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I have a user that when they zoom IN to a graphic the screen background will go black. He had this problem previously when we were running IsoDraw 7.1. We have now upgraded to 7.3 F000 and the problem has returned. We have tried the fix listed below but it does not seem to do the trick this time;Description:CGM graphics viewed in Internet Explorer using IsoView display as white graphics against a black background. This happens in NSIV and when CGMs are viewed from the CSDB.Resolution:Navigate to the following location: C:\Users\<user id>\AppData\Roaming\PTC\IsoDraw\PreferencesIf the AppData folder is not visible, the folder options to view hidden folders/files must be set. See process at bottom entitled “View Hidden Folders”Locate the file IsoView 7.2 Preferences.prf or IsoView 7.1 Preferences.prf. If you have both files the following process will need to be applied to both files.Right click on the IsoView preference file (IsoView 7.2 Preferences.prf/IsoView 7.1 Preferences.prf).

Can anyone tell me how IsoDraw keeps up with the AUTOID numbers? Also is there a way to customize this number?

I am trying to create a macro that will search through my drawing the select all the pens and set the color to black. The pen names vary from drawing to drawing and that is were I am having difficulty. I am able to change the pen color if I know the exact name, but that is not always the case. I need the macro to seach all pens reguardless of the name and change the color.Thanks for any help you can give me!

I am delving into the creation of custom line types for our company. I have created a few using just the default line types and modifying them, now I am wanting to really get into the nuts and bolts. To start simple I see in pen styles there are Start Marks and End Marks. Looking through the on-line help I see they are assigned an integer from 0 - 46 with 0 = no mark. However there is no listing of what the other options are like 1 - 46. Where can I find where and how these are defined?Keith HowardNorthrop Grumman

Have not seen any anouncement on this yet. Was released on April 13.Bryon

Dear community,we would like to use an xsl-transformation script over the opened document in Arbortext Editor 6.1. For this we tried to define a shortcut in acl which calls the xsl-transformation.Unfortunately we cannot find any command or an useful article in the helpcenter for this. We think this is maybe possible with the use of acl with javascript. Does anybody from you have experience about xslt in arbortext editor 6.1 with acl/javascript?Thank you a lot in advance.

We have upgraded to AE 6.1 and one of the new options available is when we check in an object, we can now choose to remove objects from the workspace. This new option is NOT working. We get the following message: [A11480] Attempt to implicitly declare variable "object_string" (at line 306 of file C:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext Editor_61\adapters\com.ptc.prowt.arbortext\init\wcutil.acl"). The object is checked into Windchill, however, the objects remain in the workspace. I've tried setting a parameter in the userprefs.xml file.Any other suggestions?

Since upgrading from AE 6.0 to AE 6.1 we have noticed that when cleaning the Windchill workspace the objects are not removed from the AE 6.1 browser workspace. The objects remain listed under the workspace name. We have to go into the browser and select "clean workspace". It appears that the both Windchill workspaces and AE 6.1 are no longer in sync. If The users do not clean the AE 6.1 workspace, they receive the following message when they try to check out an object. "The currently active workspace contains an out of date version of the document that you requested to open. Do you want to open the out-of-date version in the workspace?" Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is there a solution?

Another configuration question for day.Many of the table properties insert PIs. Is there a way to redirect these to populate attribute values instead?Thanks!

I am wanting to use the bookpartno field from my ditamap on the cover of my manual. Currently I have two being used. How do I write the new one so it will choose the one in the middle?/RDStyle/ResolvedMap/servicemanualmap/*[name()='bookmeta' or name()='servicemanualmeta']/bookid/bookpartno[last()]Bryon

Hey folks,I have a question about sorting attribute values.In the Modify Attributes dialog, the values in dropdowns are sorted alphabtically by default. Is there a setting to turn the sorting to manual?Many thanks,-Jeff

Does anyone have suggestions on the best training for Arbortext Styler for two individuals in our organization?

I have a doc made up of chapters that require individual LOEPs and Total Page count on the first page of each chapter. For some reason, these are only working correctly when the chapter has only recto and verso pages. If a chapter has any blank page in it, the total page count does not increment correctly and the blank pages don't show up in the leop. EXCEPT for the last chapter in the doc which works correctly. That's got to be a clue to what I'm doing wrong!but I just can't find the error.I've got two page total counters:<counter initial="0" enumid="totalpagect"> <counter initial="0" enumid="chpagect">The totalpagect for the doc is always correct and the frontmatter leop is working fine. I have these page counters incrementing in all the pages in the body pageset including the blank page.I am using a TIV in each page to capture the loep information for each chapter:<savetext textid="chlep.tiv" conrule="<newline">,folio[BO],dotfill,1pi,</newline>" placem

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We want to include the table of contents as an item in the bookmarks of a pdf file.Since we do not want the TOC to appear in the TOC itself, we're trying this:Our approach is to have 2 TOCs in styler. The first generates the actual TOC in the pdf, just as usual. The second one is only there to create the bookmarks in the pdf. Both TOCs are almost identical regarding the content, with the second one including an additional item: the TOC.But how to include the TOC (or any other dynamically generated content, that's not a title) into the TOC? We're working with DITA 1.2.

We noticed after installing AE 6.1 that the users are experiencing slow processing speed. Specifically when accessing CTRL + D (attributes window). To resolve this issue we remove the .wcf file from the folder C:\users\username\AppData\Roaming\PTC\Abortext Editor. Close AE 6.1 and then relaunch. My question is...does anyone have an explanation as to why this happens? Or, is there a way to resolve it other than what we have done above?

Hi CommunityAre there any menu or other command able to move/rotate/resize an object back to the original setup?I know how to make hidden parts move/rotate/resize along with the non-hidden parts (check mark in the references), but when I've move/rotate/resized an Object and want it to go back to how it was when I imported it, without deleting the recent object and starting over?I'm using Abrotext IsoDraw 7.3-M040.Importing drawings from Creo Parametric via Windchill.BR "The rookie"Jens Holme BjørneboeDFM engineerWidex

I want to import .book file into EditorCurrently i am using the following procedure:-[1] convert .book file to htm in framemaker[2] convert .htm file to xml using Arbortext Architect[3] open .xml file in EditorIs it the right way & is there any other way which i cado this?

Hi all, Is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle between full tags and no tags ?

Is there a way to have the schema documentation display in Arbortext Editor.Basically, if a user mouses over an element, is there a way to view the documentation on that element based on the schema documentation.

Hi!There's some option in Arbortext to make a table of contents without links?

Hi,I have a DTD and FOSI provided by a customer. Their FOSI has custom pdf bookmark tagging in it (<atidmd: etc.,=" etc.).=" everything=" else=" seems=" to=" work=" fine=" except=" for=" these=" custom=" bookmarks=" when=" i=" compose=" the=" book.=" i=" am=" using=" print=" composer=" and=" file--="> Compose--> Pdf File. I've tried with distiller="on" and "off".I read in an older thread a comment from someone saying that custom bookmarks are not possible using Print Composer, but only when using PE environment.Is this true?Thanks,KM

I installed a arbortext successfully, but when i open the attiributes tab the system is going stuck.

Hi, I would like to know how I can create a header in Arbortext document without using a style sheet.My problem is that I need to create multiple documents with different text on each header. But as all documents will have the same format, I want to use only one style sheet to change all documents at a time.Greetings and thank you very much.

Hi,I'm trying to troubleshoot some index issues and would like to be able to view the final index markup in the edit window.I followed the instructions in the Help file for this and I can see the preliminary index markup, but the _final pseudo tags contain no content. Do I need to code something extra special in my fosi in order to see the final index generated text?Thanks,KM