IXgen for FrameMaker 7 and 8

For general IXgen information, including IXgen 7 downloads, go to IXgen Central.

New Features in IXgen 7

• Create Subentries — IXgen searches for leading words common to two or more entries, or single entries sharing common words with an existing multi-level entry block. When found, IXgen forms a common first-level entry, then places the unique trailing words of each original entry in second-level entries under the new root entry.

  Example:

    dogs, breeds
    dogs, dietary needs
    dogs:pets
    dogs, training
  

  becomes:

    dogs
      breeds
      dietary needs
      pets
      training
  

• Elevate Unique Subentries — IXgen searches for two-level entries with root entries that appear only once and that have a single subentry. The words of the subentry are then moved up into the main entry.

Examples:

  Cats
     domestic

  Lions
     African

becomes:

  Cats, domestic

  Lions, African

You can set the separator character or string used to append the second level to the first level. The default is ", " (comma-space), but an alternate would be just a space character.
• Flip Entries — exchange first and second levels of an entry. Optionally, keep the original and make a flipped copy. You can even keep the original and make a flip with a reference back to the original form of the entry.

  Example:

    cats:domestic
    dogs:breeds
  
  (or)
  
    cats
       domestic
    dogs
       breeds
  

  becomes:

    breeds:dogs
    domestic:cats
  
  (or)
  
    breeds
       dogs
    domestic
       cats
  
  

  You can also copy and flip, which means that a pre-flip copy of the entry is made. You'll have a flipped entry and an original entry.

  You can also flip a copy and make a referral:

  Example (set for copy and referral flip):

    cats:domestic
  (or)
  
    cats
       domestic
  

  becomes:

    cats:domestic
    domestic, see also cats
  
  (or)
  
    domestic, see also cats
  

  You can program the reference phrase you prefer to use, such as "see", "see also", or a custom phrase.
• Validate References — If you use "see also", "see", or similar references, IXgen can check that the referenced entry actually exists.
• Display Character Formatting in the Editable Marker List — while working in the Editable Marker List, you'll be able to see and apply character formatting as display text rather than as embedded character format commands. You'll be able to much more readily see your index character formatting.

  You can also use exaggerated display formatting in the editable marker list to make your index entry formatting tasks easier. The format properties for a given character tag in the editable marker list are separate from the format properties in the IX document (your production document).

• Floating Toolbar — all of the IXgen commands associated with the editable marker list are now available on a floating toolbar. This saves a lot of trips to the main IXgen pull-down menu while you're working in the editable marker list. Great new feature. We should have done this sooner.

Special Requests for IXgen 7

• Unsorted Editable Marker List Option — If you wish, you can now have the Editable Marker list presented unsorted. This is likely to be in the page order of the markers, but not always.
• Display Full source file path in the Editable Marker List — the Editable Marker list can now optionally show the full path to the source file.
• Start Markers from Keywords action from the current Insert Point — Markers from Keywords can now be set to start from the beginning of the paragraph which holds the insert point. This is easier than highlighting from the insert point out to the end of the document. This new feature is quite useful if you find yourself stopping and restarting the Markers from Keywords process.
• Relocation of IXgen files — IXgen files have been relocated to a central IXgen location within your FrameMaker installation.
• Forgiveness of font errors in IXgen templates — if you receive a font-warning error when starting an IXgen function, you can now click through and ignore the error. However, we still recommend updating the IXgen templates to reflect the font configuration of your system so that you avoid seeing this dialog box.

• Copy and Paste System Key — You can now copy the IXgen license key (the ixgenkey.999 contents) directly from the IXgen license dialog box. You no longer need to send the file contents by way of attachment. Simply copy and paste the key from the IXgen license dialog box into your mail program.
• Revised IXgen User's Guide — over the years, many pages were added at the "last minute" to this document. Things got out of hand. We've done some reorganization and a lot of clean-up work. Apologies to all our technical writer friends who probably cringed more than once using the old version.

New IXgen 7 Pricing

IXgen 7 Upgrade Pricing

For example, if you just purchased IXgen 5.5, you won't be hit again for the full price when you upgrade to IXgen 7.0. How much the IXgen 7.0 upgrade costs depends on how long ago you originally purchased IXgen.

The IXgen 7 upgrade price has two components:

• One-time Initial License upgrade fee of $50. This is only for your first IXgen license, and covers implementation of the new features noted above. Additional IXgen licenses that you own are not subject to this fee. You pay the $50 one time, whether you're upgrading one IXgen license or a 1,000.
• Time-based upgrade pricing for each IXgen license you own. This is an incremental upgrade amount paid for each license you own. The more recently you purchased IXgen, the lower the upgrade fee for each license. Upgrade pricing is a percentage of the IXgen 5.5 price for the same number of licenses.

Purchased IXgen how long ago?	90 days or less	91 days to 180 days	181 days to 365 days	365 days or longer
IXgen 7 Upgrade Charge	$50 only, one time	$50 once + 20%	$50 once + 40%	$50 once + 60%

Example 1: Single IXgen 5.5 license purchased 45 days ago:
$50 (that's it!)

Example 2: Single IXgen 5.5 license purchased 210 days ago:
$50 + (40% of 199) = $129.60

Example 3: Six IXgen 5.5 licenses purchased 120 days ago:
$50 + (20% of 199 + 149 + 149 + 149 + 99 + 99) = $218.80

Still not sure what your upgrade cost would be? We'll be happy to look up your last IXgen order and provide an upgrade quotation, either verbally or via email.

Not sure whether to buy IXgen 7 now because you haven't decided when you might upgrade to FrameMaker 7 or 8? We have two options for you:

• Buy IXgen 7 now, but install and license IXgen 5.5 for FrameMaker 5.5-6.0. You're then entitled to IXgen 7 at no charge, no matter when you might install IXgen 7.
• Buy and install IXgen 5.5 now. If you upgrade to IXgen 7 within 90 days, you only pay the one-time $50 fee, regardless of how many licenses you are upgrading. If more than 90 days have gone by, you'll fall into the tiered pricing given above.
Buying IXgen 7 now gives you ultimate price protection and flexibility.

(Note that your IXgen purchase history is determined from when your IXgen order was entered into our order system, not when you paid the order or when you started using IXgen.)