Posts matching to framescript

Knowing Where You Are

March 3 2008 Posted by under Its in the Script

(edited 3 year, 2 month ago)


Tags:

• columns
• framemaker
• framescript
• programming
• software
• technical writing
• writing technique

^{Excerpted from my book FrameScript for Newbies Copyright [7/17/2007] by Paul Schnall}

It is always good to know where you are, this is also true in scripting. Most FrameMaker objects have a text location or text range property. This property tells you the coordinates of the object. Then, these coordinates can be used to place other object relative to this location. For example, if you have the text range of a paragraph, then you can specify a new text location. The new text location can be anywhere within this text range. The text location can be used to add text at that point.
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'Hello World': Inserting New Text

February 3 2008 Posted by under Its in the Script

(edited 3 year, 2 month ago)


Tags:

• columns
• framemaker
• framescript
• programming
• Scripting
• software
• writing technique

^{Excerpted from my book FrameScript for Newbies (Copyright [7/17/2007] by Paul Schnall)}

Today we will add text to the document, and then we will add a paragraph to a document.



Inserting Text

To insert text use the New Text command. But first:
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FrameScript for Newbies

January 17 2008 Posted by under Its in the Script

(edited 3 year, 1 month ago)


Tags:

• columns
• framescript
• large documents
• software
• writing technique

^{Excerpted from my book FrameScript for Newbies Copyright [7/17/2007] by Paul Schnall}

In general FrameScript is used to perform complicated tasks on large books or on whole document sets. Scripts can also be written to perform tasks on the document level, these range from manipulating paragraphs to tables. Large complicated scripts are usually written by professional scriptwriters, but with a little help any technical writer can acquire the skills needed to start writing scripts quickly and easily.
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Exploring FrameScript (hands-on)

July 1 2007 Posted by Shlomo Perets under Microtype

(edited 3 year, 2 month ago)


Tags:

• course
• framemaker
• framescript
• Shlomo Perets

FrameScript is a user-oriented scripting language that you can
use to create your own scripts to automate almost any FrameMaker
task. Using FrameScript, you can manipulate FrameMaker objects
such as books, text, graphics, tables, variables, cross-reference
and markers.

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