I am trying to make a connection to Arbortext Content Manager from Arbortext Editor. I have modified the siteprefs.xml and the userprefs.xml to reflect my server url and name and have put them both in the adapters folder in Arbortext Editor. When Editor is started and you go to click on Object to connect a PTC server we get an error that says java.lang.NullPointerException which does not tell me anything. Can someone please give some advice or some help please?
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Arbortext Content Manager
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Macro to export group of files to version 4 CGM from Isodraw
Hello, I have a large group of version 3 CGM files that need to be converted to version 4 CGM. I have drawing size settings in Isodraw that need to be maintained in the conversion. Does anyone have a batch process or macro that will run in Isodraw to accomplish this? I’m not versed in creating macros or writing code. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Regarding ISodraw
Hi All,
Can anyone help me to solve the below questions as I am very new to Isodraw and Macro language.
Thanks in advance.
Scope: I have hell of .iges files and need to explode the assemblies,illustrate them in Isodraw 7.3 or Isodraw 6.1 and save them as as .cgm and .JPEG formats.
Question 1: Whn I open .iges files(Created from catiaV5 i guess) and select single bolt for example, all the bolts in the model are getting selected and getting exploded at a time but i need to select individually as they are grouped in original catia file.Is there any option to select them individually and then explode.Please help.
Question 2: When i record a macro, where these macros will get stored in Computer for Windows XP Service pack2. Can anyone send me macro to export all the .iso files to .cgm and .jpeg at a time.Please send me macro for Isodraw 6.1 or Isodraw 7.3 or Isodraw 7.0 Cad process. And also how to edit the macro if in need to change anything.
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SDL Author Assistant and Arbortext Editor
Is there a release of SDL Author Assistant that works with Arbortext Editor 6.0?
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Layers in Preference files
I have been working with the preference files in order to have the linestyles and text styles set when a user opens Isodraw. I would like to set up layers also, but I do not see a section where that can be accomplished.
Has anyone created layers in the preference files? If so could you please share with me that portion of your ".PRF" file or point me in the correct direction where to look?
Thanks for any and all help.
Keith Howard
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How to protect an ACL customization with a licence key
Hello,
I have developped a customization in ACL language for Arbortext Editor.
Is it possible to protect the startup of my customization with a license key based on the MAC address of the Computer?
Regards
David G
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Open tag not displaying.
Ok guys,
this one is just wierd.
I am using Arbortext 5.4M70. I am using DTD's and FOSI. I have a document that will not display the opening Subpara1 element tag. To be more precise it won't show any open tags until you select an element, any element and do a generate update. Then all tags appear as expected, Except the Subpara1 tag.
On my preferences, I have full tags and keep tags balanced selected. Any ideas?
Sindy
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Evaluation License Key Not Received
Hi,
I created an account for downloading Arbortext Editor free trial version on 19th july and requested for the evaluation license key but still havent received the key.
Can someone please help me withi this ?
Thanks,
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APP Version 11 M040 New Functionality
The M040 maintenance release of APP Version 11 was recently made public. This release provides the usual bug fixes and also some new functionality which will be of interest to APP users and Styler users (as APP is the default print composition engine).
The key things are:
PDF notes
This is provided as a technology preview. Here, you get the ability to create PDFs with annotations (sticky notes) which can be populated with content extracted from your XML (inlcuding comments if you're smart). When you create the PDF note, you get to specify the title, the author, the content, the colour of the note and the icon used. Currently the icon is one of seven which are predeifined, but I'd be interested to hear if you want more. What I like about this feature is that it allows you to add information to a PDF, such as asking a reviewer a question or including deleted content, without changing the formatting of the page by adding extra content inline.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
PDF layers
This is another technology preview which gives users the ability to create a PDF layer and tell APP to include the contents of a frame on that layer. There is a new FOM object (fPDFlayer) which holds properties such as the "visible state" and the "print state" of the layer as well as other meta-information about its role. What you can do with PDF layers is pretty powerful. One use I've seen is to include different language content in the same area on a page, but allow the reader to turn off and on the languages they want.
Block and table names
One of the challenges of hand-crafting templates in APP can be to make sure you end the right blocks or tables when they're nested. To help with this we've added a name property to blocks and tables which can then be used when closing those formatting objects. If you have a mismatch, you can generate an error or warning which will allow you to identify where the problem is.
Block and table hierarchy information
Along with adding names to blocks and tables, we have also exposed hierarchy information about nested blocks and tables. There are two parts to this. We now have the idea current block and table objects which provide information about the current block (as well as the current block region and row) and the current table (as well as the current table row and cell). The information you get is presented as a 'resolved' object, meaning that APP has figured out how it needs to format that object and presents real values through the resolved version of the object.
There is also block and table hierarchy information. This lets you look up through the nested structures you're in to figure out what the properties of those structures are. For example, if you know you're in a three-column block but you don't know where that column configuration is set, you can navigate back up the hierarchy to find it. You can then use that information to make sure that your column spans are not causing APP difficulty or you know how many blocks to close to be able to sensibly reset the column configuration.
Running header names
In APP you used to have 10 groups of running headers. This means you could have up to 10 simultaneous pieces of information being stored during formatting for use in headers or footers. The additions of named running headers means you can have up to 10 groups of simultaneous information being stored. This means way more information can be stored, giving greater flexibility to what you display in headers and footers. For example, you can assign one group to hold all titles and name each item in the title group according to the level of title you're storing. Styler source has been updated to use this system.
Unstable content
When you format a document with indexes, ToCs and cross references in, those chunks of generated content take up space. It is impossible to know how much space they'll take up before you format, so often you need to format a document several times before these things settle down to their final values. But how do you know it has settled? This feature helps that decision by allowing you to say "I know this content stream of XPath expression is likely to change, so I'll keep an eye on it". When the watched things don't change, a template property tells you that the formatting pass was stable, so you can print. This effectively takes away at least one un-necessary formatting pass of the document, which is great for performance.
Custom folder
APP has a couple of ways to override system files, but they're pretty heavy. There is now a new system file – scustom_paths.3ad – which you can use to specify alternative load paths for any of the system files. You can specify up to 10 alternative locations for APP to check for any of the files which would be located within APP's install folder or any of the subfolders. Part of the reason for doing this is Windows being unfriendly when poking around with program files, but it also makes it easier to add customisations for customer solutions.
Debug flags
Something for template builders who want to debug their code. There are now a number of different collections of information which can be passed to the JavaScript debug log to help identify and track what APP is doing. You can now record the use of setters and getters, use of methods, creating and destroying objects. You can also report the contexts which have been matched in context control streams, when layer groups have been used and some page events. This stuff can get pretty verbose, but when you want to find out why things aren't doing what you expect, this is all great information to help.
To help you get to grips with these features, I've attached a ZIP file to this entry which contains some documentation and some sample files. Let me know how you get on!
Simon
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"Can not find or start IsoView Server. Error -16"
I'm currently working a problem with the IsoView plugin installed within Airbus' ADOC program. Even though I totally uninstalled and reinstalled ADOC, I'm still getting this error message whenver I attempt to view a tally sheet within the program:
"Can not find or start IsoView Server. Error -16". ADOC then locks up, and I have to shut it down.
Can anyone give me some insight into the significance of "Error -16"? ADOC is installed on Windows XP SP3 using Internet Explorer 8.
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Transitioning from Arbortext for Unix to Arbortext for Windows
After using Arbortext and its predecessors on the Unix platform for the last 18+ years, we are switching to the Windows platform now that Unix will no longer be supported. I wondered if anyone else has made this transition and could offer some advice? We have a lot of customizations and I'm curious about how much work I should expect to make this transition. I would like to keep the changes to the interface and functionality to a minimum so as to not alarm our users. Any advice that anyone can offer would be very much appreciated.
Regards,
Rick
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Re-Order Layer in macro
Is it possible to re-order Layer in macro, let see than exemple, i created 3 new layer automaticaly generated in a small macro, but it turn my layer Standard in fourth position. I would like to bring it back in first possition.
Macro color fill layer
# recorded with Arbortext IsoDraw 7.1
Add layer 'Light Blue' 204 255 255
Add layer 'Light Yellow' 255 255 204
Add layer 'Light Grey' 204 204 204
End Macro
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Arbortext 5.0 on Windows 7?
Can Arbortext Editor version 5.0B be used on Windows 7? Right now I am using it on XP. Thanks.
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Attributes probleme in macro (Add Colors)
Hi evrerybody,
Here is my probleme, i try to create automatic attribute in macro like adding colors, pens, linestyle etc... that part works good, but in some case some pens, colors, already exist so it bug my macro... I try to modify macro to fit something like that:
If color "ABC" does'not exist...
Add color "ABC" then
If color "DEF" does'not exist...
Add color "DEF" then...
and same for pens, linestyle, shadows, etc.
Many thanks for support!!!
PS; hers goes my actual macro under error example
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Macro Properties
DEFINE name AS string
name = "Set All Properties???"
MESSAGE name
# Attributes/Pens
App.window.pageY = 279.39
App.thickthin.upTo1 = 20
App.thickthin.upTo2 = 40
App.thickthin.useThickThin = false
App.shadow.shadowWidth = 1.02
# STD Pens
App.pens["Thick"].width = 0.61
App.pens["Thick"].switchPen = "Thick"
App.pens["Medium"].width = 0.36
App.pens["Medium"].switchPen = "Medium"
App.pens["Thin"].width = 0.18
App.pens["Thin"].switchPen = "Thin"
App.pens["Center line"].screenColor = "{RGB 0 0 0}"
App.pens["Center line"].width = 0.18
App.pens["Center line"].shadow = "Autom. Long"
App.pens["Center line"].switchPen = "Center line"
# Attributes/colors
App.colors["White"].kind = "RGB_color"
App.colors["Black"].kind = "RGB_color"
Add color "Blue"
App.colors["Blue"].kind = "RGB_color"
App.colors["Blue"].color.type = "rgbValues"
App.colors["Blue"].color.RGB = "{RGB 0 0 255}"
Add color "Green"
App.colors["Green"].kind = "RGB_color"
App.colors["Green"].color.type = "rgbValues"
App.colors["Green"].color.RGB = "{RGB 0 255 0}"
# New Pens
Add pen "Extra Thick"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].screenColor = "Black"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].width = 0.81
App.pens["Extra Thick"].style = "Solid"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].shadow = "$ISO_NOSHADOW"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].switchPen = "Extra Thick"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].color.type = "colorRef"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].color.color = "Black"
App.pens["Extra Thick"].color.tone = 1
Add pen "Hidden long dash pen"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].screenColor = "Black"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].width = 0.18
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].style = "Hidden line"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].shadow = "$ISO_NOSHADOW"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].switchPen = "Hidden long dash pen"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].color.type = "colorRef"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].color.color = "Black"
App.pens["Hidden long dash pen"].color.tone = 1
# Attributes/Styles
App.linestyles["Solid"].startMark = 1
App.linestyles["Solid"].endMark = 1
App.linestyles["Solid"].type = 0
App.linestyles["Solid"].pattern[1] = 0
App.linestyles["Center line"].startMark = 1
App.linestyles["Center line"].endMark = 1
App.linestyles["Center line"].type = 1
App.linestyles["Center line"].minEndLength = 0
App.linestyles["Center line"].pattern[1] = 6.34
App.linestyles["Center line"].pattern[2] = 0.63
App.linestyles["Center line"].pattern[3] = 1.27
App.linestyles["Center line"].pattern[4] = 0.63
App.linestyles["Center line"].pattern[5] = 0
App.linestyles["Center line"].pattern[6] = 0
# Attributes/shadows
Add shadow "Autom. Long Thick"
App.shadows["Autom. Long Thick"].start = 3
App.shadows["Autom. Long Thick"].end = 3
App.shadows["Autom. Long Thick"].width = 1.62
App.shadows["Autom. Long Thick"].color.type = "colorRef"
App.shadows["Autom. Long Thick"].color.color = "White"
App.shadows["Autom. Long Thick"].color.tone = 1
End Macro
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Formatting custom table cells with multiple elements
Dear all,
I have to give format to a SGML file, and I'm using Styler to do that. This SGML has a DTD that I can't modify.
I'm having issues when trying to format cells of a custom table. Some of them need to have different elements inside, and they have to be in different lines or with different alignment (left, right,...), always on the same cell. How could it be done? With only one element there is no problem, because all options can be changed with the _sfe element of the generated cell, but I don't know how to do that if they are more than one element. Could I insert an user formatting element (_ufe) in the cell of the custom table through XPath?
Thank you very much for your help!
Best regards
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Arbortext Styler settings for table
Hello all,
I have following two questions about the table settings in Arbortext Styler.
1. What kind of setting in Arbortext Styler allows a table not to break by a page and show all the table rows in the same page?
2. When a table has to break by a page as it is too long to fit in one page, how do I set the table head on a next page of the same table?
Your guidance will be highly appreciated.
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How to create a new attribute in an element via javascript in Editor?
Hello All,
I want to retrieve the address.js that is given as a sample with the standard Editor install.
This javascript coupled with an html form allows you to populate address tag using the html form.
What I would like to do is create an elements structure and insert an attribute in one of the element.
I've found the setAttribute method in the help center.
Does anyone know how to use it?
Do you have any sample?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help,
Jérôme
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Tex-Mathml converter
Is there any possibility of Tex to Mathml conversion in Arbortext Advanced Print publisher?
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IsoDraw origin location. Editable?
Is there a way to change the origin of the IsoDraw drawing field?
Here's my issue:
Whenever I open a .dwg or .cgm (based off of a .dwg) the file is located in the upper-right of the drawing field, with some of the drawing extending beyond the edges of the drawing field. When creating a PDF, all of the info beyond the edges is left out, so that info is essentially lost. Bringing in a PDF or picture, however, does not have this happen and it looks like they align with the center of the IsoDraw field.
I know that I can just select and drag the whole thing so that it fits inside the drawing field, but is there a way to set up IsoDraw so that this happens automatically and/or by default?
See attached picture for reference to placement upon opening the drawing.
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IsoDraw 7.2 Foundation, Windows 7, selected object not viewable on move
Is there anything that controls the visibility of a selected item in IsoDraw...in any of the preferences?
One of our users has an issue that once an item is selected in IsoDraw and he goes to move that object (can be text, graphical, etc), the object becomes invisible and he cant see the movement of the object. It only becomes visible again when he lets go of the mouse.
IsoDraw has been reloaded to see if it was an install issue and the problem remains. Out of the 8 users, only one has this issue.
STUMPED!
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