DITA FM to RH?

I'm evaluating the Tech. Comm. Suite and I'm trying to
combine everything...DITA supported in FM, as well as using RH to
convert such files to CHM. I'm having trouble converting to RH, I
suspect because DITA tags topics only w/ "title". Are FM
DITA-compliant books supported in RH? What's the trick to get the
topics properly converted?

In FM8, you can convert your DITAMap to FrameMaker Books.
Once you have FrameMaker Book, RoboHelp should be able to generate
Online Help. I can't think of any other issue.
FYI, there is a known issue w.r.t conversion of x-ref, index,
glossary elements from Structured FrameMaker documents to RoboHelp
hyperlinks, index and glossary entries. One possible workaround is
through use of Read Write rules in EDD.

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I have updated the ditafm-output.ini file in the following places:
[BookWithFM-Chapter]
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[BookWithFM-Index]
[BookWithFM-ListofFigures]
[BookWithFM-ListofTables]
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In each I used the following information for my Template file path:
Template=$STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA_1.2\app\technicalContent\template\Book_Templates\templateChap ter.fm
However, when I saved my DITA map as a FM 11 book with components, it still used the standard DITA templates, rather than my own templates.
What am I doing wrong?
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Problem Working With Framemaker 9 Dita XML Files in Framemaker 10

I just upgraded to Framemaker 10. I am encountering a number of problems when I try to work with my Dita XML help topics, which were last saved in Framemaker 9 format.
1. Using the Default Dita Template
When I open one of my documents in Framemaker 10, the Dita 1.2 template ditabase.fm is automatically applied. Everything seems fine. But then when I convert the XML to Eclipse help (which is essentially html, so we're going from XML to HTML) using Dita Open Toolkit ant scripts, I see this message:
[pipeline] [DOTJ013E][ERROR] Failed to parse the referenced file 'html\c_licensing.xml' due to below exception. Please correct the reference base on the exception message.
[pipeline] c_licensing.xml Line 25:Attribute "xmlns:ditaarch" must be declared for element type "dita".
I then opened the xml file in a text editor, and I saw this on line 25:
<dita xmlns:ditaarch = "http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/">
Line 25 looks fine to me. Am I missing something?
2. Switching to a 1.1 Dita Template
I tried to work around the above problem. In Framemaker, I tried to set a different structured application as the default one. I closed all files and chose the default Dita 1.1 structured application (it defaults to the Dita 1.1. Composite app.)
Then I tried to open my file: I got this message inside Framemaker:
"Validation of XML failed. Continue?
Error at [FILE PATH], line 25, char 72, Message: Attribute '{http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/}ditaarch' is not declared for element 'dita'
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
I switched from the default Dita 1.1. Composite structured application to the Dita 1.1. Topic structured application. Then I dirtied the source file and saved it. The messages I got in FrameMaker log window included the one above, plus I got a variety of Unknown Element messages, things like this:
Unknown element dita,
unknown element concept,
various attributes are not declared for concept,
unknown element conbody.
If I switch back to the Dita 1.1 Composite application all of these messages diappear except for this one:
Attribute '{http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/}ditaarch' is not declared for element 'dita'
My ant conversion scripts from the Dita Open Toolkit are still unable to process this file. They give the same message as is listed in (1) above and the file is not converted to HTML.
Can anyone help me with this problem? I've also posted this question to the Dita Users Group on Yahoo Groups. If I get an answer in one place, I'll post it in the other.
Thanks,
Nina P.

I really appreciate all the help you are providing with this, Scott. I tried your latest suggestions. Here's what happened:
Application Mappings:
I figured out how to add my "BigPage" structured application to the Applications Mappings dialog. I made a new "BigPage" mapping type, then figured out the non-intuitive part: how to add my individual BigPage topic types to it. I closed and reopened FrameMaker opened my test document, and, as before (before I did the application mappings) I saw my BigPage applications listed in the Structure Tools > Set Structured Application drop-down. I selected the appropriate application (in this case it was DITA1.1-BigPage-Reference-FM and clicked the "Set" button.
It is at this point in Framemaker 9 (and also once, in FrameMaker 10, early in this process, but I haven't been able to replicate it since) that the page size would change to tabloid size, indicating that the document was using the template from the BigPage reference structured application, not the regular DITA1.1 reference application. But this did not happen.
I tried saving the document, closing it, and reopening it. Once again the default structured application assigned to that document was "reset" to DITA1.1-Reference-FM. But the fact that the page size did not immediate refresh to tabloid size told me that although I did select the BigPage application in the drop-down, it wasn't being applied.
Public IDs:
The public ID in my test reference XML file is: <!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Reference//EN" "reference.dtd" [
The four public IDs in the DITA1.1-BigPage-Reference-FM entry in structapps.fm (in the Entity Locations section) are:
-//OASIS//DTD DITA Reference//EN
-//IBM//DTD DITA Reference//EN
-//OASIS//DTD DITA Composite//EN
-//IBM//DTD DITA Composite//EN
Do you see anything wrong with the above? .
Directory Structure:
Maybe I cloned the application incorrectly? Here's what I did:
1. In C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker10\Structure\xml, I copied the folder called DITA and pasted it into the same directory. I renamed this folder DITA-BigPage
2. Inside DITA-BigPage, I opened the app folder. Inside each subfolder in app, DITA-Reference-FM, for example, I opened the edd file in Framemaker. In this case, the edd file name was reference.edd.fm.
3. I edited the top line of reference.edd.fm. It originally said:
Structured Application: DITA1.1-Reference-FM.
I changed it to say:
Structured Application: DITA1.1-BigPage-Reference-FM
4. I saved the EDD file. Then I opened the template file in the same folder. It was called: reference.template.fm.
5. In reference.template.fm, I first changed my page size: Format Menu > Page Layout > Page Size > Tabloid > Set.
6. Then I imported the element definitions from the corresponding EDD file: File > Import > Element Definitions > reference.edd.fm > Click Import > Click OK to dismiss verification message.
7. I repeated the above process for all topic-type folders. For the maps types, I did not change the page size, as these will never display as topics in my online help. I did nothing to the dtd folder.
8. Once all this was done, I opened structapps.fm. I did the following to all Dita1.1 elements in the structure tree.
Selected the Dita 1.1 XMLApplication element, for instance, the one named Dita1.1-Reference-FM, copied it, and pasted it underneath the original element.
The original first few lines in the clone looked like this:
Application Name: DITA1.1-Reference-FM
      Template:              $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA\app\DITA-Reference-FM\reference.template.fm
      DTD:                       $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA\app\dtd\reference.dtd
      Read/write Rules: $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA\app\DITA-Reference-FM\reference.rules.fm
      DOCTYPE:              reference
I changed these lines to look like this, using your suggestion to create a variable for the first part of the URLs to enable speed and accuracy:
       Application Name:      DITA1.1-BigPage-Reference-FM
               Template:                    $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA-BigPage\app\DITA-Reference-FM\reference.template.fm
               DTD:                            $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA-BigPage\app\dtd\reference.dtd
               Read/write Rules:        $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA-BigPage\app\DITA-Reference-FM\reference.rules.fm
               DOCTYPE:                    reference
I also changed the "Filename" URLs in the "Entity Locations" section of this XMLApplication clone from $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA\app\ to $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA-BigPage\app\. Applying the "BigPage" variable I'd created for this purpose made this go quickly.
Finally, after this didn't work the first few times I tried it, I got suspicious that the structapps.fm file in my AppData folder (in my case, it was in the Roaming subfolder under the usual Adobe directories) was overriding the modified structapps.fm file in the Framemaker program directory so I replaced the one in AppData (it had all the original settings) with my modified version. This had no effect, unfortunately.
That was my process. After doing the above, the Dita1.1-BigPage applications all listed in the Set Structured App drop-down. They just didn't work,when applied to my XML documents. Nor did the application "remember" what structured application I had set when I opened a new xml document or closed/reopened the current document or closed/reopened the application. Did I place the directories correctly for Framemaker 10? This is the way I did it for FrameMaker 9 and it worked successfully.
As much as I'd love to solve this mystery, I've thought of a workaround I can fall back on that doesn't involve using a cloned application. I will change the page size of a few of the original Dita1.1 sturctured application templates to tabloid size, but leave the Topic structured application at letter size. I'll then apply the Topic structured application to my PDFs and use the others for my help topics. I'll set this up now. If this doesn't work, then I'll know there's a much bigger problem at the base of this, perhaps even something to do with changing page sizes in templates.

Can open Topics by drag & drop, but not by double-clicking in the DITA map

Hi,
evidently I made an error somewhere in my structure app, the result is that I cannot open DITA topics by double clicking them in the DITA map anymore (Framemaker does simpy nothing). I can, however, open them by dragging the xml files onto the Framemaker window. If I use the standard DITA 1.2 application everything works fine so I guess the problem is in my mapping.
Here is what I tried to achieve:
We need certain variations of the normal 'topic' type topic. The DTD should be identical, however different structures should be auto-inserted when creating a topic and the topic should have certain attribute values predefined.
The idea is that the author can select one of these topic types when creating a topic, but when opening an existing topic simply edit it with the standard topic temple.
Here is what I did:
I duplicated the topic.template.fm, renaming it say "topic_a.template.fm", "topic_b.template.fm" etc. (just an example).
I made adjustments to the EDD of these templates, changing the auto-insertions and the default values of some attributes.
In the structapps.fm file I added XML applications for these new topic types, mapping each application to one of the new templates, but to the original topic DTD and r/w rules. E.g. the application "DITA_1.2_topic_a" is mapped to the "topic_a.template.fm" template, and to the original "topic.dtd" and "topic.rules.txt" files.
In Framemaker I then created corresponding application mappings in the DITA options. E.g. the topic type "A" (which defines the visible text in the "New topic" menu) is maped to the XML application "DITA_1.2_topic_a".
The result:
It works as intended in every way when creating topics. The topics are saved with the standard doctype 'topic'. However for when I try to open topics from the DTD by double-clicking then nothing happens. Opening topics by drag & drop works fine though and they are opened with the normal (general) "topic.template.fm" template as desired.
Any ideas? Was this confusing or am I completely off somewhere?
Robert

Hi Robert...
When you say that you need "variations" from the normal topic type .. are those structural variations or just formatting? FM associates structure apps with XML files based on the doctype (root element). If your files all have the same root element, then they will all open with the same structure application (unless you specify a different one when opening the file or by importing a new EDD). It sounds like you really should be creating a specialization for each alternate topic type. If you don't, you'll end up getting the wrong "model" assigned to the wrong file.
Multiple EDDs (structure apps) can share the same DTD, and one EDD (structure app) can support multiple models. This is how the "ditabase" app works. There are lots of ways to set this up, but I think what you've done is probably not quite right.
The default structure app setup in FM11 and FM12 is very complicated to work with. I recommend creating a single app that supports many models. This isn't always possible, but it sounds like in your case it should be. I've set up one app that supports 13 different specialized topic models and it works fine.
Note that even though you've added structure apps for each model, if you end up opening the files using the default template, you are no longer using those modified models.
Sorry, but this is a bit more than can be dealt with appropriately in a forum post. If you'd like more help with this, feel free to contact me off list.
Cheers,
…scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com

How can i create a new user in OID DIT tree programmatically ?

Dear All,
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any help will be appreciated.
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Mohammed Amin

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Creating a new context in OID and extending DIT

I am developing a portal. I need to create a new context in the OID and extend the DIT so that i can store Subscriber information in it. Please help me with the procedure, and sample schema.
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udai.

Hello JB-Baby
You can't create a subfolder in Sent. Mail does this automatically for each account you set up. If you wish to organise messages you send by some criteria or other, why not consider a Smart Mailbox?
I assume by your second question you mean can you change the columns in the message viewer? Yes you can. You select View -> Columns and check the ones you want. You can adjust the order of the columns by dragging the titles around in the message viewer.
If you didn't mean this, maybe you could explain what you are after in a little more detail.

How can I add an mp4 to a DITA topic?

Hello,
I'm new to structured FrameMaker and to DITA. I'm using TCS5.
I'm having to compile a set of training materials that include video tutorials generated out of Captivate. I'm thinking I might have a ditamap of the text tutorial with all its concepts and tasks as topics, and then a separate topic at the end with the video, to which the others could link. I'd prefer to use the mp4 format rather than the outdated swf.
I've found how to do this by saving the ditamap as a Frame book with composite fm files. Of course I can just import the mp4 into the corresponding fm file. But this import is then not reflected or present in the pure dita topic and that makes exchangeability and re-use problematic. Ideally I would like to be able to do everything in pure dita without having to pass through fm files, much harder to maintain.
I've seen there is an "object" element in DITA which can be used to include video streaming, but I can't for the life of me find intelligible instructions on how to use it. The mp4 files would be in a folder of a local directory, or eventually in a sub-folder of our company web-site host.
Many thanks to anyone who can help.
EFR
Cambridge Imaging Systems

Hi Archaeopteryx...
You can add the DITA tagging to your topic, and it *may* generate properly through the DITA-OT, but it's not going to result in an embedded movie in the generated FM files when published through FrameMaker. In theory, someone could write a script to make this work .. but it's not currently set up to work properly in FM-generated output.
Here's a discussion of adding this tagging to a DITA topic on the Yahoo dita-users list ..
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dita-users/conversations/topics/23539
Cheers,
...scott

Configuration settings for FM10 & DITA questions

We are currently using FrameMaker 10 and trying to tweak some configuration settings.
1. Is there any way to change the default location of the user version of maker.ini? On Windows 7 it defaults to C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\version
I'd like to be able to change this to a network location. (Our FM installation is within a remote server that creates a temporary profile every time you open FM, which means that settings are lost.)
2. When using DITA, inserting a topicref into a relationship or DITA map you browse for a file. The default file type is .xml. Is there a way to change this so that the default is .dita (or at least all files)?
[I know how to change the default file type when you create a new DITA file to be .dita rather than .xml (DITA > DITA Options) - the setting is in the ditafm.ini file. But this does not impact the default when you browse for files.]
3. When using DITA and you insert an image, the default file type in the browse window is .JPG. Is there a way to change this?
4. Is there a way to change the default view for DITA files to show Element Boundaries (as Tags)? Currently you have to set it for each file you open.
[Thread moved to Structured Forum by moderator]

[This would have been better if you split your single posting with multiple questions into separate posts.]
1. As Jeff says, you can't move the FM specific location, however, you can move an entire Users pofile to another drive/location. This may present issues with other aplications though, so be wary. Detailed instructions can be found here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/87555-user-profile-change-default-location.html

Creating new task in DITA, how do I choose Strict or General?

I'm using DITA 1.2 with FrameMaker 12.
I've seen how I can create a new task with DITA > New DTIA File > New task... But the 1.2 DITA standard is supposed to support two types of task, strict or general. How can I specify that I want a general task rather than a strict one?
Thanks,
Archaeopteryx

Hi Archaeopteryx...
If you look in the structure app definitions (global), you'll see that there's a "generalTask" structure app. The app named "task" is strict, and the other is general. I've not tried it but I believe that you'd need to add the generalTask to the application mapping in options. When you do this it should show up in the New DITA File menu.
You may not be able to use both task types in the same app mapping .. I don't know .. but since it's not included in the default mapping, you may run into trouble getting it working. But definitely give it a try and let us know!
Maybe someone else who has done this will chime in with some useful info.
Cheers,
...scott

DITA templates erratic in FM10 on Win 7 32-bit

We are a writing team of 4 - two using Windows XP 32-bit, one using Windows 7 32-bit and until recently I was using Windows XP 64-bit. We are all using TCS3, with FM10.
We developed our desired DITA templates (task, topic, concept, etc.), updated our EDD and edited our structapps file and everything was working perfectly on the XP 32-bit and XP 64-bit systems. Our fourth colleague joined us, was given the Win 7 32-bit, and tried to set up our templates to use. They all worked fine, except for the Task template - which will not open a new file, nor allow her to open any existing Task .xml or .fm files.
Then, for other reasons, my OS was switched from XP 64-bit to Win 7 32-bit, and I had to set up the templates again after loading TCS 3 on. Now, all of the templates are working perfectly, except for Topic. If I choose DITA>New DITA file>New Topic and choose the template, it starts to open the file window and then just shuts down again, no error message, no file, no nothing. If I try to open an existing topic.xml file I get this error message:
     XML Read Report Log
     November 15, 2012 10:14 am
     Source Document: R:\User_Manuals\baseline\...\Topic\12AJF070H4Y.xml
     XML Read Messages...
     Cannot open the template file ($STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA_1.2\app\technicalContent\template\TemplateMasterTopic.fm)
Which is exactly what happens when my colleague with 7 32-bit tries to open a task file. Any ideas on what could be happening, that would make one file type unable to access a template, when all the others work exactly as they should be?
If I've missed including any information that would help clarify the situation, please let me know!

All very strange.
I'd start by testing the default apps. Hopefully, you have created new apps rather than modifying the default apps .. yes? If so, switch back to the default apps and see if you're getting the same behavior. If this is happening with the default, unmodified, apps, you'll know that it's a system issue of some kind .. if it on;y happens with your apps, then it's likely a problem with your apps.
In your second post, you say some things that I don't really understand ..
1) You said .. "If I click File>Open>select our task.template.fm.xml it opens with a TASK top level element." .. why do you have a file named "task.template.fm.xml"? Templates are typically FM binary files not XML files. Was this a typo or can you explain what this file is used for?
2) You said .. "If I click DITA>New DITA File>New Task>select out task.template.fm it asks if it can open in .xml, I say yes, it opens with a TASK top level element." .. If you select "New Task" (or any new DITA topic type), it's asking for a new file name. If you're selecting the file "task.template.fm", FM thinks that you want to name the new file with that name, but an XML file cannot have a ".fm" extension so it asks if it's OK to use ".xml" as the extension. This then creates a new file named "task.template.fm.xml" (perhaps that's how you got the file in my question #1). My question is .. why are you doing this? Selecting the template file will have no affect on things, and just ends up creating a file with an odd name in the app folder.
Let me know how the testing with the default apps goes, and with a bit more info we may be able to resolve your problems.
Cheers,
...scott

How do I edit or remove text automatically added to a DITA layout?

I'm evaluating FM11 with an eye toward using it to author our print manuals (along with all the reuse stuff that DITA will allow). I have some experience with DITA authoring in other applications, but FM is new to me.
It's going to be up to me and a colleague to demonstrate how FM is an improvement over our current manual process (InDesign). One thing we need to demonstrate in particular is how we'll retain complete control over layout appearances (something we don't easily get in our other XML authoring tool).
I've been playing with the "New" DITA task/reference/concept templates as they open, and I'm troubled to see that text automatically appears in some places and I can't edit it or delete it. For instance, an <info> tag adds the text "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION". We may not want that text to appear in our layouts, or we may want to change it. At the very least, I'll need to demonstrate that I have control over text like this.
I've looked through Reference Pages, EDDs, DTDs, INIs, and several other places, and I can't nail down the source of the (potentially) unwanted text. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Hi ohnehosen...
These strings are defined in the EDD, as autonumber text in the paragraph style, or on the reference pages. It sounds like you've checked all those places, but they *are* there. One problem that you may be running into with FM11 is that you're likely using DITA 1.2, and for DITA 1.2 there is a separate structure application for each topic type. That means you'll have different EDDs and templates to search through. If you modify an EDD you'll be needing to import that into the corresponding template.
I strongly suggest that instead of modifying the default structure apps, you first clone the defaults to names of your own. Then you modify your custom apps and leave the default apps available unmodified for testing. You *will* break the apps at some point (everyone does), and without the default unmodified apps available for testing.
If you don't need the DITA 1.2 model, you might consider using the DITA 1.1 apps, which (I believe) are just one app for all topic types.
OR .. if you want a far simpler and reliable option for PDF publishing from DITA, you might check out DITA-FMx. This is a product that I sell, but it provides enhanced DITA authoring and publishing tools in FrameMaker ..
http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/
Cheers,
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com

How can I force a re-creation of Access Manager's DIT?

Good day foks,
I'm deploying SJS AM 7 as part of a wider JES2005Q4 deploymeny.
I accidentally deleted the contents of the ou=People context in DS where the AM installation created, among others, my amAdmin account.
I can't restore the content from backup because I had added new indices to my DS directory.
I can't re-create the user by re-configuring using amconfig or by re-installing using the installer GUI because the procedure detects the old DIT.
So can anyone tell me how to force the re-creation of the DIT?
Thank-you for reading this.
Cheers,
Etienne

I've used the procedure described in the Sun Java System Access Manager 6 2005Q1 migration guide (817-7645.pdf), p47 of 98, "Configuring the Directory Server schema files". By re-importing the client data files manually, the amAdmin and the anonymous users got re-created.
I don't know whether this procedure maintains consistency between amAdmin, anonymous on one part and the rest of the schema updates and data added on the other part. If anyone does know, I'd be glad to hear about it.

How to Install and integrate the Portal with a external DIT

We have an existing enterprise directory with more than 1000 users.
The existing system runs on Portal 3.x and has a profile directory for the portal system and the enterprise directory is used for Authentication.
We are migrating the Portal to 6.x and the requirement is to have a single directory server for all the applications ( portal ,messaging and calendar).
The problem is the enterprise directory also manages other applications and has a entirely different DIT to that of portal .
Can the Portal , Messaging and Calendar point to a different DIT ..
Just a small example for the problem we face here.
The actual portal install has a
<base-dn>
    |
    |___________________________________
    |                                        |                                       |
ou=services           o=<company>            ou=DSAME
                                                                                       etc.
But the existing Production system has the following DIT
<base-dn>
   |
c=country
   |
ou=organization
   |____________________________________
   |                                        |                                          |
ou=apps                        o=customers                   etcSo they want the Portal ,messaging and the calendar applications to have their attributes under the " ou=apps" branch .
Is this possible ,.if not why and any other possible alternative solutions are also appreciated .
thanx in advance.
( sorry i am facing some formatting problems ..Hope u get the question right)

You can share the DIT.
It will however be a tricky config with the default tools.
When you add a user with the portal gui you will miss some classes needed for mail and calendar. If you add the user in the mail console you will miss some classes for the portal.
You have to use a tool that adds all the required stuff for the user in ldap if the user shall be able to use the portal, the calendar and the mailsystem. But of course... you have the ldap console...
/Per-Olov

How can we handle graphics in DITA source files in order to display them correctly both in PDF and H

We are using FM9 to publish PDF and HTML output from DITA source files and we cannot find a way to display images correctly. By adjusting the appropriate DPI, the image gets correctly displayed in HTML but not in PDF where it appears cropped according to the the text frames of the source file in FM9, like this:
We have tried to enlarge the text frame in the source file but for some reasons FrameMaker doesn't take these changes into account.
By modifying the attribute of the element <fig> (expanse = page), it was possible to improve a bit the rendering in the PDF but not completely.
Our graphics are in JPG format.
Any help on this is highly appreciated.
Thank you.

Hi Al@s...
DITA doesn't provide a way to store additional information about anchored frame properties (since there is no "frame" element, just image), that's why FrameMaker doesn't allow you to set the frame size to something other than the image dimensions.
The "standard" DITA way to reference an image with two different DPIs is to insert multiple fig/image elements and conditionalize (via attributes and ditaval) each image so it shows up in the proper output. This can be a bit tedious to insert two images for each instance, but that's the typical way to handle it (unless you've got a CMS that switches the images for different output types).
If you use DITA-FMx, it provides a "fmdpi" feature which allows you to tag an image with the DPI you want to use in the FrameMaker-generated output, but the DITA coding sets no DPI (or height/width), so it uses the default image size for your HTML output.
http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/
Cheers,
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com

DITA - Multiple objects in anchored frame

Hi,
I'm using the DITA features in FrameMaker 9. I'd like to insert multiple objects in an anchored frame in a DITA topic.
Right now, if I save an image element containing multiple objects, FrameMaker discards any extra objects in the frame. I've also experimented with adding extra graphics elements to the DTD using the attributes listed in the Structure Application Developer Guide. I can save DITA topics containing the custom elements, but they are not added to the XML file though I can see them in the FrameMaker interface. I have not yet experimented with a DITA specialization.
When exporting anchored frames in Structured FrameMaker to XML, FrameMaker bundles multiple objects in a frame into a single CGM file.
Is there a way to export anchored frames to CGM files before saving DITA topics? Is there a plug-in out there that will automatically save the objects in a frame? Can I use read/write rules to define how to treat these frames? How about creating a specialization on the objects element?
I'd like to use the tools in FrameMaker to modify elements in an anchored frame. I don't see why doing this should break the DITA model if these objects are bundled into a single file on export.
Thanks,
- Maura

Hi Maura...
The short answer is .. you can't do that.
DITA knows nothing about "frames" and only allows a single object to be referenced by an image element, so to remain in compliance with the DITA specification the content of a frame is tightly controlled by FM. There's nothing that you'll be able to do via read/write rules or EDD tricks to get FM to write out the data from multiple objects as a CGM .. this is overridden by the internal DITA plugin within Frame. You're correct that in theory FM could merge multiple graphics into a CGM, but this really wouldn't be a good way to operate since the text or other objects would no longer be editable. You can do this now using Illustrator or other applications that let you store the text and objects on separate layers, then save to a single file. Reference this single file in the image element in DITA.
That said .. we are looking into supporting some subset of multiple graphic objects within a frame in DITA-FMx, and this feature may be available in an upcoming beta.
http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/
Cheers,
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com

RoboHelp Html 8 DITA indexterm

Hi,
I am trying to generate a RoboHelp project from a DITA map file. Most things do work fine, but I have not been able to figure out how to generate the RoboHelp index from the "indexterm" expressions in the DITA files.
When I look at the original DITA xslt files, there is some basic treatment of the indexterm tags, but of course there is no notion of RoboHelp index files. Any hints how to best approach this problem?

Well, here is my own answer (RoboHelp 8, Framemaker 9):
In Framemaker/DITA add behind the title or shortdescription a prolog tag, thereafter metadata, keywords, indexterm.
Add your indexterms.
When moving to RoboHelp, these terms will be added to the RoboHelp index.
When you want to create a Framemaker book you probably want to hide the metadata. This can be done making the prolog tags conditional.
In Framemaker, go to menu DITA > DITA Options... and select "Conditionalize prolog on file open". You need to open and save each file once to have this option come into effect.
When you go to create a Framemaker document, open your DITA map file and choose File > Save as... and choose "Composite Document 9.0 (*.fm)".
Open the file just created and go to menu Special > Conditional Text > Show/Hide Conditional Text...
In the respective tab select radio button option "Show as per Condition" and make sure, that the DITA-Prolog element appears on the list of "Hide" elements on the right.
That's it, folks.

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