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Technical Illustrations are the most direct and efficient way to deliver technical information, but they must be fit for purpose. How can you be certain that the illustrations you create conform to all of the required specifications (S1000D, ATA, MIL-SPEC…)? What are illustration business rules and how do you check that your visual technical data is ready for publication? Join Ian Proudfoot, Technical Director at Antea on Thursday, April 7th, from 10-11am EST for an interactive presentation that will discuss:Specifications and standards Illustration business rules Style and technique Checking for errors Publishing and file exchange Conclusion: The real value of enforcing business rules. Demo and Q&AI welcome your feedback on future topics you would like to see presented. Please email me directly so that I can hear your ideas!Thanks-Pushpinder

We are running Arbortext v6.1 M010. We currently don't have either the Publishing Engine or the full version of Styler. To make a manuscript print out (very lightly formatted; suitable for proofreading), we are currently using a third party, Unix-based typesetting system. We would like to move our printing to Windows since we are now using the Windows version of Arbortext. I was wondering is anyone printing or creating a PS or PDF file from Arbortext and not using the Publishing Engine? Is this even possible? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.Regards,Rick

Key Functional HighlightsDebugger improvementsAdditional controls – page up/down, run current script, reformat, saveManage tags – create, rename, change type, deleteTabbed tag editor – open multiple tags at onceImproved console – JavaScript and formatting errors, user logOpacityPDF onlySet opacity on frames, text, named colours, rulesBasic U3D supportUse a U3D graphic inline or in a frameSelect view to use when outputAPP Enterprise replacement with Publishing EngineXML activation file format – takes existing scripts, also allows other scripts, checks for input and output filesPE f=app request type – input is activation file, handed off to APP to be run, can be queuedAPP generates HTML response for PELine numberingApply line numbering to framesSet properties – location, offset, font, colour, number sequence DocumentationRelease NotesInstallation GuideFormatting Object Model ReferenceMacro Language ReferenceAutomated Publishing with APP and PTC Arbortext Publishing Engine DownloadPTC Sof

Greetings,Does anyone know if Isodraw 7.2 is compatible with Windows 10? Or Isodraw 7.0 to 7.3 in general?Thanks in advance

Has anyone else encountered this error before?editor.exe: [A30535] capacity exceeded: Pagedef page table entriesWe've been working on a stylesheet for a while, and a recent version started getting this error and refused to open. However, when we went back to earlier versions of it (which previously had opened fine) they also get the same error and refuse to open. We've lost almost a month of work on this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.This is an APP stylesheet, and it is built on another stylesheet which has been getting updated over time as well. We are working in AE Styler 6.0. We've encountered this error before but previously were able to go in and delete some of the page defs and then it allowed us to open it, but when we delete the page defs, now it still won't allow us to open it.

We are excited to announce the availability of PTC Windchill Service Information Manager (SIM) & PTC Windchill Service Parts (SP) 11.0 M010 for immediate download!Key Functional HighlightsSupport for ordering in Information StructuresManage Applicability dialog support for multiple objectsMulti-select support for Promotion RequestsSupport for multi-language PDF publishingSupport for automated publishing for TranslationsPublishing and Translation UI ImprovementsSupport for translated text within Creo/Illustrate IllustrationsSupport for partial imports in SIM TranslationManage changes between the Source SBOM and Parts ListsPart List Editor Enhancements:Ability to view Illustration within the Visualization tabImproved ability to view ApplicabilityAbility to apply Attribute filters to Parts ListsDisplay part’s default unit of measureRename of Supplementary Replacement Information tab and headings to more accurately reflect relationshipsDocumentation and Support MatricesWindchill Read T

We are excited to provide Arbortext 7.0 M030 for immediate download!Some key features:Arbortext Editor user interface for authoring inline applicabilityAbility to open IsoDraw or Creo/Illustrate Graphics stored in Windchill from Arbortext EditorAbility to use xpath in graphics location rules in burst configurationsArbortext Publishing Engine support for Tomcat-based security frameworkArbortext Publishing Engine Performance ImprovementsSupport for Windows 10Documentation for this release:PTC Arbortext Editor/Styler/Architect Release NotesPTC Arbortext Publishing Engine Release NotesSPR Fixes with PTC Arbortext Editor and PTC Arbortext Publishing EngineSoftware MatricesPTC Software download siteBe on the lookout for a webinar in a few weeks about the key highlights across current SLM Releases.Thanks-Pushpinder

We have Arbortext Publishing Engine, and are looking to retrieve a complete, flattened XML document for a given Object ID by way of a straight HTTP request (not SOAP).Where can we find sample code / documentation?  We'll be using PHP, but examples in any language would do -- or, if there was documentation about how to construct the URL, that would be great too.Much Appreciated!

Hi we have 2 style sheets judicial.artifact.style and and as per PTC suggestion we have placed that in custom.zip under doctypes/judicial.artifact but arbortext is not picking judicial.artifact.limited.style. Could you please help us in resolving this??

Hello,I tried to add a menu using an ACL function in a script file init.acl (C:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext Editor\custom\init\init.acl) but the menu is not loaded.I want the menu to load when Arbortext Editor is starting.Script:function load_menu() {}function load_menu() {mad -before ".File.Close" "Test" -cmd {};} load_menu()RegardsCan you help me?David

Hi all,we are currently authoring in Arbortext 7.0 with Styler and we are using APP to publish our documents in PDF. Everything is working perfectly, except something which I would like to know if it can improved.The setup as it is, requires 3 passes to output PDF, meaning that it goes through all pages 3 times before the PDF is generated. This is ok for small documents, but usually we publish large documents of around 600-700 pages.Is there a way to improve that so that we speed up the publishing process?For example, is there a way to configure how many passes will be run before the PDF is generated?Thank you very much in advance for any hints/tips/assistance.Tasos

We are working with DITA xml. AE 6.1 M080. Whenever I try to insert content within a tag the tags attribute window opens automatically. Can this be disabled? I would like to have the attribute window open manually (CTRL+D). Could this have something to do with our style sheet? Anyone else experience this and if so, do you have a solution?

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HI Team,             I have one requirement in my current project, which I need to replace some customized words in the elements where it is present in whole document.The below peace of code facing some issues on replacing the words.function checkWord(word,color){local rtn = 1;  local logmsg = oid_first();# Set disable continue search  set wrapscan = off;   # Cursor goto root of document   goto_oid(oid_caret());  # Find word & changing text color  while(rtn == 1) {  rtn = find(word, 0x0008|0x0200|0x0020);  if(rtn == 1) {  selectText = main::selection;  EditDelete;  str = '<?Pub _font FontColor="'.$color.'" ?>'.selectText.'<?Pub /_font?>';#insert(str);  local findWithin; findWithin = V['FindWithin'];  local replFlags = flags|0x0020  replace(word, insert(str), replFlags, findWithin, current_doc())  }}  }example doc : - <Simple

Hello,We are required to have a solution to accept or reject changes for change tracking.Is there a CT attibute that can be inserted in the begining of the xml file.Example CT= ACCEPT -- should accept changes for atict:add               CT=REJECT -- should reject changes for atict:rejectWhat kind of changes can be made in xslt sheet to process such kind of configuration?Current XSLT sheet config:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"    xmlns:img="info.evccit.utils" extension-element-prefixes="img"    xmlns:atict="http://www.arbortext.com/namespace/atict" exclude-result-prefixes="atict"><!-- Change Tracking -->    <xsl:template match="atict:chgm">        <!-- Do nothing. Contains previous content of the markup -->   

I've recently upgraded Arbortext Editor from 5.3 M100 to 6.0 M040. We author SGML documents. Couple of issues that I am encountering:Hitting the Enter button after a tag does not show the "Quick Tags." The preference "Show Quick Tags on Enter" in Tools > Preferences > Edit is checked. From Advanced, the "quicktags" preference is set to "On" Unable to use the mouse scroll button to scroll up and down the document."Newline" breaks are appearing everywhere in the document. In the 5.3 version these breaks were not present. Any way to remove these in 6.0? It causes problems with our publishing system. Also, 6.0 allows you to use the "Enter" button and add multiple spaces. Can this feature be disabled?Any help/advice will be greatly appreciate!Thanks

Arbortext Editor 6.1 adds unwanted newlines aka Carriage Returns througout the text. They are not visible within the editor but are visible in any text editor. This is an extremely annoying behaviour. Is there any way to turn this "feature" off. For anyone that runs scripts over the markup this is a pain because this breaks search patterns.Example: The newlines break at odd places, for example there's a cr after <xref:in accordance with sub-paragraph <xreflinkend="myid"></xref>.

To create our xml documents I’m using Arbortext Editor (http://www.ptc.com/service-lifecycle-management/arbortext/editor )What is the bug to solve ?When I create new entities, I have to declare it in the .acl file (edqm_ent_E_W7.acl).  We have to declare it in the .dtm file (dbgenentEN.dtm) too.Sometimes, colleagues forget to declare these new entities in the .dtm file (dbgenentEN.dtm).It generate the bug I need to solve, when we run the script in Arbortext Editor (this script runs in fact edqm_ent_E_W7.acl. It marks up our xml file).The bug is :I run the routine in Arbortext Editor.  Ifthe  acl file doesn’t find the entity in dtm file, Arbortext Editor deletes the text instead of keeping it (through ‘’break’’ command) or replace it by the specified text (in the example here : if ($Error>0) {ie PhEur}).With this command, if there is an error, it should mark up with ‘’ ie PhEur ‘’.Why our xml editor delete the text?To understand better what the bug is, watch the video

Hello all, We're getting ready to purchase our setup and I'm wondering whether we need only one or both of the products.  I understand that Styler locks your system up while it's working whereas PE does not (runs in background?).  Any insight?  Thanks!

Hello,Does anybody know if there is a way to force a row in a table to go to the next page?I have found something in Table Properties (after I select the row) in the Row tab, there is Composed Output Options> Page Break Before Row.I have selected Force for this option but it doesn't work.The row I want still appears on the bottom of the page. And I need it to be on the top of the next page.Does anybody know an option that works?

I get an error message when I try to open a file linked to a stylesheet. It says the stylesheet has been created with a previous version of Styler and it cannot be used unless the stylesheet is upgraded. I read how to upgrade it, but I'd like to be sure this is the right thing to do. Both Arbortext Editor and Styler versions are 3.5. I don't understand where this problem comes from, since nobody modified this stylesheet on purpose (but its properties indicate it's just been modified). I simply set the right addresses in the system registry to locate the dtds, that's all. Please, does anyone know how this operation might have caused this problem? Thanks, Sonia

Hello everyone,We are trying to print a pdf file with FOSI stylesheets and we need to avoid printing its last section which is auto-generated.In fact, this content(some technical data) already exists in different places inside the document but it is unified and shown again in the last page.We tried editing the corresponding .ent files which contain the element involved using the "suppress" command, but it didn't work(content gone but titles didn't).Is there another command or way to achieve this? Maybe a specific file to check?Thank you in advance!

I am getting the following when trying to update the license in Arbortext PE Interactive screen: (-96) license server machine is down or not responding

One of the most powerful mechanisms available to you as a stylesheet developer is the creation and use of property sets. Property sets help you abstract formatting needs into reusable components. Want consistent level 1 headers? Create a property set that you can use every time your stylesheet encounters a level one header, without coding it over and over again or copying and pasting formatting code? Property sets are the keys to the reusable kingdom for a stylesheet. In this session, we’ll talk about the power of property sets and show you how to use them.This session is accessible to Beginners just getting started with Styler StylesheetsThis session is intended for Intermediate users of Arbortext Styler.View the RecordingThe video is now available for viewing: Watch this episode of Arbortext TC Dojo Online on our Vimeo On Demand ChannelTC Dojo Mastermind group members can watch it for free on the forums.About The TC DojoThe TC Dojo is brought to you by Single-Sourcing Solutions. At t

We are getting PDF page oversets for some of the graphics, but there are no scalefit/width/depth attributes on our graphic or sheet elements. Is there a setting or preference to get AE 6.1 to automatically resize graphics to fit on the page? We can't change the DTD. mentioned using putgraphs and fillval if the graphics are defined as entities, which they are. I really only want the oversized graphics to be affected.fillval attname="gnbr" attloc="sheet" fillcat="putgraph" fillchar="graphname">