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Hello,I hope someone can help me with that.We have to print our manuals not only with our cover but also for some clients with theire cover brandings.So, my idea was to put all the covers into a group and exclude them by default, exept our own one. So, if we change the content my script "jumps" into the group, saves the book as PDF with our cover. Then exclude our cover, includes the next in DFSOrder, saves the book as PDF with that cover and so on ...All other files (table of contents, content itself, ...) are in seperate folders outside that group for the covers. The cover-loop actually works, the doc.Save returnParams returns FE_Success. But we only get a .tps file instead of a pdf. With smaller book projects (3 covers with just a word each an a content doc with a few words, no table of contents, marks, pictures and so on) the script actually produces a pdf. These are the DefaultParams i try to set set: i = GetPropIndex(params, Constants.FS_FileType); params[i].propVal

I have been a frame user since fm2015.  It is like slow and steady . But recently for some years in the stc conferences and talks with the adobe management it seems that they are going to close down or replace FM. RH ???is it a complimentary or a competitor product for FM. Seems like in-house competition with all the same features!!!!!. I am so confused. Same for The new showy web editor for DITA which was demoed . There were shows for dita, RH but nothing for FM. Is adobe planning to discontinue FM ? Is there a plan to migrate customers from FM to Rh. I have tried asking this in the conferences so many times  but got no satisfactory answer. Maybe somebody here can answer and resolve my dilemma  thanks Luis

Hi All,I have a inherited a User Mauual. I have a Book and all the Chapters,  1 through 10.When I update a book, I am getting hundreds of Unresloved Cross-references. As I said before, all the Chapters are their in the same folder.Now I have to go to Cross-References dialog box (shwon below) and re assign all references again by:selecting Document (Chapter)selecting Source Type (paragraph)selecting Marker Types (section, or figure, or table, whatever)and finally selecting the Cross-reference Marker          I am not sure at what point these cross-references links got broken.Can anyone expalin that, please? Appreciate any response. Thank you.

I'm trying to search for a character style in FrameMaker - not a character tag. Someone made certain text italic without properly tagging it with a character tag. Now I need to assign a tag to the text with a specific formatting. I know I can do it without a script but I do need a script solution because I need to generate a list of paragraphs which have italic text in them. This list is needed for something else. Here is what I have so far but it doesn't find the formatted text:var doc=app.ActiveDocvar docStart = doc.MainFlowInDoc;var tloc = new TextLoc (docStart, 0);// setup find parametersfindParams = AllocatePropVals(1);findParams[0].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindCharFmt;findParams[0].propVal.valType = Constants.FP_FontAngle;findParams[0].propVal.ival = 5; //5 is int for Italicvar foundText = doc.Find(tloc, findParams);Can someone point me in the right direction.Thank youMichael

I am trying to convert the research doc into an HTML file. The doc contains tables, formulas, and figures. If i try to save the doc as HTML files, it fails to do that. But if I try to publish the doc as basic HTML, it converts but skips the figures.

Hi All,I have a FrameScript that adds a standard text after body text "This section lists the main changes...", but now that body text is appended with a Note (Note text "Also see the RELEASE_NOTES file in the ARM_CORTEX_A5_TLM2_LT PSP for updates since this document was published") and the script has stopped working. I am not sure how to make this script look for the Note & add the standard lines after Note. Please Help.Here is the script:Set vgBookFile = ''; set vgBookFile = args[1]; //set vgBookFile = 'FastModelfilelist.txt'; if (vgBookFile = '') write console 'No books file specified. Exiting.'; LeaveScript; else write console args[1] + 'latest'; EndIf vFileList = getFilesFromList{vgBookFile}; Loop InitVal(1) Incr(1) LoopVar(vI) While(vI <=vFileList.count) Set vBookInfo = vFileList[vI]; Set vBookInfo.mustclose = fTestOpen{vBookInfo.path,vBookInfo.book}; if (vBookInfo.book = NULL) write con

I'm trying to search for a character style in FrameMaker - not a character tag. Someone made certain text italic without properly tagging it with a character tag. Now I need to assign a tag to the text with a specific formatting. I know I can do it without a script but I do need a script solution because I need to generate a list of paragraphs which have italic text in them. This list is needed for something else. Here is what I have so far but it doesn't find the formatted text:var doc=app.ActiveDoc; var docStart = doc.MainFlowInDoc; var tloc = new TextLoc (docStart, 0); // setup find parameters findParams = AllocatePropVals(1);findParams[0].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindCharFmt;findParams[0].propVal.valType = Constants.FP_FontAngle;findParams[0].propVal.ival = 5; //5 is int for Italic var foundText = doc.Find(tloc, findParams);Can someone point me in the right direction. Thank you, Michael 

When using the print book feature from FM19 my team is getting inconsistent pdf file sizes.  The smaller pdf size gives grainy graphics while the larger seem fine.  What are the best settings and method to get a print quality pdf? Would a difference in Acrobat versions create a difference? 

In FM19 I have a paragraph style that uses the Courier New font. This gives fixed width characters - at least in FM and the pdf output.But in the Responsive HTML5 or Windows HTML Help output, the letters are still fixed width, but the <space> character is suddenly a little bit wider. This makes the output look a bit messy, and is also harder to read.How can I make the <space> character have the same width as the characters (letters and digits)?

I'm converting FrameMaker anchored-frame figures to SVG using the EPS-to-SVG conversion path described here: How can I save anchored frames as SVG during XML export?  However, I've run into an issue with the EPS exported by FrameMaker 2017. In an anchored text frame, the user has inserted a bullet character using the Insert > Symbols > Bullet. In FrameMaker, the text string is "•text" with a leading bullet. This text string is written to the EPS file as follows:   0 To 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 168.7293 78.9848 0 Tp TP /_Helvetica-Bold 18.0000 Tf 0.0000 Tc 0 Tr 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 k (\202\304\242text) Tx TO 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000 K   The bullet character is represented by the "\202\304\242" octal byte sequence in the EPS. This corresponds to "0x82 0xC4 0xA2" in hex. I have not been able to map this back to any sensible encoded character. It renders as "random" junk characters in every EPS viewer or converter I've tried.The Adobe FrameMaker Structure App

I love being able to use the F8 and F9 keys to quickly select the character or paragraph tag I need using the typeahead. Why isn't there a similar catalog for variables and maybe even for conditions?    Edited to add: I liked this idea so much, I put a feature request in: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-7847

Hello, I have a problem publishing to an HTML output. I am using Framemaker 2017 version 14.0.4.511 and have checked to make sure I have the current version (I am up to date), lastly I am running windows 10, and I have unstructured content. I have a large-ish file (about 300 pages) that I need to publish to an HTML output, I am able to publish this file as a PDF, but when I try to create an HTML format it will not run. The Distiller tool opens a progress window pops-up and then I get a second "Confirm Security" pop-up; so far all is well. Until it dies on me, The distiller window displays the following messageAdobe PostScript software version: 3018.101CID support library initialization completed.Adobe PDF Settings file read error in PDFX4 2007.joboptions:/CheckCompliance out of range Source: Pdf00001.tpsDestination: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\TPUBTMP9\Pdf00001.pdfAdobe PDF Settings: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Adobe PDF\Settings\High Quality Print.joboptions%%[ Produ

Hi everyone,I have a problem: I have several individual short (less than 20 pages) docs each of which are numbered within a banner at the top of the doc:Page x of y pages (using <$curpagenum> and <$lastpagenum>).They are to be included in a book (with a few other longer chapters) that has continuous page numbering in the footer from the beginning of the book to the end, (as well as a TOC) .It might kook like this:Page 1 of 7, 2 of 7, 3 of 7 etc. but with page 234, 235, 236 etc in the footer. What ends up hapenning is the banners in the docs reflect the master book's page numbers instead.This is a very large book, with hundreds of individual files totaling anywhere from 500 to 1500 pages.Is there a way to create a book with this kind of double numbering scheme (as well as a generated TOC) without having to hard code it? I've tried turning the variables in the banner to text, but they get turned back to variables when I update the book, which results in the numbering getting

I had three books in pre-press when without warning I lost FrameMaker's support team. Instead I was referred to a foreign service that was very difficult to understand. They set me up with a complex system that bore no resemblance to the FrameMaker I'd used before. I will not spend even $1 on FrameMaker until Adobe can assure me that they are no longer dealing with a foreign company for client support. And that the workable version of FrameMaker is being sold. I was tricked once and lost thousands of dollars. I refuse to put my business at risk until I have heard from a speaker of American English who can tell me what happened and what is available to me. I also need a quick exit plan so that I can escape  before my business is ruined again. 

I did the mistake to ask two question in one (https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/images-are-shrunk-in-html-and-centered/td-p/10882816?page=1), where one of the questions was answered. Here comes the second part one more time: I have just upgraded my document to FM19. From the same FM document I am generating pdf, MS HTML Help and Responsive HTML5. The document contains several hundreds of .png images. These images look fine in the pdf output, but the HTML5 and HTML Help output contain shrunk images. For example one image is 882 x 623 pixels. It has the FrameMaker object properties:Width 13,744 cmHeight 9,708 cmScaling 44,17%DPI: 163 dpi The pdf output's image looks perfect, even when zooming in. However, the HTML5 and HTML Help output contain a shrunk version of the file, which is just 522 x 377 pixels, and is a little bit too blurry. How can I keep the original 882 x 623 pixels in the HTML5 and HTML Help output? Before upgrading to FM19, I use

Hello. I'm im the process of evaulating possible migration from current tech manual software to framemaker 2019. We have about 500 titles - thousands of graphic assets all in compressed flat (non-layered) TIF format, sized for content (including text wrap), @11363214. I have framemaker import set to Copy instead of Reference. Upon Insert > Image, framemaker defaults to 72dpi. I am unable to find any indication that framemaker can be forced to import all graphics at a user-specified size. Nothing in preferences, nothing that i can see in the .ini, nothing that i can find in the registry; i'm all out of google search results lol.Is there some way to change default graphic import size, or would every single image have to be set manually (or through framemaker script)? I've created an object style @11363214 but it leaves the graphic at 72dpi no matter if i create the frame first or set style after import (so i'm not sure what affect that anchor frame dpi setting is meant for).Converting

Paragraph and character formats/tags are global (available/applied across all files in a book), so why on earth are variables not similarly global?In a book with 25 files, and over a thousand pages, if I need a new variable or need to change a variable across all those files (such as with a page header that includes a version number), I have to go through EACH file and change/create that variable.This is pure Madness! MADNESS I tell you!

Hi!!!I am facing new type of error in frame maker. Book and Induvidual chapters are generated as a adobe pdf. while copy the content from the adobe pdf, the induvidual chapter content is not pasting as it is in the source content see the above image for better understanding, for book im not facing any issue in the contents coping from book pdf and pasting in notepad, excel.Note: Pdf's are coming properly while coping the contents from pdf that time only we are facing the issue .your support would be appriciated!!!

I'm using FrameMaker 12 and editing a DITA map that has over 600+ topics along with several conrefs (names of our software). I need to replace these conrefs across 600+ topics (shown as Product Name in the screenshot below) with different text (for example, Adobe). I tried using the Edit > Find/Change option but couldn't get it to work. Can anyone help, please?

I am using Structured FrameMaker 1019 Version 15.0.3.603.I am finding that when I do global operations on a book, I often find that files get corrupted in the process.I usually don't find out about the corruption until the next time I open the file and it returns a, This file cannot be opened due to corruption, message.When I say Global Operations, I mean that I use "Find/Replace" to change attribute values. e.g. when I am ready to start a new revision I will update a number of variables so that changes are tracked properly.The issue is not limited to "Find/Replace", sometimes I will rollout an EDD update to all files in a book and get corruption as well.Further the corruption does not always cause the file itself to be corrupted. Sometimes the corruption comes in the form of artifacts within embedded TIFF graphic images.I have yet to see any pattern to when the corruption occurs, apart from when I am doing these Global changes.    I also find an increased inci

Using FM2019, I'm generating HTML Help output. At the top of the generated HTML Help document, there's yellow navigation panel where you can click on a chapter (.fm file) to go there. However, they all have the same title, the name of the document (FM book common.) I want chapter titles instead, the same ones as found in the contents tab to the left. How can I adjust this?

Hello FM community,Using FM2019 (unstructured) am outputting a large project to Responsive HTML5. By and large all the paragraph tag conversions work flawlessly. But for some reason, my bulleted lists in FM do not reflect the changes in paragraph tag and size that I set in the sts file. Other paragraph tags do reflect the changes correctly. Only the bulleted list (which on the Responsive HTML5 output is an unordered list) doesn't change. Comments anyone?

Hi, I am generating HTML5 using FM 2019. However, all images are missing when HTML5 is generated. The images are appearing in all FM files. Thanks,Swati

I was looking at a tutorial by Barb Binder about how to create a list of effective pages on the Rocky Mountain Training site, I know that I would like to incorporate this into my documents but I am missing some knowledge to make it work. The above-mentioned tutorial assumes that the reader knows how to create "running heads", Chapter numbering, list of paragraphs, and variables. I am fairly confident in my knowledge in all of those except how to create/configure running heads in my document.  If someone can point me in the direction of such a tutorial or can break it down into more simple terms that are outlined in Barb's tutorial I would be grateful as this would save me an immense amount of time each time I have to update documents. Thank you in advance.  

I bought a new laptop with Windows 10 in S mode. As I understand it, I will have to get out of S mode to download and install FrameMaker 2019. However, I also understand that I will have to upgrade Windows 10 to 64-bit before installing. Has anybody had this experience? If so, any pointers would be helpful. Also, did FrameMaker 2019 run well after you installed it? Thanks,Allen