TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Framemaker macros and patches? From:Mike Stockman <stockman -at- JAGUNET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:36:17 -0400
On 8/12/99 12:17 PM, DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM (DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM) wrote:
>How do you create macros in Framemaker? It seems that no one can tell me
>this. If you can create macros in Frame, are there any patches that exist
>for Framemaker that would allow you to create macros and then assing them
to
>buttons or keystrokes (just like my beloved Word used to do)?
You don't say which platform you're on, but FrameMaker for the MacOS is
fully AppleScript-able, with an extensive (and pretty powerful)
dictionary as well as full access to FrameMaker's built-in fcodes.
Their UNIX versions have scripting support built in, although I'm not
sure how you get to it. Check the documentation.
For Windows, you can use a commercial product called FrameScript:
