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- From: gunter@arson.Berkeley.EDU (Michial Gunter)
- Subject: SCRIPT to FrameMaker Filter available
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:17:40 GMT
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- While I am affiliated with Softline, I have no knowledge of this
- product. Please direct inquires to:
-
- Softline International Inc.
- 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 2009
- Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
- phone: (510) 849-9817 fax: (510) 849-0156
-
- This product is available for immediate delivery.
-
- SCRIPT, DCF, GML and
- BookMaster to FrameMaker
- Filter Version 3 Release 1
-
- Product Number SOFT-203
-
- Softline's SCRIPT to FrameMaker Filter is a program to con-
- vert documents created using SCRIPT and its various deriva-
- tives (see discussion below) to FrameMaker. Throughout this
- document unless otherwise indicated, references to SCRIPT
- are intended to include all of the following products:
-
- o SCRIPT/VS
-
- o Document Composition Facility (DCF)
-
- o Generalized Markup Language (GML)
-
- o BookMaster
-
- The software provides a comprehensive conversion which
- attempts to minimize the amount of effort required to effect
- document migration. Highlights of the conversion process
- include:
-
- o Conversion of SCRIPT macros to their FrameMaker
- counterparts (Paragraph Catalogues, Font Catalogues,
- Table Catalogues, and Page Layouts).
-
- o SCRIPT index entries are converted to FrameMaker
- index entries.
-
- o SCRIPT cross references are converted to Frame-
- Maker cross references.
-
- o All SCRIPT generated lists (Table of Contents, Figure
- List, Table List, etc.) are converted to their Frame-
- Maker counterparts.
-
- o SCRIPT drawing commands (.bx, .hr, .vr, etc.) become
- the appropriate FrameMaker drawing commands.
-
- Support is provided for all SCRIPT built-in document formats
- including the GML format and the 13 BookMaster named
- styles.
-
- A powerful front end processor is provided to segment large
- SCRIPT manuals into multiple FrameMaker document files so
- the user can create a FrameMaker book file to integrate all of
- the document files into a single publication.
-
- As a part of installation SII will tailor various aspects of the
- filter to meet local user requirements (this process is distinct
- from the enhancement process discussed later in the docu-
- ment). The tailoring process allows for the following:
-
- o Specifying the name of the paragraph tag to be used
- when a particular SCRIPT macro is used to format a
- block of script.
-
- o Provide for font conversions between SCRIPT and
- FrameMaker. Not all of the fonts used in SCRIPT are
- available in FrameMaker.
-
- o Map character sets between SCRIPT and FrameMaker.
-
- o Specify special processing options for certain SCRIPT
- macros.
-
- Often when users change between publishing platforms, it is
- with the intention of actually having the documents â•¥look dif-
- ferentâ•™ in the new platform. The tailoring facility can be used
- to apply adjustment factors to the SCRIPT document format
- before converting it to FrameMaker. Using a simple example,
- if a user wished to switch from a 1 inch left margin to a 1.5
- inch left margin throughout a document a 0.5 inch left adjust-
- ment factor could be applied to all left side measurements. Not
- just the left margin, but items such as tab stops and column
- boundaries.
-
- Specified Operating Environment
-
- Machine and programming requirements for SCRIPT to
- FrameMaker filter operation are specified below.
-
- Machine Requirements
-
- The SCRIPT to FrameMaker filter operates on any processor
- supported by DCF in the VM/CMS or MVS/TSO environ-
- ment. The minimum amount of virtual storage required is 4
- MB. More complex documents may require additional virtual
- storage.
-
- File storage required for the components of SCRIPT to Frame-
- Maker Filter is 10 cylinders of 3380 DASD, or the equivalent.
- The product also requires work disk space equal to 2.5 times
- the disk space occupied by the largest document to be filtered.
-
- Programming Requirements
-
- This product requires DCF Release 3.2 installed under one of
- the following:
-
- o VM/SP Release 4.0 (with or without HPO) or later
-
- o VM/XA SF2
-
- o VM/XA SP1
-
- o TSO in MVS/SP Release 1.3.0
-
- o TSO in MVS/XA Release 2.1.1
-
- If BookMaster documents are to be converted then BookMas-
- ter release 3.0 or later must also be installed.
-
- Appropriate file transfer software must be installed to allow
- movement of the converted documents from the SCRIPT
- hardware platform to the hardware platform(s) where Frame-
- Maker is being operated.
-
- The product also requires the installation of SII's enhanced
- MML2MIF Release 3.1 on the platform where FrameMaker is
- running. This program in included in the installation materials
- supplied with the product.
-
- Compatibility
-
- Because there are substantial differences between the SCRIPT
- and FrameMaker publishing environments, users may have to
- take additional steps to insure an optimal conversion. For
- example, the basic font set shipped with SCRIPT is different
- from the fonts shipped with FrameMaker. As a result, in order
- to make use of certain SCRIPT fonts in a FrameMaker docu-
- ment the user may have to procure additional FrameMaker
- fonts. Most of these differences are highlighted in the SCRIPT
- to FrameMaker documentation along with suggested solu-
- tions.
-
- The formatted results may not be the same because of differ-
- ences in the output devices used with SCRIPT and Frame-
- Maker.
-
- The product does not convert externally maintained graphics
- files such as PSEGs and encapsulated postscript files. The user
- must convert these files separately. The filter makes provisions
- for automatically merging these files once the document has
- been transmitted to the FrameMaker platform.
-
- Enhancements
-
- If the user has written their own modifications and/or exten-
- sions to SCRIPT macro sets (GML, DCF, or BookMaster) the
- product may have to be enhanced to support these changes.
- Such enhancement is performed on a fee-for-service basis
- which is in addition to SII's charge for the base product.
-
- Licensed Software Materials
- Availability
-
- Restricted materials - Yes. This licensed software is available
- without source licensed software materials. It is available in
- object code only.
-
- Supplemental Terms
-
- Testing Period
-
- None.
-
- Installation/Location License
-
- Not applicable. A separate license is required for each machine
- on which the SCRIPT to FrameMaker program will be used.
-
- An unlimited restricted use license for the Enhanced
- MML2MIF program is included. Use is limited to processing
- files created by SCRIPT to FrameMaker program.
-
- Usage License
-
- Not Applicable.
-
- Type/Duration of Software Services
-
- Central Service until discontinued by Softline with a minimum
- of twelve (12) months notice.
-
- Warranty
-
- The SCRIPT to FrameMaker Filter will conform, when
- shipped to the customer, to its Licensed Program Specifica-
- tions which are in effect at that time, provided it is properly
- used in a Specified Operating Environment. If the Customer
- believes there is a defect in the program such that it does not
- meet its Licensed Program Specifications, the Customer must
- notify Softline while Software Services are available for the
- program. Softline does not warrant that the functions con-
- tained in the program will meet the Customer's requirements;
- or will operate in the combinations which may be selected for
- use by the Customer; or that the operation of the program will
- be uninterrupted; or error free or that all program defects will
- be corrected.
-
- The foregoing warranties are in lieu of all other warranties,
- express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular pur-
- pose.
-
- Licensed Software Specifications may be updated from time to
- time and such updates may constitute a change in specifica-
- tions.
-
- For Distributed Systems License Options(DSLO) Licenses,
- warranty service, if any, will be provided through the Basic
- License location.
-
- Following discontinuance of all program services, the program
- will be distributed on an _As_Is_ basis without warranty of any
- kind either express or implied.
-
- Additional Information
-
- Softline International Inc.
- 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 2009
- Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
- phone: (510) 849-9817 fax: (510) 849-0156
-