FrameMaker

I have a FM document with CGM files for the graphics. When I export or save the file as a PDF, the resulting images in the PDF have very jagged edges on the curved lines and end points. I have tried every obvious PDF setting in FM11, but nothing seems to improve the quality of the vector lines in the exported PDF. I tested the export settings from the graphics software (IsoDraw) and was able to export smooth lines from that program. FrameMaker 11.0.0.380Windows 7 SP1 (corporate controlled computer)

I'm looking for a utility that can check for broken links to external

I have a user on a fresh install of Windows 10 x64 build 1903, who is using FrameMaker 2017 Version 14.0.4.511 and is experiencing random crashes. The crashes just close out of FrameMaker with no error or anything.He has had it happen once while just opening a file, once saving a different file, another just moving the mouse around on the FrameMaker file, and a couple others he can't recall what he was doing at the time. They aren't frequent, maybe once a week, and I can't see anything related between them.Not sure where to go to for troubleshooting this? Any guidance? Thanks!

I just got a new computer with a 14-inch screen. How do you increase the display size of the toolbar window at the top of the FrameMaker workspace and the status bar at the bottom?

Is there a way I can configure my documents in FrameMaker such that, when I save them to PDF, the PDF properties fields will be automatically populated?  I'm referring to the fields on the two dialogs in the attached images.Thanks,

I'm setting up a new computer and I want to transfer my workspace file to the new computer.

Hello, I need to insert in the boilerplate page a barcode for the user guide.I see there's an option to insert QR codes, but don't see any for barcodes.How is this done?All advice greatly welcome!Donna

Hello everyone. Hopefully someone can help me with my problems.I had created a book file with documents containing other book files.The general ledger has a table of contents and the books in the general ledger also.My problem now is, when I save as.pdf, the main table of contents is exported, but the other "slave" table of contents is not. Are there any settings I need to make?Thanks for the helpPatrick.

Hi,I am facing an issue in FrameMaker. Actually, I have an automation flow in which I am opening a book file and reading all the markers from it using frameScript.Everything is working fine but sometimes I faced an error in FrameMaker about the reconfiguration of printer please find the screenshot.Error: Can't find a compatible default printer. Try reconfiguring your printer setup in the control panel.I don't understand why FrameMaker is concerned about the printer. And when this error comes I have to manually close everything and re-start the Automation flow. This error is very unexpected sometimes it comes and sometimes not. We don't understand why it is coming.

I am trying to use the DITA specific Troubleshooting topic. I have created  number of troubleshooting topics using the template. I have then added these to my ditamap. Upon publishing, the headings do not follow the prescribed structure of other topics. The headings within the topic do not cascade down, but remain H1 level. AC Input Back Feed Failure should be 11.1, Cause should be 11.1.1, Remedy 11.1.2.I understand if I need to customize this myself - but not sure were to go about doing this. Is this controlled by the EDD for this topic type, or is it controlled by the template?

We are using FrameMaker 2019 and are looking to publish our next document. While the publishing is faster and somewhat easier, I'm getting unwanted Dita labels in my output, mainly the Context and Result labels that are associated with Dita tasks. I understand I may need to remove these from my FM template files - is this correct? Can I turn off just Context or Result, or both? And how would I go about removing these labels? Many thanks!

My Framemaker 2015/2017 crashed again last week, and I cannot open any file with the domain user, but the fm file can be opened by the local admin user account.The crash occurs frequently when my operation is related to copy and paste graphics into a fm file.Any solution?

Hi there,maybe someone encountered this already:the new publish to PDF does not work at all... the function starts generating output and the log file says all is fine.However, the PDF file is nowhere at all.Saving as PDF... does not work anymore either, which was just working fine in 2017.What could be the issue?

Dear all,I want to add a new document to a book and use the last *.fm document (bookfile_3.fm) as template for this:oTplDoc = GetLastDocInBook (oBook);           // use this a a templateoEnDoc  = SimpleNewDoc (oTplDoc.Name, 0);     // not interactivesEnDocPath = GetDocPath (oBook);              // save new file in book directoryoEnDoc.SimpleSave (sEnDocPath + "\\" + goTxtN.Fno_EndnotesInBk_01 + ".fm", 0); // can overwriteAddComponentToBook (oBook, oEnDoc);This all works fine, but the new document named "endnotes.fm" is not empty, but a complete copy of the bookfile_3.fmFDK docu reads: F_ApiSimpleNewDoc() creates a new document from a specified template.Are templates assumed to be empty (have no text in the frame)?How can I simply delete the contents in the oEnDoc ?I want to get the properties only (including of course the layout).Ideas are welcome.

I want to add multiple lines of text (each ending with \n) to the first paragraph in a document and then add a table after that. I can create the doc and table but there is only 1 line in the paragraph and the rest of the lines are there but covered up by the table.     doc = app.ActiveDoc;     var textLoc, tbl;     textLoc = new TextLoc (doc,MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf, 0);     doc.AddText (textLoc, multipleLineStringVariable );     //This works but only shows 1 line in the paragraph which makes sense     //textLoc = new TextLoc (doc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf, 0);     //My first attempt at using a Constant and this line crashed FrameMaker     textLoc = new TextLoc (doc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf, Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET);     // NewTable(format, numCols,

Hey friends. I'm working on a monster (2000 page) document which has any number of idiosyncrasies, but the newest is a new auto file is generated EVERY time I save. So every time I saved "Chapter 04.fm" I got a popup saying the file had been changed since it last opened (duh, since I was saving it). When I finally closed for the days, I had about 200 auto files that looked like this:Chapter 04.auto.fm.auto.4AF.CB5It didn't have the brown and orange FM icon next to it but I archived the Chapter 4.fm (from 7:15 this morning), deleted the rest of them, and renamed the above to Chapter 04.fm. It appears to be fine and opens without issue but come on! ANOTHER auto file is created.What is going on here? Any idea?

Hi there, i am unable to embed an .mp4 video file into a structured Framemaker document.For some reason FM ignores the files completely, even though the import has been done viaimport file - once as copied into document - once with link to sourcethen set poster image save then save as .pdfthen publish as Responsive HTML 5Once I managed to create a .pdf file where at least one video worked, but not the other one, but with publishing it was hopeless... The imported files even disappear from the saved .xml.Support was as "helpful" as usual... So could anyone please help me fix this?Cheers

     i am not able to create PDF in Framemaker 2019 given error Frame Maker could not find Adobe PDF printer instance

In previous versions of FM, it was possible to add automatically bookmarks within a generated Index. This seems to be lost in the latest version.I have a document that has an Index containing 77 pages in the current version, which I update almost daily. Until FM2019, I was able to have bookmarks that subdivided the Index alphabetically, which saved a lot of scrolling. Does anyone have a work around that could restore that facility??

I want to swap the position of 2x pages in my unstructured document, but I don't see an easy way to do it - and I don't know all the ins and outs of Framemaker either.Is it possible to do a live session with someone - where I can show my document and what I am trying to achieve? - preferably with assistance on which menu options to pick, to get the job done.I am using FM 2015 Version 13.0.2.433Hope someone can help, as I feel like I'm bashing my head against a brick wall, in trying to find the solution myself.

Tables come up with a title of "Table 1:", how do I change that to be more meaningful like "Sale Projections by Region"?  //Create the table   var textLoc, tbl;      textLoc = new TextLoc (doc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf, 0);      // NewTable(format, numCols, numBodyRows, numHeaderRows, numFooterRows, textLoc)    tbl = doc.NewTable ("Format A", 4, 10, 1, 0, textLoc);  //Change the table title from "Table 1:" to "Sale Projections by Region" ???

Hello,I am finally getting my feet wet using DITA keys. I understand the basic principle, bu cannot get it to work they way I understand that it should.I have defined a couple of keywords in an keyspace (ditamap). When I go inside my DITA topic, I cannot see an option to insert "keyref", only "conref". Confref works in calling up my keyword, but it does not use the keyref and product attribute, rather it creates a random ID and uses they keyword element. I guess this works fine, but I cannot tell from my code view what I am looking at, all I see is an ID. What I would like to see is this: <ph keyref="product" product="name"/> ,but what I am getting is this: <keyword  conref="Keyspace.ditamap#id197JG0Q10UI"></keyword>I hope this makes sense. I am getting close, but wondering if I am doing something wrong. Thanks!

Hello fellow scripters,I am trying to get a script include a TOC in a generated book. I can add the new BookComponent (copied from a template file) as a TOC, set it to generatable and include it in the update process, but all I get is an empty TOC, as the ExtractTags property of the new BookComponent is not set. I tried to set this property by passing it a string array but that action is completely ignored. Then I got the propVals array and tried to set the property there, then pass back the propVals. That is where FM12 hangs up and I have to restart it to become responsive again.This is the piece of code I am using:oaProps = oComp.GetProps ( );i = GetPropIndex ( oaProps, Constants.FP_ExtractTags );oaProps.propVal.ssval.push ( "Title_0" );oaProps.propVal.ssval.push ( "Title_1" );oaProps.propVal.ssval.push ( "Title_2" );oComp.SetProps ( oaProps );Maybe I am doing something illegal here but the local copy of my properties does show the strings as I push them into the ssval array. There m

In Framemaker, how to link to a pdf file?

I need to have the TOC and Index to be in a sub-folder below the folder that contains the book file. I have tried creating a book in the same sub-folder, then using Save Book As.. to save it to the correct folder, but this also changes the path of the Index and the TOC to that folder. You cannot do a Save As on either of the generated files. Is there a way to put them in different folders?