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Hi - I'm looking for the place to add a borderline below the Headers in the Masterpage in Frame. Hopefully there's an easier way than using a graphic? Thanks.

Good afternoon,My team recently translated a number of manuals to Spanish. These manuals will be used in Europe and South America. They will be delivered in PDF format and printed.Because the manuals were originally created in English for use in the United States, the paper size of the FrameMaker book is set to "Letter." Could anyone walk me through the steps required in order to prepare these manuals for distribution in Europe and South America? I don't want to assume that it's as simple as File > Print Setup > Paper Size: A4 > OK and then a book update.Thank you,Cameo

I have a new tech writer coming on board who has experience in InDesign, and needs to come up to speed in FrameMaker 11. I've seen a number of comparisons between FrameMaker and InDesign, and the concepts look very similar. Where can I go to show him the differences/similarities without boring him with lengthy explanations of concepts that he has already mastered?Rosemarie

Dear allI came across a nasty bug: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-5522 (please vote on it).Script InsertVariable.jsx creates a variable with this content:\+9\st007\st199\st254\st740\st991However, what is displayed, even after screen refresh:+9st007st199st254st740st991This happens with any FM since version 10 and ESTK 4.0.0.1 (CC).However after editing (replacing with itself) of any character in the variable definition the display becomes correct. There is no problem creating this variable manully via UI.Using the corresponding Unicode characters is not an option, because this depends on the font - which mostly do not contain these characters (U2009THIN SPACE, U+2212 MINUS SIGN or U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN).The test script inserts some text at the top of an open document. It then inserts the variable into this text.#target framemakerTestInsertVariable (); //=======================================================function TestInsertVariable () {  var paraText = "Far far aw

Hi,This seems to be a week of FM 2017 issues for me...  Today I created a Responsive HTML5 file but there is no scrollbar in the output.Is there a way to fix this issue?Thanks in advance.Elizabeth

Hello,I am working with FrameMaker 2019 and I try to add some elements to an xml file based on a custom application when a new xml file is selected by the user.I have managed to set the notification (with Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML) and register the script in FM, but I have to following strange behavior:1. The object property of the Notify function does not seem to reflect the new xml doc object2. By selecting the app.ActiveDoc object in order to insert elements in the xml file these elements are actually inserted but are not shown unless I first select to create a new xml file (with any type of structured application).The code I use is as follows:Notification(Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML , true);function Notify (note, object, sparam, iparam) {switch (note) {     case Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML:     doWork();          break;     }}function doWork() {     var do

Hallo,ich kann Bedingungs-Tags keine Farbe zuweisen. Die beiden Auswahlmenüs "Farbe" und "Hintergrund" klappen nicht auf und ich kann nichts auswählen.Woran könnte das liegen?GrüßeLutz

A colleague recently had a hard drive crash/replacement, which required a reinstall of her FM10 instance... and now she can't manage to get it activated. We've always needed our internal Help Desk's assistance to navigate through the company firewall/proxies, but this time even our Help Desk can't seem to make it work. It's freaking me out a bit, because we're about to upgrade the whole group to TCS2017, and soon we'll all have to worry about activation. I know there used to be an activate-by-phone option (back in ye olden days), but I don't think that's been available for years. Has anyone faced a similar situation? Are there any workarounds available from the Adobe side?

Hi,I'm trying to figure out how to positively close a palette window that has both an X in the upper right corner and a Close button. The reason is that I want to use the Window.find() method to determine if the window already exists when someone attempts to launch it, such that duplicate palettes cannot be produced, for examplevar graphicUtilsDlg = Window.find ("palette", "My Graphic Utilities");if(graphicUtilsDlg != null) return;So, I define this palette as graphicUtilsDlg, but before I do, I call the method above to see if a current instance exists.On the palette, I have a Close button tied to the following callback:graphicUtilsDlg.closeBtn.onClick = function() {    graphicUtilsDlg.close();    graphicUtilsDlg = null;};...and the following callback which is invoked by the close() method above and also when the X is clicked:graphicUtilsDlg.onClose = function() {    graphicUtilsDlg = null;};It works fine when I click the Close button. The wi

Hello, I upgraded to frameMaker 19.File opening is very slow and FrameMaker does not respond.Example  : File size 3,29 moFile available from a file serverTime to open : 3-5 minutsVersion of FrameMaker :2019 Release, Version: 15.0.1.430Domain Computer : Windows 10 Pro / 32Gb / SSD / Core I7 / Network 1 gbEHelp me, please

Hi,[Framemaker 2015, Windows 7]I have a book with several FM files in it. All of the FM files are located in the same directory as the book, except for one, which is linked (it is located one directory up and one directory down). How can I move the linked FM file to the same directory as the rest of the files in the book, while keeping all of the cross-references to and from that file?Thanks for your help.

I developed a script to automate the generation of large FrameMaker books from Ditamap and XML files.  The script successfully generates 2 or 3 of these large books before FrameMaker crashes midway through the book generation with the following error message:The point at which FrameMaker crashes appears to be totally random and the internal error code often changes as well.  Some research on these forms led me to believe that it was due to saving the book to a network drive, so I modified the script to save to my C: drive and the crashes got WORSE!  My FrameMaker 11 is patched to the latest version and I've got 50 gigs of free space on my drive.I use the following function to save the ditamap/xml files as FM books:function saveToFm(fileObject, savePath, ditaValFile) {      var saveParams = GetSaveDefaultParams();          var i = GetPropIndex(saveParams, Constants.FS_FileType);      saveParams.pro

Using FrameMaker 2017 (version 14.0.4.512), when a table row or cell entry is tagged as a conditional entry,and "show condition indicators" is on, a crosshatch pattern is applied to the interior border of the row or cell.Unfortunately, the crosshatch pattern is very thick. I seek the ability to reduce the thickness of the crosshatch pattern.Is this possible?  If so, how is this achieved? I still want to show the condition indicator.  I just want to modify it.

Hey BarbSo I couldn't find any subjects that talk about this but I have recently installed Adobe FrameMaker 2019 on my machine and a few others in my group and a couple of us are missing the "Next Page" arrow at the bottom where the pages are identified.  As you can see the back arrow is there (next to 16), but not the forward arrow.  I can not find a setting for this and was wondering if I just needed to copy some .ini files from a user whose button is there or is this an install issue??  Its not a huge issue but I was just curious if you had seen this before.  Thank you for your help.

Does anybody know why opening .dita with extend script takes much longer than the same operation manually. Can you suggest right parameters as i will overcome unnecessary stages during opening.I get some issues - for example:DITA+FM ERROR: Unable to locate referenced topic id: #id173KA60D03A/id185MM0L05HS but I'm not sure that this might be the reason of delay.Thank you in advance.

Hi,One of our IT guys just sent me this information about a FrameMaker vulnerability. Is it a thing?Adobe Framemaker CVE-2018-15974 Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityBugtraq ID:105537Class:Design ErrorCVE:CVE-2018-15974Remote:YesLocal:NoPublished:Oct 09 2018 12:00AMUpdated:Oct 09 2018 12:00AMCredit:Kushal Arvind Shah of Fortinetâ??s Fortiguard LabSean

Maybe this belongs in the Illustrator forum, but I thought that I would check here first.I'm working with FrameMaker 2017 (version 14.0.4.511). I usually insert Illustrator files directly into Illustrator. When I want to edit an Illustrator file, I click one and then press Esc > i > l to open the file in Illustrator. Adobe pushed an update to Illustrator a few days ago (I think it's version 23.0). Anyway, when I try opening an Illustrator file from FrameMaker, Illustrator opens, but the file does not. Is anyone else seeing the same problem that I am?Update:I uninstalled the most recent version of Illustrator and installed the one that I had yesterday. Now, I am seeing an error every time that I try opening the Illustrator file from FrameMaker.

Hello all,I have what is hopefully a simple question. I'm using FrameMaker 2017 and authoring new DITA documents.I have a ditamap with dita files in it. I have some cross-references between files. I renamed one of my dita files, removed the old named file from the ditamap and added the new named file to the ditamap.Obviously, cross-references to the old named file broke. When I select the Edit > Update References command, I get the familiar "Update Unresolved Cross-references" dialog, and proceed to fix the cross-reference in the same way I used to with unstructured FrameMaker. And it seems to work because the top of the dialog box states "0 unresolved cross-references". However, when I then save the file that includes the cross-reference and then re-open it, the cross-reference is still broken. I see that the fm-xref's "href" is still pointing to the old file. Is there a way to fix broken cross-references, other than manually?Thanks!

Here is my workflow:Create a concept or reference topicIn Author or WYSIWYG view, click Insert table.Specify a table geometry, say 3 columns by 6 rows.Click the element dropdown: only simpletable is available as an optionCreate the table. Switching to XML view, it is indeed a simpletable.Back in Author view or WYSIWYG mode, select adjacent cells in the same row and merge (straddle them). Do the same for two adjacent cells in the same column. This seems to work, butSwitching to XML view and examining the table, it is still a simpletable, and all Framemaker did was delete stentry elements from strows.I see discussion of CALS tables in the Help, but no description of how to create them.Coding them by hand in XML view is not an appealing option. Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong?Thanks

I have certain formats that are being lost after I save a file. More specifically, I have checkboxes that are one size, I save, exit, open it back up, and they're a different size. I can't get them to stay constant. It's an element imported from an EDD; should I import the EDD again to see if that works?

Hi All,I like to import only some variables from an old FM template file to a new one.The SimpleImport function is not accurate as all variables of the source old FM template file will be imported.With this function, no filters may be set to define which variables must be imported or not.I am able to get TextRange string of a source variable but do not find any solution to copy it as TextRange value of the same variable (var.VarFmt.Name) in the new FM template file.Is it possible to copy an applicable variable definition between two files with FM scripting?What is(are) the function(s) to use?JM

Hello. Would like to get some hint on how to create context sensitive help in FrameMaker.

Hey,I'd like to have a script that goes through the document and places a string in each paragraph or table that has overflow. Any ideas how I can achieve this?Thanks.

I had dot net 4.6.1 installed but the trial for Framemaker 2019 would not install. I tried to install 4.72 and it uninstalled my 4.6.1 and crashed and deleted all my restore points!So I assume it needs a version above 4.6.1?

I'd rather not "re-invent the wheel"...Anyone able to share/sell/collaborate on development of a structapp for MIL-STD 37874?Feel free to respond here or PM me -Matt