FrameMaker

Size of HTML5 help projectThe result of the compilation of an HTML5 help project from Frame 2017 is 15 MegaThe dev team would like it to be smaller.  (the package I give them)Graphics are small .png filesAre there any settings that can be changed to reduce the size of the files sets?

I'm evaluating FM2019, hoping to replace FM2015 in structured authoring.I have created 2 books (~1000 pages) - a datasheet for a product my company makes.The bulk of the book (900 pages) contains structured FM files that originated from DITA 1.2 and saved as .fm files.FM2019 opens DITA files significantly faster than FM2015, which get us closer to working with DITA files natively. Not there yet as opening the converted .fm documents is an order of magnitude faster.The performance degradation comes from updating the book. The 2 books have identical content.FM2015 takes 20 seconds to perform an update and FM 2019 x64 takes 55 seconds.The expectation is that 64 bits perform faster not almost 3x slower.The system:Core i5-7440HQ (quad core processor)32GB of RAM (~8GB used)A very fast NVME SSDWindows 10 RS3.Net framework 4.7.2 installed (very important since FM is a .net app)Any suggestions on how to improve FM2019 performance?

Hi,I have been trying to remove the background from an image I copied into a table in FrameMaker 14. I have tried every way I know to remove the white background and nothing works. (There is a white background on this image.) The image was created in Snagit. Is there any particular magic to removing this?Thanks for any help.Cheers,Elizabeth

Will FrameMaker 2019 old FrameMaker files (like FrameMaker 4.0 old)?

Well the 150 pages document is a complete User manual having about 50 images scattered through out the manual. While PDF generation is going on, CPU load is about 50% and RAM usage is about 5 GB out of 8 GB. Similar looking document in FM 2011 of same length takes about 1.5-2 hours on same machine. Is there anything wrong in FM 2015? We cannot ask for a favor from client any more.  Please suggest a solution. Thanks in advance.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bash Adobe [not plain Shakespeare]What strange mathematics is necessary to get the lines drawn as they should: all from a centre out at steps of 30°?In the FM coordinate system y goes from top to bottom. I have found that the bounding box (aka dimensions) of the object is disconnected from the end points of the line. As You can see from the diagram below, created lines in quadrants II and IV are flipped up/down - after the drawing routine has been left!How to cope with this strange happening! // --- Create lines at all 30° angles - FM coordinate system in cm#target framemakermain ();function main () {var j, oDoc, oFrame, x0, x1, y0, y1, length, angle, oLine, oPoints = [];    CM = 1857713, pi = Math.PI;  oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;  oFrame = oDoc.FirstSelectedGraphicInDoc;  if (!oFrame.ObjectValid()) {    Alert("Select an anchored frame and try again.", Constants.FF_ALERT_CONTINUE_WARN);&nbs

HiI try to build conditional content for example for different target audiences. I have used DITAVAL and I'm able to exclude content when saving the book with fm components (which is good). But when I try to take this further and use another options like background color to highlight the conditioned parts (would be nice for review) but this doesn't work.See the example of one of my test ditaval files. I have tried to use different selections (for example flag) but nothing happens. Is there an error or is this function just not working?I have tried also the filter by attribute but not any success there. I have understood that it works only on topic level, is that true? Don't like that option as there you must change the settings on topic level after review (always a place for user errors).I have 2019 version.

I am using FM 2019 (15.02)  OS: Window 10, Oct. UpdateI am trying to import/convert a .doc file using a .sts file (created in a previous version of FM).Result: FM 2019 shuts down. Error can be repeated.Any ideas?Andreas

Dear allDrawPolyline is based on the DrawLine function: the segments are drawn as line, then joined by means of FCodes.Next year I will follow Markus' advice and replace the flipping in DrawLine by rotation - but this requires some math - and is less transparent.And yes, i will report these two scripts as bypass in various FM bug reports.#target framemakerMain();function Main(oDoc) { // ==========================================================================var oDoc = app.ActiveDoc, CM = 1857713,           // Constants.FV_Metric_CM not present in ESTK    oFrame, oPoly1, rVertices = [4,1, 3,3, 5.5,3.6, 8,3, 6,2];      // values in cm  oFrame = oDoc.FirstSelectedGraphicInDoc;  if (!oFrame.ObjectValid()) {    alert ("An anchored frame must be selected.");    return;  }  oPoly0  = DrawPolyline(oDoc, oFrame, rVertices, false);  // unsmoothed

The XML schema we are using maps two different elements onto FrameMaker cross-references. One of them is a link to an ID elsewhere in this or another document, and the other is a footnote reference (where e.g. a table has two footnotes, and multiple cells in the table share the same footnote). The two types of cross reference have their own element tags and formats, on loading an XML document the elements are mapped to the correct type of cross-reference via rules, and when a document is saved the cross-references are translated back into link and footnoteref elements with all the appropriate attributes and content. So far so good.In a previous version of FrameMaker I had the software set up so that if a user inserted a link element in the structure view, the "insert cross reference" dialog would automatically pop up, and the element tag and format would be correctly primed for a link; similarly if they inserted a footnote reference element in the structure view, the dialog would appea

When I change the curly double quotation marks in one of the standard cross-reference formats to single curly quotation marks, the opening (left-hand) quotation mark displays as a closing (right-hand) quotation mark. Is there a work-around to enter in the x-reference definition field that will correct this?Thanks for any help.... mike

Hi Can we have two apps root folder like below and use the resource resolver factory to update the search path/appsand /apps_XXXthanks in advance

Win 7, FM 2015 Is it possible to place a graphic on a page with a numbered caption and have it stay in the same place on the same page even if editing before and after is done? Anchored frames don't work because they constantly move around, Graphic frames don't work because the caption is out of the flow and won't update and tables won't work because you have to chose flow to avoid white space.  Is there an answer I am overlooking? I am a novice.

The book shows each chapter with a question mark and says files do not exist.  Trying to edit the existing book in FM17. 

Hi,FM2019, Windows 10, although I've had this problem for other OSs and FM versions. I'm just now trying to fix it. In a file converted from an older version of FM, I get a hash pattern for cell padding, where it did not exist previously:I can't figure out how to make it go away. If anyone can help me, I'll tell Santa Claus that you were good this year. Here is a sample file:http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/misc/temp.fmThanks,Russ

Hi,I am creating a 2019 FM (all patched up) file using CMYK colors for print.In the mix, I have a single PNG with a transparent background. (I know it's RGB only, so will test the color shift). In the Publish pod, if Use Acrobat Distiller is selected, the transparent PNG background becomes white. If Use Distiller is not selected, the PNG's background remains transparent.Sean

Hi, have you ever tried changing the pagination ?doc.PageSide = Constants.FV_BK_START_RIGHT;   seems, doesn't work

I want to get concept-outputclass value with extend script ?

Can I create in FrameMaker such a feature, for an ePub document? Preferably with embedded images (in a single ePub file).Basically I want in my main document a low-res small image that, when pressed, would show the high-res image in a different window. I've tried importing the object but the big image is just the same zoomed low-res image imported in document with a low dpi.Please help!Thank you!

From *my* usability perspective (YMMV), two things bother me about the Publish to PDF pod.1) Source document doesn't switch to the active document. So, I have document AA.fm open and publish it to PDF, but BB.pdf is created from BB.fm, because that's the file in the Source Document field and it must be manually changed, or so it seems.2) Output folder should default to the location of the source document. So, I select AA.fm as my source document and publish it to PDF, but I can't find the file because it published in the BB.fm folder, because I hadn't manually changed that. This annoyance is worse than item 1).3) Having to track a settings file is just bothering me. Best practice advice on this would be appreciated.Cheers,Sean

I'm having a lot of trouble gettig my HTML (FM2017) to display correctly on mobile phones. The content won't resize on a real phone vs. an emuiator. Are there other skins available somewhere?I haven't moved to 2019 because when I create a PDF, my images are black. I can't figure out why this happens.Any help would be appreciated it.Thanks!

HiI have a book, now I need to create a report  of all headings including numberings, text and their locations. It should look like a TOC but in an external text file.How to achieve that?Thanks

Hello scripting friends,There is no method to apply master pages for the Doc object, but I know it can be done, as I have done this before. But I cannot find the script anymore to figure out how that worked. Does anyone have the FCode or CallClient info to do this ?Thanks in advance4everjang

I am unable to create a PDF through Adobe Framemaker.

FrameMaker 2017 Creating new DMLIn the section for cmlContentfor element dmEntry.... attributes dmEntryType = n, c, or nwhat do they stand for?