[Framers] $STRUCTDIR equivalent for user-specific structapps folder?

Discussion:

Alan Houser

2018-10-18 20:59:56 UTC

Colleagues,

When defining new structured applications in the user-specific copy of
structapps.fm ... is there an equivalent to the $STRUCTDIR variable? Or
is there some other notation I can use in structapps.fm to resolve
user-specific application file pathnames correctly?

I'm referring to the structapps.fm and structured application
definitions that typically live in
"C:\User\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\<version>\structure".
I would like to distribute new structured application definitions in
this folder and have them "just work."

Thanks in advance!

-Alan
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Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
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412-450-0532

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Scott Prentice

2018-10-18 21:25:22 UTC

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Hi Alan...

Sadly, no .. not that I'm aware of. I've been requesting this for a
while now, would be really nice to have a $USERDIR (or some such
variable). Instead, I use a hard-coded path to "c:\fmapps" .. then have
people install custom apps to that location.

Would be really happy if someone were to point out that I'm wrong! :-)

Cheers,
...scott

Post by Alan Houser
Colleagues,
When defining new structured applications in the user-specific copy of
structapps.fm ... is there an equivalent to the $STRUCTDIR variable?
Or is there some other notation I can use in structapps.fm to resolve
user-specific application file pathnames correctly?
I'm referring to the structapps.fm and structured application
definitions that typically live in
"C:\User\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\<version>\structure".
I would like to distribute new structured application definitions in
this folder and have them "just work."
Thanks in advance!
-Alan

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Alan Houser

2018-10-18 22:14:26 UTC

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Thank you, Bernard. That works!

Thanks also to Scott Prentice for his viable alternative!

-Alan

Just did something similar. We used the <$FMuserdir> system variable for it.
In FM2019, not sure if that is in the older ones too.
:)
Bernard
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folder?
Colleagues,
When defining new structured applications in the user-specific copy of
structapps.fm ... is there an equivalent to the $STRUCTDIR variable? Or
is there some other notation I can use in structapps.fm to resolve
user-specific application file pathnames correctly?
I'm referring to the structapps.fm and structured application
definitions that typically live in
"C:\User\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\<version>\structure".
I would like to distribute new structured application definitions in
this folder and have them "just work."
Thanks in advance!
-Alan

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Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
arh on Twitter
412-450-0532

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Scott Prentice

2018-10-19 01:03:51 UTC

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Very cool .. thanks Bernard (and Adobe)! :-)

Post by Alan Houser
Thank you, Bernard. That works!
Thanks also to Scott Prentice for his viable alternative!
-Alan