Stumped: Why won't DITA-OT process my Frame 9 map file?

I'm stuck and hope someone might provide some guidance. I'm running Frame 9 on Windows XP.
I've created a very simple map file and am trying to get it to process in the DITA OT.
Everything appears to be set up correctly (I specify which Dita map is to be transformed...
etc.), but when I click Transform, I get the following error message:
"WinANT Build Error
It appears the build process failed. Either no log file was produced or the log file stylesheet
was not generated into the output directory.This means the process didn't complete correctly."
It then tells me:
-To be sure I have the Java JDK installed. (I do.)
-Check that the Dita OT dir on the DITA tab is pointing to the correct
location of the DITA toolkit. (It is.)
-To deselect the Overrides on the advanced tabs ( I did.)
-Tweak the fix resolver checkbox on the DITA OT tab (I tried.)
Sigh.....nothing seems to work.
Just wondered if anyone might a clue as to what's going on.
Many thanks in advance,
Gary

Hi Gary...
Note that you don't "import" files into the DITA-OT. The OT is a tool for generating output from DITA files .. you use it to create various types of deliverables from DITA files.
Yes .. the FrameMaker DITA-OT connector plugin does seem to have fallen off the web .. I've asked around, but no one will fess up to where it's gone. I may make a plugin for this purpose .. it's very nice to have this built into Frame. You might want to look into using the DITA-FMx plugin, which provides many additional DITA authoring and publishing features as well as an OT connector. You can download the DITA-FMx trial from my website ..
http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/
It is possible that WinANT doesn't like FM9 DITA files, but I'm thinking that's not the case. You should try building (generating) output from the DITA samples provided in the DITA-OT using WinANT .. that will determine if the problem lies in your WinANT installation or with the FM9 DITA files.
BTW .. the command line isn't all that hard to use. Just locate the DITA-OT folder .. it should contain a file named "startcmd.bat" .. run that file to get the shell from which to run the commands. Once the DOS shell opens up, you can enter the following to create XHTML output from your map file ..
java -jar lib/dost.jar /i:C:/PATH/MAP.DITAMAP /outdir:C:/PATH/OUT /transtype:xhtml
Where "C:/PATH/MAP.DITAMAP" is the path and filename of your ditamap file, and "C:/PATH/OUT" is the path and folder where you want the output created.
In theory, this should all work .. but as you might expect there are reasons that it may not.
Cheers,
...scott

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