How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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From: Paresh_Karandikar
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:57

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Critical details: FrameMaker 8 standalone version on Windows XP.

I have some custom code in DOORS. (DOORS is a requirements mgmt tool for those that don't know). The code is very simple - it just spits out requirements 96-100.

I want FrameMaker to shell out, execute this code, and somehow receive the output from DOORS. The DOORS code execution can be done from a DOS command-line, so if FrameMaker will let me execute DOS commands somehow, this should be easy. The last step is somehow accepting all of the returned info into a variable (or whatever) and then dumping it into my FrameMaker document.

I am guessing this should be pretty easy, but I can't seem to find any documentation that leads me to this capability. Please help if you can. Thanks!

--Paresh
Herndon, VA

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