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I have just submitted bug report FRMAKER-10792 Although discovered in FM-15.0.8.979 , it's the same in FM-16.0.2 Withe PDFL route I get this result (see the highlighted word): The characters are correctly in PDF if created via Distiller route. In FM you also see it correctly: The incriminated character is U+2019

Hello friends,I'm not an expert with framemaker by any means but need expert help. I'm trying to add images in a document. I created two tables in an exisiting document. I then wanted to add several images above a single table. The problem is that the only area I can add the image is in the table title. The table title appears on several pages because the table continues on several pages. Thats fine but I dont want the images to appear below the title on several pages. I just want them to appear above the first title. Theres no space between the previous table and the new table to add images. I cant figure out how add a new area for the images. I appreaciate any and all help. 

Dear all, By some erraneous editing i have situations like this: var oDoc, oFile, sFile; oFile sFile = oFile.fullName.toUpperCase(); // Uppercase the filename for easy comparison. ... The second line should read oFile = File(filename); For me it's a mystery why this 'stand-alonge' variable does not create a syntax error or similar during the start of the script in ESTK. Only at line 3 I get the error - of course the varible (oFile) is undefined. Can you enlighten me?

Hello again. When I produce a PDF output from a FM book, the PDF ToC/bookmarks only show the chapter title and the next subheading level down, e.g., 2 and 2.1. But I need them to display and linked to at least 3 and possibly 5 levels of detail, e.g., 2.1.1 and 2.1.1.1.1. How do I get at least 3 levels of subheadings to show up in the PDF file? Cheers -- John

Hi all. Is it possible to track changes in a FM book with tracking bars that then appear in a PDF output? Cheers -- John

Dear all,I want to change the complete text of an element with a certain tag, say "<bold>".I can get the tag name via elem.ElementDef.Name. But how do I get the text()-node of the Element. Is there something like the xslt text()-node functionality? Some other ideas?Thanks in advanceWA

I'm trying to find more information on how to split one big FM file into individual files. So each chapter will be its own file. There seem to be a tool under Utilities called Split Current Document but is this only for 2020 version? I'm on 2019 and it's not there.My second question is how was this done before? Manually or if you are able to produce a script?Thanks!

Dear all!I have no success in changing the case of found items with Find/Replace using Regular expression in FrameMaker 14.0.3.500.I want change lower case characters after n-dash followed by blank b< the upper case equivalent:Assume no change in maker.ini, hence RegularExpressionSyntax=PerlFind:      – ([a-z])Replace: – \U$1 or – \u$1 or – \p{Lu}$1Consider case: on or off=> None of the replacements does the job!Then I have tried various things with RegularExpressionSyntax=egrep  or grep. No success either.My syntax reference is Replacement Strings Reference: Context and Case Conversion Bug? Wrong syntax? Klaus Daube

Hi,I have a pdf output from FrameMaker 2019.  We encounter this "Transparency used (soft Msk in image) error message for all the images used in this FrameMaker doc. The PDF output from earlier FrameMaker build (10) didnt have this error.Anyone can advice here?  Thank You.

Hello, Is it possible to create a variable that will automatically be the page number of where a section is in the document? I am asking because every time I have a major change in the doc I need to update the pages in the summary of changes which is considerably time-consuming... Thank you  

When I compare two documents and there is a change with an anchored frame, the line width in the comparison doc ends up being 7.199pt. Is there a setting that controls that? Or is there an easy way to change it? Here is what it looks like. Thanks,Nick

Hi, I am trying to get FrameMaker to run any of the samples included in the FDK. FrameMaker throws the exception that script <hello.dll> can't be initialized and I am running into a brick wall trying to figure out what I am missing.I've added the nessecary include files and lib's before compiling and added my client to my users maker.ini, but I have the feeling I am missing something. Sadly there is no checklist in any of the guides or documentation for FDK that helped me so far to figure out what I am doing wrong. I am using the latest FDK version and Visual Studio 2019. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all. I've used FrameMaker in various jobs throughout the past 25 years or so (off and on) and currently am on the 2019 version. I've just tried to Find cross-reference markers, but ran into a problem. In Find > Marker of type, I see the same choices as what's in Find > Marker of text, which I'm not familiar with. I was looking for a list of marker types such as Index or Cross reference.Is this a bug or has something changed from FM 2017?

Hello everyone,I am successfully using ditaval files to filter content in a series of documents. What I have is a question about simplifying the process.- We use the props attribute for *specific* elements in our topics (for example, section)- Our list of values for the props attribute is maintained in a spreadsheet because it is updated on a regular basis- Our list of values are updated regularly because FrameMaker requires the list of values be *exactly and completely* defined - which is great until you end up with what I have now- Content in a topic may apply to more than one document (we filter by destination document rather than product)- When filtering, FrameMaker treats, for example, HGNHP HGEXO differently than HGEXO HGNHP- So the spreadsheet contains every combination we use - and is updated each time we change or add combinations of destination documents, so for example we could need a new entry HGNHP HGEXO HGEP- Using the spreadsheet, I generate a text file listing all the c

We created a Console application to create Framemaker session using FDKProgrammer guide. We were able to register Progid manually using the below command line:Win+R : “C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2019 (32 Bit)\Framemaker.exe “/progid:Test321 /autoWe connect to the session using the below code snippet.       StringT opt_progid;       CLSID pclsid;       LPOLESTR progStr;       HRESULT res;       F_ObjHandleT docId;        // Get the process name.        opt_progid = (StringT)"NewTest";        // Convert the process name into a GUID       progStr = (OLECHAR*)malloc(WBUFLEN*sizeof(wchar_t));       if (0 == MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0,    &n

Hi guys,  I'm creating X-ref's to other HTML5 files in DITA (structured FM),These are files that are stored locally on a drive and the documents ofter refer to other documents that have been converted to HTML5.  The HREF target that I have been using has either been aquired from the 'Index' properies>security link, or from loading the index in chrome etc, and copying the link from the URL.  When I set the X-ref initially and test it using CTRL + ALT + Left Mouse Button, it works just fine.  However, when I reload the topic, the link breaks completely and upon inspecting the Href panel, the format appears to have changed.  The inital Href format looks like this and works (you won't be able to open it)file:///B:/Production%20Documents/All%20Departments%20(Company%20Wide)/TP/ATP-85800141/Responsive%20HTML5/index.html#t=ATP-85800141%2FAll_Departments_(Company_Wide)%2FTP%2FATP-85800141%2FEquipment.htmlnts_(Company_Wide)_TP_ATP-85800141_Eq

Hi Everyone,Hoping someone has seen this and knows how to fix. My book has (up until recently) always generated hyperlinked miniTOCs when saved as PDF. (Same result when Print to PDF.)Just noticed MiniTOC has stopped creating links in PDF, but all other hyperlinks still work. (Same result when Print to PDF.) See attached.Is there some behind the scene Reference Page code (or similar) that has become corrupted in my FM files?I tried deleting and inserting miniTOC, confirming the Create Hyperlinks in MiniTOC is set, for several of them, with same result.I tried another book with miniTOCs, and they Save to PDF with hyperlinked PDF results.I need to release this book soon, and this is out of my league for troubleshooting Frame to PDF.Thank you very much.fred 

Hello all! I'm working with an old manual that has been edited by many hands over the years. I'm havin an issue that looks like has been around for awhile in the document but never truly fixed. I'm hoping to change that with your help.When I look at the figure numbers they are sequential and the auto numbering works and then suddenly it doesnt. Example: Figure 4-22....4-30 and then it will go to 4-19. I look in the Paragraph Designer and it shows the same format with counter as the previous working ones"Figure <$chapnum>< >-<n+>< >< >< >< > ". I can manually enter the number and then will have to do the same for the next few figures and then the auto counter will work again but bases it on the manual number I previously entered. This scenario happens over and over in the chapter. This is driving me a little crazy. I'd appreaciate the help.

I'm not presently using FM to generate HTML, but based on a couple of recent threads about non-breaking spaces and HTML, I was running some experiments. According to the on line documentation, the mapping of special characters is controlled by the Character Macros table, found on one of the auto-connect Reference Pages all named "HTML". These RPs may not exist until you Publish to HTML5 or basic HTML for the first time. The table, however, doesn't seem to do anything. I changed the default:| ® | ® |to:| ® | ® |and the output markup remained "®" (Unicode U+00AE, also AEh in most Latin Extensions to ASCII). FM appears, by default, to render Body text CTRL+space \x11 to HTML as an ordinary ASCII 20h, Unicode U+0020 space, and not as either   or U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE. Adding a row to the Character Macros table, of| CTRL+space |   |did not change that. So what does control mapping for HTML output?

In my FM19 document I have a non-breaking space in a heading: I have a cross-reference to this heading:  But in the generated HTML5 output, this cross-reference looks like:  How can I avoid this   output in the generated HTML5?

Hi,   This is just for info, if anyone else needs to find non-breaking spaces with regular expressions. "\ " or \u00A0 or \s does not work. And it took me half an hour to find out that I have to use this notation: \x11 (in the online help in the appendix in Windows character sets; not described in the section about Find and Regular expressions) Characters in Unicode notation are generally not found with regular expressions.   Best regards   Winfried    

I have almost never used the spellchecker but now I am trying to make it work on some danish text, and I can't figure out the system.I want the spellchecker to find words which have old spelling conventions and correct them to new conventions. Like this:Spellchecker finds the word "Saa" which is old danish for "Så". "Så" does not figure as an option for correction so I type it myself and click "Correct". This works - FrameMaker inserts "Så" instead of "Saa".Now I would like FrameMaker to automatically suggest "Så" as the first replacement option next time it encounters "Saa". But how do I make FrameMaker do that. Apparently I should be able to add "Så" to the dictionary but that does not really seem to work.What am I missing here?

Howdy,Sometimes when I use Track Text Edits and Accept and edit, it will accept the new text, but the old, deleted text remains as redlines. Any idea why this happens?I've tried turning Track Text Edits off and on (hey, I'm using Windows), but it doesn't change anything.

When opening an fm file in FM2019 I do get a 'font missing' message. But the fm search doesn't show me where the font is. The MIF version of the file shows the missing font:<Tbl <TblID 99> <TblTag `B-Sb'> <TblFormat <TblColumn <TblColumnNum 0> <TblColumnWidth 100.0 mm> <TblColumnH <PgfTag `A4_Tag'> <Pgf <PgfFont <FTag `'> <FPlatformName `W.Frutiger 45 Light.R.400'> <FFamily `Frutiger 45 Light'> <FVar `Regular'> <FWeight `Regular'> <FAngle `Regular'> <FPostScriptName `Frutiger-Light'> <FEncoding `FrameRoman'> ... > # end of PgfFont > # end of Pgf > # end of TblColumnH ... I'd like to change the missing font to an existing one, i.e. Arial.The tags that need to be changed are:<FPlatformName `W.Frutiger 45 Light.R.400'><FFamily `Frutiger 45 Light'><FPostScriptName `Frutiger-Light'>  Is there a way to change the font in FM directly (and not in MIF)?

HI All, try to install 2019 FM , getting the Browser error . On the same machine FM-2020 able to install. Not sure what could be the issue , please asisst