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Hello all,Just wondering.  I see several posts on the web talking about how to remove blank pages from a file.  I wonder, what is the cause and is there a way to prevent the creation in the first place.thanks in advance.Regards,BenFM 2017

How to remove unwanted double spaces and paragraph marks in framemaker document using extendscript ?

Dear all,Although there is $home\HelpViewer.exe and $home\HelpCfg.ini on my system (w7 x64, FM-14.0.3.500) - the Help function does not work. Neither F1 nor selecting from the menu does anything.Double clicking HelpViewer.exe correctly opens the online-help for FM-14 aka 2017.Command Help in cmds.cfg is the same since years:<Command Help   <Label Help Topics...>   <KeySequence \!fh>   <Definition \x302>   <Description Open Help...>   <Mode All>>Yes, there are some plug-ins and ExtendScripts, but as far as I see they do not manipulate the menu.If I recall correctly there was an issue with HelpViewer.exe at the early versions of FM-14. Hence I had a copy of HelpViewer.exe from Fm-13 in use - but for the current release (build 500) the HelpViewer is OK.What may be the culprit?Klaus Daube

I have been using FrameMaker from V7.0 through to the current TCS version V2017, we send MIF files to our translator and until now this has caused no concerns.  We have just received our latest set of files back from the translator (first time sent to him in FM2017 MIF) and when we opened them, all the characters with accents are missing.     To test this, I sent the same files again saved as V7.0 MIF and V2017 MIF and opened them after translation. All text, including the accents, was present in the V7.0 versions but the FM2017 MIF was missing all the text with accents.  This really needs to be resolved, I do not wish to convert all the files to FrameMaker V7.0 MIF with the possible loss of the 2017 functionality.  Anyone have or know of any fixes?

Hi All,I am new to scripting.But I would have dita maps that point to an absolute destination for each of the xml and dita files and I would like to change these to relative addressing.I figure that a script might be the right way to do this.Any alternate suggestions are welcome.Appreciate it,Myko

How to convert framemaker doc into pdf using extendcript.?

How to remove unwanted double spaces and paragraph marks in framemaker document using extendscript ?

In Framemaker 2017, I don't understand some preference settings:Preferences > Global:General > Cross-Platform File NamingWhat does this mean? What is it good for?Preferences > Global:General > Cursor MovementWhat does this mean? How can I see it in action?Preferences > Global:Interface > Auto-Collapse Hidden PodsWhat does this mean? How can I see it in action?Preferences > Global:Interface > Hide Pods on CloseWhat does this mean? How can I see it in action?Preferences > Global:Interface > Open Documents on Drag DropWhat does this mean? In my experience, Drag and Drop always opens the document.Preferences > Global:Alerts > Dictionary provider mismatchWhat does this mean? What is a dictionary provider?Preferences > Global:Alerts > File unsupported in modeMode? What mode?Preferences > Global:Alerts > File unsupported in viewView? What view?Preferences > Global:PodsWhy is it called "Pods"? It's not about Pods, it's about Markers.And it doe

how to remove unwanted double spaces and paragraph marks in framemaker document using extendscript ?

I'm creating the .pdf from Framemaker 12, and it has nice quality photos (.jpg), with lots of detail. I've tried High Quality and Press Quality Settings but the pdfs do not show good enough quality for the photos.

Our business is changing operating systems. We are currently on Windows 7 and use FrameMaker 11 to generate PDFs. Will FrameMaker 11 run on Windows 10? Will FrameMaker 11 have experience issues with Windows 10?Kind regards,

When converting an FM Book using the GUI, there is a prompt that asks the user to chose one of the predfined Structured Application options within a dropdown menu. Once selected, the resulting XML contains two sections after the header information. The first section contains a list of entity references followed by the referenced file. The second section contains a huge tag with all the entitiy references, which look lik &bkc<some number>.I am using the FDK C/C++ route. The script I have only produces the second section and the complete first section is missing. I searched the forums and saw a couple of refences to the following API call -> FS_StructuredSaveApplication(). IntT saveDitaIndex = F_ApiGetPropIndex(&saveParams, FS_StructuredSaveApplication);StringT testString = F_StrCopyString((ConStringT)" ");saveParams.val[saveDitaIndex].propVal.u.sval = testString;I am still seeing no change in the output. My question is what value(s) should be or can be set for this to w

How to convert framemaker doc into pdf using extendcript.?

How to remove unwanted double spaces and paragraph marks in framemaker document using extendscript ?

If I rotate an image in FrameMaker and convert the fm file to pdf, then the image is cutted in the PDF. I use FrameMaker version 2015.I found this problem already in this forum. There was the solution: "rotate the image before you import this file in FrameMaker". This solution doesn't fit to me. True - I can save the images with the necessary rotation, before I import them. My problem is, that I have images like the cutter, which I have to use in different rotations. It can't be the solution, that I save one image in 15 different rotations.I already tryed other image-formats ond other images like png, pdf, eps. Every time it's the same result.FrameMakerPDFFileformatsvg 1.0svg 1.0I hope you can help me,Julian

Hi there,in a complex structure that produces correct PDF-output, the HTML5 help however does not reference links to concepts in the structure.In the navigation the name concept file is displayed, however the reference link to display the content when clicking on the name is broken and the content is not shown.Inspecting the navigation element that is not displayed it shows its for some reason just creating an emptyp <a href="#"> without the path.For the missing ones, I do not know.Other concepts are just not even displayed in the navigation, even though the html files have been generated.Can you please help?I have tried all sorts of structuring and even creating topics instead of concepts.Nothing worked.Cheers.PS: I have the latest update of FM2017 installed.

Wo kann ich Information zu diesem Thema finden?Where may I find information about this subject?

Sometimes when I generate a PDF from a FrameMaker 10 unstructured book, the generated PDF overwrites an existing file with a totally different name and location.  After I try a few times without changing anything, it finally does it right.  Any ideas?

HiI'm trying to generate PDF2/XHTML using the DITA Open Toolkit with FrameMaker 12 but nothing happens when building the output.I can see the command line start but is then immediately shutdown, and there is nothing generated in the output folder.I have installed the Java JDK and set the Java_Home variable (before that the output options box didn't open).Do anyone have a glue what is wrong?

fit page in window in framemaker.i have used var zoom= oDoc.Constants.FV_FIT_WINDOW_TO_PAGE; in javascript code.The result is -3.but nothing change in framemaker document.how to i change the zoom level in framemaker using extendscript?

Greetings.I am using FrameMaker 12 with the C/C++ FDK. I have looked into scripting the feature of converting a Frame Book to an XML. I have looked at the FDK Reference and Programmer's guide for assitance.- What is the recommeded sequence to convert the book file to XML? My thought is as follows:     1. Open the book     2. Iterate over each compenent          i) Open each component          ii) Save each component as XML     3. Close the bookThere are more questions to ask but I thought I would start a discussion and work through the solution. Thank you in advance.         

Hello all,I just created a new document in my book and I see this:Where does this tag come from?  Is it some sort of default tag that is added for all new docs - or a carry over from my book (I thought I deleted it from all existing books).Thanks in advance

Greetings. I am trying to understand the process of Adobe FrameMaker 12 with regards to a Frame Book. Specifically, the process for converting or saving a Frame Book into another format like XML. When I select to save my book as XML, I have observed in the bottom left-corner of the GUI, each file (component) being opened and saved. When I look in the directory of the referenced files, I see the book file as an XML but I also see files with an *.e<numerical value> extension. For example, I see Test.fm before converting the book. After, I see Test.e09. When I open up the file, it looks like some form of XML.While saving the book, does FM create these files for each component and then use them as a reference to finally convert the book into an XML file?

I am having several issues creating a TOC in FM 2017. It doesn't matter if I create a Standalone TOC or take one from an existing document and rename it. It always generates like the image attached. We've never found a way to add a TOC from scratch and usually it works when grabbing from and existing TOC, but we shouldn't have to do this, nor is that option currently working.

I set up reference graphics in my table, but I'm not sure how to center them vertically.  The table below is one of several tables with the same symbols.  When I use the associated paragraph tag for the symbol, it pops in there nicely into each table, but none of the highlighted graphic below will center vertically in any of the tables. When I set various options such as "Indents and Spacing" within the Paragraph Designer, nothing happens.  The graphic is not in an anchored frame when inserted, but it is in a frame within the reference pages, per Barb's training instructions.  I could not find any instructions anywhere online on how to center these graphics.  Luckily, all the other graphics are already centered somehow , although they have the same settings as the highlighted one.  I did try moving the graphic around inside the anchored frame on the reference page, but it's a poor method for centering multiple reference graphics...You can see my cursor at