Thank you.   Regards, Dewita Mariawati

So Tech Writer is trying to compose Arbortext file to PDF and getting this error. The following should be true: (-1 <=vl && lvl < maxlevel - 1) in the file ../src/fchange.cpp:988What does this mean?  I'm not very familiar Arbortext, so not sure if there is a more specific log error to look for?  Other similar files are composing just fine?

Good day everyone,I have uploaded the presentations here:  LiveWorx 2016 - June 6-9, 2016 - BostonPlease utilize categories on the left hand margin to aid in your search.Not all presentations are available at this time; more presentations and videos to be added.Best,Toby