Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started

• What is a Script?
  • Commands and Parameters
  • White Space and Comments
• Two Kinds of Scripts
  • Standard Scripts
  • Event Scripts
• Writing Scripts
• Running Scripts
  • Running Scripts Automatically
• Installing and Uninstalling Scripts
  • Installing and Uninstalling Event Scripts
  • Installing and Uninstalling with FrameScript Commands
  • Installing Scripts Automatically
• Strategies for Writing Scripts
  • Divide and Conquer
  • Start With Single Items
  • Use the Documentation
  • Mark Your Trail
  • Move to the Next Step in the List
  • Make a Library of Reusable Code
  • Combine the Code
  • Test and Refine the Script
• Troubleshooting Scripts

Chapter 2: Objects and Properties 

• Objects
  • Testing for the Existence of an Object
  • Objects Have Properties
• A Hierarchy of Objects
• Lists of Related Objects
• Getting the Correct Objects
  • Getting Named Objects
• Working With Properties
  • Property Types
  • Integer Constants

Chapter 3: Control Structures 

• If/Else/EndIf
• Loop/EndLoop
  • Loop ForEach
  • Loop While
  • Linked Lists
  • LoopVar Parameter
  • Loop Until
  • LeaveLoop
  • Using a Loop to Handle Multiple Conditions
• Sub/EndSub
  • Using Parameters With Subroutines
  • Making Subroutines Independent
  • LeaveSub

Chapter 4: Documents and Books 

• Opening Documents and Books
  • Documents
  • Suppressing FrameMaker Open Errors
  • Opening Documents Invisibly
  • Books
• Creating New Documents and Books
  • Documents
  • Books
• Saving Documents and Books
  • Documents
  • Books
• Closing Documents and Books
  • Documents
  • Books
• Working With Book Components
  • Adding Book Components to a Book
  • Rearranging Book Components
  • Renaming Book Components
  • Working With Generated Files
• Updating and Generating Books
• Importing Formats into Documents and Books

Chapter 5: Working With Text 

• Understanding Text Structures
  • New TextRange
  • New TextLoc
• Adding Text
  • New Text
  • Object
  • TextLoc
  • NewVar
• Deleting Text
• Adding Text Objects
  • New Pgf
• Adding Text Lines
  • New TextLine
• Importing Text from External Files
  • Importing Text Options
• Formatting Text
  • Applying Paragraph Formats
  • Modifying Paragraph Properties
  • Modifying Paragraph Formats
  • Applying Character Formatting
• Getting Text Properties
• Working With Text Lists and Text Items
  • Getting the Object of a Text Item
  • Working With Character Property Changes
  • Getting the Text Range of a Character Property Change
•  Conditional Text
  • Showing and Hiding Conditions
  • Showing and Hiding Condition Indicators
  • Applying Condition Formats
  • Removing Conditions from Text and Table Rows
  • Creating Condition Formats
  • Deleting Condition Formats
• Tutorial 5-1: Applying Paragraph Formatting
  • Testing for an Active Document
• Tutorial 5-2: Applying Character Formatting
  • Isolating the Script's Tasks
  • Finding the Glossary Term
  • Applying the Character Format
  • Bonus Task: Making the Script "Look Better"

Chapter 6: Working With Graphics 

• Working With Selected Graphics
• Graphic Properties
• Inserting Graphics
  • Unanchored Graphics
  • Anchored Frames
  • Imported Graphics
  • Importing Bitmaps
  • Importing By Reference or By Copy
  • Importing a Graphic into an Existing Frame
• Working With Graphics In Frames

Chapter 7: Working With Tables 

• Inserting Tables
• Working With a Selected Table
• Resizing Table Columns
• Adding Rows and Columns
  • New TableRows
  • New TableCols
• Deleting Rows and Columns
  • Delete TableRows
  • Delete TableColumns
• Working with Table Properties
  • Getting and Setting Table Properties
  • Getting and Setting the Table Title Properties
  • Getting and Setting Row Properties
• Finding Objects in a Table
• Working with Cells
  • Adding Text
  • Rotating Cells
  • Straddling Cells
  • Applying Custom Ruling and Shading
• Finding Tables in a Document
• Tutorial 7-1: Scaling Tables to Fit the Text Column Width
  • Devising a Strategy
  • Getting the Appropriate Data
  • Scaling the Table
  • Making it Work for All Tables in a Document

Chapter 8: Markers, Cross-References, and Variables 

• Working With Markers and Marker Types
  • Inserting Markers
  • Making New Marker Types
  • Changing Marker Types
• Working With Cross-References
  • Spot Cross-References
  • Paragraph Cross-References
  • External Cross-References
  • Unresolved Cross-References
• Working with Cross-Reference Formats
  • Making Cross-Reference Formats
  • Changing Cross-Reference Formats
• Working with Variables
  • Inserting Variables
• Working With Variable Formats
  • Making User Variable Formats
  • Editing Variable Formats
  • Changing Variable Formats
• Finding Markers, Cross-References, and Variables

Chapter 9: Script Interfaces 

• Running Scripts
  • Standard Scripts
  • Event Scripts
• Using Commands with Event Scripts
  • Initialize and Terminate Events
  • Adding Custom Menus
  • Changing Menu Positions
  • Adding Custom Commands
  • Adding Separators to Menus
• Controlling Scripts with FrameMaker Palettes
• Making the Palette Document
  • Converting the Document to a Palette
  • Passing Commands from the Palette to the Script
  • Adding a Way to Open the Palette
• Responding to FrameMaker Events
• Using Dialog Boxes
  • MsgBox
  • Display
  • DialogBox
• Showing a Script's Progress
  • Document or Book Status Bar

Chapter 10: Autonumber Report - Part 1 

• Testing for the Right Conditions
• Making the Report File
• Adding the Report Table
• Using a Subroutine to Make the Report
• Looping Through the Main Document
• Writing the Data to the Report
• Making the Script Work for a Book

Chapter 11: Autonumber Report - Part 2 

• Refining the Autonumber Test
• Improving the Appearance of the Report
  • Changing the Report Font
  • Turning Off Hyphenation
  • Removing the Table Title
  • Add Explanatory Text Above the Table
  • Hiding Borders, Rulers, and Text Symbols
  • Making the Report View-Only
  • Adding the "Autonumber Report" Label
  • Suppressing an Empty Report
• Providing Progress Feedback to the User

Chapter 12: Automatic Callouts 

• Defining the Tasks
• Test for an Active Document
• Test for a Selected Anchored Frame
• Making Graphics
• Working With Property Lists
• Formatting Callout Text
• Grouping the Objects
• Adding Multiple Callouts
• Prompting the User for Information

Chapter 13: Applying the Default Paragraph Font 

• Working with a Single Paragraph
• Working with Multiple Paragraphs
• Solving the Problem
• Processing Selected Text
• Processing Paragraphs
• Passing Parameters to Subroutines

Chapter 14: Code Tester and Extractor 

• Testing the Code
  • Test for Selected Lines
  • Make a Temporary Script
  • Write the Selected Lines to the File
  • Run the Script
  • Delete the Temporary Script
• Formatting the Code
• Extracting the Code Listings
  • Get the Folder of the Existing Document
  • Set the Correct Folder Name
  • Make the Listing Folder
  • Find the Correct File Name for a Listing
  • Write the Code to the Text File
  • Loop Through all of the Code Listings in the Document