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I have a bunch of scripts in my startup folder and each one creates an Object that contains its constants and functions. For example, a script may have: // Create an object. var CP = CP || {}; // Add a constant to the object. CP.PT = 65536; // Add a method to the object. CP.applyPgfFmt = function (pgf, name, doc) { // Method code here... }; My question: Is there a way to get a current list of these objects from ExtendScript while FrameMaker is running? Thank you very much. -Rick

I have a book that includes about fifty chapters. In each of those chapters, there are numerous cross references to a file named UM6411, which is not a file in the book. We are in the process of creating a new document set using the all the files from the old book, but the file previously named UM6411 needs to be changed to UM7411. Of course, this breaks all of the cross references to UM6411 in all of those fifty chapters. Is there a way to globally change the source document for the cross references from UM6411 to UM7411? The content for now is identical, so the headings that the cross reference link to in UM6411 are all intact in UM7411. I know this can be done through a tedious process of saving each file in the book to MIF, then searching and replacing UM6411 with UM7411 in Notepad. However, as I mentioned, there are at least fifty files in this book, and there will be a need to do this in several other equally large book files. 

Continuing my cautious experiments with FM2019 as a tool for structured authoring … I now have four topics and a bookmap that references them.Each of the topics is valid, according to FM, and saves to .pdf correctly.Structure > Validate is greyed out for the bookmap, but in another environment the bookmap generates a .pdf with no errors."Internal error 15054: FM has detected a serious error and must quit." Repeatedly. I realise these internal error codes are sybilline, but can anyone think of any well-known gotchas I need to be aware of when trying this simple test? Thanks in advance!

Dear all,In Problems with fly out menus (FM-15)  I found that the flyout button becomes active after switching the workspace back and forth to the ETB work space.BUT: The active state disappears at the close of FrameMaker. At the next open of FM (various closing scenarios) the buttuns are again inactive I need to switch WS to get them active.Saving the WS before closing FM does not help. There are absolutely no messages concerning this in the console log.Only the newly defined flyout commands are affected - but I can't see any difference in their definitions to the old ones which do not have this problem. See the whole configuration file (as it appear in the user area - do not exchange it with your existing one for test, toolbars and icons would also be needed).In 'sections' [etb Flyout Commands] and [etb Flyout Menus] the first three work as intended, the other two are the new ones which create the problem.  The corresponding Tool bar statements are:Table tool bar<FL

I set up  japanse font as MS PGothic   But, When I make PDF, font is changed (MS PGothic-> 바탕 )   "바탕" is korean font. it support some japanese font  I think this make font error  Converting FM file to PDF, Framemaker do not use my style information It use "바탕". If "바탕" does not support japanese character. Framemaker use MS PGothic Does anybody know this problem           

When generating the .chm file directly from FM 2019, how can I get the .hhc file? It's needed when merging several chm files into one complete documentation set. (Some of chm files aren't even FM generated.)  

After having resolved the crashing problem when I close FrameMaker 2019, I am now having the issue that after having renamed the preference folder, I had to completely redo my workspace. When I save the workspace, it resets my preferences in the Paragraph, Character, and Table Catalogs. I want to see used things first. I can no longer do that, if I save my workspace. Same result for any other option I pick in the catalogs. Saving the workspace just reset it.I just reset the workspace, and now that is magically fixed. Please fix your software. I should not have to save, then reset to get my chosen settings. This wasn't a problem in FM 2015. How did the devs manage to build this bug into the software??Please read what's written here before responding. Better yet, please just fix this.

Hello,I'm exploring FM further and meeting new misunderstandings.I'm to make an XML according to predefined DTD from initially unstructured FM file.I've built the EDD, convertion table, r/w rules, another dtd for "save as xml", structured application definition.My xml file contains repeating elements (affiliation, citation, table, figure) which must have unique IDs. I need figures to have IDs "Fig1", "Fig2" etc., citation items - IDs "CR1", "CR2", etc. and these IDs are the attribute values for "internalRefs" elements that "frame" the references in text according to the number of referenced object (but they are not real cross-refs in the sense of FM but only a description of refs).How can I do this?I think it is about the help topic "auto-generating of unique IDs for attributes".I defined the auto-generate rules (and unluckily only for one type of objects) but I failed to apply them.I wrote the config .xml file but how does it work and when?

Hello,I'm new to FrameMaker, using 2019 version. I've inherited a old project, and everything is going well except that I can't edit the content in the Cover page .fm file. The first page has an image and the second a frame with text. I can't access the image on the first page or the text on the 2nd page. thanks!Elo

Dear friends,This really happend on April 1 and since then I was uncertain what to do against this problem.I wanted to extend my Enhanced Tool Bars (ETB) with a button pup-up menu for the case changes (lower case, UPPER CASE, …)I added a script defined function for "Sentence case"The button was there, but it did not become active.At that time I did not have a solution for the inactive button (see Problems with Fly out menus)I started typing in my documentation about this ETB enhancement.But when it came to enter a lower case u nothing happened, even "un" was digested and nothing appeared in text. So I entered text by using the U and then ALT+F1 to make it lower case.Finally I discovered a magic word, which I could not enter completely: "undefined". Whyle typing this the cursor did not advance on the screen.After having solved the problem with the inactive button I discovered this in the pup-up menu: u n d e f i n e d at the place where the command short cut becomes visible.Oh yes, I do

Dear friends,Although this has nothing to do with scripting, it is equally demanding: FrameMaker Customisation…In my Enhance Tool Bars (ETB) I use flyout menus to reduce the number of buttons. There are now three of these flyouts (ETBPgfAlignPopup, ETBRulerTabsPopup, ETBPgfActionsPopup), which work well since FM-12.For example for ETBPgfAlignPopup the menu file contains <Command ETBPgfAlignPopup <Label ETB paragraph alignment…> <Definition \x914> <Param ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu <Label Pgf Alignment…>> <Add LeftPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Add CenterPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Add RightPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> <Add FullyJustifyPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>> The toolbar contains <FLYOUT command="ETBPgfAlignPopup" tooltip="Text alignment …"> <images base="etb_icons\text_align_left"/> </FLYOUT> I wanted to combine the cell align buttons into such a

Hi,We have some SVGs with text rotated 90 degrees. When the SVG is imported into FrameMaker 2019 (we've downloaded the lateste version) all the text are rotated horizontally and positioned in the middle of the illustration. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, were you able to find a solution (other than converting the text to curves)?We are using Corel Designer x5.  Second image is showing the SVG in FrameMaker.  ThanksG

I am running FM 2019 in parallels on a mac.  I have two documents open. I wish to import the formats from "S2" into "S3".  I did exactly what the FM instructions showed.  When I click  Import, nothing happens. I have done this 4-5 times, restarted and tried again. No joy.  What stops this from happening?

When we import an SVG into FrameMaker 2019, any text strings or objects close the the edge of the image are cut off.Usually along the top and right side of the image.Has anyone else experienced this and is there a fix?We are using Corel Designer x15 

In my FM19 document my heading2 paragraph style has Indent 6 mm. Looks great in the pdf output.However, in my chm output I want these headings without any indent at all.I've tried adjusting different Publish Settings/Style Mapping attributes for the paragraph style, but without any success. What can I do? 

Due to recent events, our department has all gone remote. For FrameMaker only, we have setup a virtual machine on our local server and VPN into it remotely. I've installed and updated Frame (most current version/update). I can use it fine for all of our book files. Another user who opens a particular book file has immediate crashes upon opening. I can open the file fine. Any ideas why that might be? Since it's the same Frame installation, on the same machine, the only differences I can think of have to do with user profiles or user profile stored files, such as temp files or local caches. Is there a particular path I might explore to find/delete possibly corrupted files? Error logs, perhaps?

Hello! I am trying to render a book file into a PDF using "Print to PDF." The book file is not recognizing required fonts that are installed on my laptop. I've checked with our IT rep, and the fonts are correctly installed. The error I am getting in the console is "<Font Name> is not available." And, it says "cannot open "<File Name>." When I remove that file, it moves onto the next file and says it can't open that file name.  Each individual file in the book prints correctly. I've tried to remove the files and then add the files again. That didn't work.  I've created an etire new book. That didn't work.  I've deselected "Rely on System Fonts Only. Do not use Document Fonts" in the Adobe PDF Document setting. That didn't work. I reselected. That didn't worl.  I've deselected  the"Remember missing font names"  box in "Preferences" popup. That didn't work. I reselected. That didn't work. I did this at the book level and a

Dear all,When a selection contains the ¶ mark, then the TR.end.offset is 0. If i manually reduce the selction to not contain the ¶ mark, then I get a reasonable value (e.g. 279).How can I programmatically reduce the selection? I have tried the following, but this does not work#target framemaker main (); function main () { var TR = app.ActiveDoc.TextSelection; if (TR.end.offset == 0) { $.bp(true); // this provides a huge end.offset, not a reasonable value TR.end.obj = TR.beg.obj; TR.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET; } }

I've created a Mini-TOC and it is including an additional line at the bottom. This is a basic Mini-TOC that includes Heading 1, 2, and 3. I have verified there are no headings of these types at the end of the chapter that have no text associated with them. Any ideas on how to remove this or if it can even be done? Thanks! Ken

times new roman does not display correct at frame maker,when turnign to Myriad pro for example, special characters that appear as ? are correct,but how can i have them correct at Times new roman font?

Hi Everyone,I am currently using the latest FM2019. Currently, I have a booklet format document. I need to change this to an 8.5x11 document. Is there a way to resave the booklet pages in one shot or do I have to go one by one to a new name? Also, as I create new content in 8.5x11, is there an easy way to go to booklet? I know when viewing a document in Acrobat PDF there is a booklet feature, but when we test print in house all the margins are still wide. I've tried making adjustments but it always comes out skewed. Is the best answer that our publisher makes the booklet with its imposition tool? I tried to reference this article, but it is from 2009. Is it still relevant today?  https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/print-2-framemaker-8-5-x-5-5-pages-on-one-8-5-x-11-pdf/m-p/2187678?page=1#M12436 

Hi,I am new to FrameMaker - already googled and found some tutorials about headers, footers, variables... butSomehow the document i am working in is missing it's headers and footers. I would like to create a few new ones (at different locations) and need these Headers and Footers to pop-up on already existing body or master pages.Currently, i am working in a book - since i found out i could multiple copies of (pre-setup) body pages - if you think i am doing this sluggish - please let me know. But primarly, my question is focused on how to create new footer and headers.> Currently, working in FM2019. Kind regards

I Print Book, I see the dialog box saying it's going through the files and the percentage of the book being processed increasing. It stops and there's no .PS file only an .lck file for the book file. This was working fine for me before, but our IT person did some proxy work on my laptop, and I was wondering if the two were somehow related. I cannot generate a .PS file for any of my books now. Thanks for any thoughts on this. -Jean

I have some documents with tables in FrameMaker 2019. The table styles have a left margin of 10mm.When I publish to HTML5 it seems I have no options in Style Mapping dialogue for working with the margins/paddings of table styles.I suppose I may be able to modify the stylesheet in css manually and attach it. But I would prefer handling this in the settings dialogue. Can it be done? Have I overlooked something?/Bjørn

I added another Book B(sub) to Book A(main).Book B has TOC and Index. I created a PDF in Book A, but it didn't print the TOC and Index for Book B.How do I create a PDF that includes the TOC and index for sub Book?Is it impossible?FrameMaker 2019