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Started by Philip_Bitar
Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:02
Parameterized keep?
Author: Philip_Bitar
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:02
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:02
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Is there a way to implement a parameterized keep that's comparable to widow/orphan control? Instead of having just the two choices of keep with prior/next, I want to keep paragraph A with the prior/next paragraph if paragraph A has less than a given number of lines. This isn't directly available in FM 7.2.
Re: Parameterized keep?
Author: Arnis_Gubins
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:13
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:13
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Unfortunately not. This could be implemented using FrameScript.
Re: Parameterized keep?
Author: Philip_Bitar
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:50
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:50
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Arnis, thank you for mentioning FrameScript. I browsed framescript.com but I would never have guessed from the info there that FrameScript would enable a user to create parameterized keeps. The info at the website touts features for mass producing FrameMaker documents as opposed to refining the layout of a document. Can you give me a feel for the capability of FrameScript to refine the layout of a document? Is there a succinct way to describe this?
Re: Parameterized keep?
Author: Philip_Bitar
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:11
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:11
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I can be more specific by mentioning the topics of my recent postings: Subsuming a character tag or a paragraph tab under a conditional-text tag Updating the cross-reference tags of autonumbered paragraphs as per updated autonumbering Positioning anchored frames on facing pages Finding cross-references to a marker without having to delete the marker and search for unresolved references Putting a border around an inline paragraph or a set of inline paragraphs without having to put the paragraphs in table cells Someone from FrameScript should monitor this forum and inform users of problems that can be solved in FrameScript that can't be solved directly in FrameMaker. This would help users and get business for FrameScript.
Re: Parameterized keep?
Author: Arnis_Gubins
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:31
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:31
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Philip, FrameScript is an object-oriented scripting language that lets you get at almost everything that's available in the FDK (the programming interface). It has all of the programming constructs that you'd expect for building complex scripts. In the case of your requirement, you would have to write a script that walks through a document checking the number of lines in a paragraph and then applying the keep property accordingly (realizing of course that simply applying the property creates an override, which could be a maintenance issue). For more info on creating FrameScripts, Rick Quatro's site at http://www.frameexpert.com is a great resource. Also, his tutorial book is an absolute must have if you want to start scripting. There's also a FrameScript user group at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framescript-users/ where you can ask questions and learn by perusing the archives. All of your other needs could also be addressed, however, it may be a complex programming task for some of them. There are a number of scripts available from various sources that can be used as starting points for developing your own scripts. Google is your friend... ;-)
Re: Parameterized keep?
Author: Philip_Bitar
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:32
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:32
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Thank you!
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