I have FM 2015, but if I try to save a file as Word, the only option it gives me is RTF 1.6. Isn't there anything more recent than that? I can't even do this conversion because FM crashes almost every time.
How to convert to recent version of Word?
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Publishing issues
can unstructured framemaker Documents be published into HTML help and other docment forms?
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Opening Framemaker 12 freezes at password. How do I fix?
I clicked the FrameMaker Icon as usual to open FrameMaker and it freezes at password. I then tried to open a FrameMaker Book I've been working on, and the same thing happened. It will not open an I cannot work on my documents!
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Issues printing correct font to PDF
Has anyone else had this issue, or have possible reasons why it is happening?
I am using FrameMaker 2015 on Windows 8.1.
Fonts used are HelveticaNeueLT Pro TrueType family. Fonts are new within the last 4 months.
Seemingly out of the blue, my Save As...PDF (using this option to get correct CMYK colors) will stop printing many of the Helvetica fonts properly. They come out fat and blocky, as if the correct fonts are not installed on my system (but they are).
I'm trying to see if I can track this down to Windows automatic updates, but can't figure out what on my system is changing to break the print process.
Last time it happened, a reinstall of FrameMaker fixed the issue. This time, reinstall has no effect. IT has also tried reinstalling the fonts, to no avail.
My PDF settings are set to embed all of the TrueType fonts in use into the document.
I just don't know what else to look at. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
Diane
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transform text value in object
Hi everyone !
Here is a trickie one : I made a script to get the keys property by property in a layer. If I enter a full property name by hand like this
myProp = app.project.item(55).layer("titre").property("Transform").property("Position");
alert(myProp.numKeys);
It gives me the number of keys on my property... But, if I get the exact same property path by another way (text file, script...) it doesn't work anymore.
myProp = myTextFileDataArray; //the exact property path is entered in the text file alert(myProp[0].numKeys);
Returns "undefined".
My program has to scan all the layers and properties in a comp, so I need to have a myProp value dynamically.
Hope my ask is clear :/
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Framemaker crashes during save as PDF with windows 7 event log report MSVCR100.dll exception code 0xc0000417
I am attempting to create a PDF from several Framemaker book files. Framemaker version is 2015 (13.0.5.547). Each time I try to build the PDF, Framemaker pops up a window saying it has encountered a problem and will then abort the operation without any message to indicate where it occurred or why. Windows 7 (x64) event log consistently shows:
Faulting application is Framemaker.exe version 13.0.5.547
Faulting module name: MSVCR100.dll version 10.0.40219.325
Exception code: 0xc0000417
Faulting module path: C:\windows\system32\MSVCR100.dll
This fault is occurs consistently each time I attempt to build the PDF using File > Save As PDF, and is preventing me from doing my job.
Has anyone encountered this problem and what must be done to resolve it?
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How do I get Frame to acknowledge the colwidth value in the element.
How do I get Frame to acknowledge the colwidth value in the <,colspec> element of a CALS table when opening a Dita file. I have already commented out "writer use proportional widths" in the R/W rules. This preserves the values when saving but on Open the column widths are changed. This really throws a wrench in round tripping Dita files. We end up spending days copy-fitting tables after a book build. I used DitaFMX for a while to solve the problem. But that comes with other baggage like no support for DIta 1.3.
- Guenther
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FrameMaker unresponsive after running script, 'ENGINE BUSY'
Hello scripters!
I've recently run into a small problem and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced the same and/or could shed any light on the issue. I have a script which, when run on large (~250 page) documents, renders FM completely unresponsive and requires me to force quit the application. The script isn't anything fancy, it simply walks through the active doc and inserts index markers into specific paragraphs. These are the important bits:
// adds index markers to doc
function addIndexMarkers(doc, pgf)
{
// walk through pgfs in the main doc flow
while (pgf.ObjectValid()) {
var pgfFmt = pgf.Name;
if (pgfFmt == "thing1" || pgfFmt == "thing2") {
var offset = getOffset(pgf);
var text = getText(pgf);
createMarker(doc, pgf, offset, "Index", text);
}
pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow;
}
}
// returns the offset to first char in the provided pgf
// will return different values for structured and
// unstructured documents
function getOffset(pgf) {
return pgf.GetText(Constants.FTI_String)[0].offset;
}
// returns the textual data of the provided pgf
function getText(pgf)
{
var textItems;
var text = "";
textItems = pgf.GetText(Constants.FTI_String);
for (var i = 0; i < textItems.length; i++) {
if (textItems[i].dataType == Constants.FTI_String) {
text += textItems[i].sdata;
}
}
return text;
}
// creates an index marker and places it at the specified
// offset position within the given pgf
function createMarker(doc, pgf, offset, type, text)
{
var textLocation = new TextLoc(pgf, offset);
var marker = doc.NewAnchoredObject(Constants.FO_Marker, textLocation);
var markerType = doc.GetNamedObject(Constants.FO_MarkerType, type);
marker.MarkerTypeId = markerType;
marker.MarkerText = text;
}
The script makes it all the way to the end, I see my "Script Complete" message then ESTK just keeps spinning and FrameMaker becomes unresponsive. If I stop the script and try to restart it, I get 'ENGINE BUSY'. Again, this only happens on large documents (both structured and unstructured). I tried with ~100 page docs and it works just dandy.
Any ideas on why this might be happening?
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Can't Continue Typing on Some Pages
On certain pages throughout the document, it stops letting me type partway down and automatically continues on the next page. I am not sure why since it is stopping me from continuing on these pages about 1/3 of the way into the page.
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FrameMaker Rendering Problem
We want to upgrade historical files that were created in FrameMaker v5.0 on a Windows XP workstation to the current FrameMaker version 2017. Hypertext were employed to link FrameMaker files [Example: gotopage ($Home)/TestFile2.fm:1]. As a test case, we rendered a subset of files to FrameMaker v2017 and noticed a problem with hypertext links accessed thru popup sub-menus as follows.
As an example, consider to popup menus called cars and trucks. The cars popup menu has the sub-menu items: Accord, Impala and Focus. The trucks popup menu has the sub-menu items: F150, RAM and Sierra. With the FrameMaker v2017 rendered files, we were able to hyperlink to all sub-menu items under the cars popup menu but were unable to hyperlink to any sub-menu item under the trucks popup menu. After verifying that all hyperlinks were correct, we swapped the order of the popup menus. Now we were able to hyperlink to all sub-menu items under the trucks popup menu but were unable to hyperlink to any sub-menu item under the cars popup menu.
Installed FrameMaker v6.0, rendered the same subset of files and got the same behavior as seen in FrameMaker v 2017. Unable to install FrameMaker v5.5 on Windows 7 64-bit workstation to check it's behavior.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be appreciated.
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can't save individual fm files as pdf files
I'm running Framemaker 2015. I can create PDFs out of books just fine, but when I try to save an individual FM file as a PDF, I get this truncated window and can't continue the save:
Has anyone else seen this? Is there a solution?
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fmerror@adobe.com is bouncing
So, Frame 12 (which I'm still having to use for a particular HTML Help project, as it screws up the graphics in Frame 2015 and Frame 2017 and so far Adobe haven't responded with any solution, even though I sent them the project as requested....) crashed this morning with an Internal Error when I spell checked. And as prompted, I dutifully sent the log file to fmerror@adobe.com ...
and I got this bounce message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:
ORG-KSAINI-DIRECT@adobe.com
Your message wasn't delivered because of security policies. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please provide the following
diagnostic text to your system administrator.
Diagnostic information for administrators:
Generating server: CY1PR02MB1692.namprd02.prod.outlook.com
ORG-KSAINI-DIRECT@adobe.com
#< #5.7.124 smtp;550 5.7.124 RESOLVER.RST.RestrictedToGroupPermission; not authorized to send to the distribution list because the distribution list is set up to accept mail from list members only, or specific recipients only>
#SMTP#
Original
message headers:..............................
Way to go, guys!
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FrameMaker 2015 Script - Retrieved UTF-8 strings are stored as ANSI - Japanese Char
Dear community,
I retrieve some strings from a *.txt file over a local network, and later store those into the variables of a *.fm file.
The *.txt file is UTF-8 encoded. However, the UTF-8 encoding changes to ANSI, the characters change e.g. from "面の定義" to "é¢ã®å®šç¾©"
I don't understand why the encoding changed.
How can I encode the ANSI string back to UTF-8?
Thanks!
function GetProp(doc, information) { var conn = new Socket; if (conn.open ("localhost:8000", "UTF-8")) { var getRequest = "GET /workbench/" + doc + "/" + information + "/ HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n"; conn.encoding = "BINARY"; //this line does not seem to have impact conn.write(getRequest); var endlessLoopCounter = 0; var responseHeader = ""; while(responseHeader.substring(responseHeader.length - 4, responseHeader.length) != "\r\n\r\n") { responseHeader += conn.read(1); } var contentLength = 0; var index1 = responseHeader.toLowerCase().indexOf("content-length:"); var index2 = responseHeader.toLowerCase().indexOf("\r\n", index1); if(index2 < 0) responseHeader.toLowerCase().indexOf("\n", index1); if(index1 > -1) { contentLength = parseInt(responseHeader.substring(index1 + 15, index2)); }
//here starts the reading var content = ""; for(var i = 0; i < contentLength; i++) { content += conn.read(1); } conn.close(); return content; } return "error";
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Counting line in paragraph
Hello,
I usually work with structured FM doc, but for once i need to work with unstructured doc.
I need to make a script that check if there is only few chararter at the last line of a paragraph, and if yes, to apply a "spread -2%". and check if i lost one line.
I was thinking, if i can compare the number of line of a paragraph before and after the "spread -2%" and if it's "after" is smaller than "before".
If yes => i lost one line in my paragraph.
In million paragaph, i can win few pages in my doc (doc large than 1.000 pages)
I already have script to walkthrouth all the paragraph of a doc, another to apply and/or check paragraph values (spread).
But how can i count the number of line in one paragraph?
Do i have to put my cursor in each line of my paragraph and check the FTI_LineEnd (normal, hard, hyphen) to know when i reach the end of my paragraph? Or there is another way?
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Need a little help with an EDD Context Rule
FM 2017 / DITA 1.3
EDD is ditabase.edd.fm, most of which is stock standard, except I am working with a flattened copy (text insets converted to text).
I have a problem with output and I'm hoping the community can give me a little nudge toward the correct context rules to specify here.
I noticed that on output, my figure titles don't format correctly in at least one circumstance (topic type is TASK):
<steps>
<step>
<cmd></cmd>
<info><fig><title>Title Here</title><image href="foo" /></fig></info>
</step>
</steps>
This is the required structure to get a figure into a step. The problem I have on output is that the figure title comes in with the wrong paragraph style, namely, step.info.begin.
For element <title>, the EDD says
If context is: (fig | figgroup)
Use paragraph format: figure.title
(etc., the point is I haven't touched it)
For element <info>, the EDD says
Format rules for first paragraph in element
If context is: step
Use paragraph format: step.info.begin
(etc., again, haven't touched it)
So it looks to me like the <info> rule is overriding the <title> rule, and I'm having some trouble conceiving a context rule to fix it. When I say I haven't touched anything, that's not strictly true; I have tried to specify this particular context but it hasn't worked, so I reverted my changes. I also tried moving the title rules in case it was an order-of-application thing, but that didn't help either.
I've made a bunch of context rules work in the past. For some reason this one is giving me trouble. I can't seem to find the answer in the structured dev guide, either.
(edited to correct structure sample)
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How to insert Char Tab using Extendscript in Framemaker 12?
Hi,
I am currently trying to insert a Char tab into a new paragraph, I'd like to separate each variable I insert into the paragraph separated by a Char Tab.
I am updating an existing mif file. I am trying to figure how to insert the <Char Tab> using Extend Script.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sebin
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Existing Mif File Screenshot:
<String `Attribute1: '>
<Variable
<VariableName `Variable_1'>
<Unique 6767868>
> # end of Variable
<Char Tab>
<String `Attribute2: '>
<Variable
<VariableName `Variable_2'>
<Unique 6767812>
> # end of Variable
<Char Tab>
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Drag document in book structure
Hi.
I try to create function for remove documents in structure view and have problem. When I create funciton, were I want to stop dragging document in structure view by using F_ApiReturnValue(FR_CancelOperation); I stoped the drag action, but document in my book list disappear. This document shows only when FM is reopened.
I have already tried redisplay for book, deselect element range, but it doesn't help.
Are there any other options?
Thanks.
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Specifying a link in FrameMaker to a topic in a RoboHelp-generated .CHM file
I'm using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 5. I've got two FrameMaker 12 books, each linked to its own RoboHelp HTML 11 project, and I'm generating two separate .CHM files.
My goal is for a topic in one .CHM file to contain a link to the other .CHM file. The two .CHM files are going to be in the same directory, but customers have the option of installing both .CHM files in any directory they choose, so I need to use a relative path name.
Since the sources are all in FrameMaker, I need to specify a hyperlink in a FrameMaker file that uses a relative path name to open a specific topic in a .CHM file. That hyperlink needs to be preserved when I run the FrameMaker file through RoboHelp.
I tried posing this question to the RoboHelp/FrameMaker Integration forum, but I only received responses from RoboHelp experts. They know how to solve my problem in RoboHelp, but not how to specify such a link in FrameMaker. I'm hoping someone here has solved this problem from the FrameMaker side.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Documents under folders
Why does each document get its own subfolder in the tree?
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Compare Documents result not showing red/blue for the inserted and deleted items
I am trying to compare new and old versions of a document and suddenly the resulting file does not show the red/blue highlighting what has changed.
Any ideas?
All other colors in the result are showing.
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