FrameMaker

When I use the FrameMaker script, sometimes I receive the following error though there is no code at this line. But sometimes the script works perfectly fine. Not sure what is the issue. Script Error : Error Message: undefined is not an objectScript, Line# : C:\D\Scripts\script01.jsx, 5 #target framemaker //@include "./logging.jsxlib" var book = app.ActiveBook; var compType = comp.ComponentType; if(!book.ObjectValid()) { book = app.FirstOpenBook; } if(book.ObjectValid()) { app.ActiveBook = book; alert (comp.Name); var comp = book.FirstComponentInBook; var current_file = comp.Name.replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, ''); while(comp.ObjectValid()) { if(comp.ComponentType == Constants.FV_BK_FILE) { var doc = OpenFile(comp.Name); if(doc.ObjectValid()) { var doc = app.ActiveDoc; var flow = doc.MainFlowInDoc;

I could not open the FM file, it appears the error message " Internal Error 12004, 18675028, 18675322, 21605557". And also there generated a file named" FrameLog_xxxx.txt".  Thank you!

I've re-created some informational text+icon boxes in my document which were originally created on Indesign. I've used the method described in the following instruction which utilizes a 2 column table where the first cell is being used for the icon image and the second one is being used for the informational text. The first icon cell becomes wider when I insert more than one icon into it and of course, this causes the text cell column to become narrower. Adobe Framemaker Icons  Is there a way to straddle cells which are placed on different columns and rows? I've thought that maybe creating a 2x2 table with the above method and then straddling the text cells would solve my problem. Framemaker doesn't allow me to do this but maybe I couldn't find the trick to do it. If not then is there a similar feature in Framemaker to the text wrapping feature of Indesign? The informational text+icon box on Indesign  The same informational text+icon box on Framemaker

Hello Adobe Support,I have a person who is having  trouble with cross references in Adobe Framemaker 2019.  They have to insert and delete figures and tables, and it looks like it’s messing up the list of cross references, and links.  Also possibly impacting the Table of Contents, the List of Figures and the List of Tables.  Any idea what could be causing this? 

Hi, when I have an anchored frame wrapped in an <image> tag, automatic things happen like shrinkwrapping and the addition of attributes like "height" and "width". Can I turn this off? I'm seeing it in FM2020 but it's been going on for a while. Thanks.

Hello.I used below codes to set CMS login dialog and this codes are refered from 'fdkreference.pdf'. but the 'Local Folder' text box was not read-only and the folder browser button did not show up.Is there anyone who knows how to set read-only textbox and add button?Thanks. VoidT F_ApiInitialize(IntT initialization){F_StringsT *userFields = (F_StringsT*)F_Alloc(sizeof(F_StringsT), NO_DSE);userFields->len = 2;userFields->val = (StringT *)F_Alloc(sizeof(StringT) *userFields->len, NO_DSE);userFields->val[0] =F_ApiCopyString((ConStringT)"WorkSpace:");userFields->val[1] =F_ApiCopyString((ConStringT)"Local Folder:");F_ObjHandleT cmsId = F_ApiCMSRegister((ConStringT)"Custom CMS");F_ApiCMSConfigLoginUI(cmsId,userFields, False);F_Free(userFields);} 

I'm posting this in here only to learn if this is either the normal way of visualizing the guidelines for overlapping text boxes and anchored frames or if I'm making a mistake or if this is an actual error in Framemaker. When I define an anchored frame inside a text box which has the same width with the text box then Framemaker does show the guidelines of the text box and the anchored frame not exactly on top of each other but a little bit shifted from each other. I couldn't find a specific tool to align the left line of both the text box and the anchored frame so I did align them on each other visually and manually. I think that I've managed to align the left lines of both these elements but the right line of the anchored frame doesn't exactly match to the text box whereas their widths are defined exactly as the same value. 

How do I create a new document in FrameMaker using Extendscript without prompting the user? I'd like to duplicate the functionality of the user doing "File" -> "New..." -> "New Document", then selecting the "Portrait" button. I think I either need to figure out how to programatically locate the "Portrait" template file and pass that as the filename, or maybe there is a open parameter I can specify that says to use the Portrait template. Here is the code I have so far: var filename = undefined; var oParams = GetOpenDefaultParams(); var rParams = new PropVals(); oParams[GetPropIndex(oParams, Constants.FS_NewDoc )].propVal.ival = true; oParams[GetPropIndex(oParams, Constants.FS_ShowBrowser)].propVal.ival = false; var doc = Open(filename, oParams, rParams); if (doc.ObjectValid() == false) PrintPropVals(rParams); // PropVals // -------- // prop num = 1 String value = // prop num = 2 Integer value = 0 // prop num = 3 Unsigned Integer values are: /

Typing speed has slowed down so much in my document that I seriously consider simply typing in word and the copy past the text into FrameMaker. My documents have three to four pages with a couple of relatively small png files.What may be happening? Can it be helped somehow?running win10.

Framemaker 2020: The chapter headings apprear correctly with numbers and heading texts in TOC (in FM). I printed the complete book to a pdf. The heading texts are shown correctly in the pdf bookmarks, but the bookmark heading numbers at header1 level are missing? Header2 level bookmark heading numbers are correctly shown in the pdf. I have not found the root cause in pdf printing settings. H1 and H2 have similar autonumbering settings in the FM paragraph designer. Does anyone know what might be wrong? This is my first pdf printing with the new FM2020. My ealier FM12 did not have this problem.

In FM 2020, my Book file's Generated TOC and IX files work fine, but clicking on links in the LOF displays OpenObjectID errors, and don't link to the figures in the Chapter files. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!  

I have two images.  One for product=iMX350 and another for product=iMX950. My document is structured as follows: <figframe="all" product="iMX350"><title>Product Label</title><imagehref="../../../../iMX_Common/Installation_Guide/assets/iMX350%20Label%20Dual%20MAC.png"height="320.639pt" width="426.240pt" conkeyref="graphics/iMX350_label"/></fig><fig frame="all" product="iMX950"><title>Product Label</title><imagehref="../../../../iMX_Common/Installation_Guide/assets/iMX950%20Label%20Dual%20MAC.png"height="320.639pt" width="426.240pt" conkeyref="graphics/iMX950_label"/></fig> I have a dynamic filter set up on the product attribute.  I am finding that only the figure text is being filterd.  Despite being nested within the figure tag, both images are always displayed.  Why is the filter not having any effect on the image content? 

I recently installed the Adobe FrameMaker 2019 upgrade. When I used the Save as PDF option to output my book, the PDF created using Adobe Acrobat Pro had three instances in which the text was corrupt. I spent quite a bit of time troubleshooting. The FrameMaker file was absolutely fine. I deleted and retyped the text, without fixing the output problem. Finally, I noticed that all three instances of corrupt PDF output included a word with an apostrophe. I rewrote the text to remove the apostrophes and the PDF output without any problem. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Do you think it is a FrameMaker issue or an Acrobat Pro issue, or a combination of both? I had used this unstructured FM file before, prior to upgrading to FM2019, without any output issue. I'm interested to hear your comments.

We have a large number of technical documents (manuals, mostly) that include short video tutorials in the digital editions of the FM-generated PDFs. For the past several years, we have used FM12 (and still do) to easily add these tutorials to the FM files. According to one expert, the problem is that FM12 uses a Flash standard to convert the videos for import into FM. As of this year, Flash is dead and none of our users are able to use the video tutorials in manuals created in the past, even though most use Windows media player or other common player, NOT Flash. This is a huge problem for our users. At this point, it appears that the only solution is to upgrade FM to the current version. I have no idea how FM now handles video content. But the bigger problem is how can we support our customers who have these older manuals (some created in just the past year) and need to use these tutorials. Are they left high and dry, too?

I have a separate cover page document in my book which has to change the cover image (which is an Illustrator image) based on a printout condition: "Brand A" or "Brand B". Some of the text (such as brand name strings) in the book will change based on conditions of "Brand A" and "Brand B" which is a very straightforward process but I couldn't find a way of binding the Illustrator image on the cover page to condition tags. The condition tag tool warns me about using text in text frames, anchored frames, table rows and columns. I don't want to use any of these elements on the cover page. The Illustrator images are already created based on my page size (A4 Letter) and all I want is to change the cover page image when creating the pdf output based on my selection of brands. How can I achieve this?

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Hi,I recently upgraded from Adobe Framemaker 7.2 to 9.0 and love that section and sub-section numbering are now included.  However, I have old book files where I am trying to change the number properties, but I notice that the Section and Sub-Section inputs are completely grayed out and uneditable.  It is editable through the document itself, but when you update the book, it always defaults back to the book's numbering.  Is there any way to make it so that I can edit the section number for the document (through the book)?Thanks.

Sparky Anderson alias Doug writes to me:I use your ETB ( love it! ) and wanted to point out a bug.  When I right click and use the drop down menu to insert a non-breaking hyphen, it still breaks when I publish to HTML5.  Maybe I'm doing something else wrong, but it looks like ETB doesn't use x2011 when it tries to insert a non-breaking hyphen.IMHO FM does not recognise \u2011 as a non-braking hyphen. MIF states: <ParaLine <String `Inserted by ESC,-, h (or ETB Insert Special Symbol): '> <Char HardHyphen> > # end of ParaLine <ParaLine <String `Inserted by Unicode: ‑'> > # end of ParaLine My editor tells that in the Unicode the character is U+2011IMHO this is a bug - and I guess the 'equal' treatment of \x15 and \u2011 was requested long time ago be others already. - although I can not find a corresponding entry in the bug base.In my experience \x15 is not a character but an FM function (see https://www.daube.ch/docu/files/com

When I try to highlight multiple pages in FrameMaker on Windows 10 (drag the mouse across multiple lines, across multiple pages) the software crashes. I'm trying to highlight bulk content to paste the content into another file, and the software constantly crashes and displays the following message:Adobe FrameMaker 2019 is not responding[Close the Program][Wait for program to respond]I can wait all day and night and it will not respond. Instead, I select Close the Program. Although the software generates recovery files and data is not usually lost (if I remembered to Save beforehand), I assume this is not by design. It has been happening for so long that I have learned to just select all or select small portions at a time. However, if it's been a while since I've performed this task, I usually forget to follow this work around and spend the rest of the day hating myself.Is there a projected date in which this known bug will be fixed???? I personally cannot wait for the day to come!Thank

I have a Heading4 with autonumbering. However, when I use a heading 1,2,3 and then use the heading 4, it does not reset. Heading1 starts with 1.0Heading2Heading3Heading4 say it increments to 1.1.1.10Heading1starts with 2.0Heading2Heading3Heading4 this shows up as 1.1.1.11 instead of 2.1.1.1

When you right click on an image in a FM file it allows you to edit the image inside of FM using Adobe products like Photoshop. Any way to add SnagIt Editor to that context menu?

I am running FrameMaker 2015 and cleaning up conditional tags. FrameMaker keeps closing on me when I am doing this. Any thoughts? And do I have to delete each tag individually in the book or can I do it globally in the files in the book?  Thank you, This is the message I get when I do get one. Sometimes it just closes

I currently have a book file set up that contains a book file for each chapter, then document files for each section within the chapter. I have the pagination set so that the first file for each book starts on the Right page (double-sided, delete empty pages) and the following files use Next Available. However, when I generate my PDF, the chapters are starting on the next available page, rather than adding in a blank page where needed so that they always start on the right. Is there a setting in the main book that I'm missing to get this to happen? I have also tried setting the first file to Read from File, but that hasn't worked either.First file settings: 

Hi all on a book, a marker (newlink TOC_list) has been created on the TOC file, and markers (gotolinkfitwin) has been added to each document, pointing to the TOC, for direct linking to the TOC on page of the PDF. the question is:has the TOC_filename may change, it is possible to add a variable that defines the name of TOC_filename on the  "gotolinkfitwin", so is not need to change the marker TOC_filename, document by document, when it changes  ?an inport formats\variable definitions routine is allready established to had "global variables", so that variable including the TOC_filename could be added/dessiminated there. many thanks 

i need to install Frame 12 and i need to find the download but Adobe keeps taking me in a run around.Can someone give me a link to download FrameMaker 12. I have a serial number.