Batch Process Frame 7 to 6

[pmidwest]

Is there anyway to run a batch process to save Structured Frame 7 files as Frame 6?
I know you can open the file and do a save as then change it to Frame 6 but we have about 2,000 files that need to be converted. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Paul

 

[kerlin]

Hi!

F_ApiSave allows to set a FS_FileType property to FV_SaveFmtBinary60 which notifies to API that a document should be saved as FrameMaker 6.0 binary. Never tried it, but it sounds promising. Let me know.

Kerlin

 

[pmidwest]

Yeah... I have no clue what you just said Hehe... sorry, I don’t work with Frame we are a technical publications company and the writers use frame 7 but in order for us to convert the files to XML we have to first convert them back to Frame 6 and you can imagine how long it takes to file save as on 1000 files. But as I said I don’t know anything about Frame so if that’s like a setting I need to change or something could you please be a bit more specific as to what it is I should do?

Thanks a lot for your time

Paul

 

[frameuser]

You might try DZbatcher (

http://www.miramo.com/english/overview/download.html).

I've never tried it, so I can't say for sure whether it will help.

Rick Henkel
Senior Systems Developer

http://frameuser.docspages.com

 

[kerlin]

Sorry, I thought you were an FDK programmer. The solution I talked about means writing a Frame API client. The client with the functionalities you need could be written in a couple of hours or so. I ignore however if off-the-shelf solutions are readily available.

Kerlin

 

[markso]

Just out of curiosity, why do you need to convert 7 files to 6 to be able to convert to XML. 7 has better XML support than 6

Mark

If sunflower oil comes from sunflowers, and vegetable oil comes from vegetables, where does baby oil come from?

 

[pmidwest]

We are useing Webworks 7.0 I think and it wont work with the frame 7 files

 

[pmidwest]

Ok I've gotten it to run the script and it saves the files as frame 6 like I needed only problem is every time it opens a file the script stops untill I click on "ignore missing graphics"

here part of the scrip I've made

Sub OpenAndSaveIt using pvDocFileName

Local lvDocVar lvAlreadyOpen(False);

Set lvDocVar = eDocUtils.DocIsOpenAlready{pvDocFileName};
If lvDocVar = 0
Set lvAlreadyOpen = False;
Set ErrorCode = 0;
Open Document File(pvDocFileName) Invisible FileIsOldVersion FontNotFoundInDoc NewVar(lvDocVar);
If ErrorCode not 0
Display 'Error Opening Document-'+pvDocFileName+' Msg-'+ErrorMsg;
EndIf
Else
Set lvAlreadyOpen = True;
EndIf

If lvDocVar not = 0
Local lvOutFileName;
Set lvOutFileName = eSys.RemoveFileExtension{pvDocFileName,'.fm'};
Set ErrorCode = 0;
Save Document DocObject (lvDocVar) File(lvOutFileName) FileType(SaveFmtBinary60);
If ErrorCode not = 0
Display 'Save to PDF Failed errorcode='+ErrorCode+' Msg='+ErrorMsg;
Else
Write console 'Document ('+pvDocFileName+') saved as '+lvOutFileName;
Set gvPdfFileCount = gvPdfFileCount + 1;
EndIf
If lvAlreadyOpen = False
Close Document DocObject(lvDocVar) IGNOREMODS;
Set lvDocVar = 0;
EndIf
EndIf

EndSub

is there any way to code into the script to make it auto ignore missing graphics?