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As other threads have already covered, I've been updating an application from FM8 to FM2019 and I've just noticed what appears to be a change in behaviour that I'd like to understand.When a user opens one of our XML documents in Frame, a pre-processing stylesheet is run which "expands" the document, pulling in the content of "included" sub-documents. This means that instead of having perhaps twenty-five separate tabs containing separate parts of a document, the user is able to edit in a single tab. When they save their changes, a post-processing stylesheet "collapses" the document into its constituent parts.So if (say) the original document a.xml contains the element<include srcfile="b.xml"/>then the preprocessing step transforms this into<included srcfile="b.xml">  <document..><title id="b1">Document B"</title>...</document></included>Frame presents the user with what appears to be a single document, and the structural view shows an "incl

I am converting unstructured documents to structured documents. I have a "Paragraph" element, which allows "ParagraphTitle" elements, <TEXT>, and other "Paragraph" elements under it (simplifying for ease of explaining the issue).The "ParagraphTitle" element has the following EDD:Element (Container): ParagraphTitle     General rule: <TEXT>     Text format rules          In all contexts.               Text range.               Font properties                    Underline: SingleThe "ParagraphTitle" element comes at the beginning of the "Paragraph" element. The problem is that after the conversion the underline character formatting is bleeding into the parent ele

I am stuck on a student question...Her client wants to add letters to the running heads to indicate chapter subjects. For example, Chapter 1 might be on Safety, so page numbers should be S–1, S–2, S–3. There is nothing to grab from the page, but easy enough with user variables. Chapter 2 might be on Transportation, so page numbers should be T–1, T–2, T–3.But then she wants that same numbering in the TOC, and I'm hitting a wall. What am I missing?~Barb

I am working on a project and I need my TOC to display alphanumeric page numbers for my appendices.  The actual appendices have appropriate alphanumeric numbering.  However, when the page number display in the TOC, it is just the number "1".  I tried going to the reference page and put "A+-" for the appendices following Appendix A hoping it would then provide "B-1", "C-1" and "D-1" but this did not happen.  I got "A+-1" for all appendices. I also tried putting <$paratext> before the <$paranum> but that did not work either.Thank you in advance for your assistance!Edrice Angry

2019 Release, Version: 15.0.2.503I was editing a 51 page *.fm file, and now I have random green and underlined text.  It does not seem to respond to changes from paragraph, or character designer - they don't even seem to recognize it as green and underlined (but it publishes to PDF as green and underlined, and on FM screen as well).    When I highlight a section of the green text and select a different style from the character catalog, it will change the weight, angle, and variation, but it stays green, and stays underlined no matter what. The only way I have been able to change it back to to match the surrounding font properties is to highlight it, ctrl+c and immediately ctrl+v.  It pastes back as normal.I don't know that this is what triggered it for sure because I didn't notice it until later, but I did perform a Find/Change operation, and hit change all (the whole book).  That is not a normal procedure for me.

I want to edit a system variable and then save it as a new variable. The variable is for the short current date and we have a format we use as an example, 9 Sep 2011. Can this be done?regards,

Reading another discussion about using FM's Alert hypertext marker to generate sticky-note comments in PDF output, I was thinking this would be a good addition to my group's toolset, to flow our editorial comments and questions back to authors and other stakeholders. When I tested it, though, I got unexpectedly inconsistent results.For reference, we use unstructured FM2019 and Acrobat 2017 Pro (within TCS2019) to publish books (i.e., no dynamic/online formats required). I tried inserting an Alert marker in text in a few different files and created PDFs in a few different ways (i.e., print, save as, publish), and I got varying results:In one file, the marker turned into not one, but three PDF sticky notes, identical to each other but scattered around the marker location. I tried deleting and reinserting the marker, and tried outputting to PDF in all three ways, but got the same result each time.In another file, I got just one sticky when I used save as and publish to generate a PDF, but

What Structure (Topic/Concept/Task) should I use if I need to accomplish multi-level numbering as shown below???Chapter Title.....Section1.....     1. xxx     2. xxx          a. xxx          b. xxx               i. xxx              ii. xxx                    1. xxx                    2. xxxAlso, can I add Figure or Table at any level?Thanks.

Not a FrameMaker question, per se, but... I started asking a question as a reply in an existing discussion, and then decided it should probably be its own separate thing. So I selected the text, cut it, canceled my reply, opened a new discussion, and tried to paste my text into the text field.Nothing. Neither hitting <ctrl>-v nor right-clicking and choosing Paste produced any results at all in the forum window. I know the content was there in the paste buffer, because I was able to paste it into an open FM file, but I couldn't paste it here, and ended up retyping it all. Is that the way the forums are supposed to behave, or is it some kind of user error on my part?

I'm working in a new book that I created. The text is in English. There are only maybe 0.3% of the words in German. Inspite of this, the spell check tells me that all words in the vicinity of the single German word are wrong, because they aren't German words. I don't want to spell check in ANY other language. I'm somehow not seeing where I can specify which dictionaries to use in this book to spell check. Only HOW to use them (2 options). I see the ability to turn-off the spell check entirely, but that's undesirable.  I would have expected to be able to control this "feature". I don't want to have to check a bunch of words, because FrameMaker 2019 thinks I'm doing a polygot book.Does anyone know if this is possible?

Just trying to set up FM 2017; while trying to set up EDD rules for my output templates, FrameMaker is crashing constantly.Usually all it takes to cause a crash is trying to scroll through structured view or expanding a collapsed tag or structure item.Sometimes the crash is so bad that I have to restart my computer to get the FM processes to actually stop.I sent all of the crash logs to fmerror@adobe.com but the message bounced. Anything I can do? I'm currently on a 30-day trial so I can get it set up before my boss(es) pony up for licenses. I got FM11 working successfully at my previous company so I really talked it up at this new place. Not making a great first impression here, though...Edit to add: I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling FM2017. I have also noticed that the crashes tend to happen with the referenced sections of EDDs. I can open the modules without too much trouble.

My (2017 release) FrameMaker file contains web fonts (the Font Awesome you can download there: https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free).When I "Save as PDF" my FrameMaker file, I get an error that says: 'An error occurred when opening thie file. File cannot be found'. No PDF file is produced and if I was replacing an existing pdf file, that pdf file is deleted.When I use the PDF printer, in the options I uncheck option 'Limit to system fonts, do not use document fonts.' (in French Se limiter aux polices système, ne pas utiliser les polices du document.) and the PDF file is produced. But that pdf file contains no links (I have several cross references). So I cannot send that pdf document to my customers.I checked my Acrobat Settings, but I couldn't find any similar font option in the joboptions files.I hope that you can help me produce a PDF file containing both web fonts and hyperlinks! Thanks

I wrote a script that actually works, but I'd like for it to automatically run whenever I save the Framemaker (19) document. It seems like there should be a command for that but I can't find it. Thanks!

Issue: error message "The prefix 'xlink' has not been mapped to any URISoln:1. Open the data module  "Structure View"2. Double-click on the dmodule element  xmlns:xlink to enter the Attribute3. Enter the value: http://www.w3.org/2000/XSL/Format4. Save your work ...5. From the Structure pull-down menu select  "validate ..."and click "Start Validating" to make sure the error message is resolved.                          

New to DITA. Investigating structured framemaker to see if it's something we should pursue at my company.We are on framemaker 2017.I've created a few sample chapters in DITA and have saved these as PDF, which is the main format we'll be targeting.But I'm having trouble wrapping my head around how to export a dita book that mirrors the look and feel of the technical manuals we currently produce in unstructured framemaker. Can someone point me in the direction of resources/tutorials on how I'd go about doing this? 

Adobe Postulates on the FM 2019 product page: “Interactive HTML5 dialogs for plug-ins Make the customer experience richer by using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to make interactive plug-in dialog boxes.”Now that I need to create a few dialog boxes (panels?), I‘d like to have a look at the requirements, limitations, and resources. Where can I find them?

Seit gestern arbeite ich mit FrameMaker 2019 (32-bit) der neuesten Version (d.h. mit allen Service Releases, die angeboten wurden).Ich habe ständig Programmabstürze beim Versuch, über das Menü "Bearbeiten" > "Voreinstellungen" zu öffnen ebenso wie bei der pdf-Erstellung direkt über das Menü.Außerdem reagieren meine Tasten F8 und F9 nicht mehr, über die ich meine Zeichen- und Absatzformate schnell und einfach zuweisen kann.Ist das ein System-Bug und wir FM 2019 User sind die CrashTest-Dummies oder liegt das ggf. an dem Installationsprozedere?Soll unsere IT-Abteilung das Programm nochmals installieren? Was ist hierbei insbesondere zu beachten? Schöne und ziemlich erboste GrüßeAstrid Imhof

HelloI am trying to change the standard logo of the azure blue html 5 design to a different icon. I can select my png file, but FM will not change it. Logo.png will remain.I am using FM 2019 with latest patches.Any idea?Andreas

I have a project I'm still maintaining in Frame 12, producing CHM files as the output using the Publish command.I find that any thin space in my Frame source is getting rendered as an ordinary space in the Help viewer. Is this a limitation of that old Microsoft HTML Help Viewer not rendering thin spaces properly?  Or is Frame not bothering to write   entities in its HTML output? And if so, how do I make it do that? (I don't see anything obvious in the Publish settings).

In the body text of one document I refer to a figure on the same page, using language something like this:  See Figure 10 below.However, I don't want to enter the figure number in the body text because the actual number might change in the future.  So it makes sense to use a variable for the number.  Normally I'd use a cross reference for this, but that would make the variable a clickable link.  Since the image is on the same page, I don't need (or want) the variable to be clickable.  I just want the number to update automagically.Is there a way to accomplish this in Frame?Thanks!

I upgraded to a new windows 10 laptop. I have Framemaker 13 installed. When I attempt to navigate within a document, the program freezes and can be unresponsive for 20 minutes or more. There is almost no CPU usage when it is not responding, though my laptop fan goes into high gear when FrameMaker freezes. It is basically unusable and I am at a standstill. FrameMaker worked fine on my older 6 year old laptop.I've tried hiding graphics, renaming the preferences folder, installed all updates. Please give me some ideas.

I am trying to publish a structured FM file using the Basic HTML output. I keep getting the following error:"Output Basic HTML contains and absolute path for publishing. Change to a relative path to continue."I have tried publishing it to my desktop, to my hard drive, to a network folder with no change.Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,I have got a structured FM file which is exported from dita topic and has exactly the same structure as of dita-topic. When I query (FrameMaker 2017 & 2019.)IntT isXmlWellFormed = F_ApiGetInt(FV_SessionId, document_Id, FP_XmlWellFormed);I expect to get zero but I got 2 (FV_XML_WELLFORMED_NO).As per my understanding of the FDK documentation* '0' means it's a FM file and * FV_XML_WELLFORMED_YES/FV_XML_WELLFORMED_NO mean it's a xml file.Is it a bug with FrameMaker or am I missing anything here?Thanks,Paresh

I'm attempting to update my book and save as PDFs.When attempting to Update a book or "Save as PDF" I get the error messages below:When Saving as PDF:When Updating Book:I get an error report, but also the windows prompt error, and FM randomly creates separate TOC/LOF/LOT files unstructured.  This just started happening, I have no idea what causes this.  I've tried updating Framemaker, restarting, and googling this issue, but no information is found. I am working with Adobe Framemaker 2015, version 13.0.5.547. If anyone is familiar with this issue, help would be greatly appreciated as this prevents me from getting any work done.  Thank you!

I am using FM2019, can someone tell me how to use Cross-References so they would work in DITA Topics and DITA Map.As we know that normal FM cross-references do not work in DITA.I have two topic files, each file has one cross-reference which points to an image (inside Figure element).DITA MAP (of two Topic Files) output in PDF: Figures are updated but cross-references are not updated and not working. 1