xref to a step2 should show 4.3 a(2), instead shows 4.3 (2)

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Still rather new at this SGML stuff.  I'm assuming this is a stylesheet issue, but don't know what to look for.  Here's the problem:

 

First, what works right:  When I create an xref to a step1, the xref generated text shows, for example, "4.3 a".

What doesn't work right:  When I create an xref to a step2, the xref generated text *should* show, for example, "4.3 a (1)", but instead shows "4.3 (1)" (leaving out any reference to the intervening step1); if I xref step 4.3 b (1), it shows the exact same thing ("4.3 (1)"), which is clearly not helpful.

 

A similar problem exists when xref'ing step3's and step4's:  Instead of "4.3 a (1)(c)" I get "4.3 (c)" (leaving out any reference to the intervening step1 *and* step2); etc.

 

We're currently at Arbortext 6.1 M30, but we had the same problem with Arbortext 5.3 (identical stylesheet).

 

As I said, I assume this can be fixed in the stylesheet, but I need someone to point me in the right direction.  Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

If some sample SGML would help, I can provide it, but it really is quite straightforward code.

 

Thanks,

Mic

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Does someone have an ACL script that can replace all text in a document with "xxxxxxxx" or make them otherwise unreadable so we can sanitize our production documents before sending them to PTC Support?

How do I un-comment out DITA code that I commented out with Insert > Comment?

January 6, 2016, 2:48 pm

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Hi, all. Sometimes I want to comment out my DITA code with XML comments (Insert > Comment.)  But when it's time to uncomment it out without going to the untagged view, I'm stumped. What's the easy way to do this?

 

Thx

 

Steve

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I got a new computer and loaded Isodraw onto it.  How do I go about transferring all of my preferences files (pens, libraries, etc) from my old computer to the new computer?

Isodraw 7.1 Macro

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Hi Everyone,

 

While recording  the macro in Isodraw 7.1, Object windowcomments are disabled. How can I record Find object . Please see attached snap for your reference.

 

Thanks by

Arasu

 

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How to activate isoview with Arbortext Editor? Perhaps I must re-install Isoview but how to do ? Actually the illustration are displayed in Arbortext with CreoView, I want to change because the quality of the illustrations are bad when I print in PDF. Can you help me ?

Is it possible to edit multiple ACM fragments as XML?

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I have opened a document from ACM that includes several bursted objects or fragments. Selecting Edit > Edit Selection as XML Source results in:

 

<cards>

<xi:include href="x-wc://file=0000119577.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"><xi:fallback><!--Fallback markup for "x-wc://file=0000119577.xml"--></xi:fallback></xi:include>

<xi:include href="x-wc://file=0000119576.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"><xi:fallback><!--Fallback markup for "x-wc://file=0000119576.xml"--></xi:fallback></xi:include>

<xi:include href="x-wc://file=0000119575.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"><xi:fallback><!--Fallback markup for "x-wc://file=0000119575.xml"--></xi:fallback></xi:include>

</cards>

 

Typing "edit -current -untagged" in the Command line presents similar results. Is there a way to edit those fragments as XML?

 

Thank you,

Lisa

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Hello Guys!

 

So I'm working on the creation of an XUI dialog in Arbortext Editor, what I would like to know is if there's a way to avoid to create the dialog twice. The way how I create the dialog is creating a new option in the menus bar and from there I call the script to create the window. I have another window and I'm using a global variable to store its ID so I can validate if the window is active or don't, however I think I can improve that method.

 

Any ideas?

 

In advance I appreciate so much your time!

 

Paulette

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Is there a way to rotate text 90 degrees in a table row or table cell?

 

Thanks,

Multiple APE Servers for PDMlink

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I was wondering if there are other ways to configure PE to publish multiple jobs from PDMlink other than setting up another PE server.  I was wondering if there would be a way to do that with sub processes?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

 

- Brian

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There is a request to add c-size drawings to our manuals. I would like to know how to add it to my style sheet.

 

This is what I have done so far

 

In styler:

 

1. Make a copy of the existing stylesheet.

2.  I go to Page Type, I locate the the foldout (11 X 17) that we currently have defined and I copy all the types and rename them to foldout2.

3. I then go to page set, locate the foldout page set, copy it and rename it foldout2 page set. In the page size I change the page size to C size. Under page types I change the page types to reference the new foldout2 page types.

4. Keep the page region the same

5. Click on the element foldout, copy and paste rename to foldout2. It states that this new element is not in my document type. I cannot figure out where this is. Is this my servicemanual.dtd? I have searched the file for the word foldout but it is not in there. I read through the adding new elements to your stylesheet article in the help, but it does not cover the error message a20377.

 

Thanks

 

Bryon

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We have a model name that has an Italicized letter in it. How do I get the keydef to support italics?

 

Thanks

 

Bryon

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December 16, 2015, 9:12 am

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Conrefs and hrefs (content references and links) that worked in a previously published representation do not work in the current representation published from WIndchill, the links are right in Arbortext - this seems to have popped up since the Publishing Engine was updated to 6.1 M070 from M030.  The JPG file attached shows errors in red that is appearing where hrefs were used to point users to other related content. These links appeared as expected before the Publishing Engine was updated, and afterwards these errors are the result.

 

Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas? I have escalated to PTC support as well, but thought I would mine the greater mind of the community as well.

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December 2, 2015, 2:39 am

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Hi I am trying to create a glossary. I have created all the glossentries. (Which have (indexlist) in brackets in their names.) They will not attach onto the Glossary list. A No Entry sign comes up.

 

What do I need to do?

 

Thanks

Why does Selecting elements not stick in Arbortext editor 6.0 (occasionally)?

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Has anyone else experienced an intermittent problem where select does not stick.

 

For example, I select a word and then press ENTER to markup the selected text. By the time I select the markup to wrap the selected text, the text is no longer selected. There are no error messages in the bottom of the Arbortext Editor screen.

 

This also happens when I want to select text to delete. Before I can hit the delete key, the text has become unselected. I have even tried right-clicking and using the Select Element Content or Select Element options, but the same thing happens...the item is selected but for a second and then the selection disappears.

 

Just wondering if this ever happens to anyone else and how to get rid of this annoying problem.

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Hi,

 

we work with the Arbortext Editor 6.1 and want to copy e.g. lists from a Winword document into the xml file. With a dcf file we can control how the Editor inserts this fragments into xml.

Everything works like bold, italic and paragraphs. But in numbered lists we would like to insert the number as an attributeValue.

Example:

This is a list in Word:

If we copy this list and insert into our xml file in Arbortext Editor, we get following structure:

As you can see there is always "1." as attribute value inside the <item>-tag. This is because we have following entry in our dcf-file:

Do you have an idea, if it is possible to insert the number which is countered in word into a xml attribute with an dcf-file?

We hope you can help us. Thank you in advance for your help.

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Hi everyone!

 

I tried to create a trialkey for Arbortext with my Host-ID using this page.

I entered my Host-ID like this 00-11-AA-BB-22-CC (not my real Host-ID), but I get redirected to this error page all the time.

 

Can you tell my, why I cannot generate a license file?

xref to a step2 should show 4.3 a(2), instead shows 4.3 (2)

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Still rather new at this SGML stuff.  I'm assuming this is a stylesheet issue, but don't know what to look for.  Here's the problem:

 

First, what works right:  When I create an xref to a step1, the xref generated text shows, for example, "4.3 a".

What doesn't work right:  When I create an xref to a step2, the xref generated text *should* show, for example, "4.3 a (1)", but instead shows "4.3 (1)" (leaving out any reference to the intervening step1); if I xref step 4.3 b (1), it shows the exact same thing ("4.3 (1)"), which is clearly not helpful.

 

A similar problem exists when xref'ing step3's and step4's:  Instead of "4.3 a (1)(c)" I get "4.3 (c)" (leaving out any reference to the intervening step1 *and* step2); etc.

 

We're currently at Arbortext 6.1 M30, but we had the same problem with Arbortext 5.3 (identical stylesheet).

 

As I said, I assume this can be fixed in the stylesheet, but I need someone to point me in the right direction.  Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

If some sample SGML would help, I can provide it, but it really is quite straightforward code.

 

Thanks,

Mic

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I know, we are dinosaurs. But I have been told that Print Preview is not available on 5.4. We use it on 5.3, but for users with 5.4 Print Preview is grayed out. We are moving a group to 5.4 and would really like to have Print Preview.

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Our editors rely on a handful of toolbar buttons that were removed in Arbortext 7.  I have most of them replaced, but I still need to tweak one of them.

 

I've been digging through the Arbortext 7 Customizing Guide trying to figure out how to create a new toolbar toggle button that restores the Document Map button that toggles between Document Map view and Normal view.  I haven't found a solution yet and thought someone here might have done this already.  I currently have a button that shows the Document Map view, but in order to duplicate the functionality of the button as it existed in Arbortext 5, it needs to toggle between Document Map and Normal views.  Has anyone done that yet or know how to create such a button?

 

Here's one of the custom toolbars I assembled with the Document Map button first in the set:

 

<toolbar id="toolbar_Randy_Views" name="GC Views" x="50" y="25"><?Pub Dtl?>

<button command="ViewDocmap" id="Toolbar_Views_Randy"

image="imageDocumentMap" statustext="Document Map"

tiptext="Document Map"></button>

<button command="SyncOtherPane" id="Toolbar_Views_Randy"

image="imageSyncViews" statustext="Synchronize Views"

tiptext="Synchronize Views"></button>

<button command="WindowSplitLeft" id="Toolbar_Views_Randy"

image="imageLeftRightSplit" statustext="Left-Right Split"

tiptext="Left-Right Split"></button>

<button command="WindowSplitAbove" id="Toolbar_Views_Randy"

image="imageTopBottomSplit" statustext="Top-Bottom Split"

tiptext="Top-Bottom Split"></button>

</toolbar>