FrameMaker

Hello,In the TechComm department where I work, we export our FrameMaker files to XML to send them out for translations. The one issue that I have run into is that we are able to export all of the Body Pages content to XML, but because the master page content is not exported, it will not be able to be translated by our translation agency. This poses a problem as our regulatory information and page headings are boilerplate and need to also be translated, but it doesn't make sense to put it on the body pages.Is there a way to export the master pages to XML so that we can translate them as well? I know that the template used in structured applications functions as a place to hold the master page information, but it seems like there would be a way to export this information as well. I would really appreciate any help with this issue.Thank you,Joseph

Dear friends and wizards!You all do know how to traverse the universe of footnotes in a document:oFn = oDoc.FirstFnInDoc;    while (oFn.ObjectValid () === 1) {    // do stuff    }    oFn = oFn.NextFnInDoc;  }With this method (and also with the Find method) I get footnotes from various environments:from the main flowfrom table cells (table footnotes)from a textframe within an anchored framefrom a textframe within an anchored frame within a table cellHow can I find out, what's the 'parent environment' of a footnote is (to be precise: it's anchor object)?I have not found something useful to determine this, because a particular function I want to script should work only on the ones mentioned first: the plain ordinary footnote.For the curious: The task is to convert footnotes to endnotes.Any ideas are highly welcome!EditDo You think this could be useful:Loop through the paragraphs and check whether there is a footnote anchor in itI

Hi, does anyone know how to execute a command that your script did not create? In particular, I want to invoke the Edit > Update References command and launch that dialog box.Thanks,Russ

Is there a trick to copy text to the Windows clipboard?I'm using doc.Copy(0) and I'm getting selected text into the clipboard but it only pastes into FrameMaker and not on Windows (outside of FM).I need the text in the clipboard since I have a vba script that wants to read from its contents.Thanks!

I just updated my baseline line 2019 FM (vs. 15) to 2019 FM (vs. 15.0.3.603). Do the updates have to be incremental or can I go straight to the latest update/patch?Back in the day updates/patches required to be completed incrementally.Please clarify.Appreciate the assistance.

I have downloaded Framemaker free trial version..but while installing after 50%/80%............ of installation it failsSee Robohelp and Framemaker...free version not installing.Message was edited by: Barb Binder

I have downloaded Robohelp and Framemaker free trial version..but while installing after 50% of installation it fails. I have tried many times but facing the same issue. How I can install the free version, plz help

Problem DescriptionI am in the process of migrating a fairly large set (>1000 pages, >30 files) of technical documentation from Word to Framemaker 2019 in order to publish future updates simultaneously in both PDF and Responsive HTML5 formats. The existing design standard calls for a 1 pt black border around every screenshot that I would very much like to preserve in both PDF and Responsive HTML5. The problem is that when I add a 1 pt border to the anchor frames that contain the screenshots using Object Properties > Stroke, I see a weird little "shadow" of the anchor frame border in HTML5 output (see screenshots below).Please note:I am aware that I can apply a 1 pt black border to all images using the Publish settings (Settings File > Edit > Style Mapping > Image Settings > Borders). The problem is that this setting does not get applied to the PDF output. My goal is to work on a single Framemaker book that can be published in both PDF and Responsive HTML5 with an a

Dear friends with the sharp eyes and clear thoughts:I'm puzzled. I have this piece of code (get the full script and the test document from here😞  foundTR = oDoc.Find(tloc, oFindParams); // find footnote anchor (FN ref)  while (foundTR.beg.obj.ObjectValid()) {      oFnTI = oDoc.GetTextForRange (foundTR, Constants.FTI_FnAnchor);    for (k = 0; k < oFnTI.length; k++) { // k always 0 nevertheless loop necessary!      oTL   = oFnTI.obj.TextLoc;      // Location of the footnote anchor (beg)$.writeln ("¶ format; FN ref: " + oTL.obj.Name +"; "+ oObject.FnAnchorString);$.bp(true);      if (CheckXRef (oDoc, oTL, sXRefFmt)) { // is there an XRef prior to FN anchor?        tloc = oTL;        tloc.offset += 2;             &nbsp

Hi, all.I see this is an old problem with questions going back to at least 2009, but none of the answers has worked for me.We use FM 2015 in a Windows 10 environment.I have been working in the same files for several years. It's a 750-page document with about 20 chapters. We have PDF and .chm output and I have switched conditional text settings between the two innumerable times over the past two years.Now, FM crashes when I 1. Select all files in the book and change the conditional tags,or,2. Open a single file and change a the conditional tags. I have mif-washed this file and resaved it as a .fm file.I have rebuilt the book file, also.This problem arose today for no apparent reason. All suggestions warmly received. Thanks.

Hi all,I don't have access to the maker.ini file in the FrameMaker installation. How can I then register FDK clients?I plan to put my FDK clients in a fminit structure in my document folder.Will a maker.ini file in the same folder also be run at startup?Best Regards,Gunnar Eldevik

Previously on FM8 on Solaris, FM used the structapp.fm file saved in the fminit structure below the folder containing the book files. Is this possible with the current versions on Windows?As far as I understand, FM parses the structapp.fm in the FM installation and in \Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\<version>\structapps.fmSinse we are a large project  with a lot of people needing to update the same book, we want to avoid having to setup the application on every PC on the network.How can I achieve this?TIA,--Gunnar

Perhaps I'm being daft, but I can't find a solution to this.I'm using FrameMaker and an active Adobe Font (Freight Text Pro). I can't seem to find a way to save it/print my doc as a PDF without having my font replaced automatically.I've rebooted my computer. I've restarted both FrameMaker and Acrobat/Distiller. The font is active, but it doesn't show up in the list of fonts in the Distiller settings.What am I doing wrong?Thank you. I appreciate any help you can give me.Lisa

Has anyone had success adding custom commands to FrameMaker menus and then moving them to different locations on the menu? I can do this with the FDK and FrameScript but I haven't had success with ExtendScript. I am defining a custom command and adding it to the File menu. I want to move it up under the Save As XML command. Here is what I am using: #target framemaker var menu, cmd, saveCmd; // Get the File menu. menu = app.GetNamedMenu ("FileMenu"); // Create the command and add it to the File menu. cmd = menu.DefineAndAddCommand (10, "SaveAsPdfQuickCmd", "Save As PDF Quick",""); cmd.EnabledWhen = Constants.FV_ENABLE_NEEDS_DOCP_ONLY; // Move the command up in the menu. saveCmd = app.GetNamedCommand ("SaveAsXml"); cmd.PrevMenuItemInMenu = saveCmd; // must call if script has been run through ESTK, redundant otherwise. UpdateMenus (); The custom command gets added to the File menu, but it stays at the bottom of the menu. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.-Rick

Can't seem to get a PDF from FM2019 book file.I tried Save as PDF and publish and nothing works—FM crashes every time.Can anyone help, please. Much appreciate it. Chris

I've been needing to upgrade my FM version, but I'm not sure if it's really worth it. I was correcting a document today in German in FM 2015. It had "dass" marked as incorrect. When I right-clicked, it suggested "daß". I double-checked the language. It is indeed set for German. However, "daß" went out of use with the Rechtschreib Reform 2005. Ten years before the release of FM 2015. The correct word IS "dass", so why does FM 2015 mark it as wrong, and suggest a word that has been/was wrong for 10 years before the release of the software? All ss-ß changes that went into effect in 2005 are incorrect in FM 2015. It fails to consider the changes instituted by the German government in their language. So, how can one trust it for correct spelling suggestions in any language? And, why should one trust that FM 2019 will have corrected this "oversight"?Serie zur neuen Rechtschreibung If this hasn't already been proofed in FM 2019, I suggest that the team assure that their dictionaries for vario

Has anyone tried to stand it up on a Win Server 2016 OS and does it work?

Hello!I'm recreating a pdf in Framemaker. I'm at the index right now and I have no idea on how to create this type of entries.Im talking about the ones, i.e, "Unicomplicated Firewall, See, UFW" UFW is a link but they all goes to the same page in the index.Is it possible to do this in an unstructured book? Thank u!!

I just upgraded to Framemaker 2019 and Illustrator version 23 (cloud based subscription). I used to be able to double click a referenced image in FM and it would open in Illustrator. Now it only opens if Illustrator is not open (and the double clicking from FM causes Illustrator to open and open my image.)  I end up either having to close Illustrator after every image edit so I can double click the next one from FM, or i have to be in Illustrator and do File - Open for every image. I just want to be able to double click from FM every time! I'm guessing it's just a setting in either FM or Illustrator but I can't figure it out. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thank you.

Dear Friends,Again I have probably a weird idea: Add a cross reference in front of a footnote reference which points to that footnote.See the FM document (FM15).The cross reference text to be inserted is just an ellipsis. Then the whole construct (ellipsis + FN reference) will receive a character format to indicate the 'hotspot'.Obviously I'm struggling with finding the stuff (nothing, cross-ref ellipsis, another crossref very far) in front of the FN reference.The script first collects the FN refs of the document in an array, which allows me easy handling them back to front, thus not destroying locations of the FN anchors by inserting the ellipsis XRefs.Most time the script works correctly, but in this test it fails at the FN anchor 3). It finds the ellipsis behind! It seems that the Find in line 67 does not search backwards but forwards.Output of the script in first run:Fn string =5)     XRef is there:falseFn string =4)    oTL.offset=51 oTextItem.offset=2

Hello fellows,In the Scripting Guide, I don't see such a constant. Is there such a thing? It is the same as <Shift> + Click File --> Save All Open FilesI need it for an event script. Is there any other way to catch such an event?BTW, what does Constants.FV_SaveFmtBookWithFm do?Thanks!Roman

Hi when I run this framescript:DialogBox Type(MEdit); FM17 is freezing and not showing anything. It was working a day ago. Other types (ex. Scrollbox, ChooseFile) are working fine. Have you ever gotten such kind of problems with MEdit ?

Hello Community,I cannot find an Inset property that will let me know if a graphic is not being displayed because FM could not find the source. I have the oGraphic.InsetFile property but don't see how to determine if the image is being displayed or not.My task is to create a list of all missing graphics in the document so the user can manually then try to go and reconnect the missing graphic(s) to the AFrame.Thanks in advance!

I have a .fm document that I need to split into multiple files based on h1 or h2 paragraph tags. The headings and its content should be copied or saved/split into separate files.

Hi,I have a document with a few embedded (not referenced) graphics. It contains conditional text, and the STS file is set up to use Dynamic Content Filtering based on this text.When publishing it to HTML5, the output tends to:1. Loose graphics and display gray boxes instead.2. Not include the output filtering option (above the navigation bar)To fix the above, I have to:1. Clear the cache data2. Close and delete the output3. Close and restart FrameMaker4. Edit the STS file to not filter output and save, and then change it back to filter the output and save again.Can someone please help me understand why this happens and if there's a permanent fix?Thanks in advance for your help!Aviva