How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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6 total messages Started by Paresh_Karandikar Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:57

#1702

Author: 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

Re: How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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Author: Art Campbell
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:23

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Frame doesn't have a native macro capability.
You can address the API and probably do this either through the Frame Developer's Kit (FDK) or FrameScript, an add-on.

Art

Re: How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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Author: Paresh_Karandikar
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:15

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Thanks for the reply Art. I have been scanning the FDK programmer's guide and it covers a lot of advanced examples, but nothing as simple as shelling out to execute a command. If you could elaborate on how to do this that would be great! Thanks.

Re: How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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Author: Scott_Prentice
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:30

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The FDK just provides functions for interacting with FrameMaker. You need to use OS-specific API calls (such as WinExec) for system calls.

...scott

Re: How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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Author: Paresh_Karandikar
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:12

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Thanks for the replies Art and Scott. I tried downloading a trial version of FrameScript and can now make the call quite easily. I didn't even know about FrameScript before so this dialogue was very helpful. Thanks!

Re: How do I execute a macro in FrameMaker 8

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Author: systecgmbhnuremberg
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:03

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Hello Mr. Karandikar,

FrameMaker has very many keyboard shortcuts, so a lot of the functionality can be done via pressing keyboard buttons.
To get a list of all the shortcuts a FrameMaker instance knows, you can use the freeware plugin found under <http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/listshortcuts.php>

The result of running this plugin is a FM document that lists the shortcuts under a kind of keyword. These keywords can be somewhat cryptic, but most of the time, one can guess which function is hinted at.

Together with a keyboard macro recorder that records keystrokes, you can have a more or less cheap way to automate a lot of stuff (everything that can be done via shortcuts). One good keyboard macro recorder is RemoteKeys (http://www.freewarehits.de/RemoteKeys.htm).

Do not underestimate the power of keyboard macros. I myself used this technique to "automagically" change tables in a large customer document (add rows, delete others, assign formats a.s.o).

Hope this helps,

Franz.

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