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FM 2017 Release, all updates installed, DITA 1.3, Win7Pro Machine.I have created <indexterm> tags using both the new marker dialog that appears when I add the tag to a document, and also through the Edit markers pod. My MO is to create one tag that contains all of the relevant indexing information for that section, e.g. topic:subtopic;restated topic:sub;topic aloneWhen I close and reopen the file, I end up with (in the example above) three different <indexterm> tags with the different terms separated out, so <topic:subtopic><restated topic:sub>, etc.I guess this isn't problematic (output seems OK) but I liked keeping things simple with the single tag, and I don't recall this behavior in previous versions of FM that I have used. Has something changed? Is this expected/desired behavior? I have not changed the R/W rules or EDDs for index terms.

I have found issues with sharing files, specifically TOC, LOT, LOF between these OS systems. Has anyone else experienced these type of issues? Some of the errors I receive from FrameMaker are "this file is locked in view mode", spurious Book file errors, cross reference errors, font errors, cannot open file due to unavailable font error, etc.We are just two writers with different OS's sharing documentation and editing responsibilities. We follow the identical save (auto save off), update document, building of generated files, etc. procedures.Any ideas?Thanks ahead of time for your help

I need to create 3 master pages (Left, Right, and Blank) for Custom layout -- landscape orientation, Legal (11 X 17) size. I know these pages need to be in a separate document inserted after  appropriate chapter in the book file (to accommodate the different flow).  I''ll be able to include all needed pages in this new "document" that I will insert as a separate "file" after the appropriate chapter file in the book.On these Master pages, I need small text frames on Master page at top with document part numbers, and at the bottom with centered Classification line followed by page number line <$chapnum>-<$curpagenum> centered below it. Between the two I need a large text frame into which I can insert content on the Body pages.I have created 3 text frames on Master page -- one for header info, one for footer info, and large one in center for content.Problems I'm having;1. Header variables (one on right side, and one on left side) insert correctly, but when I go to ta

Dear colleagues,I'm having an issue with converting FM files (version 2017) with cyrilic characters. The original file is written in FM 2017 and displays the characters without any problems. In order to make this file readable for my colleagues who use older versions of FM (8), I converted it into .mif. However, all characters got replaced by question marks. Is there any other way to convert this file to make it compatible with older FM versions without loosing the data?Many thanks.Nico

I'm importing high resolution *.tif screen shots into FrameMaker 12 but after I create the PDF they come out low resolution and blurry. Examples below. I've been doing this a while and never experienced this before.I tried changing the Print settings as well:Original .tif imageImage in PDF @ 100%Image in PDF @ 300%

Hey guys,I am fairly new to the FrameMaker-scripting-thing. I basically have a folder, full of .xml files that shall be opened with a structured application and then be saved as a .fm file. I can already do that but I have to manually tell FrameMaker which structured application to use (as in How do I load an XML file, and save it as an fm file). But I can't really say which one should be used. I'd rather have the user specify the application once for the first file (maybe even open the dialog that can be seen when manually opening a .xml-file) and use it for the rest of the files as well.Pseudo-Code:var structApp = ChooseStructApp();openXmlFile(filePath, structApp);Does anyone know how to do anything like that?Kind regards,Tom

I'm working on a large 2-page file in Framemaker with several graphics.  Depending on the color scheme (CMYK/RGB), I'm getting errors when producing PDFs.When choosing RGB, I get a blank 2-page PDF.  When choosing CMYK, the PDF displays fine except my images are cutoff on the ends with white space:Anyone have experience with these issues?

Hello,I use fm11 and I would like to know if we can avoid that fm generate many .cgm files during a .xml generationThanksJerome

I have document in Framemaker 2017 Unstructured.I convert it to HTML 5 using the publish featureAnchored graphics which only holds one image, converts correctlyAnchored frames which hold both an image AND some text boxes do not convert at all. The conversion process merely leaves blank spaces.How can I make it work, so these anchored frames which hold text AND graphics convert correctly?Best regardsBjørn

I have a run-in paragraph tagged (highlighted below), but how do I get it back on the same line as my previous bold heading?  When I delete a space to bring it back up, the tag changes back to the previous bold heading's tag:

I'm working with the trial version of Framemaker and I downloaded the FDK.  I'm running VS2017, and I can't get a good build.  I started with unresolved external symbols for printf (for which I found an answer to add legacy_stdio_definitions.lib; to the project's linker input, and an unresolved reference to __declspec(dllImport) which I cannot find. What do I need to do to get a build for these samples so that I can properly evaluate the usefullness to our organization, please?  Thanks,Kim

I am trying to create an object style (for instance) that will create an in-line image, at the insertion point, 8 points below the line. Some of the images are wider than others, and they keep on being constrained to the size of the original object I used.Is there a way around this?

Hi,I'm posting this question here after an e-mail discussion with Design Science's tech support. I have been starting to work with FrameMaker again after quite some time. I have installed a fresh 2017 version and wanted to evaluate the MathML equations. I am not able to print any of these equations (I get an error "some of the imported graphics cannot be printed" from FrameMaker) and if producing a pdf file  the equations render with squares for +/- and equal signs...As I said, this happens using an out of the box new install on a Windows 10 system with no settings changed (latest Framemaker update applied). I was wondering whether anyone was experiencing similar problems or has an idea what might be wrong here.ThanksKlaus

Hi. I'm novice with FM and need some help First, I need to understand, is there a way to place tree images in one row, as shown in the picture below:Second, I need to understand how to create automatically-resized callouts (it should resize only vertically, of course). For example, here is callout which have only one sentence inside it:But here - it have more text inside it:It there way to create it in FM?

I keep having trouble with change bars staying in the document - it's very random. FM17 and I am all patched up. I shouldn't have to go page by page to make sure the change bars are removed.

I can't make a new map, or add files to an existing ditamap, or open files from a ditamap. Do I need to reinstall Frame?

Hi all,I have recently installed FrameMaker 2017 and am unable to runs scripts.From the FrameMaker menu I have tried File > Run and nothing happens.I have also tried to create a new script by going file > Script > New Script and nothing happens.I have looked in the start menu and Adobe Endscript is not there, which used to be packaged with FrameMaker 12 to create the scripts.Is Adobe Extendscript required to be downloaded and installed to run scripts inside FrameMaker 2017?Is there a work around to run scripts inside of FrameMaker 2017 without Adobe Extendscript.Cheers

Dear all,Int he following script I want to place a variable at a particular position in a paragraph.Obviously my method to define a TextLocation in line 11 is wrong. Line 26is never executed and hence no variable inserted.TestInsertVariable ();function TestInsertVariable () {  var paraText = "Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts."  var  oDoc = app.ActiveDoc, sValue, sVarName, oTextLoc, oPgf;  if(oDoc.ObjectValid()) {    oPgf = oDoc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf;    oTextLoc = new TextLoc(oPgf, 0);    oDoc.AddText(oTextLoc, paraText);              // create a paragraph    oTextLoc = new TextLoc(oPgf, 17);              // arbitrary place    sVarName = "GugusVariable"; &n

Im FrameMaker-Benutzerhandbuch wird auf ein Onlinehandbuch "FrameMaker-Zeichensätze" verwiesen. Online jedoch finde ich nix. Wo ist es zu finden?Hintergrund der Frage:Für eine Aufzählungsnummerierung möchte ich das "kleiner-als"-Zeichen in Wingdings2 verwenden. Aber ganz so einfach geht das nicht. So hatte ich mir Erleuchtung von dieser Informationsschrift erhofft.

Hello guys, its me again.While trying to fix the startup problems, I encountered a completely new bug.My script runs perfectly when started in ExtendScript Toolkit. I am using infinite loops for socket operations, which can be broken under certain conditions (e.g. wrong request params etc.) I am receiving following error when my script is being started from FM:The line mentioned above always varies - I repeat: the script runs well when being started in ExtendScript Toolkit. I guess that the troublemaker are my infinite loops, but unfortunately I need them just the way they are.How can I tell FM to disable this timeout?Thanks thanks thanks.Selim

In der Testversion von FM2017 gibt es den nervigen Begrüßungsbildschirm mit Vorherige Elemente, Neues Dokument erstellen und herumzappelnden Lernressourcen. Dieses Herumgewedele auf dem Bildschirm irritiert mich ungemein - wie man an diesem Post merkt. Vor allem: ich kann dieses Zeugs (wie einen ständig kläffenden Hund) nicht abstellen. Jedenfalls finde ich über Bearbeiten > Voreinstellungen > Allgemein einfach nichts. Bitte: wie geht das weg!?Es klingt zwar lächerlich, aber da es ständig im Augenwinkel herumwackelt und ich nichts dagegen tun kann, macht mich das fix und fertig.

Just upgraded to 2017 and have not found a way to stop the--incredibly annoying--scrolling text on the opening screen. Does anyone know how that text can be stopped? Thank you!

I tried to learn more about text insets in FrameMaker. This is what happened:I've linked a simple module file TextInset.fm into a container file Test.fm.Then I selected and deleted the inset in the container file."Warning:" is an entry in the paragraph tag's Autonumbering. So far - so good.Now I tried to change the paragraph tag of the first line. But nothing happened. The line still keeps the Autonumbering and, of course, the whole tag:I deleted the Autonumbering Format on the Numbering sheet of the Paragraph Designer and deactivated Autonumber Paragraphs. But the f*** Autonumbering is still alive:Is it me who's wrong? Or is this another FM bug?Btw:This was just a very simple test. Anyone out there, who is seriously using text insets in FM, and is NOT thinking about suicide or killing FrameMaker?

I created a tagged PDF document from Framemaker, but the Adobe accessibility checker still says there are still issues with the document.  Part of the results are shown below, how do I fix these ?Page ContentRule NameStatusDescriptionTagged contentFailedAll page content is taggedTagged annotationsFailedAll annotations are taggedTab orderFailedTab order is consistent with structure order

I would like my HTML default landing page to be the first page of the first chapter - how can I change it. I looked at the options in the dropdown menu and it's just a list of certain types of files. Can I enter a specific page?