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Arbortext ALD World Users event 2024 We are pleased to announce to the community our next users meeting event Arbortext ALD World.This event is aimed exclusively at past, present and future users of Arbortext Layout Developer (formerly APP/3B2) and, by extension, Styler/PE advanced stylesheet users. The focus of this event is on the requirements of publishers, printers, publishing solution & service providers. We will also cover the Arbortext Layout Editor, Publishing Engine, XML Editor, and Styler products as the integrated product suite.The event will be held on September 24th & 25th 2024 in Cologne, Germany & hosted in separate English & German tracks with our long-term partners DATACOPY Publishing Solutions GMBH. For full details please see: https://www.tformat.com/arbortext-ald-world-users-meeting-2024/

I need to call a method right after a file is opened in the editor.Is there such an event somewhere ?  I can't find it. Thanks.

We're doing an upgrade from Arbortext 8.1 to 8.2 and use a floating license on the peserver. From the help text (https://support.ptc.com/help/arbortext/r8.2.1.0/en/index.html#page/PE%2Fpeinstall%2Fpe1004.html%23) I can read that I need a locked license for 8.2. I can also read that I cannot use my old license if it's used for 8.1. However, in the license portal it says 8.2 under revision.So my questions are:Do I need to change my Arbortext publishing engine license from floating to locked?Do I need to get a new license for  Arbortext publishing engine, or can I use the one I have since it says "revision 8.2"?Thanks!

Hello everybody, can somebody help me? I'm using Arbortext 8.2 but can't preview or export PDFs because the PTC Arbortext Publishing Engine isn't configured. Somebody can provide me steps on how to fix this error.

Hi Folks,I am working on some XML that uses XSL-FO engine to create a PDF. In particular, this stylesheet is capable of building a glossary that is automatically inserted into the <glossary> element in my XML doc. The stylesheet that I use calls up 3 files;a stylesheet that changes the appearance of the glossary,a file that contains all the glossary terms and definitions, anda transformation XSL. The XSL file fills the <glossary> element in my working XML with <glossterm>s found in said XML. It matches the glossterms in my XML with the 'repo' (in the point above). Currently, I am trying to build the same PDF using Styler (APP engine). The XML I am working withWhere the glossary is inserted:book- section-- title glossary-- <glossary> Entries to populate glossarysection- para <glossterm>XYZ</glossterm> What I need to get in PDF:GlossaryXYZ ----- XYZ Definition ------Could someone help me with this?

A new version of Arbortext Editor/Styler/Publishing Engine is available on the software downloads site.   Version 8.2.2.1 fixes an issue with authoring SGML documents.  8.2.2.1 will be replacing the 8.2.2.0 versions.   Note that the fix for SPR 14650058: "Performance issues when working with large documents that have a flat structure" which had been fixed in Arbortext Editor 8.2.2.0 is reverted in Arbortext Editor 8.2.2.1. The SPR will be addressed in a future release.

Hello,I want to use PDF Form Field functionality (in ATX 8.2.2) on the Title Page of the book(via page region with the Text Generated Content) but in vain. PDF creation is aborted with Error message PDFlib Warnings:create_field: Invalid field pathname 'textField_0' (name 'textField_0' already exists) The PDF form fields usage inside xml document works correctly according manual: ATX_HOME\samples\APP\PDFFormFields. Is it possible to use this functionality in the Page Layouts (by using Styler only, without editing in ALD) ? Thanks for helpJana

Version: 8.2.1.0 I also have installed version 8.1.2.1 in another directory. Opening PTC Arbortext with a client, there is an issue while calling open_connect() which crashes the app leaving me with an error window: editor.exe: Unexpected error: Invalid C -runtime parameter.

Hi, We're trying to eliminate an element used throughout our document in Arbortext, but retain the text it's wrapped in. The issue is nearly resolved following the solution provided in this topic:Solved: Re: Remove <P> element from a table - PTC Community This solution works for our issue, but only for tags in tables. Our target tag could have any parent. I have tried modifying this line... if (oid_name(oid_parent($arr[$i])) == "entry") ...replacing "entry", but had little luck. Here's the script as it currently exists: function remove_text_tags(){local oid = oid_first_tag()local cntlocal i = 1cnt = oid_find_children(oid, $arr, "text")for ($i=1; $i<=$cnt; $i+=1){if (oid_name(oid_parent($arr[$i])) == "entry"){goto_oid($arr[$i],-1)dt}}}Thanks for any help! Jeff

Hi together,from the Arbortext Editor i can only find a deployment kit version of 8.1.Is it planned to publish a deployment kit version of 8.2. in the near future? So we could use this version.  

I need to add a callback on when the DELETE key is pressed.  I don't need to change the behavior of the key pressing but only to detect it and being able to run a function additionally to the normal process. Thanks for your time.

Hi,On a few Windows 10 machines in our company PTC Arbortex IsoDraw 7.3 M090 Build 7 crashes on application startup. The app starts and as soon as the empty untilted project tries to be opened, IsoDraw immediately closes without any further error message. On other similar windows machines, IsoDraw starts just fine.Are there some log files we can have a look at (where are they located) and how do I contact the official support, since we pay licensing for this IsoDraw software?

Hello,Do you know how I can find the bottom right corner position of all the elements of a CGM illustration in order to add a right alignment text just below the drawing  ? Thank you and nice day to all

I'm adding a callback on the Save option in the Arbortext Editor menu.The callback works perfectly but I don't know how to prevent the save from being made in a particular case.Here is my addition of the callback :   doc_add_callback(current_doc(), 'save', 'triggerSaveDocument');   Here is my implementation of that callback :   function triggerSaveDocument(doc, op){ local isValidDocument = callComparaison(); if(!$isValidDocument){ #I need here to prevent the save process of being made. return 0; } }    I tried return 0;  but that didn't work.Do you know how to bypass the saving ?Thanks for your time.  

Hello !I'm starting with Isodraw Macro, do you know the code to find the active opened file name ?Thank you 

Currently using ISODraw CADprocess 7.4.0.0, There is no options to UNDO or REDO.Can you please help to get resolve this issue. 

I read the APTCUSTOM value using local tmpPath = $main::ENV['APTCUSTOM'];If I look at the string showing it with response($tmpPath); it works well but when I pass that value to a js function, inside that function the string is unreadable and therefore I cannot construct a path with it.What to do in order to pass what response popup shows ?  

Hi together, we would like send some elements as string to an external .exe Tool, and want to get the result as a return value back in acl. So we need a interaction between acl and the external exe.Do you have an idea how we can do this via ACL? We know the "sh" command, which starts the exe, but we cannot get a return value from this.Best regards

Currently we have an acl script that adds the username to any comments that are inserted. There has been a request to add the date. Is there a way to only have the date? Under functions there is no date only option., only a time_date function.   function insert_tag_after_callback(doc, tagname, oid, op) { if (op==1) { return 0; } if (tagname == "_comment") { goto_oid(oid); insert("[" . time_date() . ", " . username() . "]: "); } }   doc_add_callback(0, "insert_tag_after", "insert_tag_after_callback");   Thanks Bryon

Hello, With Arbortext Editor, is it possible to combine XML Documents and Fragments Using XInclude ? I want to include only a fragment of a file in a master file. Kind regards David

Tue, Feb 27, 10:00 AM EST In this session you will learn what just released in Creo Illustrate 10.1 as well as a high-level overview of what we have planned for the next release. Please join to learn more and provide your feedback. We look forward to having you attend the event! Register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/aed4e02c-13aa-4342-ba73-a72478f32001@b9921086-ff77-4d0d-828a-cb3381f678e2

We are having issues with poor hyphenation placement for translated languages. I have found this https://support.ptc.com/help/arbortext/r8.1.2.0/en/index.html#page/styler%2Fstyler%2Fhelp27549_help27549_2.html%23 but not sure what it means? Under stylesheet properties there is the APP formatting tab which has a hyphenation section, but there does not seem to be a way to change it per language.    Thanks Bryon

I have a lot of XML files that are revised by random people.These XML files can have the element PARA and these PARA can have a list of children. When the PARA has a FOO child, it is expected that this FOO will be around spaces, for example: <PARA>SOME PARA TEXT <FOO>SOME FOO TEXT</FOO> MORE PARA TEXT.</PARA> But if there aren't spaces around, it would be ideal to show a message to the person who is reviewing the XML. This must happen for all PARA children. Is there a way to do such a thing with ACL?

We have multiple stylesheets and I would like the default one to be selected when publishing. Currently if I publish a topic by itself it chooses the correct stylesheet. When I publish a map it chooses a different one.   The goal is to have the same stylesheet selected when publishing a topic or a map. I did find a help topic about adding a stylesheet PI https://support.ptc.com/help/arbortext/r8.1.2.0/en/index.html#page/admin%2Fadmin%2Fhelp1394.html  I do not think that is what I want. I also found this one https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS269879?source=search and it does not seem to work.    Currently if I go to format, select stylesheets the editor/default  path is correct to the techinfo stylesheet, but the print/pdf is empty with no association. My guess is that it should be set to the default techinfo stylesheet also. Is that the correct thought? Is there a way to make the setting global for all the users.   Thanks Bryon  

I am updating the french xliff file to automatically change the TM symbol to MC, and the reg symbol to MD when published. I cannot seem to find any symbols that are already created in a superscript MC or MD. I have not seen any way to modify the text in the xliff file.