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Hi Gang,I wrote a macro for giving the ICN numbers in the illustrations. It will ask the user some specific inputs. There is a place where it will ask for the starting and ending value numbers. User would give the starting number as 00001 and ending as 0010 (for example). After running the macro when we see the file name and the ICN number in the file, zeroes in front of the value are ignored and it is displayed as 1 and 10. Why Isodraw ignores the zeroes?.

Fellow Forum Members,I'm using the PTC Arbortext S1000D CSDB Suite of tools. In the PUBLISHER module I have the ability to publish either a PDF, a PDA or a IETP.  The problem I'm having relates with hyperlinks between two Data Modules.  I am using the DMREF code to setup links between two data modules and the DMREF code works correctly for the PDA and IETP publications I publish.  However,  for the PDF publication it's a different story.  All of my links to other data modules are dead within the PDF publication. Nothing happens when I click on them. In contrast, the links in my IETP and PDA work correctly and even show up as BLUE. In short, why do my DMREF coded links to other data modules work correctly in PDA and IETP publications but for a PDF publication the links are dead?  My hunch is the S1000D version 4 schema requires I use Xlink code instead of DMREF coed  however I have not been able to get the Xlink code to work properly in all three publi

We are still very new with Arbortext and converting for a bad MS Word culture. We have coverted a document fully into Arbortext and now an SME want a word copy so he can do Russian translation. We don't want to do that and are wondering what to give him to markup with the least amount of learning curve for him without us need to reconvert something on return. We are way to early for SIM. Does anyone have ideas or can you share what you do?

Hi All,I have a problem connecting to an instance of Arbortext Content Manager when using the Arbortext Editor.The error I receive is "There are no contexts locally saved to enable off-line access."When i access the same instance via the web interface I can view and interact with the library as I would expect.On a second and third instance of Windchill (development and certification) I do not encounter this problem when connecting from the Editor.I've tried to clear out the various cache, but this has not resolved my problem.Does anyone have any pointers as to what could be wrong with my setup?

Rumor has it there has been a fix for the inability to work with 6.0 as it did with 5.3 with a locked license.Does anyone have any documentation on how to access locked licenses with remote desktop in the newest iterations of Arbortext?Thanks in advance

I have manged to create a macro in 5.4 to find/replace a certain attribute.  How would I get this macro to run from beginning to end of doc.

Hello Everybody,A footer page is defined on Generated Contents tab of Arbortext Styler. Footer should contain an attribute conten valuet within the page. By selecting "Insert> Attribute Content" within "Generated Content" window, I can select the value based on the occurrence (1st,2nd,..., last) of the element. That's good but not enough for the customer requirement. The footer should show the greatest value of attributes within the page.So I write the statement: (//lep/@lep_date[not(. < //@lep_date)])[1]The statement selects max value of lep_date attribute of lep elements within an xml document.When I put this statement within ElementContentPage as shown on the image, the text could not be generated, and I don't see any error messages regarding it.When I put this statement within XPathString all footers show the same max value of lep_date within whole document. I want the max value of lep_date only within the page, so every page footer will have different values regarding its pa

Hello gurus and amateurs So I'm creating different plugins for the editor in order to customize the functionality for my users; currently I'm looking a way for lock the menu bar when I create a new window, the option for create my customized window is inside a menu I created in the menu bar of Arbortext Editor, however if the window was created and someone clicks again the option, a new window will be created, so they are duplicated, I don't want to create a complete validation for this case since the window all it does is to load a report inside the document opened in editor, so I though in the option of locking the menu bar. Does anybody can help me with this?Thank you so much in advance for your time and help.Paulette AZ

Dear all,Sorry the dummy question, but how to open/retrieve a old file in the version history tab?I would like to open into Arbortext the version "A.24", but when I click over the "Actions" button, it doesnot give the option for previous iteractions. Any workaround to get the old file?Thanks in advance the community!

Hi everybody I have a question about strange resule a got by using macro in batch export.When i use the macro below in Isodraw in macro TAB directly, it work perfectly... but when i use the same with the same file as exemple, in file batch export withmacro Clean up, i loose all my a, b, c, d.... the macro language should convert to path and not delete???Thanks in advance for comment!!!Here is my exemple...Macro Clean up # CS All text to Arial Select if Font is not equal to 'Arial' Text font "Arial" Select none # CS stroke bubble text Select if Text is equal to 'a' Convert text to paths Select none Select if Text is equal to 'b' Convert text to paths Select none Select if Text is equal to 'c' Convert text to paths Select none Select if Text is equal to 'd' Convert text to paths Select noneEnd Macro

I am getting an error message when I try to extract a UPIPCO message for a figure in Provisioning Manager. Here are the errors I'm getting: ORA- 01422: Exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows and ORA- 06512: at "Aspect.Remove_Unchanged_Data", Line 307 ORA- 06512: at "Aspect.Setup_Extraction_Data_Table", Line 30 ORA- 06512: at line 1   Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? Does PTC list the errors for Provisioning Manager anywhere? I haven't found anything on these errors...Very frustrating...

Hi All,I need more understanding on data flow between Pro-E, Windchill and Arbortext Iso-draw.Once any assembly or part created in pro-E and if I check in that as a e-BOM in windchill, it will get published andhave its own representation.Now I want to make an illustration using the e-bom from windchill. How can I use that representation(.ol/.pvs files) from windchill?Again if i made change in e-bom in pro-e and again i checked in that in windchill, How my illustration directly updates?Is Anybody having Idea? Please help.Thanks,Manisha

When trying to insert a key ref in content we are experiencing a ridiculous lag time (2-5 minutes) before the key reference window appears. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar lag time. Note: Once the window appears we can insert the reference quickly. Anyone know of a way to improve the performance of the key ref window?

We would like to ensure that "check completeness" is run on content before AE is closed. Is there a way to do this? Is there anything we should be aware of that could cause issues when implementing this? We would still like the option to turn off this functionality when required.

Hi,We use the command dlgitem_set_list_count to cleanup a listbox after some searching in a custom made dialog.When we create the dialog and populate it we did not fell any time consuming change after upgrade. But when we perform some filtering, the cleanup operation with dlgitem_set_list_count(DLG,listbox,0) takes to much time to complete. In Editor release 5.2 it was not a time consuming event.Just to try to clarify the steps we use:Create dialog - OKCreate List box - OKPopulate list box - OKFilter array - OKCleanup Listbox - Very time consuming compared to release 5.2Populate Listbox with filtered results - OKAnyone facing similiar performance problems? Any tips?Thankyou very much

We upgraded to AE 6.1 last week. Since then, users have noticed that their screens scroll downwards after they paste content into the xml. Does anyone know what causes the screen to scroll down? Any suggestions as to how this can be fixed?

Dear PTC-team.As of now, displaying a CGM-file via IsoView is only possible within the Internet Explorer (without using third-party add-ons). Given that Internet Explorer is not necessarily the first choice for many customers, the question arises whether there are plans to enhance IsoView so it will be able to display CGMs within other browsers, e.g. FireFox, Opera or Chrome?Best regards

Hi all,Someone get the message [A17002]catalog file warning when open Arbortext Editor 6.0, only one machine. “Confirm”, then open AE normally.For the demo.xml, the keywords "1.0" is separated.the demo.xml is the following, when I delete the "1.0" (include " "), we can open AE normally.--------but the demo.xml is wrong, so we can't integrated the AE to CMS.We can't find this problem before.Could you give me any tips please?Your assistance will be highly appreciated in this regard.Thanking you

The DCF file covers many things, which makes it complicated and not always well understood. This is an issue every installation must deal with. A GUI (like Styler) for .dcf files would simplify the task of specifying this vital information and help users get the most from their Arbortext software.

Hi,I have developped a customization in ACL language for Arbortext Editor. Is it possible to protect the content of the acl files by encryption?RegardsXavier B

Hi,Has anyone else discovered a problem with attribute tests run against lots of elements that control the Edit Window display after upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1? Specifically, I am encountering intermittent crashes (some "unhandled exception" failures, some segment 11 failures) triggered by screen highlighting of profiled content. For example, I want the following to be highlighted red: <para book="first">blah blah blah.</para>And this to be highlighted blue: <para book="second">waa waa waa.</para>And this to have no highlighting at all: <para>all work and no play.</para>I had a user report an unhandled exception crash opening a particular document. I replicated the issue. I chased the code and could avoid the crash by disabling the FOSI call (via system-func). However, when I tried opening a very small chapter from this same document, while the code was enabled, the chapter opened fine. Then I tried opening the whole document and now I can't make it f

Hey All,I'm trying to write a macro that will replace a custom linestyle named "17-0.6-0.6" with the "Dotted" linestyle. I keep getting errors at "G = Activedoc.Styles[i].name". Does anyone know a solution? Here's what i have so far. I'm using IsoDraw 7.1.Define S_QTY as integerDefine i as integerDefine G as stringS_QTY = Activedoc.styleCountFor i = 16 to S_QTYG = Activedoc.Styles[i].name If (G = "17-0.6-0.6") If (exists (activeDoc.Styles["Dotted"]) = false) Then Activedoc.Styles[i].name = "Dotted" Else Delete Styles G "Dotted" i = (i - 1) End IfS_QTY = Activedoc.styleCountEnd forEnd MacroThanks in advance.

I have made multiple dita files .Please help me how to download the dita files from the arbotext styler in one shot.

Has anyone seen the errors below when launching AE? How would I go about fixing these?

I'd like to setup Arbortext Editor to list all my key definitions so that a user can browse in Reference Manager and insert a keyef from the key definition map that is stored in Windchill. I found that I can set ditakeybaselist=uri. But I don't know what the Windchill URI would be.