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We have some issues where the style sheet can fit the heading and three lines of text on the bottom of the page instead of pushing it to the next page so the topic makes more sense. How and where can I adjust this?Bryon

We are moving to importing dxf files into Isodraw for line drawings. Is there a way that I can specify that a text layer in the dxf gets imported onto a layer labeled text in my IsoDraw template? or does this need to be done via a macro after the dxf has been placed in the file?ThanksBryon

Hello everyone,I'm new with ACL, so, I'm not sure if it's possible to copy/paste fragment without let the dialog "specify top level element" appear?My example is that I have:<chapter> <section> <child>1...</child> </section> <section> <child>2...</child> </section> <copied> .... </copied></chapter>Currently if I copy the first two sections and paste it into <copied></copied>, it will show a "Specify top level element" dialog which asks for the top level element. What I would like to have is that it allows to copy/paste 2 sections (without outermost element). Is that any way I can do it using ACL?I use a hook to catch on 'paste' event in ACL: doc_add_callback(current_doc(), 'paste', 'my_paste_handler')I appreciate for any help!Thao Nguyen

Hello all,I have here a very complecated question. Is it possible to make a set of tags to look in a different order?Please have a look at the exapmle below.Example:<Tag A> contains texts.<Tag B> contains an image.---------------------a part of xml document----------------<Parent Tag> <Tag A> Apples are red. </Tag A> <Tag B>[image of apples] </Tag B></Parent Tag><Parent Tag> <Tag A> Oranges are orange.</Tag A> <Tag B> [image of oranges] </Tag B></Parent Tag>----------------------------------------------------------------------I want to make the appearance of this set of tags like below.----------------a part of xml document---------------------<Parent Tag> <Tag A> Apples are red. </Tag A> <Tag A> Oranges are orange.</Tag A></Parent><Parent Tag> <Tag B> [image of apples] </Tag B> <Tag B> [image of oranges] </Tag B></Parent Tag>--

Wondering if anyone has worked with images in XUI.Specifically, I have a listbox with a list of image titles, and whenclicked, I want them to show below in a little preview window.The problem I'm having is that my XUI is setup so that all of my toolsetsare contained within a <box>. Looking at the API, it seems that<imagegroup> needs to be a child of <window>, which seems odd.I also see <picturebox> that can take a ref, but I'm not sure if thatsomehow means I need to create the <imagegroup><image> on the main window(evidently hidden?), then reference it from the picturebox?I'm able to do this pretty easily within the editor window by modifying mydcf as follows:<graphic element="vectorimage" entity="entityref" filename="fileref"/">Then in the XML, I can insert a tag such as:<vectorimage db_id="1" fileref="<br"/>The main kicker is that the image is dynamically created by a service,based upon a passed-in ID. This works fine in the edit

What are the plans, if any, for Arbortext technical presentations by PTC,partners, and customers? Last year there were none and the Serviceconference where the only Arbortext material was presented, was nottechnical.

I am tring to profile a procgroup, the profiles window comes up, but when I add the element it says could not apply profile since the affected element does not support a "product" attribute. How do I correct this? Where do I need to look? Is it in stlyer or is that a settign that I need to modify in the profiling.pcf. I am not aware that changes where made to allow other elements to be profiled. ThanksBryon

Many moons ago, there was some discussion about troubleshooting performance issues, and someone had posted a command line string to fire up the Arbortext trace and set the level of debugging, but I can't find it anywhere.Anyone have that written down so I can be smart enough to write it down?Also, I've noticed I haven't seen any adepters traffic since Thursday?Thanks,-Jason

Hello allI would like to know the way in Arbortext Styler how to put elements into one page.I made 8 element contents all with "hazardstatement" in Arbortext Editor and when its published in PDF, each hazardstatement shows up on different pages. (In total, 8 pages of hazardstatements with a lot of unnecessary blank space.)All those 8 element contents in one same page to show it concisely with a stylesheet.I hope to hear your advice.Kind regards,Tomomi

I'm trying to do a macro that draws a triangle using create line and append line, and want the completed triangle to have black fill.I can't see a way to switch fill on in a macro (and trun it off again afterwards).Is this one of those functions that never made it to macros?

I recently read a post somewhere (can't remember exactly), it was regarding using Python to automate some of the things in ArborText Epic Editor ( which has a ACL (Arbortext Command Language)) just like our IsoDraw Macro language.So just thought whether is it possible to use Python to automate tasks in Isodraw alongwith our IsoDraw Macro language.I humbly request the experts to please share your thoughts.Regards,Rahul

Hi PTC Team,i am facing some problem related to the symbol font for my project. And these symbol are mathematical symbols.if you people have a solution for the same then please provide me as soon as possible. Thanks And Regardsiliyash siddiquithomson digital -

Hello,I am trying to compare two strings, page_start.txt and page_end.txt in order to build an LEP using page ranges and want to output the single page thus avoiding "P1 to P1....."However, I am struggling getting <specval attname="page_start.txt" attloc="#FOSI" attval="#EQ#page_end.txt"> to work.Is the syntax correct here, or if it is, are there any alternative methods for comparing strings within a FOSI ?ThanksAndy

I've currently upgraded from Arbortext version 5.3 to Arbortext 6.0 M100 and I'm having some problems with porting over our custom javascript/ACL.One of these customizations is a simple function run when the document is first loaded that checks a couple attributes of the root note:var actDoc = Application.activeDocument;var docRoot = actDoc.getDocumentElement();var rootName = "" + docRoot.getTagName();Right now, docRoot is returning null which breaks the getTagName() call. Other exceptions in some of our other custom ACL also say:Wrapped com.arbortext.epic.AclException: [A12653] The "detail" command is illegal for a text file.All our custom code is running on 5.3 without hiccup. Are there any caveats/details I need to know about with custom javascript/ACL when upgrading from such an old version? I know Arbortext 5.3 used Rhino as a Javascript interpreter, did anything change there in the updaets maybe? I'm really lost here and would appreciate any input.

Hi,Arbortext 6.0 m090. Windows 7. Arbortext Editor launched via our batchfile. No othre action taken.Double-clicking XML files causes the following error to display:[A14123] Existing window is busy or has an active dialog box. Do you wantto start another Arbortext Editor session?We do not because will not have the necessary environment settings presentin the batch file. Has anyone seen this behavior? Fixed it?We get something similar attempting to launch the XML files from DocumentumWebtop. For what it's worth ...-- Paul Nagai

I've currently upgraded from Arbortext version 5.3 to Arbortext 6.0 M100 and I'm having some problems with porting over our custom javascript/ACL.One of these customizations is a simple function run when the document is first loaded that checks a couple attributes of the root note:var actDoc = Application.activeDocument;var docRoot = actDoc.getDocumentElement();var rootName = " + docRoot.getTagName();Right now, docRoot is returning null which breaks the getTagName() call. Other exceptions in some of our other custom ACL also say:Wrapped com.arbortext.epic.AclException: [A12653] The "detail" command is illegal for a text file.All our custom code is running on 5.3 without hiccup. Are there any caveats/details I need to know about with custom javascript/ACL when upgrading from such an old version? I know Arbortext 5.3 used Rhino as a Javascript interpreter, did anything change there in the updaets maybe? I'm really lost here and would appreciate any input.

I would to have the word STEP show up before the generated chapter number. In styler, Under elements, I have found the element title in chapter, and under generated text it has add before element content the number 1. If I click on edit it brings me to the add before - title screen all that is in there is a yellow box. how do I add STEP to this, Why can I not modify the yellow box? Am I even in the right place to modify the chapter number?Bryon

Hello everybody!!Well, I have been implementing some functionality in my Arbortext Editorusing java, javascript and ACL, however suddenly I'm having this problemwhen Arbortext Editor closes unexpectedly and I don't have any idea whythis is happening. I'm attaching an image of my error, so please, doesanybody knows what are the possible scenarios in which this errorappears? I think that maybe this is because I've created a lot ofjava_instances inside my ACL code, however I'm not pretty sure about it,I must say that once any of this java objects fulfill it's function Idelete it using the java_delete ACL command :- Please help me! 😄As always I really appreciate your help and support. Have a wondeeerfullday!Paulette Zorrilla

Available for immediate download from PTC's support site is our newest maintenancerelease for 6.0. The M100 release notes can be found hereand the list of SPR fixes here(login to the PTC support site may be necessary to access these PDFs).

Hi all,Is there any good way to show footnotes under a table which contains the several number of notes without DITA specialisation?I already tried the footnote element <fn> to show the notes right under the table.I was told to use <fn> to make it and style it with Styler for the design to show the footnotes right under the table.However, the table was a bit too long to fit in one page so it was divided in two pages. Then the head numbers of footnotes were different in each page even they were the xref of one same footnote element. (See the image)I have no idea how to fix this one. Even if the footnote is valid for this, I have no clue how to style it with Arbortext Styler.Also I am looking for the way to do this without specialising DTD.Can anyone help me with this?Thank you very much in advance.

Hi, One of my customer is facing problems while working on ISO DRAW 7.2. Apparently, these were no there in older versions. Can somebody help me repond to this : How to set the default templates (Full page and Half page) in 7.2?While taking print out list number not display ? While doing eps, we have to give path every time manually. This was not the case on older versions of ISO Draw? Dashed shadow lines some times not visible. We need to close application and relaunch everytime to see the Shadow llines. While opening dxf file, It shows multiple lines crossed, an explamle is attached. Thanks & RegardsNITESH

When publishing to PDF, I'll sometimes get an error/warning message (for example if I don't back up a keyref with an href), and the message gives me a line number (where the issue occured). Is there an easy way to search for that line from the bookmap? Currently, I'm searching for the concept id where the issue occurs manually, and it's a pain.

So the 2014 PTC World call for presentations no longer lists Arbortext (or IsoDraw) as a PTC product.So has PTC spun the entire service management side of things off to another BU? Is there any compelling reason to attend PTC World? Is there still an intent to have a separate service event?So many questions...

I have referenced a footnote in a table that is in a table, the reference and the footnote are both in the second table. When I publish the pdf, the footnote appears but the refereced one does not. I think the context should be under xref. But what should my context look likeThanks for any help

Hey guys, played around with isodraw on and off for awhile. I can't find the answer in the documentation, but it should be a relatively simple answer. How do i get images to go inside the grid box? I open pvz and other cad types, and they always bigger than and far away from the grid. All the instructions show them as already being inside.Many thanksBryon