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In my FM19 document I have hundreds of tables. They all look good in FM and also in the generated pdf.However, having the same size fixed width tables in the chm and html5 output don't look good. It's typically either too narrow or too wide, depending on the current window size.In the Publish settings, Style Mapping, I set the Table Size attribute Preffered Width to the value 0px.This works fine for the chm files, the table width dynamically changes when I change the window size.But the html5 output is much worse. The table width is still fixed, but also very narrow. (Less than half the width in the FM/pdf.)How can I get variable width tables in both Responsive HTML5 and MS HTML Help output?  

Developer shows up at my desk, anxious about a document we last looked at four or five years ago: the .pdf has .tiff previews instead of clean vector graphics. Step 1: open the .book in trusty FM12 [why I've not been able to install TCS successfully is a separate saga] and take a look. The referenced graphics are displaying the .tiff preview, as I'd expect, but double-clicking doesn't launch Illustrator. (as far as I remember, it's still working in other .fm files) Step 2: without touching anything, run Save as PDF again … the result is a perfect .pdf with clean vector graphics. Any advice on avoid/resolving either problem will be welcome!

The function QuickSelect() should present a small drop down menu. The same kind of menu you get when pressing F7, F8 or F9.I wrote a PlugIn with the FDK for FrameMaker 2010 where this behaved correctly.result = F_ApiQuickSelect(docId, (StringT)"Please Select: ", &somestrings);In FrameMaker 2017 the same PlugIn (without recompilation) doesn't open the menu anymore. Instead it just returns immediatly with a return value of -1. FA_Errno is not set. So, judging from the return value, this looks like the user dismissed the dialogue right away. But that is not the case, there is no menu and no intereaction at all.The rest of the plugin runs without flaws. Recompilation with FDK 2017 did not fix this.The same behaviour can be seen when running the following from ExtendScript:app.ActiveDoc.QuickSelect("title", ["one", "two", "three"])The documentation and the object model viewer all say the function should be available and working.

Hi,After installing update 5 my cms Ditatoo is not working anymore. When connecting FM has to close. No error indication. When opening dita document form Ditatoo, FM gives an internal error 15054. Is there a solution or can I remove the update ? Thanks,Tobias

In order to publish to HTML, I am using dita and xml. I have a parent ditamap (book map), which includes multiple ditamaps, each is a chapter, including individual dita topics. I would like to chunk these dita topics, which as said are inside the chapter ditamaps, such that each chapter appears on one HTML page. Otherwise, each individual topic appears on one HTML page. I tried chunk="to-content" in the chapter ditamaps, as an example:<map> <topicref keyref="introduction_computed_tomography" type="topic" chunk="to-content"><topicref keyref="xray_basics" type="topic"/><topicref keyref="computed_tomography_basics" type="topic"/></topicref></map>This chunks the individual topics but the links and figures are gone. Is there a better way of gluing the topics inside the ditamap together?

If TOC entry text has superscripted text, any text in PDF file starting from that text is not hypersensitive. Also if TOC Reference Page format specification has font setting like  <$paratext> <DefPageFont><$pagenum>then the page number will not be hypersensitive. I use FM 2019 with latest patch 5. I checked some older PDF files and seems like this behaviour has been there for ever.

Hello! I have a section in my document that includes a bullet point list. I have to publish a version of the document that excludes one of the bullet points and one version that leaves it in. However, when I use conditional tags to hide the one bullet  point, the bullet itself stays behind. Is there a way to hide the bullet point along with the text when using conditional tags?

When I highlight a user variable (Table Continuation) and click edit, it brings me to Edit System Variable window. Is this a bug? I'm using Version: 14.0.3.500. Same thing happens for any user variable I try.

Hi, I have a function that gets the x-y co-ordinates of the first text character in a paragraph:function topLeftPoint(targetDoc, targetPgf) { // get loc of first text character in the pgf var firstCharOffset = (targetPgf.GetText(Constants.FTI_String))[0].offset; var txtLoc = new TextLoc(targetPgf, firstCharOffset); // get top-left Point relative to the parent SubCol return new Point( targetDoc.GetTextVal(txtLoc, Constants.FP_LocX).ival, targetDoc.GetTextVal(txtLoc, Constants.FP_LocY).ival ); } The FDK docs say that LocY gives the "Offset of the top of a character from thetop of the subcolumn", but it actually seems to get the y pos of the baseline.          Am I doing something wrong, or is the documentation just inacurate?And does anyone know how to get the y pos of the top?The best I've managed is to subtract the FP_LineAscent, but that's not quite the top 😞

Dear friends,My script to expand all nodes works fine. The contrary function to collapse all nodes, does not behave:This is the starting point, the tree is generated an the top nodes are closedUsing button Expand makes the whole tree visibleAs long as the whole tree is visible, using Collapse works correctlyIf only part of the tree is visible and Collapse is used, nothing happens:→ What could be wrong with FunCollapseAll?function FunExpandAll(oTree) { // --- recursively used // Reference Peter Kahrel var j, branches; oTree.expanded = true; branches = oTree.items; for (var j = 0; j < branches.length; j++) { if (branches[j].type == 'node') { FunExpandAll (branches[j]); } } } // end of FunExpandAll function FunCollapseAll(oTree) { // --- recursively used var j, branches; oTree.expanded = false; branches = oTree.items; for (var j = 0; j < branches.length; j++) { if (branches[j].type == 'node') { FunCollapseAll (branches[j]); } } } // en

Dear colleagues,I am not talking about calling a function from another file for which I used the #include directive. I want to execute a .jsx that I know only at runtime.Until now I have found this: If a script file contains#target framemakerit is possible to use File(lvFilename).execute() (without the target instruction the script would simply open in ESTK).But: The execute() method triggers a warning that I should execute only scripts from trustworthy sources (or so…).Is there any other method to execute other scripts? Or is there a way to make my scripts trustworthy?- Michael

I recently updated my PC to windows 10, now my Framemaker 10 application opens, but when trying to open a .fm file, I get an error. Any ideas of the cause? All other co-workers with windows 10 are able to use Framemaker 10, but mine and another co-worker who recently updated to windows 10 cannot use the application.

I frequently keep getting error '15044 - FrameMaker encountered a serious error'.  Adobe Tech Team took my app log by e-mail but couldn't ascertain the reason for the error.  This error appears randomly, not specifically after any action, and closes FrameMaker and all my unsaved work is lost.  Previously a file was corrupted and I could not open or retrieve any data from the file. Appreciate any info on how to avoid this.

How can one specify which documents FrameMaker 2019 uses to generate a Mini TOC?I have a Book with 80 Chapters, each chapter must have a Mini TOC with links to content para tags within the content of that chapter.At present, I select the chapter folder and  insert a 'Stand Alone TOC' into that chapter.I then import a template to format the TOC paratags and then update the Book, select the Mini TOC to be populated, FM generates a Complete Book TOC into the mini TOC page, then I select all the chapters that are not applicable and delete those, leaving the mini TOC headings I want for that chapter only.This is arduous as the Complete Book TOC is 10 Pages now, and growing.There has to be a better way, what am I missing here?

Hello,I sometimes can't add a new tab stop, or edit a tab stop that has already been added, using the Paragraph Designer. Here's what happens:I click on the tab I want to change and click Edit. The Edit Tab Stop dialog opens.I enter the position in the New Position box.I click Continue.This closes the Edit box and goes back to the Paragraph Designer. The new tab is in the list, but only for a second, and then it just disappears. I go back to the beginning and try again, but the same thing happens.The same thing also happens when I try to edit a tab stop that has already been created.An important thing to mention here is that this is an intermittent problem. It doesn't always happen - sometimes it works fine, for either adding new tab stops or editing an existing one. I haven't been able to discern any pattern associated with it.This wasn't a problem in FM8. But this past summer I upgraded to FM 2015 and I have encountered this problem numerous times. Is this a bug? Or is there a new st

I have a FrameMaker file (2019 Structured) that crashes when I Accept All edits from the Tracker menu. My other FrameMaker projects don't have this problem. Is there a way to recreate my FrameMaker project retaining the edits made to it? When I copy/paste the body pages into a new document, or I import them in, the edits are not retained. When I import the master pages, the edits are retained.Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks

Hi In FM10 my predecessor had a way of making an LOEP which clearly showed, in table form, each section with pages and their current revision (not all pages change revision which I find weird).I know not how this was done.My question is if we use FM2019 and import the word file over the entire existing FM file (from FM10) file will the system still be able to keep track of what changed and what did not? Thanks

Hi there,I need to provide a document to the federal government that complies with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Can anyone give me tips on, or point me to resources describing, how to set up the document in Framemaker and how to create an accessbile PDF from it? I'm using FM 2017 (unstructured) and Acrobat Pro DC The document is about 25 pages with sections set up as a book.There's text in the document that needs to be marked as "company proprietary." How can I do this accessibly? (in normal PDF output, the affected pages carry a legend in the footer that comes from a custom master page).The Framemaker 2017 user guide seems silent on the subject.Online help for "Adobe PDF Conversion Settings" mentions a "Rich Content PDF" preset, but my "Extras" folder does not include that.Any tips or advice for me?

A document I'm writing requires a new terminology set for a different application of the product in its next revision - for example, "route" will be referred to as "line" in this version, "stop" is "station", "vehicle" is "train", and so on.Using conditional text is an option, but it seems very unwieldy since there are hundreds of terms to be changed in the 800-page document, which has undergone multiple revisions with the existing terminology.Is there a way to apply "terminology sets" to different revisions of a document, without using conditional text or simply maintaining multiple documents?I hope this question makes sense. Thanks for any advice anyone can provide. 

Dear all,How can I make the selection in Data Browser readeable? It is black script on dark blue background:Inside of FrameMaker a selection is the same blue background, but the script is reversed to white.

Hello,I cannot make sense of the parameters to use for the doc.Find() method. I have succesfully created an array of parameters, but it seems impossible to set the param for FS_FindWrap to 0. According to the ExtendScript documentation, this parameter is expected as a "flag" that tells the Find method whether or not to wrap when the end of the document is reached. But as the params array only allows PropVals and there is NO definition of FT_Boolean of FT_Flag or something similar, I tried to use FT_Integer and assign the value 0 to it. The point is that this value is simply refused. It does NOT get set and the resulting ival of the parameter shows "ssval does not have a value".I REALLY need this parameter and I need the Find() method to do what it is supposed to do, but FM is making it impossible. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong here ?Help !!!Jang

I am using structured FrameMaker using dita topics. I am able to publish in both pdf and HTML5 formats. But my customizations (new elements added to dita) are not reflected "completely" in the HTML5 files. This is because I do not find the corresponding template files for the HTML to edit, as there are for the pdf format. Does anyone know if there are HTML templates in FrameMaker similar to the ones for PDF?

Hi I'm creating documentation with structured Framemaker using DITA. In my documentation I have several tables. Where I can set the rows in a table to stay on the same page? For unstructured there is this "orphan rows" but how to do the trick with structured? Br,Pekka

While I can successfully process CHM, HTML5, and Basic HTML from the Publish pod in Fm 2019, I can't see any content in the CHM file. It shows the bookmarks, but not the content of the topics themselves. The HTML5 and  Basic HTML both work as expected.    Anyone else seen this?

Hello forum,I already asked two reps from Adobe this question.  But, I have not heard back from either one.How do I center a figure (image) title in a DITA 1.3 topic using FrameMaker 2019?  Is there an attribute or some other means to make this happen, or is it done through some post process manipulation?I will be outputting to both PDF and Responsive HTML5.In my opinion, there should be an easy way to center figure (and table) titles within FrameMaker 2019 in DITA 1.3 (i.e. topic). Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Regards, Jim