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Hello sir, My name is Finn Aune. I am a Norwegian, but I live in Thailand. I have used Framemaker for almost 2 decades. Today I purchased an upgrade from 2015+(or older) to 2019 release. I then downloaded and installed it on my laptop and initiated the licence number. All went fine. I then wanted to install the program on my personal desk top computer, which is the one I use for my daily work. When entering I was asked for the licence number. After entering the new licence number, I was told that the licence number was valid, but that I had to enter the licence number from my old product. I did so, from my verson 12. But nothing happens after that. Seems that this number will not be accepted. I paid a high price for the product (THB 25.295,-), from Adobe Store team (Singapore), which is my region. There were only two options when buying: Upgrade or full price. The price for upgrade was higher than I have seen in other advertisements, but I wanted to buy it anyway. How can you help me?

Hi,FrameMaker 2019, v15.0.1.430, installed with several previous versions.The File > Script > New Script command does nothing. I can run a script with File > Script > Run. If I launch the IDE with FM2015 and switch the target to FM2019, again I can run a script. Any ideas why I can't launch the toolkit with FM2019?Thanks,Russ

Hi,I am trying to convert words in a paragraph to use superscript, but when I select the Superscript check box, all the test gets changed.What should I be doing to achieve this?Thanks for any help.Cheers,Elizabeth

Yesterday I visit the Adobe Tech Comm Day and this morning I installed FM 2019. It looks great but I found a missing function:In an existing document I selected a graphic to change it with “File, Insert, File”. In all previous FM-versions the current graphic name is shown in the input field “File name”. In the 2019-version this field is empty. Why?

Hello.I recently inherited a library of FM books and I am using FM 2017; it is the first time I am using FM on a regular, in-depth basis.In one of the books, Table of Contents does not appear in the header on the table of contents pages, even though the Running H/F 10 variable appears in the header for the master pages used on these pages. When I manually define the Running H/F 10 variable as Table of Contents, that text appears fine in the header.Before I changed it, the Running H/F 10 variable definition was:<Default ¶ Font><$paratext[TOC_Title,AppendixHeadingRepeat,AppendixHeading 1,Heading 1]>Which I believe is consistent with the other books.As the Running H/F 10 variable is not used anywhere else, manually defining the variable with static text is an acceptable workaround with no negative consequences, as far as I can tell. Nonetheless, I am curious as to why this is happening and how to resolve it.Any advice would be appreciated.

I'm evaluating FM2019.The file C:\Program Files\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11\Structure\entfmts which is opened by FM when opening XML/DITA files contains the missing font Zapf Dingbat and an error is shown on the console.Why isn't Adobe removing this font or at least install it with FM?This font don't come with Windows 10.Related thread:default fonts in structured interface

I'm evaluating multiple versions of FM.When I want to assign an app to a file type (e.g. .fm), Windows will show me all 3 version of installed FM for file type .fm but display the same app name.This is very confusing to say the least...Since I couldn't find a place to specify a bug, I've used this forum.Below is a screenshot for showing how Windows 10 RS3 displays FM2015, FM2017, FM2019 (x64) when I request to change the default for file type .fm.

I tried to update Update 2 today from 15.01The install process fails, my 15.01 version was deleted. My workaround:I reinstalled 15.0 and updated to 15.02 without any problem.

Hi All,I am trying to create pdf manuals using Adobe Framemaker directly by importing xml files.Below are my steps:-     1. Importing XML to FM.     2. Saving the manual generated as PDF.The manual should have well formatted text.I have a well defined xml with numerous tags and images.Question 1: I am not able to format the text from the xml in FrameMaker. How to format the contents in Framemaker?                         After importing all the contents gets left aligned.Question 2: Are there any other wayout to format the manual content except using the top ribbon in framemaker?Question 3: Is it possible to do all the formatting in the xml itself. And when we import that to FrameMaker, all the formatting remains as it?Thanks in advance.Awaiting Response.RegardsArpit Gupta

I've done some Font changes, alignment adjustment for around 100 pages in FM 2019 and saved it. When i opened the document in another system in very next day, the changes are not get reflected? Kindly guide to solve the issue.

We were able to adjust the text and text color/font, without affecting the color of the bullet. However, we can't seem to duplicate this action. These are the settings where it is set up correctly:We must be missing a step but can't seem to figure out what that is. We change the text of the bullet to be blue as well, but here it says multiple.

HiIn ExtendScript, how do I get a string representing heading numbers of a paragraph, such as "8.2.2" from "8.2.2 Clock properties" subsection?Many thanks

Hi, I have finally started to seriously test out 64-bit  FM2019, evaluating whether to migrate from FM2015. I find that it takes almost 3 times longer to open and save files, which is prohibitively slow. The files are either structured binaries or XML with a custom application. All files and references are local. Computer details:Dell Latitude laptopWindows 10, 64-bitProcessor - Intel Core i7-7600U CPU @ 2.80 GHzRAM - 16 GbI am running the comparisons with FM2015 installed on the same computer. Does anyone have any thoughts? Is the computer underpowered? FM2019 seems to be working well and I like some of the new features, but I will stay with FM2015 if it means I can open a 100 page file in 6 seconds instead of 15.Thanks,Russ

HelloI want to create the XML file by getting the table data from the Framemaker Document using FDK2019.can you please suggest me how I can create the XML file with that data?I appreciate any help!

How to Parse the XML using FDK?

Hi, I believe this was a FM2017 change, but I skipped over that version and I'm now coming late to this question. Now that element boundary display is an application-level parameter, how do I set it with the FDK or ES? I can't find any documentation, anything in f_apidefs.h, or the ES browser. This does not work:F_ApiSetInt(0, docId, FP_ElementBoundaryDisplay, FV_ELEM_DISP_BRACKETS);Thanks,Russ

Hi, I have the below to code to select the Paragraph. But after that I need to update the selected text to UPPER CASE. Please help me getting the code for this.var doc = app.ActiveDoc;var flow = doc.MainFlowInDoc;var textFrame = flow.FirstTextFrameInFlow;var pgf = textFrame.FirstPgf;var textRange = new TextRange ();textRange.beg.obj = pgf;  textRange.beg.offset = 0;  textRange.end.obj = pgf;  textRange.end.offset = Constants.FV_OBJ_END_OFFSET; doc.TextSelection = textRange; //Para got selected now i need change the paragraph to UPPERCASE without disterbing other formats

In FrameMaker 13.0.1.385,  when saving a book as PDF, the "PDF Setup for Selected Files" window shows up as displayed in the enclosed image. This is cropped such that I cannot enter values that are hidden. In particular, the "Height" for the page cannot be modified, something that I need in this case (it's defaulting to 11").I cannot resize the window. Hitting "CR" will at least perform the next action of creating the PDF.Help.thanks,scott

Time for my daily FrameMaker DITA question. Does the INI file still control the depth of the TOC? I have an INI file calling for three levels in the TOC:Template=TOCTpl.fmElementTags=ParaTags=title.0|title.1|title.2When I build my PDF file I get all headings plus Figure numbers and Tasks (step 1)The reason I ask is that more of the PDF output is controlled via the Publish > PDF > Settings File.I am still not clear what is controlled by the INI file and what is controlled by the Settings file.

I am not sure if this is the place to put in for a new feature request, but a catalog of named destinations within a .book file would be amazing. So, for instance, when I am inserting a "jump to named destination" hypertext marker, it would be great if I could have a pre-populated list of specified named destinations (that I have created throughout the book) to choose from.

Does anyone have a regular expression for how to add a comma to a column(s) of numbers in FrameMaker? The columns are 4, 5, and 6 digits mixed.

I would think that conditional text or inserts are stored where we can find/read/edit them. I haven't used FrameMaker in years and haven't been in a position where I used conditional text, inserts, or variables. Is there a folder where I can find the content. Previous writers on this project have used their own naming conventions and did not work to style defined by the team. 7 writers geographically disbursed, all of which are gone now.Thank You

Framemaker 2019 freezeWe have a user, who upgraded to Framemaker 2019 on a new laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad T570, i7, 16GB Ram and Windows 10).Her problem is that Framemaker keeps freezing. Fx opening a document and when she clicks on the second line (2321_relaX-XL...), Framemaker freezes totally.No reaction on the screen and in the view, the characters are not complete - blurry.Only way is to Kill the program.Happens more times. Checked for updates, on the newest version.

Framemaker 2019 64 bit with update 1 installed still crashing when I try to import any graphic.  Same FM also crashes if I try to pdf any document.  I have run through all the traps that I am aware of.  Changing the 15 file to 15_old and launching.  Yes, FM was installed using Admin rights.  I am dead in the water on two separate machines.  I have another user who does not have update 1 installed and he can pdf documents but he also has the crashing issue when trying to import documents.  This has been a persistent issue since the original install 4 months ago.  I've been in touch with Adobe but I have no resolution.  Just wondering if anyone else is having similar issues with 2019 update 1.

When creating external URL links, only the marker shows as active, not the entire selected text.For example, if I write "For more information see, the Adobe Web site"Despite the fact that I selected "Adobe Web site," applied the hyperlink character format, and then select Insert>Hypertext and copy the URL after the "message URL" text in the Hypertext box, when I run the PDF, the entire Adobe Web site text isn't clickable. Only what's really the marker that's inserted in front of the A in Adobe is. How can I ensure the entire text of that link is clickable for end users?Thanks!