Archive for the 'Scripting' Category

Calling Framemaker FDK APIs from Perl (1)

One Mark Pease appears to have created, some years ago, a series of Perl modules for working with Framemaker:

FrameMaker: Top level FrameMaker interface  
FrameMaker::Control: Control a FrameMaker session  
FrameMaker::FDK: Interface to Adobe FDK  
FrameMaker::MIF: Parse and Manipulate FrameMaker MIF files

These appear to be tremendously useful… at least potentially. But, alas, they seem to have been orphaned, and […]

fmPython: Scripting Framemaker in Python… Gone 404?

The Web is full of pages that refer to fmPython, a scripting environment that allows you to script Framemaker operations using the popular Python programming language and
We like this idea– anything that exposes significant FDK functionality but allows access through scripting languages increases people’s ability to adapt Framemaker to their needs and exploit the full capabilities of […]

Adobe Acrobat PDF Universal Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

This isn’t strictly a Framemaker issue, but given the severity of the exposure, it’s worth talking about.
Several web sites and blogs are reporting a major security hole in Adobe’s Acrobat PDF. (And unlike most such vulnerabilities, whipping boy Internet Explorer isn’t the problem, and Firefoxsters and OperaDivas can’t run around shouting “We’re immune!”) For […]

Framemaker Automation Tool of the Day: BuildFire 2005

BuildFire 2005 from ConVivio probably isn’t the best-known Framemaker automation tool on the planet, and it’s surely not as flexible as the long-established Framescript… but for a GUI-based tool that lets you create automated document production processes to run on a schedule (such as building your whole documentation library in PDF, HTML and online help […]