Using Property Mapper

A FrameMaker plugin that globally updates properties in FM files making it easier to produce localized content without maintaining multiple sets of templates.

Documentation updated: August 22, 2016

This plugin supports FrameMaker versions 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 2015. It was developed as a publishing plugin for DITA-FMx, but can be used as a stand-alone tool or called from other types of automation (FrameScript, ExtendScript, or FDK client). It can also be used on both structured and unstructured files.

Property Mapper operates based on property data stored in DITA XML files. You don’t need to be using DITA for your content, that’s just the model that was chosen as the storage format for the property data. Not all FM document properties are supported by Property Mapper, just those that are likely to be changed when switching from one locale-specific version of a template to another. If you’d like to see a property supported that isn’t, contact Leximation.

For details on setting up the property map files, see Configuration and Setup.