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     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?

Hello,I am trying to write a script that does the following:Asks the user for a folder path.Loops through all of the .mif files in this folder.Opens, modifies, and saves each file.I know how to do 1 and 3, but have no idea how to do #2. I have used the following code to get all files, but can't differentiate mif files.var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Select a folder");var files = myFolder.getFiles();I would appreciate help figuring this out.Thank you,Joseph

I opened a New document and began writing. I completed two pages. Then, for some reason, I could no longer enter text or perform any type of editing. When I tried a Save or anything else, I saw that this was now considered a View Only file. There was no way to change it back because the file doesn't exist on the computer so there is no lock file to reset. A search of the entire computer for "Untitled1.fm" was negative. I can't even select text to copy into another file. I am using FM version 10.0.2.419.

I can't get an external cross reference to appear in my XML.  I think I'm doing everything discussed in the discussion "Preserving cross-references to/from XML", but I must not be.  I start with an unstructured document with a cross reference to another document. I structure the document using a conversion file and EDD I imported into the template and the cross reference appears successfully in the GUI (but there's no ID attribute,  Idref = <no value>).When I export the XML, there's no source file or ID for external cross references, but the internal cross references are getting saved in the XML.Where should I be looking for what I'm doing wrong?  Is it the missing attribute from when I did the conversion?Thanks, Jed

Hello,I have a book created in FrameMaker 10.All text was sorted has font size 10 and  Times New Roman.However some paragraphs on several pages appear to have a  large size and a different shape from Times New Roman. When selecting the offending text it still appears to have size 10 and Times New Roman.  I am having  to re-type again but this is quite  laborious as the book is  really large and re-selecting the offending text  and  making it same size and font  type as the rest does not seem to make any difference.Can you please help?regardsJoe

How can I set the .pdf output document to print the current date on each printed page?I have a requirement that the output document from Framemaker 2019 be in .pdf format with hyper linked cross references. I intend the document to be available to the customer from our company portal. It can be viewed on the portal or pages can be printed. If pages are printed they must be date stamped with the current date. ie, the date the pages were printed. This will tie the pages with the Revision status of the document and give some control over printed copies.I have looked through the help section and also looked at the Acrobat DC help and a lot of the references to this are quite old. Is someone able to help me with this or perhaps point me to where this is explained?

How do I navigate a table and add data to it? For instance:var hero = ['Superman', 'Spiderman', 'Wonder Woman'];var fName = ['Clark', 'Peter', 'Diana'];var lName = ['Kent', 'Parker', 'Prince'];to

I have written a little jsx to extract data (mostly formats) from an existing Framemaker document and stored that data into multiple lists but am having all kinds of issues creating new data. How do I create a new document and table, load the list data into the table, and save out that table in a stand alone file. Nothing I tried from documentation and the net works like app.documents.add();. This language is just not clicking with me yet. Thanks in advance.Example Only:var hero = ['Superman', 'Spiderman', 'Wonder Woman'];var fName = ['Clark', 'Peter', 'Diana'];var lName = ['Kent', 'Parker', 'Prince'];create a new document                     // var myDocument = app.documents.add(); does not workcreate a table in the new document  // new Table NewVar(tblVar) Format ("Format A") NumCols(3) HeaderRows(1) BodyRows(10) FooterRows(0);add data so it looks like:save document as .fm file

How do I add a 5 row x 3 column table with headers to a document? I have written a little jsx from existing documents but am having issues understanding how to create new objects.

I work with many FrameMaker books and files on a large network. Some chapter files in several different folders have suddenly stopped opening. A .lck file is created in the folder. The hourglass spins and FrameMaker says "Not Responding." No other error messages. Have to force FrameMaker to shut down and delete the .lck file.This doesn't affect all files in the same folder, or even in the same book. It seems random.If I copy these files to my desktop, they open fine.  If I then File > Save As to a different folder on the same network, they open fine (aside from the broken reference links).So I am aware this is a network issue, rather than an FM issue. But because this seems to affect only FM files, I am hoping for some idea how to troubleshoot what component of my files are being affected.So far, I have done the following:1. Opened the copy in different folder. Deleted all content from body and master pages. Saved back to the original folder. Will not open.2. Opened the copy in

I have a ditamap utilizing dita files. I publish through Save Ditamap As Book 2019 with fm components, and then Save as PDF. WE have numerous ditamaps for various products. This particle one is large and takes more than a few minutes to run. But has been run repeatedly without issue for years. As recently as last week.Yesterday I was editing various dita files connected to the ditamap (image scale, text edits, etc), nothing consequential. I published to see how the images were looking and every single cross-reference in the PDF has the same text! Every last one in a 350 page PDF! While the text says the same thing for each cross-reference, the links work and go to the locations they are supposed to - just the text is incorrect.Things I have checked:The links are correct at the book stage - text is all there. Only after publishing to a PDF, does the text change.Naturally, I published other ditamaps to see if something broke in our structured templates - but everything else publishes fin

Friends of FrameMaker and ExtendScript!With my script Convert Footnotes to Endnotes I got weird results and hence stepped back to the simpler case of just copying paragraphs.Collect&CopyParagraphs.jsx does what the name says: copy paragraphs from the beginning of the document at the end.To see what is copied the source paragraphs have format Body_1 … Body_5.The script works fine as long as there is enough space towards the bottom of the page:The first run of the script produces the output indicated by the upper brace.The second run produces a mutilated output indicated by the lower brace.The output of the third run can not be recognised, you only notice flicker on the bottom line.The script, however seems to run correctly. The logging (see file test4-3times.log) of the 3 runs is identical.→ What is going on here?Use the files in https://daube.ch/zz_tests/Test4.zip for verification.// Collect&CopyParagraphs.jsx// collect pargraphs and copy them to the end fo teh document#target

Hello,I was wondering if someone could please lend some knowledge. I need to move the header and footer information in the below document. I need to move the footer information including the line circled below up 1/8 inch in my document. All of this is located on the master pages. Obviously I can eyeball 1/8 inch using the ruler on the side, but is there a way to get it exact? I need this for printing purposes.Second, I need to move the header down 1/8 inch. I used green to cross off the logo for confidentiality purposes, but this with the gray text needs to be moved down. Any ideas on how I can be exact on this? There are like 16 chapters in my book.Thank you!

Hi,I'm using FM10 and the DITA1.2 architecture. I am able to add video to FM files, but DITA does not recognize them as valid elements if I try a simple File > Import. I was under the impression the <object> element should be used for videos, but I can't figure out how to use it to indicate which video file I want to include.Does anyone know how to insert video files into a FM doc while using the DITA standard? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Thanks,D'Arcy

I need to make a cross-reference to a paragraph in another chapter (ie. different file).  I am not seeing how this is done.

I have a particular file, that is part of a book file.   it is an FM file and I am using FM2017.every so often I notice that the icon for this file, when viewed in the book file, has an "M" instead of an "FM" like the others in the book.I found a discussion on this forum from 2013 where someone suggested to save the file as Mif, then open it and save as FM.   this works, for a while, but then eventually the icon turns back to M.does anyone know what could be causing the file to change from fm to mif all on its own, without the file extension even changing? thanks

I have been able to use this feature as recently as 02/11.  We did three Windows 10 updates last week.KB4487038 02/13KB4487017 02/13KB4023057 02/15I wonder if that had anything to do with it.  Anyone else having this problem?Thanks.

I am currently working with Structured Adobe FrameMaker 11 (version 11.0.0.380).Is this still being supported?