Save your preferences in Arbortext
Once you become familiar with an application you have most likely customized some preferences to meet your needs and prefered look and feel. This is something that you really just want to do once.
XML and Arbortext training added
Yesterday we published training dates for IsoDraw and Creo Illustrate. Today we've added a date for our XML and Arbortext training. The training spans two days, the 30th of February till the 1st of Mars.
As with our IsoDraw and Creo Illustrate training this is basic training intended for people with none or little experience of XML-authoring and Arbortext.
If you are interested in getting the basics right with XML-authoring and Arbortext, contact us!
Arbortext 6.0 M030 is fast
We've been testing Arbortext 6.0 M030 Styler and Publishing Engine quite a lot since yesterday. The biggest improvement part from all the usual maintenance issues being solved is the speed. In most every way we feel that 6.0 M030 is speeadier than M020.
In fact, there has been a problem with 64-bit versions of Arbortext that for some reason have made it slower than on 32-bit. Now, the 64-bit version is significantly faster. Though we have not been measuring we do keep our days in front of the Styler or Editor. So even if we are not accurate in our assumptions, it is still faster.
Talking about a different beast all together we've have had some interesting discussions what we think the future has in store for IsoDraw. There are some rumours (that I will not spread here) about certain very interesting stuff that I think most people will agree is logical. But since I'm not going to kiss and tell about what we think about the future of IsoDraw, I'll wish you a very merry Christmas instead!
Merry Christams to you all from us all at Simonsoft!
Arbortext maintenance release M030 available today
Today, one day early, PTC released the M030 maintenance relase of the 6.0 Arbortext family. We've blogged about this release and that we've a couple of bugs we reported resolved in this release.
We are also looking forward to the IsoDraw 7.2 maintenance relase M020 that will become available in February of next year.
Below you'll find a table with all issues that have been resolved in Arbortext Editor 6.0 M030. Several issues have also been resolved for Arbortext Styler 6.0 and Arbortext Publishing Engine 6.0.
If you would like to find out what has been resolved in M030 for the other Arbortext family members, check out the Update Advistory Tool at PTC.com.
| Title | Reported Release | Reported Datecode | Resolved Release | Resolved Datecode | Module |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On 64bit client, eps image will not be shown in Editor view if its ful | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Graphics |
| DocumentUnload event is fired by which ACL command in Arbortext Editor | 5.4 | M090 | 6.0 | M030 | Customization |
| Pasting text from an IBM SameTime window produces Signal 11 abend and | 5.4 | M080 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| When publishing through APP, if the user has a gentext rule before a g | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Styler |
| When publishing through APP, if the user has a gentext rule before a g | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M022 | Styler |
| The doc_flatten(all) function does not flatten text files that are inc | 5.4 | M080 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| DITA map check-in "Object and Descendents" is active choice for IBM Do | 5.4 | M070 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| Trying to Print in Batch Mode Renders Error | 6.0 | M020 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| Some 7 bit ASCII EPS Images Do Not Display Correctly or Print Correctl | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Print Composition |
| Pure virtual function called while composing to PDF with APP composi | 6.0 | M021 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| DocumentUnload event is fired by which ACL command in Arbortext Editor | 5.4 | M090 | 6.0 | M030 | Documentation |
| (5.4-M030) Arbortext Content Management Guide 02-Feb-2010 page167 Tech | 5.4 | M030 | 6.0 | M030 | Documentation |
| Editing and saving the Resolved Document for Editing copies stylesheet | 6.0 | M020 | 6.0 | M021 | DITA Support |
| User has a title element for another element, such as graphic. In the | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M022 | Styler |
| When composing some large documents, user is encountering the followin | 5.4 | M100 | 6.0 | M030 | Print Composition |
| Book Takes a Very Long Time to Publish to PDF Using APP | 6.0 | M020 | 6.0 | M030 | Print Composition |
| 6.0 | M030 | 6.0 | M030 | Adapter | |
| A user selects a content in a XUI dialog, and then proceeds to the nex | 5.4 | M070 | 6.0 | M030 | Customization |
| After applying Info*Modeler and customizing the field lengths for the | 6.0 | M020 | 6.0 | M030 | DITA Support |
| User has a title element for another element, such as graphic. In the | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Styler |
| After installing Documentum WDK Adapter on WebTop 6.6, when we double | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Adapter to Documentum/WDK |
| Id attributes longer than 72 characters are not valid for fosi stylesh | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Stylesheets |
| Namespace Not Found Because Document Header is Too Long | 5.4 | M080 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| IsoView fails to convert certain CGM images when creating a PDF using | 5.4 | M080 | 6.0 | M030 | Graphics |
| Scrolling causes segment violation | 5.4 | M090 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| Repeating table title causes Editor signal 11 in APP Engine. Works fi | 6.0 | M020 | 6.0 | M022 | Print Composition |
| ACL code seg faults for a call to the xpath_nodeset function. | 6.0 | M010 | 6.0 | M030 | Customization |
| Export infinite loop if RTF template contains \falt construct | 5.4 | M070 | 6.0 | M030 | Export |
| A XUI dialog is created that contains a textbox for adding data. As t | 5.4 | M070 | 6.0 | M030 | Customization |
| Editing and saving the Resolved Document for Editing copies stylesheet | 6.0 | M020 | 6.0 | M030 | DITA Support |
| When using the readvar command, using \ and breaking a line causes a p | 5.4 | M100 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
| Arbortext Editor unexpected exit error: pure virtual function was call | 5.4 | M100 | 6.0 | M030 | General Functionality |
Arbortext Editor and Arbortext IsoDraw Training
To expand your know how in whatever field you're working in is great. At Simonsoft we offer training in XML-Authoring with Arbortext Editor and Basic to really advanced training with Arbortext IsoDraw and Creo Illustrate amongst other applications.
Our training courses are laid out so that the last day is dedicated to the clients context. This is great since a lot of questions and issues are answered most effectively by doing. Often this leads to better methods of working in IsoDraw or Arbortext Editor. Learning by doing is probably the best way to learn with these kinds of applications.
We are now slowly starting to pan out what kind of training courses to hold this spring. Therefore we would be very happy if you send us an e-mail or give us a call about what kind of training you would like this spring. Perhaps you feel you want to expand your IsoDraw knowledge or your company would like to develop your own StyleSheets? So, contact us and we'll consider what training we'll offer this spring.
Arbortext M030 coming December 22nd
So, we've finally reached December 1st! Happy Christmas season everyone!
Actually we have another happening to look forward to. PTC realeases Arbortext maintenance release M030 of the 6.0 suite on December 22nd. We have some bugs that we have found in M020 and M010 that will be sorted in M030. That of course makes it a wee bit more exciting.
One of the issues we've filed and that is resolved in Arbortext M030 is the bug with numlist and procstep counters not working in APP. A very nice feature to have working, so we are pleased to have had a rather fast process from reporting to a solution.
IsoDraw users don't have that long to wait either. In february of 2012 the 7.2 M020 maintenance relase will be out. And we have a bug reported in IsoDraw 7.2 M010 that is listed as resolved in IsoDraw 7.2 M020. In a support service perspective I feel we are doing good the bug reporting department.
So, that is some things to look forward too. You can read more about what bugs and issues are resolved in Arbortext M030 and IsoDraw M020 at PTC.com with their Update Advisor. You need to be logged in of course.