Framemaker .MIF files

What is TextPipe? Winner of the International SIA Best Application award!

The Framemaker publishing package has very weak built-in search-replace functionality. You can workaround this limitation by converting Frame files to text using the Save As Mif command, use TextPipe to work magic on the files, and then convert the results back to Frame format using the Open With... right click command. By doing so you can avoid having to buy expensive packages.

With TextPipe you can -

• Search and replace in files of any size
• Perform multiple changes all at once
• Save replacement sets for future use
• Restrict changes to line ranges, column ranges, tab fields and much more (see white paper here)
• Convert between Mainframe EBCDIC and PC/Unix ASCII representations (see white paper here)
• and much more.

This makes TextPipe ideal for tech writers or desktop publishers who work with Frame.

Sample filter to make an index entry for every Map Title Ref heading (contributed by Ted Kuster of www.ReadThisToMe.com). This filter works with TextPipe Lite, Standard and Pro.