FrameMaker Script to open readonly books
Hi,Is it possible to open readonly books in FrameMaker using a script? I have tried the SimpleOpen(), Open() and the execute() methods and have not had any success. Any help would be appreciated,...
View Articleimage resolution (dpi) is completely wrong in Fm 2017
Hi all I'm using FrameMaker 2017 all patched up (14.0.3). I import an png image (a screen shot at 96 dpi) and I select 150 dpi in the "Imported Graphic Scaling" dialog. However, this doesn't seem to...
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Formatting elements with graphics in structured FrameMaker 10
I have an Alert element currently defined as follows: Element (Container): Alert General rule: Paragraph+Attribute list 1. Name: Type Choice Optional Choices: Warning | Caution...
View ArticleCan not add a relationship table
Hi, I am using Framemaker 2017, I insert a table in a ditamap, set the table format to relatable, but the added table is a simple table.And I cannot add topicref in the table?How to fix this problem?
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Help Generates No Topics
I’ve been using structured (DITA1.2) FM11 w RH10 about five years with no issues until mid Dec where it crashed for one of 3 versions. The largest ditamap crashed, FM runs out of memory or generates No...
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How do I remove the glossary tab from Responsive HTML5 Online Help?
I clicked Edit Settings for Responsive HTML5. I opened the Edit Layout button and changed Show Glossary to false. However, when I publish the help, the glossary tab still displays. How do I remove the...
View ArticleMissing fonts and equations
I opened my documents and got a warning message, "Document named Chapter 2.fm uses unavailable fonts. To reformat the document using available fonts, click ok." This same document now produces a .pdf...
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equation mif form
Hi - I have a question about adjusting equation boundary boxes in FM 2017. I recently discovered that some of our equations were not being rendered in our html help system. After much digging I found...
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FM 2015 crashes when accessing Preferences
Why is FM crashing when I try to access the Preferences?I am trying to change the Spelling features and cannot access them.If I open the Spelling pod > Options, FM also crashes.I get the following...
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Titles of submaps are included in pdf output
I have a bookmap in which every chapter references a ditamap that has a title and one top-level topic with some nested topics inside of it. The problem however is that the title of the submap is also...
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Download FrameMaker completely ?
It's horrible, the download never ends!it pauses alone, it resumes from scratch it never ends!Is there another way to download FrameMaker than the Akamai Downloader channel?
View ArticleCan you change footnotes by using Find and Change?
I have a 400 page document that has around 2 tables per page.On the majority of these tables there is a footnote to explain what xxxxx means. Someone has changed the text fromxxxxx = The blah blah...
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FM 2017 internal error.
Snaps at Book Building. Renaming the 14 dir. doesn't help, neither mif roundtrip. Please help!
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Assign structure element to bold font
In my conversion table I need to pick up font that is marked as bold and assign it to a structure element.Regular conversion table columns are: Wrap this object or objects | In this element | With this...
View ArticleCannot resize floating document window
By default, Framemaker opens documents as tabs. With Framemaker 2017 (FM 14.0.3.500), when I drag a document tab out of a tab group into into a floating window, the new window is always opened very...
View ArticleCan you change footnotes by using Find and Change?
I have a 400 page document that has around 2 tables per page.On the majority of these tables there is a footnote to explain what xxxxx means. Someone has changed the text fromxxxxx = The blah blah...
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Why don't change bars in FrameMaker appear in my PDF?
Hello, I have used change bars in FrameMaker so that reviewers can more easily find the changes made to a document. Sometimes the changes are rendered in the PDF, but sometimes not. Can someone...
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FM 2017 crash
Hi,I've a crash with FM 2017 Update 3. The crash show the following dialog boxThis error stops our application until the button is pressed.I've tried reinstalling with non change.
View ArticleNot saving document unless I exit
If I click on the Save icon, it doesn't save. It only saves if I exit the document and asks if I want to save.
View Articleformats being lost after saving
I have certain formats that are being lost after I save a file. More specifically, I have checkboxes that are one size, I save, exit, open it back up, and they're a different size. I can't get them to...
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