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Browsed the FM 2017 announcements, and even though there seems to many nice additions and fixes I can't seem to find the important bullet about importing text-formatted files (md, commonmark, rst or such). Nor any mentions about source-code (Github, Mercurial, Svn or such) or Cloud-storage such as Dropbox/OneDrive/GDrive etc integration. Odd. I hope I'm just overlooking something here...

Dear all,I exported my project into HTML5. Everything work properly on Android and Desktop but iOS returns a lot of errors.The main problem is given by the anchor links. The browser does not redirect the user to the correct places and also it freezes the window that contains the link.You can simulate the problem by navigate (iOS iPhone or iPad) to the framemaker 2015 help on-line.1) go to: Adobe FrameMaker (2015 release) 2) from the table of content, try to navigate to "Books and long documents" -> "Tables of cont and other lists" -> "Generate a table of conte or list"- 3) click on one the third child for example (try it twice, by clicking on the previous and next from the TOC).Please help me!! Do you know how to fix it?ThanksClaudio

In regards to FrameMaker, are there any known document issues going from an older version like 7 or 8 to 2015/2017?I have a few documents that someone else created in Verson 7.  Company is purchasing version 2017.  I'm afraid that the new version of FrameMaker will not work with the old version.Also, I'm inheriting a few documents from our outside contractor created that used FrameMaker 8 to crea

Hey gang,I've got a document that has roughly 100 tables in it of varying lengths.  Is there a way to highlight the table text and automatically format it by selecting a table format?  Say I store a table in the reference pages and click on the Table catalog?Also, how do I store a table in the reference pages?Mahalo,-terry-

Hi folks,well, I have a few little questions and would be glad to hear what the experts out there have to say about 'em. 😉Basically, we are producing huge telephone directories using FrameMaker (all tests in this message have been done with a demo version of 2015 and 2017). Think about several hundred pages, each having two or three columns and very small text, plus a lot of graphics. Traditionally, we've been using an application written by us that creates a MIF file, which we then open in FrameMaker, save as a native MF file, and using pre-created master pages, various custom api clients / extensions, as well as manual formatting, thus finally making it look like a real phone book.Now, we've decided to have a look at structured FrameMaker in order to decide if that would offer a worthwhile route to switch to. After all, the data we work with is highly structured, and we even already have native XML capabilities in our database, so we thought: Let's see if instead of going the

I am trying to Show All Attribute Expressions (Special > Filter by Attribute) using ExtendScript. I can do this:#target framemakervar doc = app.ActiveDoc;var attrCondExpr = doc.FirstAttrCondExprInDoc;while (attrCondExpr.ObjectValid () === 1) {    attrCondExpr.AttrCondExprIsActive = 0;    attrCondExpr = attrCondExpr.NextAttrCondExprInDoc;}And it does switch the "Manage Attribute Expressions" Show All radio button to on. The problem is that it does "Apply" the change to the document. There is an ApplyAttributeExpression() method on the AttrCondExpr object, but there is nothing on the document. I don't want to apply a particular filter; I want to apply no filter to show everything. Any help would be appreciated. -Rick

Are there any events, which are called by FM only in case of insertion FM Variables?Thanks!

Not sure if this is only available to files... Trying to create a folder locally (C: drive) and then copy the folder (and contents) to another folder on the network...var foSource = new Folder(myPath);foSource.copy(strTarget);This throws an error... any ideas?Thanks!

Dear friends,In my post Special effects - mostly unwanted I reported about some really persky things happening with my (now about 4500 lines) script. While the Twins and the Slave effect have disappeared by the time (not knowing which changes did it), the Ghost could not be trapped until now. Hence, I have now stripped down the script to the bare bones, which also create this ghostly effect.Have any FM document open (it may be empty) and run the script Ghostbuster.jsxIn the document type ESC, q, m, cThe panel is openedYou may type something in the edit fieldCancelIn the document type ESC, q, m, c=> The ghost appears: a mysterious drop down list, which got text from the edit field and into which you can type (and if you do so),  the typed text will apear in the next invocation of th panel.Where the heck does this come from? Ghostbusters are higly welcome!Klaus// Ghostbuster.jsx --- Attempt to find out what creates the ghost (artfacts) in the C and S panels.#target framemaker// =

This is Framemaker 15. The Hypertext dialog often causes problems, such as:Files get out of edit mode when doing link tests with Make View-Only, often forcing a close of the source file, and having to reopen it and finding that it is uneditable, possibly others as well. It is not always obvious that the dialog setting is the problem until you figure out that changing to Make Editable resolves it.The files that are unexpectedly in non-edit mode don't seem to be recognized in Update Book.Doing a book search or some other routine operation with Hypertext open causes a taskmgr-required crash without creating crash or backup files.

In this case, I have a chapter file called TOC2. It's the inside cover of the book (TOC1 is the front cover)At the book level, the pagination setup is "Next Available" and "Delete Empty Pages".That should be the setting for TOC2, but FrameMaker keeps adding a page to it. What should be one page becomes two. If I check the chapter files Pagination, i get the following:"Left" and "Right" are the only two options for Double Sided - 1st Page Side. Left is appropriate, since it's the inside cover. All of the content fits on one page, but FM insists on adding a page when I run Update Book.Anyone know why?

Hi,I have come across a rather weird situation, wherein the range simple table rows that are inserted using conref end element do not show up conref attribute for all rows except the first row. Although, the first row has both conref and conrefend values. the subsequent rows do not get updated when there is change in the source file. I am missing something? Any help is appreciated.Thanks,Ranjini

I am using FM2015 in a Win 7 environment.Sometimes a screenshot of a UI does not capture a border around the area of interest. If I put the screenshot into a document, the elements of the UI are poorly separated from the surrounding text. To set it off, I select the screenshot and the click the outline icon in the graphics toolbox. A line appears around the figure. It's usually 1.0 pt by default, and I change it to 0.5 manually.This outline does not survive the conversion to .chm files. (I've greatly magnified the .chm and indeed there is no outline even at high magnification.)I see that I can set a universal outline in the Settings that would apply to every graphic, but I don't want that for every image. Does anyone have a way to preserve the outlines I've put around individual graphics?Thanks.

Background = In FM12 I copied a book. I made updates to the book. When I was ready to update the book the menu came up missing the TOC that should have been listed to update. The TOC is in the book file but not in the update menu. Why is it missing and why can't I replicate it? I had to remove the TOC that was in the book and had to add a TOC from scratch but when I copied the old TOC template over the top it did not replicate. How can I fix this problem?

I can't seem to find a reasonable example of an unstructured Frame inline heading (ie: 1.2.3 Section X: Some contentWhere the paragraph number and the title are one font (bolded) and the paragraph content is another? These HAVE to be on the same line............. not to mention the paragraph # and heading must appear in the TOC with no extraneous content.Does someone know how to accomplish this little feat?

We use Format > Characters > Red to mark text that is conditional (users here don't like the Conditional Text feature). When books are being finalized, we eiter delete red text or change it back to black, depending on whether it belongs in the book.It's a minor issue, but Format > Characters > Default Paragraph Font does not always remove the red. I frequently have to change the paragraph style and then change it back to get the normal black text.I'd like to get a better understanding of what's happening "under the hood" so I can change the text color more smoothly.

Hello, all.I am using FM 2015 in a Win 7 environment.My book contains files that start with these heading formats:Title1Title2plusTltleATitleBplusTitleContentsTitleNoNumIs there any downside to putting all of these formats in the UnstructMasterPageMaps table in the reference pages? That way, for example, if an appendix is moved from C to A, and the Title format is changed from TitleBplus to TitleA, the mapping still works.Has anyone tried this and had any problems? I don't want to charge ahead and then find that I have to undo a lot of work ...

Hi all,Here's the situation (Edit: I'm using version 13.0.3.495):I have four master pages (Left, Right, LandscapeLeft, and LandscapeRight) in my two-sided document. I use the landscape pages* for tables that are too wide to fit in a portrait page. Some of these landscape tables span multiple pages. Depending on which side page (left or right) the table begins on, I either apply AnchorLandscapeLeft or AnchorLandscapeRight to the paragraph holding the table's anchor. These paragraph styles are mapped to the appropriate landscape master pages via the reference pages, and are both set to Span.The right-handed landscape pages are applied such that the first page and any subsequent pages receive the LandscapeRight master page (this isn't actually what I need, because I still have to manually set LandscapeLeft to the left-handed pages, but at least it's what I expect). However, when the table begins on a left-handed page and I have AnchorLandscapeLeft applied, it only sets the LandscapeLeft m

I have a rotated master page with an imported image file placed in the header.  Everything looks fine in both the master page view and the body page view; however, when I save the file as a PDF, the image is getting cut off.  Can someone please advise me on how to fix this issue?Reference images have been provided below...     Thanks and regards,Matt

I have just started playing with FrameMaker.  Can someone tell me why some of the images in my FrameMaker document turn grey. I am copying them from Word.  Should I be saving in another format and then importing them?  I have many images to import since I am doing an instruction manual.  Is there a better way to do this?  I am using version 13.   thanks Sylvie

Mini  TOC is a new option in Framemaker 2015.However, if I am in a structured file, and I go to Special > Table of Contentsthe Create Mini TOC option is grayed out and unavailable.It is my understanding that Mini TOCs should be available in both, Structured and unstructured Framemaker.Why is the option not available?How can I make it available and use it?Thank you.

I'd like to copy one masterpage format from one file to another.  is there a way to do this?thanks,matt

I inherited a large document with lots of files imported by reference. The image folder is a mishmash of old unused images and new images. Some of the images change with each revision of the product. I'm experimenting with getting rid of unused images and organizing used images into folders according to  product version. Doing so breaks the file references in FrameMaker. I see no easy (quick) way to get FrameMaker to use the new path to the file. I can replace an existing file with a new image that has the same file name, but if I move the file, the only thing to do seems to be to delete the image in the doc and re-import the file from the new location. I've used authoring platforms that will track files and maintain the file references. Frame apparently cannot.Any suggestions?

I am working on an old Framemaker document and for some reason the Graphics are all showing up as gray boxes. When I create a PDF the graphics are there so I know the links to the graphics are still working. I am assuming there is a setting that has turned the graphics off in Framemaker but I cannot find it.Does someone know how to correct this problem?Thank you for your help.Framemaker Version: 13.0.1

In my company we use Adobe FrameMaker as part of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2015. Few days ago some people installed the Adobe® FrameMaker® 2015 update 5 (2015.0.5). After this some of these people get an message box when starting FrameMaker"Cannot initialize API client C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker2015\fminit\Publisher\FMReview.dll .Check for errors in the APIClients section of C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker2015\maker.ini, verify that the client program exists, and make sure you have enough swap space to run the client."The entries in Maker.iniFMReview=Standard, Review FrameMaker Documents, fminit\Publisher\FMReview.dll, all, null, fminit\Publisher;------Scripting client should added to last, so that its available for FrameMaker plugin------The file FMReview.dll is available and was last changed September 2016.