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Subject:Re: Importing and exporting XML files From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Oct 2003 03:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
> I've got a client who wants to import an XML file (a
> database) into
> FrameMaker to publish it in an attractive format,
> then export it back to XML database
> as needed. So here are some questions...
> 1. Will this work in regular FrameMaker 7.0, or is
> the SGML version needed?
There is no SGML version. FM 7 has both structured and
unstructured capabilities. You'll need to turn on the
structured authoring capabilities.
> 2. Any tips on doing this? My first attempt to open
> an XML file in FrameMaker
> failed -- FrameMaker didn't recognize the file and
> wanted to know how to open
> it. I've read the FrameMaker help and was
> underwhelmed.
You don't want the FM Help. Look in your online
documentation folder in your installation directory.
There is a PDF or three (can't remember how many but
there's at least one) about structured authoring in
there. THAT is what you want to read.
> 3. Is any third-party software especially helpful in
> importing or exporting data?
3rd party for FrameMaker? Not for importing. But for
exporting XML, you can use WebWorks Publisher, or
Mif2Go, or even RoboHelp, I think. But why would you?
You'll have already spent time creating a DTD in FrameMaker...
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