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I have a parent Element with an attribute (DayNum). I want to use the value of this attribute in the prefix rules of a child element. I can see that I can reference an Attribute in the PrefixRule, but it doesn't seem to recognise an Attribute from a parent element.In normal Context Rules, I can refer to the Attribute of the parent using ParentElement[ElementName = "Value"], but that doesn't seem to work in a PrefixRule.Is this possible?

The troubleshooting topic alone passed validation check, but it fails after I saved it as a book. Is there something I can do to fix this?    Moreover, the [title] of [cause] tag gets the proper subheading format, but after saved as a book that [title] would be formatted as title.0 instead.   Are these two problems related somehow?   FM 17 on Windows 11.  

Hi all, Ever since yesterday, whenever I try to save a document as a PDF, I'm getting the following error messages: After I click OK, Frame stops responding and then crashes/closes immediately. I've tried the following:Using File > Save as PDF (this is my normal go-to method for full chapters/books)Using the Publish podUpdating FrameUsing different documentsSaving as new file and replacing existing fileRebooting laptop None of the above has worked and none of my coworkers are having this issue either. I did email Adobe support this morning, but the email address they include in the error messages bounces back lmao. Has anyone seen this or know how to fix it? I'd like to avoid uninstalling/reinstalling frame if possible as my IT team would need to do that.  Thanks!

I have a tricky problem with automatically generated 'List of tables' document. I have table titles and a paragraph style for them. I generate a LOT where all table titles are listed with a page number. I have defined a paragraph style for a LOT lines/paragraphs having all fonts in plain black. Everything works, almost...   In source files, few table titles have emphasis character style to highlight part of the text in bold red. When I manually apply default character style on LOT paragraph, it changes fonts to plain black. But, the bold red fonts seems to re-appear to my LOT list in every book update, copied from source file. I have tried the definition <Default ¶ Font> in front of the LOT paragrah style in a reference page without success.   Somehow this original bold red lurks into my LOT although the LOT charracter style (plain black) is set in the Paragraph Designer. I have not found way to prevent this happening. What I have missed, any ideas?

Dear community,after updating FM to 17.0.5, it's not possible for me to export a book to XLIFF. I tried different approaches with large/small/real/test books. Each approach ends in the following error message:I'm surprised that the error message shows that the exceptions are thrown in files under C:\users\ravimetha\source\adobe-framemaker-xliff-plugin\entw\plugin\clients\… (see screenshot above)This user and/or files don't exist on my environment.My environment:WIN10 Enterprise Version 22H2 (Build 19045.5011)FM 17.0.5Are there any known issues in the XLIFF-Export? Or are there any known workarounds to export a book to XLIFF? Thanks alot for your help/tips/recommendations.Andreas

Hi there, I am the licensee but I'm locked out of my own product. I am presented with the sign-in screen, then it locks up. Stays stuck on "Loading". Any ideas please. Thanks! 

Hi FM community!   I have an issue when publishing a user manual in HTML5 format. The links are doubled in the whole document (see image). Still, in the XML files, there is no sign of them (see second image). What could be the issue?    

Hello,In our FrameMaker documents, we have placed graphic objects whose edges (borders) we have colored Blue. The blue surrounding border was added using the Object Properties dialog box (see attachment). My goal is to loop through all the graphics and remove this border. I have attached an example of a graphic with a blue border and a screenshot of the Object Dialog box. I have tried a few variations of code myself:Looping through with a For loop:for (var i = 0; i < doc.graphics.length; i++) {var graphic = doc.graphics[i];// Get each graphic object// Check if the graphic is an image object (FrameMaker considers images as 'graphic' objects)if (graphic instanceof Graphic) {var graphicObjProps = graphic.objectProps;// Access the graphic's properties// Clear the border color (if any)graphicObjProps.strokeColor = null;// Remove any stroke/border colorgraphicObjProps.strokeWidth = 0;// Optionally, you can set the stroke width to 0}}Directly, changing the object thus..:countDefined = 0;va

Is there an ExtendScript or FDK command to update conrefs in a structured FrameMaker document?

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Hello, I am running into an issue creating my table of contents. When I create my TOC, I include all the paragraph styles that need to be included in the table. However, when it is done being created, none of the paragraph numbering transfers its way to the table. What I mean is that it just includes the titles like "Packaging & Shipping" instead of " 1.8 Packaging & Shipping". My reference pages are also not working properly because messing around with them has changed nothing about my TOC. Is there anything I can do to fix the TOC without having to manually input all of the paragraph numbers? Thank you!!

xsl script have been developped, so I would like to call xsl scripts developed inside ExtendScript in order the users don't need to save .FM as .xml, then, run xslt script to transfter the other .xml format. Is it possible?  Thanks. 

I've written a 600 page book in FM and it's ready for KDP. KDP requires a minimum 0.25" margin and that's where the text frame is set. Everything comes out fine except for any line that ends with an 'f', and the terminal of the 'f' hangs outside the frame. I suspect it's outside by only a few dots but amount doesn't matter, it generates close to 100 errors in the KDP review and won't let me proceed until I fix it. One way to fix it is move the right edge of the text frame in slightly but that requires reformatting the whole book and I'd rather shoot myself in the head. Does anyone have an easier solution? 

I am trying to generate WinHelp using the publish dialogue. BUT whenever I try, I get this error: ... and the publishing process quits. I am running FrameMaker Version: 17.0.5.725. Any ideas?...  

I'm trying to set the column widths of a table in framemaker by importing the width from an attribute in the imported xml file. But it doesn't work...This is from my read/write rules:element "ITEM-CELL-LIST"{is fm table cell element;attribute "width" is fm property column width;fm property column width value is "2cm";}The last line that specifies the width to 2cm seems to be accepted as I can save the EDD as DTD without errors, but it has no effect on the actual widths of the table created.The line above it doesn't work at all. When I try to save the EDD, I get the following error: "Invalid property specified for the element (ITEM-CELL-LIST)."I've tried every way I can think of, but nothing seems to work The only way I've been able to actually set the widths is by creating a table in the master template page and resizing the columns. That carries over to the imported xml.

When opening a 17.0.5 document, text insets set for auto update are not updating. This led me to find a crasher when using the Edit > Update References feature   Anyone able to successfully update insets upon opening of file?   Posted to tracker at  https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-15132  

Hi Framemaker experts!I'm trying to add two "run into paragraph" anchored frames to my text, one on the right, and one on the left.  However, when I do so, there is a giant gap between the paragraphs. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you,Wendy 

FM newbie hereIs it possible to convert equations in a Framemaker document into TeX strings?  In other words: parse a document for equations and blow them up into equivalent TeX string?Thanksphaedo

Hello, My printer says that my croplines are too narrow. Instead  should enlarge them to 3 mm. How do I do that? I first wanted to change Off-set from standard 2,1117 to 3. But I'm not sure... Can somebody help me?  

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-15135

I have  a book with an extensive index which is being published as html5. The index works fine in HTML5, but I get no highlight of the chosen index words when I click them in the published output. Making it pretty cumbersome to figure out where exactly the source of the index word actually is on the page. Is there a solution for this? FrameMaker Version: 17.0.5.725

I would like to write a script to take the uppercase WORDS in a table and change them to capitalize each word.Question is:  is this hard to do? And where does one go to find out how to do this?ChatGPT scripts are not working for me.Thank you,Vicki

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I have a structured document I am creating through XML in FrameMaker. After struggling immensely with getting the appropriate master pages applied to each page (including a blank page between "chapters," I am now finding that the pdf output when publishing does not match what I am seeing in FrameMaker. I have an FM book with a FrontMatter.fm file that contains title page information (2 pages), a List of Markers that is the Table of Contents (2 pages), and then the main document with all of the content imported from XML. When I look at the FrameMaker .fm file for the main document, all of the appropriate header pages are applied (through the EDD with context labels, not manually applied). However, when I publish the document to pdf about 1/2 of the way through the document the output starts to differ from what I have on FrameMaker. This appears to be causing my master pages to be about 2 pages off through the rest of the book. I was able to track down the first page that is cl

I want to publish a single DITA topic in PDF format with a book title and TOC. I am selecting the book title and TOC from Publish > Change Settings > Edit Options, but FrameMaker is not publishing the DITA topic with the selected book title and TOC. Could you please suggest how I can achieve this?