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> On 02/06/2002 5:26 AM, Darren Barefoot (darren -dot- barefoot -at- capeclear -dot- com)
> wrote:
>
> >I swooped through the archives, but couldn't find any exact matches
> >for this query. It's a pretty straightforward question, and hopefully
> >someone else has discovered some nifty work-around, plug-in,
> >third-party whats-it, etc. Basically, we want to save all the files
> >in a FrameMaker book to RTF without having to open, save and close
> >each document. Any suggestions? Thanks. DB.
>
> Depends on what you mean. If you mean "without PEOPLE having to open,
> save, etc.", it should be pretty easy to script this. On Mac, you can
> use AppleScript to drive FrameMaker pretty well, especially for
> something as basic as open and save in a new format. On UNIX, you can
> use the built-in FrameScript. On Windows, you need a third-party
> add-on to use FrameScript, whose name escapes me at the moment.
Lin Sims
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answer I was looking for.
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