FrameMaker::MifTree 0.075

FrameMaker::MifTree is a MIF Parser Perl module.

SYNOPSIS

use FrameMaker::MifTree;
my $mif = FrameMaker::MifTree->new;
$mif->parse_miffile(filename.mif);
@strings = $mif->daughters_by_name(String, recurse => 1);
print $strings[0]->string;
$strings[3]->string(Just another new string.);
$mif->dump_miffile(newmif.mif);

The FrameMaker::MifTree class is implemented as a Tree::DAG_Node subclass, and thus inherits all the methods of that class. Two methods are overridden. Please read Tree::DAG_Node to see what other methods are available.
MIF (Maker Interchange Format) is an Adobe FrameMaker file format in ASCII, consisting of statements that create an easily parsed, readable text file of all the text, graphics, formatting, and layout constructs that FrameMaker understands. Because MIF is an alternative representation of a FrameMaker document, it allows FrameMaker and other applications to exchange information while preserving graphics, document content, and format.

This document does not tell you what the syntax of a MIF file is, nor does it document the meaning of the MIF statements. For this, please read (and re-read) the MIF_Reference.pdf, provided by Adobe.

MifTree not only knows the MIF syntax, but it also has some understanding of the allowed structures (within their contexts) and attribute types. The file FrameMaker/MifTree/MifTreeTags holds all the valid MIF statements and the attribute type for every statement. This file may need some improvement, as it is created by analyzing a large collection of MIF files written by FrameMaker (and an automatic analysis of the MIF Reference, which showed several typos and inconsistencies in that manual). The current file is for MIF version 7.00.