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I recently installed TCS2019 so now have FM 2019.While I'm muddling through various surprises and hiccups, I noticed one change that has me befuddled --- did the functionality of Add/Edit Variable change between 2015 and 2017/2019? (or is there a setting to get the old functionality back?)Specifically... in 2015, if I select a variable in the Variable pod and click the Edit or Create New user Variable icons, the Add/Edit Variable pod would appear with the currently selected variable and the Create button defaulted. (Which, yes, could be confusing given that you'd want to create a new variable from scratch, maybe)Now, if I wanted to create a bunch of variants of a variable (in this case 'Product Tag 1'), I could change the Name, change the Definition, then click Create. (Or, if I wanted to rename the selected variable (or just change the definition), I could make my changes and click Update.)I could create a bunch of variants (say "Product Tag 2", "Product Tag 3", "Product Tag 4", etc.,

Hi All,Here is my DITA MAP with 4 files (ConHead1, Con_1, ConHead2, Con2)Here is my PDF Output:Output has following problems:Numbering: Concept Head 1 & Concept Head 2 both starts at 1.0 (it should be 1.0 & 2.0)Cross-ref Text: For Concept 1, cross-ref text does not display numbers for Figure (Figure 1 & Figure 2)Cross-ref Text: For Concept 1, cross-ref Links WorkCross-ref Text: For Concept 2, cross-ref text displays wrong numbers for Figure (should be Figure 3 & Figure 4)Cross-ref Text: For Concept 2, cross-ref Links do not WorkAny help will be appreciated...Thank you.

Hello FrameMaker Forum Community,We have recently upgraded to FrameMaker 2019 from FrameMaker 2017 and when we attempt to Publish a chapter of over 75 pages there are intermittent pages blanked out in the output file. This also occurs when we Print to PDF.OS: Windows 10, v1809 (also occurs on v1803)ACC: Enterprise, Full SuiteAny help you can provide we will appreciate. Best,David

I've just installed FrameMaker 2019 (64 bit) and have open some of my older FM 2015. Everything looks good except when I publish it PDF some pages are missing and some fonts look funny. If I retype the page it seem to work. As you can except this take a long time in a 400 page book.Any ideas????

I am trying to scroll to the bottom of a chapter in FrameMaker but it will not let me. At the bottom of the last visible page, there is the beginning of a bulleted list. There are many items in this list but only a few are visible. The rest of the list is hidden. If I go to the end of one of the bullet points and hit Enter, FM does not advance to the next page. The cursor goes below the bottom margin line and eventually stops and will not move down any more.If I go to the end of the last visible bullet point and hit Delete, the next (non-visible) bullet in the list moves up to the end of that bullet's text. If I continue to hit delete, more of the hidden bullets (bold text below) appear. It still will not advance to the next page.So it seems that the bulleted text is there, but for some reason is being hidden from view. I noticed that the bottom margin is a solid line instead of a dotted line. Could the issue be related to this? I don't know why the margin line isn't dotted or how to c

In FrameMaker 12 I can't get the spot cross-references to work, despite following the Help instructions. I created a cross-reference marker, then created the cross-reference to the marker, but it keeps inserting the entire paragraph and not just the marker words I want.For example:1. I added a marker of type Cross-reference to a paragraph in one of my FM files, called "User Management".2. In another file, I created a cross-reference link to my marker (Special > Cross-reference and source type Cross-reference Markers, then selected my marker)3. In format type, I select Heading, which has the definition of <$paratext>  as one of the building blocks.Unfortunately, this procedure then inserts the full paragraph text, not just the marker text I want.I suspect step 3 is where I am going wrong, but the Help instructions are not specific on Formats/Building blocks to use.ThanksWarren

Hi All,I like to transpose an ESTK script to a FDK command.The ESTK script reads an XML file and set the content of some variables in a FM template file based on a key selection.Key and variables data are all defined in the XML file.All information about file object for an ESTK script are available in Adobe JS Tools Guide.Where may I find similar information for a FDK development?Thanks.

What the heck? I do not want to sign in with either and I get this hokey looking sign in screen

The reference pages in our template (and therefore all our books) use fonts we do not have and do not want. This causes Font not found errors every time we update a book or open a chapter. Is there a way around this?

I have to change the image file formats from .gif to .png for a FM book. Now if I change the file format then FM does not recognizes the old images and shows and error.Is there a way to update file format in one go? Thanks.

Hi thereIs there any way to modify a minitoc once created? I want to add or delete some styles without delete it all and recreate from scratch.Thanks a lot

I have followed various threads on creating CSH for HTML5 in FrameI have Frame 2017seen thread Context-sensitive help in FM 2017 - map file and codeContext-sensitive help in FrameMakerand saw how to add the markers, use the h file etc.The one thing is that not clear to meWhat must I tell the programmers to call so that they get the correct help pages?someone wrote in one of the threads that they must useoutput-path>/index.html?rhcsh=1&rhmapid=<mapid><mapid> = content of corresponding TopicAlias Marker.However, this includes robohelp codeIs this correct for someone who is only using Frame?I have searched everywhere but not found the correct info to give the developers. I just need this missing link and we will be ready to go.amitjha-lt  Maybe you can help, as i saw you were commenting on the previous thread.

In FrameMaker, we can use openpage name.pdf:1 and a link will be created that is  looking for a PDF named name.pdf that is in the same directory as the main PDF. We can test all the links to the separate PDFs, then attach the separate PDFs to the main PDF after that, but we have to manually link (using Adobe Acrobat) to the now-attached PDFs.  Then later if we have to re-generate the main PDF, we can use Adobe Acrobat Pro to move those manually added links to the new PDF and they work - so the manually added links must have the separate PDF names included - however, FrameMaker does not currently support adding hyperlinks (in FrameMaker) to separate PDFs that will be attached to the main generated PDF, as far as I am aware. Does anyone know a method to automate linking to attached PDFs?

1.  I mostly use PNG and AI files for my images, all imported by reference and with a border on the AF set by an Object Style.  I've found that nearly all of my PNGs lose their borders when I publish to HTML.  The odd one or two keep their borders, but I can't determine why not.  On the contrary, all of my AI images keep their borders in the HTML.Anyone know why this happens?My workaround for this is to place a very tiny--and blank white--AI image behind the PNG, in the same AF.  Dunno why this works, but it always does.I've tried using the STS to place borders around images, and it works great, but it treats equations as if they were images, so they get borders too.  Our style standards say no borders around equations.  Argh.2.  Some of the images lose only one or two of their borders.  I've managed to fix this by enlarging the AFs so there is more white space around the image.  If that fails, I move the border from the AF to around th

Hello,I am using the following script to convert fm/mif files in a folder to PDF. The script fails in 2 places. I am using FM 13. saveMultFilesTpPDF();function saveMultFilesTpPDF() {    var stop = false;      while( stop==false ) {          // Wait for 20.000 ms          //$.sleep(20000);          var fld = new Folder("c:/incoming");          var filesInFld = fld.getFiles("*.fm");          for(var f=0; f < filesInFld.length; f++) {              // process the individual file              $.writeln(filesInFld);            saveDocToPdf (filesInFld, "High Quality Print");  &nbsp

Is there anyway to easily force a page break in structured framemaker/DITA in XML? Maybe in the attribute panel or by adding a line to the xml in codeview.

Hello, I was wondering how to convert a framemaker document that has tables and sections and graphic to word and keep the format the same.

Hi All,To update Text Insets with FDK, FDK Programmer's Reference suggest to use F_ApiUpdateTextInset function and to stale before the text inset object.For that, FP_TiLastUpdate property must be set to 0.As this FP_TiLastUpdate property is not referenced among those available in Solution Explorer window of MS Visual Studio project, do you have any idea or solution where to find it?

This seems like something that should be obvious but either I'm looking at it backwards or I'm trying to do something impossible.Our typical document follows the structure 'document > section > [arbitrary depth] > section > [content]'Documents and sections have titles, and sections have an optional attribute 'break'; <section break="Y"> should generate a page break, while <section> should flow on. Because pagination properties are inherited by all descendants, our EDD sets the pagination rule for the title elements not for documents and sections. Like this, it's working fine.Now let's complicate things by introducing an 'included' element which can contain low level content, or one or more sections, some of which may need a page break. If we don't need any representation of the inclusion envelope in the document view then formatting and pagination already defined is fine. But we want to indicate an inclusion by putting a prefix and suffix on the 'include' elemen

I'm getting the sense that DITA will not worked with mixed page layouts.Is that a fair assessment?In many of the manuals my company produces the chapters contain a mishmash of page layout styles. Most pages have a two column layout but sometimes a spec table or image requires a one column layout.My understanding is that it's an either/or. Whatever the page layout is in the template file you import into DITA template -- that's what you get, all of the concept, task and reference files automatically get converted into that format.Wasn't sure if I was misunderstanding.

Hi, all.We are using FM 15 in a Windows 10 environment.We use a narrow text column with wide left margin for headings, and try to fit our graphics into the text column. However, sometimes a screenshot needs to extend into the left-hand column. Example:It would be very desirable to be able to set up the file like this:Anchored frame is sized to the figure (not extended on the left as you see above. That is done as part of our compromise with the problem I am describing.)Correctly sized anchored frame is right-aligned when saved to PDF.Anchored frame is left-aligned when published to HTML Help, because we eliminate the header column and put everything flush left.However, the FM 15 Publish conversion settings do not let you change the anchored frame alignment. What you see in the figure above is our middle ground: the figure is right-aligned for PDF output, and when the topic is published to HTML Help, the anchored frame alignment does not change and the resulting topic looks like this:We

Because of a rebranding at our company, we're having to move from the Calibri font to Arial MS Unicode, Arial being the only approved font for the company that contains the glyphs we need (the preferred font, Open Sans, does not have subscript digits).When I changed our font from Calibri to Arial MS Unicode, there was a message about ... something ... changing to double-bitted? that I autoclicked on without thinking about it. This mistake changed all the language settings in the Character and Paragraph Designer to Chinese(Simple) and turned on the Use Asian Composer setting in the Paragraph Designer.Which wasn't an issue, until I discovered that having the Asian Composer turned on was resulting in having an extra space before the TM character (and only the TM character) anytime it is used, resulting in a gap between the trademarked term and the trademarked symbol. I've fixed this by saving everything out to MIF and editing the MIF files, but anytime I create a new Paragraph or Characte

In Frame maker - how to insert the same paragraph in two topics but from two separate maps?

Working in FM 2019 32-bit, structuring my document as a Ditamap with nested topics. Links are going fine. When I write a PDF, the links work correctly (all internal links for the time being).But when I am working in the FM file, I click on my links, yet I can't navigate to the clicked item. I try the "Go to Location" button for a listed link in the Cross References pod, and... nothing.(My structured view indicates that all my elements are syntactically correct.)I've got the same document saved as a Composite FM file. The same phenomenon there: the links seem to be fine, but I can't use them to navigate. How do I navigate around??? thanks

I am using FM 2015 in a Windows 10 environment.I have run into this problem before, but never this bad.I generated a PDF.As per usual, the PDF is formed correctly but FM shows an error message : "FM ran out of memory."I close FM. Every .fm file now has a corresponding .lck file.When I reopen FM, FM tells me the previous session ended badly and asks if I would like to restore it. I say yes. FM crashes.When I reopen FM, say that I do not want to reset the previous session, and attempt to open the book file, FM crashes.If I attempt to open an individual FM file by doubleclicking it in Windows explorer and opening FM with it, FM begins to open and then crashes.If I open FM and then attempt to open an individual FM file from within FM, FM crashes.In the past after I've generated a PDF, I've had trouble with, say, one individual file that I had to rebuild. Now it appears that every single file has some kind of problem. FM crashes no matter what. I will have lost several hours of work if I ha