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Hi,In FM2019 we use book files to create HTML5 output that provides links in the left-hand navigation for each guide that's in the product's documentation set (plus copyright and PDF access). You can see that for each file or book in the book file, there's a corresponding link to the product guide in the left-hand navigation: In the trial version of FM2020, this same book file generates output that does not have the name of the product guide in the left-hand navigation, instead all its files are being shown.: In trying to get to the bottom of the problem, I have found out these things:If I use the FM2020 default.sts I get the same 'wrong' outputIf I create a fresh new book file and add in just one book, publish HTML5 causes "Adobe FrameMaker 2020 stopped working" errorChanging the 'book-of-books' book file to have fewer book in it (excluding them or deleting them) then using publish HTML5 causes the "Adobe FrameMaker 2020 stopped working" errorI can't successfully create

I am using Templates to create PDF from DITA contents in FM 20. I have manuals in different languages say English and German. Naturally I would like to have the whole manual including the system variables, if they appear on the manual, to be translated. Currently, I am facing two issues with table continuing to next pages:1.  I changed the values for the system variables:" Table Sheet" and "Table Continuation" to their German equivalents to be used in a German manual. Then I pressed the button "Update System Variables", saved the template and updated the Settings. However, these changes are ignored, and I still see the previous values. I have done these changes for these templates: ditabase, ditabase1.3, ChapterOutPut and ListofTables templates one after each other. 2. If there is an umlaut such as "ä" in the title of the table, the words such as Sheet and Continued comming from the aforementioned system variables are completely ignored. I thought I can fix this by changing t

Hi all,  I've recently been prepping Framemaker for a move over to DITA and HTML5 at my company.  I've recently experienced the following issue when outputting HTML5 using a Ditamap.  Basically, when I generate the output, the HTML5 table of contents removes topics from the Ditamap. Some background, i've recently installed JRE to fix a previous error, I wonder if this has anything to do with it?  In addition it also displays the following error " :c It may have been moved, edited, or deleted"... and then my output displays some Arabic text near the header.  I dont know if this is related or not, but I'm a little bit confused.  Please see the attached examples.  One of the DITA Map and another of the output.

Windows 7 with SP1, FrameMaker 2019.  When I click Continue button, nothing happens. Changing the language or the location doesn't help. What it could be?

In our Table element, we have an Attribute List to select the type of table to create (we have a number of pre-defined table structures).One of the table structures we use is to insert notes/comments into our documents. It's a single row, 2 column, table. Currently, in the first cell, we use a specific paragraph tag to insert an appropriate graphic (Frame Above Pgf) depending on the type of note/comment. The second cell (using a different paragraph tag) contains the text for said note. I'm having trouble defaulting the paragraph tag used in the first and second cell in the table, respectively.I have my Table and Cell elements set up as follows:When I insert the Table element, selecting Note as the Attribute, the format rules fail on the TableType and I'm not sure why (It is entirely possible that I've got it set up wrong).For some of our other Tables, we also need to specify a different paragraph tag for the first row of the table, and a different paragraph tag for the subsequent rows.

To test localisation of my scripts I want to install FM-12 German version.For that purupuse I needed to uninstall the currently (running) FM-12 UK version.I have t he following installation files in my archive:Build-12.0.0.317 releasedUpdate-12.0.1Update-12.0.2Update-12.0.3Update-12.0.4Installing 12.0.0.317 (German) is possible - test run OKUpdate 12.0.1 reports successful update - test run OKUpdate 12.0.2 does not work - "update can not be applied"Strange enough now update 12.0.1 no more is there - FM is back on verion 12.0.0.317Hence I wanted to download this update again from www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22&platform=Windows - but this site is down since quite a while:Firefox: "The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading."Edge: "Hmmm… can't reach this page"Wherefrom can I get the FM-12 updates?Have tried this:Since the base installation is OK, I skipped updates 1, 2, 3 and just installed update 4 - which worked. And now I have a German

Hello all, We are authoring in structured DITA 1.2 using FrameMaker.I'm trying to determine if there is an easy way to provide different sets of (selectable) attributes for different product teams. We have 3 product teams, each owning a series of 5-10 products. The values for profiling attributes (platform, product and audience) is unique for each group. Therefore, it doesn't make sense for one group to see the allowable attribute values for another groups's products. I also don't want each writer to type in the value for the product, platform, or audience. I would like these to be selectable from a pre-defined list (such as the Attributes pod).I know it's possible with other tools (such as Oxygen) to configure a subject scheme map and then add a reference to that subject scheme from the main dita map - doing so allows you to easily select attribute values from a supplied list. I know subject scheme maps are not supported in FrameMaker, but is there any other way to achieve someth

I have a menu item "SetMsgDisplay" which invokes a simple dialogue. For test purpose it contains only a static text. Invoking this for the first time after FM-15 start works OK Invoking it the second to nth time creates an empty window of 2540 x 1020 pix size with not title. The behaviour can not be repeated in debug mode - because no menu is possible in this mode. Directly invoking the dialogue does not show this strange behaviour. Changing the window type to palette: this works correctly. The window ID for the dialog/palette is global (no var declaration for it). Any ideas what is going on here?

We use FM2019 to generate responsive HTML5, which is published on our web site.Is it possible to give customers permalinks pointing into headings/sections in this documentation?Foe example, in the documentation there's a heading/section named "Result Data Types".In the generated HTML5, a cross refererence/link to the heading looks like:https:// ... /ops_values/ops_values.htm#XREF_49655_Result_Data_TypesThe number 49655 makes me think it can change the next time I make changes in the FM-files and generates a new set of HTML5 files. Which means the link will become useless.Is there a way to have more permanent links? 

Firstly, i'd quite like to build a document that uses images to navigate through a document, similar to the FM Help website (See attacment for example or open the following link: https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/index.html#t=using-framemaker%2Fuser-guide%2Ffrm_welcome.html). I have pretty much NO idea how to do this... i don't know if I should use markers or Xref's... some of these images will link internally, within the document, and others will be external links.I want this to be the primary navigation through the document in addition to the TOC. Secondly, my TOC keeps burgering itself, it's a proper little hamburgler...For some reason it's omitting some pages from the document all together (see example).I recently had to install JRE so i'm wondering if it has something to do with this ?Regardless, I do need those pages in the TOC, and well, in the document in general.

In our EDD, we have an element called Headings, which manages all our headings, up to 6 child-levels, with General Rule: <TEXT>, Content*, Headings* (Content being an element for inserting paragraph text). When inserting the element, it works correctly, inserting the element as a child of the previous element. But, when hitting Enter, instead of prompting for the next allowed element (Content or child-Heading), it repeats the Heading as if another heading on the same level is added. Is there a way to prevent this from happening using EDD rules?

Structured documents often contain nestable elements. For example, a Section can contain subsections; an Item in a List might contain a sublist. Formatting typically changes for each level of nesting. The Title of a top-level Section might have a single-part number (1., 2., 3., and so forth), while the Title of a second-level Section has a two-part number (1.1., 1.2, 1.3, ....) and a third-level Section a three-part number (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, ...). Titles of more deeply nested Sections might not be numbered, and may change font size and other properties.   Nested lists may be progressively indented. Numbered lists may use different numbering conventions (1., 2., 3. and so forth)  as opposed to (a., b., c., and so forth) for different levels. "Bulleted" lists can mark items in different levels of lists with different symbols (solid or outlined bullets), different shapes (circles, squares, or dashes).   An EDD can use either level rules or context levels to determine the

Re: The Enter key in a structured document - Adobe Support Community - 12010203 describes how <TEXT> in a general rule can affect the result of pressing the Enter key when editing a structured document.   There are other considerations in the use of <TEXT>:   1. Will you be moving material between structured FrameMaker and XML? Remember that the XML equivalent of a general rule that includes of <TEXT>, must either contain only <TEXT> and no elements, or have the form (<TEXT> | a | b | c ...)*, that is if the expression contains any element names, <TEXT> must be at the beginning and the entire expression must consist of a single set of parentheses using the  vertical bar connector and an asterisk at the end.  Thus, the defined element can consist of any number of the listed elements, with text allowed at the beginning, between each pair of elements, and at the end. This It is possible to move documents between FrameMaker

I accidently did some sort of weird drag/drop and scroll and it change the size of the text in my Structure View pod. I can't even read the text now.How do I change this back? 

Hi there, I have few FM template files located on office Sharepoint that I want to work upon. However, I am unable to open these files with Framemaker 11 version installed on my laptop. I tried to locate the version in which these template files were created, but I was unable to find the version.The following error message gets diaplayed when I try to open these template files: Can anyone help me in fixing this issue? Do we have any workaround to open this document in version 11 of FrameMaker?

Hi, I would like to migrate a word file to dita using the Word-to-DITA (Word2DITA) transformation framework. The method is descriped here. When I choose Structure > Utilities, there is no such "Convert Word (.docx) to DIT" option there. I use FM 15.04.751. Is this utility still available? If not, how can I transform docx to dita using FM? Thanks. 

In Restrict element levels - Adobe Support Community - 12004296, QuintinSeegers wrote, "In our EDD, we have an element called Headings, which manages all our headings, up to 6 child-levels, with General Rule: <TEXT>, Content*, Headings* (Content being an element for inserting paragraph text). When inserting the element, it works correctly, inserting the element as a child of the previous element. But, when hitting Enter, instead of prompting for the next allowed element (Content or child-Heading), it repeats the Heading as if another heading on the same level is added. Is there a way to prevent this from happening using EDD rules?"   The behavior of the Enter key in a structured document depends on the context and what is allowed at the current location. For example, if the cursor is at the end of an element that is formatted as a separate paragraph and can be followed by another paragraph of that type. FrameMaker inserts such a following element. Su

I'm busy developing our first EDD.In the above screenshot, where the highlighted Content element is (#1), I want to add another Heading but on the same level as the previous heading (#2). If I select my Headings element, it adds it as a child level heading, having the following result:Is there a shortcut to do this, without having to click on the Structure View first?

Does anyone know a way to recover a FrameMaker file after FrameMaker crashes?My edits are not in the backup file.

Our team continues to receive error messages when trying to save FrameMaker files on our company server. The errors have occurred in both 2019 and 2020 versions. We don't seem to get the errors when working from our desktop. We've also had files disappear when we update the book file. Can anyone provide any insight on what might be causing these issues? Thanks for any help you can provide!!

Now that I have installed FM-12.0.4.445 German successfulle I start my tests concerning localisation of my scipt.But app.Language reports Constants.FV_LANG_BRITISH (0x02) although FM obviously is German: all menues and dialogues etc. are German.My Windows is British, but the currently open FM is German. What is going on here? 

Hi FrameMaker friends:   Can anyone offer some clarity on this Book error message?  The book and the generated files update as expected as long as all the files are open. I can't find any issues with the four generated files (TOC, LOF, LOT and LOP) and the nongenerated files seem fine, too. The book was created years ago and has been updated in the various versions over the years.    As I continue think about it, I did see missing fonts appear in the book window error report once. Is this an obscure way of telling us to uncheck ‘Remember Missing Fonts’ in Preferences?   Thanks in advance, ~Barb 

I am moving a structured FrameMaker11 file into FrameMaker2019. The font that is currently in use, is not in the base font package of FrameMaker2019. That is fine, we will use a font that is in the new system. BUT....When importing the file from FM11 to FM19, it askes to display the file to a font that looks similar. This works, but the settings in the file still reflect the old font from FM11. How do I convert the whole document to the new font in FM19? 

Good morning, We currently run FM12. Our parent company in Japan was able to update to FM2019 (perpetual license) about 6 months ago, but so far we are unable to find anything but a subscription. If we have to settle for a subscription, is it possible to keep FM from updating? (I don't want to be in a situation where in 10 years I am running FM2031 while Japan is still running FM2019).   Thanks! 

When I click on Insert > Cross-Reference, I get the Object Properties dialog box for an image.  Any clues?