Are there any events, which are called by FM only in case of insertion FM Variables?
Thanks!
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Events calls for insert Variable
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Structured FM: Slow for really long documents with many elements?
Hi folks,
well, I have a few little questions and would be glad to hear what the experts out there have to say about 'em. ;-)
Basically, we are producing huge telephone directories using FrameMaker (all tests in this message have been done with a demo version of 2015 and 2017). Think about several hundred pages, each having two or three columns and very small text, plus a lot of graphics. Traditionally, we've been using an application written by us that creates a MIF file, which we then open in FrameMaker, save as a native MF file, and using pre-created master pages, various custom api clients / extensions, as well as manual formatting, thus finally making it look like a real phone book.
Now, we've decided to have a look at structured FrameMaker in order to decide if that would offer a worthwhile route to switch to. After all, the data we work with is highly structured, and we even already have native XML capabilities in our database, so we thought: Let's see if instead of going the MIF route, we could also get our data into FM by means of XML.
As it turned out, that did work. But ... well ... it worked very slowly! And the main question is, basically, if this is expected and the route via XML / structure is probably not the right way for us to look into, or if we are doing something wrong.
To be more precise, one has to take into account that the XML we feed into FrameMaker consists of very many elements with very little content. So, we don't have a <paragraph> construct that contains several thousand characters, but instead what we have looks more like:
<person>
<first_name>Jeff</first_name>
<initial>P.</initial>
<last_name>Test</last_name>
<address>
<street>Test Street</street>
<houseno>10</street>
<zip>12345</zip>
<city>Test City</city>
</address>
</person>
Now picture about 80000 of such "person" entries, plus some additional stuff, in a 40 MB big schema-based XML file. In order to open the XML, FrameMaker needs 30 - 45 seconds. The same data, without structure in a MIF file we've generated, opens in less than ten seconds.
There's even more trouble: First, the good news is that once the XML data has been saved as a native structured FM file, that FM file can be opened much more quickly, almost instantly! But when we import the formatting information from a different document into that structured FM file, well, it's wait time for about 30 - 45 minutes. In contrast, importing the same formatting information into an unstructured FM document that "started its life" via our traditional MIF route only takes a few seconds.
Of course, such big wait times are not really what we'd want. It's entirely possible that the structured route is not the right one in our case anyway - in fact, we don't need structure per se and we just thought we'd experiment with structured FM / XML a bit. It's entirely possible that we will continue our traditional MIF route, which has worked well for us for years. But I'd still like to hear what the pros think: Is such a behavior concerning the delays / slowness expected with XML data of the kind we are using? Or should things in theory work much faster and we are probably only doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance and greetings to you all!
Nils
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FrameMaker 10 only displays a white screen now when I open a file.
I have Frame 10 running on Windows 10 Home. I've never had a problem. Just recently, any time I try to open one of my files, it shows nothing but a white screen. If I bring up a dialog, it then shows the text of my document, but as soon as I dismiss the dialog to try to edit the text, the screen goes to all white again. Please advise. I have 10.0.3 patch installed. I've never seen anything like this in all my years of using Framemaker. I'm wondering if a recent operating system automatic patch update is causing the problem with my version of Framemaker now. I have version 1607 of Windows 10 Home, OS Build 14393.693.
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Markdown and SCC integration in FM2017
Browsed the FM 2017 announcements, and even though there seems to many nice additions and fixes I can't seem to find the important bullet about importing text-formatted files (md, commonmark, rst or such). Nor any mentions about source-code (Github, Mercurial, Svn or such) or Cloud-storage such as Dropbox/OneDrive/GDrive etc integration. Odd. I hope I'm just overlooking something here...
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Variable or $Marker or whatnot? Need paratext from a different file
I've worked hard to answer this question myself, but need to turn to the forum members for help.
I have a book that is separated in to files as follows. This is illustrative only - there are dozens of files in the book.
Section 1.fm (<$paratext[SectionTitle]>=Before You Begin)
Introduction.fm (this is currently chapter 1;there is no instance of SectionTitle so that chapter files can be reordered under different sections by just reordering files in the book)
Important Safety Information.fm
Section 2.fm (<$paratext[SectionTitle]>=Key Pump Features)
Other chapter files here.fm
There is thumbnail text in the chapter files that needs to reference the SectionTitle text (which is only found in the section files).
So - there are five chapters in Section 1 that have thumbnails that need to read and fill in "Before You Begin"
The book is designed so that when a product manager decides to add a new chapter or rename a section or add a section divider, this can be done very quickly. However, this is the first time I've needed to pull text from a separate file.
I've read about using a cross reference, but that means that 12 master pages need to be updated in every chapter with a specific cross reference, right? (Not acceptable.)
I don't believe a cross reference can be inserted into a variable, can it?
Please tell me Adobe has thought of this and made it easy for this type of book management.
Diane
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In regards to FrameMaker, are there any known document issues going from an older version like 7 or 8 to 2015/2017?
In regards to FrameMaker, are there any known document issues going from an older version like 7 or 8 to 2015/2017?
I have a few documents that someone else created in Verson 7. Company is purchasing version 2017. I'm afraid that the new version of FrameMaker will not work with the old version.
Also, I'm inheriting a few documents from our outside contractor created that used FrameMaker 8 to crea
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Framemaker 2015 - HTML5 export - anchors link problem iOS
Dear all,
I exported my project into HTML5.
Everything work properly on Android and Desktop but iOS returns a lot of errors.
The main problem is given by the anchor links. The browser does not redirect the user to the correct places and also it freezes the window that contains the link.
You can simulate the problem by navigate (iOS iPhone or iPad) to the framemaker 2015 help on-line.
1) go to: Adobe FrameMaker (2015 release)
2) from the table of content, try to navigate to "Books and long documents" -> "Tables of cont and other lists" -> "Generate a table of conte or list"-
3) click on one the third child for example (try it twice, by clicking on the previous and next from the TOC).
Please help me!! Do you know how to fix it?
Thanks
Claudio
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FrameMaker 2017 Constantly Crashing
Just trying to set up FM 2017; while trying to set up EDD rules for my output templates, FrameMaker is crashing constantly.
Usually all it takes to cause a crash is trying to scroll through structured view or expanding a collapsed tag or structure item.
Sometimes the crash is so bad that I have to restart my computer to get the FM processes to actually stop.
I sent all of the crash logs to fmerror@adobe.com but the message bounced.
Anything I can do? I'm currently on a 30-day trial so I can get it set up before my boss(es) pony up for licenses. I got FM11 working successfully at my previous company so I really talked it up at this new place. Not making a great first impression here, though...
Edit to add: I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling FM2017. I have also noticed that the crashes tend to happen with the referenced sections of EDDs. I can open the modules without too much trouble.
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Can Framemaker 2017 open Framemaker 9 files?
I'm considering whether or not to upgrade from version 2015 to 2017 and the oldest files in my system appear to be Framemaker 9. Will an upgrade cause access issues to these older files?
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How to ALWAYS display element boundaries in structured framemaker
I'm new to structured framemaker (v15) and am working in a rather large dita map. I'm going in and out of topics and prefer to work with the element tags visible. Every time I open a new topic I have to go back to the View > Element Boundaries (as tags) setting. But with 150+ topics this is getting very tiresome. Is there any way to configure this in options or settings? Maybe in one of the ini files? Help!
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Bought a wrong Framemaker, needed a volume license
We work with a number of users with Adobe FrameMaker 12.
We get a new employee there and we need an additional license for version 12.
The latest version of frame maker however is 2015/2017.
I am informed by Adobe that it is possible to obtain a downgrade to version 12 for 1 license.
The order that i have placed for Framemaker 2015 trough my reseller now appears not to be a Framemaker volume license?
In order to downgrade the framemaker software i have to purchase the volume license of framemaker 2017.
My reseller says that he is not able to return the license of Framemaker 2015 that i have bought, because he already registrated it and returned it with a key license from Adobe. I have not used this key license. I want to return the wrong framemaker 2015 version and license and buy a volume license instead.
How can i arrange that?
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How can I customize the default attribute settings ?
Hi,
I have used another XML editor for making DITA topics and now I am planning to use FrameMaker XML Author 12 for DITA editing.
After testing, I checked for the DITA sources output from FrameMaker XML Author and found that the following attributes are added.
- [frame="all"] added in <table> tags
- [width] and [height] specified in <image> tags
- [outputclass="fm:xxx"] attribute in <xref> tags
Are there any settings to disable or change these attributes?
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Check the complete Book
Hi Scripter,
we want to check all the text content within a book with a regular expression and JavaScript.
We have no idea how it works.
Can someone help us?
Thank you.
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Always maximized
Something that irritates me A LOT is that every time I open a book or a file, it doesn't cover my whole screen. I always have to maximize the window. When I open the next, all windows are small again. Is there a way to open ALL books and files maximized from the start?
FM7.2
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Put focus on insertion point..
I'm trying to put the focus on the insertion point after inserting text from a palette without mouseclick.
I just want to continue writing at that point.
Things I've already tested:
- scrollToText
- oDoc.IsInFront = 1
- oDoc.TextSelection = tRange
Has anybody solved this problem?
var w = new Window ("palette","INSERT"); w.Button = w.add("button",undefined,"Go") w.Button.onClick = Insert; w.show()
function Insert()
{
var oDoc = app.ActiveDoc
var textLoc = oDoc.TextSelection.beg;
oDoc.AddText (textLoc, "Test");
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Trapping "white document window"
Dear fiends,
You know, the last 10% are the most cumbersome ones...
With my script I get a "white document window" after opening of document files. I can not reproduce the behaviour reliably neither within FM (with menu) nor with ESTK (invoking only one function without menu). Even if the white screen appears, ESTK does not show a halt or error.
Painstaikenly repeating the actions (after a double FM-restart - see later why double) the effect may happen or not:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESTK, different sequence of files Open FM Open Simple Text Start Script for work with Dialog C Refresh ... script works correctly Open Markers and tables => white screen Working on the markers possible (but I don't see what) CTRL-l does not do anything Running SetDisplay from ESTK does not change the situation Where are we stuck? Closing panel Closing FM is time consuming ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESTK, different sequence of files Open FM Open Markers and Tables Start Script for work with Dialog C Refresh ... script works correctly Open Simple Text Marke contents is default Check syntax operates on marker of prev. document! (known problem) Open Developer log Refresh ... script works correctly Switching documents etc all works Open From-scratch-CS-markers => White screen There seems to be one C marker in there Closing panel Closing FM is time consuming
How to catch the reason for these white screens?
I can work on the document, but don't see the results...
Closing FM after appearance of "white document window":
Method one:
For each open document:
- Click on X to close document, wait (15 sec) until dialog "save yes/no") appears
- Document is visible
- Click either Yes or No and wait again (about 5 sec)
- Document is closed, nex one is white
Close FM with X
Nothing happens for at least 20 sec, so I click into the window which becomes white.
Click on X again => "Adobe FrameMaker is not responding"
OK => Cancel => FM disappears.
Method two:
Close FM with X and wait until the dialog "Select the files to save before closing" appears (30 sec)
OK => wait at least 10 sec, then the dialog closes
FM is still open und hence i click on X
=> "Adobe FrameMaker is not responding"OK => Cancel => FM disappears.
Why restart FM a second time before next test?
If I use the script just after a restart of FM (after the white screen happening), I get "Window can not be created" errors). Hence I need a second restart of FM. Then the script can be started again.
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Update book does not work, no file appear in "Generate" frame
This is probably a silly question.
I have moved my Framemaker 2015 license from a previous machine running Windows 8 to a new one running Windows 10.
I am trying to update a book for the first time since this move occurred.
When I choose Update Book, I get the "Update Book" window with "Generate Table of Contents, Lists and Indexes" checked.
However, no file appear in the "Generate" frame where I should see the Table of Contents and Index names.
See screen copy below. Sorry it is a french license ;-)
I have no idea why these disappeared.
How can I tell Framemaker to generate the files ?
Thank you for your help.
Patrick
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Error 11024, xxxx und 11004, xxxx
Hi,
I worked a long time with FrameMaker 11 on a windows 7 machine.
last week i recieved a new screen with a better resolution, I thoght new Hardware should not effect software so much but after seting up everything i got a error starting up FrameMaker.
Internal error 11024, 24441156, 24441450, 27184949.
I thogt lets uninstall the full Technical Comunication Suite 4 and install it back and it will work again.
Unfortunately this was wrong thinking :-(.
the new internal error is now 11004, 14348612, 14348906, 17092309.
Is there a better way to uninstall the tcs4 then just with the windows uninstaller.
Do I need to delete other files.
What could cosing this errors?
Any idea?
best regards,
beat
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Validation Error Messages Not Logged In Console Window (FM12)
When I save a structured documents as XML (File -> Save As – XML), messages and errors appear in a Console Pod but are not reflected in the Console Window or in consfile.txt
Any help appreciated.
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FDK 2017 linker error
Hi
I have installed the 2017 FDK to compile a previous project. I think I have set all the options correctly but when trying to build I get some errors related to the linker. This is the first one:
| error LNK2038: mismatch detected for '_MSC_VER': value '1600' doesn't match value '1800' in fdk.lib(fde_netlib.obj) |
From what I have investigated it appears that the fdk.lib was compiled with VS2012, in the FDK requirements it says to use VS2010 like I have done with previous releases, but in this case I think the FDK libs should be compiled with 2010 also. Please let me know if this is the case or if I can try something else.
Thanks
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