The Adobe® FrameMaker® Developer Kit (FDK) is a set of C libraries and header files that allow you to write Application Programmer Interface (API) clients or plug-ins using the C or C++ programming language. Using the FDK, an API client can perform interactive user tasks and more. It gives programmers direct access to all the objects in a FrameMaker session or document. This includes graphics, text, markers, paragraphs, formats, and more.
FrameMaker Developer Center
FDK |
FDK 11.0 Windows installer file
FDK for Windows:
Intel Pentium IV
Microsoft Windows XP, or Windows Vista or Windows 7
1GB of RAM
53MB of available hard-disk space
Installer file contains documentation for FDK 7.0 onwards.
ExtendScript |
ExtendScript is an extended implementation of JavaScript that provides a scripting interface for FrameMaker and many other Adobe applications. For more information on ExtendScript, see JavaScript Tools Guide .
ExtendScript is easy to learn, especially if you are familiar with FDK or a scripting language like JavaScript.
Documentation
- Introduction to Scripting in FrameMaker
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Scripting Guide
- Adobe FrameMaker 10 ExtendScript Toolkit OMV The ExtendScript Toolkit offers the ability to inspect the object model of any loaded dictionary, using the Object Model Viewer (OMV) that you invoke from the Help menu. Object Model Viewer (OMV) comes up as a separate, floating window. The OMV allows you to browse through the object hierarchy and inspect the type and description of each property, and the description and parameters for each method.
Refer to the additional resources section belo w for more information and samples on ExtendScript.
CMS Connector |
The Content Management System (CMS) can be integrated with FrameMaker using Java Content Repository(JCR) and FDK. Read further to create your own CMS connector or use one of the connectors provided with FrameMaker.
Learn how to create a custom CMS connector for FrameMaker 10
Sample CMS connector between Day CRX and FrameMaker 10
- Installation and setup of the sample connector
- Download the code of the sample connector (which can be enhanced and also used to build connectors to other CMS)
Structure Application Development |
Developing a FrameMaker structure application can appear complex at first. True, there is ultimately a lot to learn, but the overall process is easily broken down into manageable topics. Read further to develop your own structured FrameMaker templates and XML or SGML applications.
Additional Resources |
Webinars
- Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 6: Structure Applications and What Is Necessary and How To Create
- Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 5: Creating your Structured Template from an Unstructured One
- Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 4: Element Definition Document (EDD) - Home Grown or a Standard
- Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 3: Creating A FrameMaker Conversion Table - Part 2
- Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 2: Creating A FrameMaker Conversion Table - Part 1
- Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 1: Analyzing Your Unstructured Document - Preprocess Steps
- Discover How to Automate Publishing Using PatternStream and Adobe FrameMaker 10
- FrameMaker 10 and ExtendScript Automation
Blogs
- Getting started with FrameMaker ExtendScript
- Sample Scripts/Utilities shipped with FrameMaker 10
- Create a Book Packager using ExtendScript
- ExtendScript of the Week: Generating book report
- ExtendScript of the Week: Appling a particular table style to all the tables in a document
- ExtendScript of the Week: Change styles (Para/Char/Table)
- ExtendScript of the Week: Deleting unused formats in a book
- ExtendScript of the Week: Generate list of referenced graphics and update their new paths
- ExtendScript of the Week: Close all files in a book without saving
- ExtendScript of the Week: Find/change (Xref Format/Conditional Tag/Variable)
ExtendScript Forum |
RSS |
| 04/21/2012 | How do I loop through AFrames? |
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| 04/20/2012 | Perl? |
| 04/20/2012 | Start RoboHelp from a FrameMaker script? |
| 04/17/2012 | Renaming files in a book |
| 04/06/2012 | FM Doesn't Cut it Out... |
Non-Adobe Developer Resources |
Adobe FrameMaker plug-in for DITA Open Toolkit
Download the plug-in.
