Re: PDF problem: document info

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Thomas,

[The situation -- how to modify the Doc Info fields in Frame 5.5 so that 
the resulting PDF picks up proper Title and Author data. ]

I have a client in a similar situation. The solution I provided does use 
special PostScript Code text frames, but with the use of variables, there's 
no hand-tailoring; they're just pasted in whole.

The solution is to put a PostScript Code text frame on each title page, and 
use Frame variables to pick up the document title and author info. The code 
is replicated below. Note that text in < > is user-supplied:

    [ /Title (<TITLE_VARIABLE_HERE>)
    /Author (<AUTHOR_VARIABLE_HERE>)
    /DOCINFO
    pdfmark


For those who haven't used these PostScript Code text frames, the secret 
sauce is:

o   To create -- add a regular text frame, enter the code, change the text 
color to white (i.e., make it invisible), and then change the properties of 
the text frame to PostScript Code.

o   To edit the text -- reverse the above steps.

I wasn't sure the variable would work, but it does. Also, we put the text 
frame above the other information on the page, though I didn't test whether 
this was necessary. (There's docinfo stuff in an EPS logo at the bottom of 
the same page -- Catalog was picking this up as the doc's title, etc., 
prior to our use of Code frames.)

HTH,

Tom Neuburger

The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6
www.twelfthnight.com



Thomas Michanek wrote, regarding Frame 5.5:

>... Is there any
>way to control the title and author, or to get consistent
>results, without editing in Acrobat 4.05a afterwards, or
>using special PostScript text frames in FM?
>(And YES, I realize we should have identical system set-ups...)
>
   


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