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FM2015 / SGMLIn my EDDs, I have been setting up the Graphic element as seen below:Element (Graphic): Graphic   Initial graphic element format      If context is: Figure [Imported = “Yes”]         Insert imported graphic file.      Else         Insert anchored frame.Now I have a customer DTD which defines the Graphic element as a Container and uses the Boardno attribute to identify the graphic to be displayed. This is probably something people do all the time but I haven't run into it. Can anyone point me to information that would help me educate myself. I assume it involves some kind of reference but I've looked around and I'm not finding the information I need for some reason.

I have tried multiple things to get the file name to appear as the topic name in the TOC. My single file (in a book) is generated as a book file with an href that uses the correct URL but the topic lists the title of something in the doc. I thought at first that the conversion was picking up Title from the File Info, so I deleted that from each file and tried again. Still getting the title as the href - not the file name. Using <$filename_no_ext> as the Topic Pattern Name has no effect. Changing the HTML Mapping Macros to use <$filename_no_ext> instead of <$defaulttitle> has no effect either. Any suggestions? If I can get this to work then I can convert all of my docs to HTML.Thanks

I just converted my 7.2 files to FM 2015 and got some 'At least one original filter ... graphics imported by reference ... not available ..' messages.When I looked at these files, I found that many anchored frames had heavy black borders that I could not change and some tables had strange thick cross-hatch borders that I similarly could not find information about.  I'm guessing this is some kind of error condition report but have not been able to find any information about fixing it.The affected files tend to be older ones originating before FM 7.2Any ideas about how to approach this?  See pictures.

I have a Book containing 23 document files. The document files contain page numbers in the footers.One of the document files is a generated table of contents (TOC). Unfortunately, the generated pagenumbers in the TOC do not match the page numbers in the files. Here are the particulars:The title page, in a file by itself, is unnumberedThe frontmatter, spread across five files uses lower-case roman (i-xvi)The body text in the remaining 17 files is numeric (1-243)The generated Table of Contents uses cardinal numbers from the book as a whole. For example,Chapter I is numbered correctly in the footer starting with page 1. However, in the TOC it is listedas starting on page 19 because it is the 19th actual file in the book. I have set the document numberingproperties for this file to start at 1, and the Page Numbering properties for the book as a whole tobe "Continue"The style of the TOC entries is correct. That is, the frontmatter uses lower case roman, and thechapters use NumericI have tri

I downloaded a trial version of the technical suite once on my work PC and again on my personal laptop. For both versions the File\Publish drop-down list does not exist.The help screen identifies this as the method for creating HTML5 files. The result is I can create a document but can't publish it into any usable format. Your help is appreciated.

Bonjour,J'ouvre des fichiers d'un ouvrage réalisé avec FrameMaker 11 (version 11.0.2.384).Deux couleurs sont utilisées : Noir et Cyan. Le Noir est défini en "surimpression".  Je souhaite réalisé un PDF pour l'imprimeur avec le Noir en surimpression.Malgré toutes mes tentatives, je n'obtiens pas le résultat escompté.Voici la définition des couleurs dans FrameMaker.J'utilise les paramètres "Qualité supérieure" car les paramètres de surimpression sont théoriquement conservés lors de la génération du PDF.Mais, dans l'Aperçu de sortie d'Acrobat Pro DC, le texte Noir apparaît toujours en réserve sur la couche Cyan. Ce qui n'est pas correct.Le texte Noir est pourtant bien détecté "en surimpression" dans l'Aperçu de sortie.Quelqu'un connaît-il une procédure fiable pour obtenir le Noir en surimpression (donc sans réserve dans les autres couches) dans un PDF généré à partir de FrameMaker 11 ?Merci pour votre aide.

Bonjour,J'essaie d'installer la version d'essai de FrameMaker 15, mais à chaque fois il y a un Échec de l'installation.La fenêtre de l'installateur indique qu'il y aurait une version préliminaire ou non compatible de FrameMaker.Seulement voilà, je n'ai jamais installé FrameMaker auparavant.Que faire ?Merci d'avanceMario Bucciarelli

In Framemaker 2015, what does the CMYK setting do in PDF Setup, when using Press Quality? As far as I understand, the .joboptions file is supposed to override this setting, so that the produced file is CMYK for print. But when displayed on screen, there is a substantial difference in colour between pdf files produced with CMYK and RGB. This applies too colours defined as CMYK process in FM. I want to make sure I have the right colours when the file goes to the printer. With CMYK set, producing a pdf takes much longer, creates a smaller file and is much more likely to crash (particularly for large graphics, or if there is something non-standard in the imported graphic). Also, CMYK cannot cope with imported and rotated graphics. I would just use the RGB setting and trust Distiller to correctly produce CMYK, but as the colour difference is significant I think I don't know how to get the right colour.

I downloaded FrameMaker 2015 on Friday morning to assess whether it met my company's needs. The trial version was supposed to last 30 days, but this morning (slightly more that 48 hours later), after a crash, a message popped up ti inform me my trial had expired.Uh...what?How can I resolve this?

When I am importing a figure into an anchored frame using 'Import by reference' option, it is taking centre alignment (in both horizontal & vertical) by default.I have saved and closed the file.If I am opening the same file from any other computer (other than the one in which it is imported), the figure is not aligned as it is saved.It is shown in left alignment (in both horizontal & vertical), whereas it should show centre alignment (as it is saved).Please give me any suggestion to resolve this issue. (If I am opening the file from any computer, it should show the same alignment as it is saved.)Any Framemaker experts, please help me to resolve this issue.

I am updating a book with about 160 chapters from FM 7.2 to FM 2015.  What would be the smartest and quickest way to do this?  I don't mind learning to use a script.  Previously struggled a bit with FrameScript and the new built-in script seems to be similar, but would like to break through that barrier. I have been away from FM for a few years but now have to get this monster up to date.  I believe that it is pretty clean so not anticipating much trouble with the conversion. Any tips really appreciated

I am using FM 10 on a book with index.  The indexing marks work correctly, but I am unable to edit the index because it acts frozen up. The page numbers respond to a click and send me to the right page, etc.  But the words are impervious to the mouse click.Also  the numbers do not conform to the same font size  as the words.  Numbers are 12 point and the words 9 point.  It should all be 9 point.  At the top of the page, there is no option for "view" so that I can go to master pages.  I have redone the index several times, wiped it out completely, but nothing changes.I do not know whether the problem is in corrupted software or in the file I am working on.Any ideas?I have been doing indexes for several years and this has never happened before. Earle Fox

Hello,I have conditional tags applied to some text over a large document.Sometimes I have two tags applied to the same text.Sometimes the way conditions are applied, the text is both Show and Hide.Is it possible to make Hide be the overriding condition?

FrameMaker 11 was crashing on my new Windows 8.1 laptop, so I upgraded to FrameMaker 13 (2015), but the problem only got worse. I can usually work in 1 file successfully, but if I open a second file, I get this error with no option but to close the program: . I've checked for viruses and nothing but the laptop and Windows has changed. Is there something in Windows 8.1 causing this?

I'm trying to migrate some legacy documentation to structured format and want to be able to save it to and load from XML. I've had some success creating a conversion table, an EDD and R/W rules, but still have some issues.I have a couple of files like: file1.fm, file2.fm, file3.fm and a BOOK file which includes those and a TOC. These files have some cross references (e.g. file1 may have a reference to file2). I want to be able to save each separate file to XML and preserve those references.When I convert a file to structured with a conversion table, external cross references have the IDREF attribute empty (no value). After saving to XML, those xrefs are saved as text, without any tags.Another question is how do I treat the BOOK file to be able to update page numbering, cross references, TOC and create a PDF version of the documentation? Or I can just load updated XML files, save as FM and treat the book as usual? What is a common practice?Any help is appreciated!

I'm looking for some instructor led courses on Framemaker  either online or in class.Thank youMary

Is there any way to prevent FrameMaker from replacing the hex characters that I enter with the actual symbol?For example, I enter (in code view), √ save, and then close. When I go back into the file and look in code view (or even if I switch between WYSIWYG and Code views), Frame replaces the hex entry with the actual square-root symbol. This is causing problems when I try to output to WebHelp or CHM -- the square root is replaced with a question mark. This also happens with lowercase sigma symbols and pretty much any other symbol, and even happens when I use Frame's Hex Input utility. PDF outputs OK though.

I've got two tables in my FM book, one with 3 columns, the other with 2 columns, both with alternating shading. In FM, the tables both have text in the cells of the right-most column. When I save the book as a pdf, the text in those columns disappears. Oddly, when I select where the text should be in the pdf, Acrobat reader does recognize something there. I've tried resizing the columns, with no luck. The cell formatting is the same as in other tables in the book, and other tables also have banded shading but don't lose the text when saving as pdf.Any ideas?

I'm struggling with some tables. I've got a question out regarding missing text in a table when saving to PDF. FM version 13.0.3.495After some troubleshooting, I've discovered some types of paragraph tags/styles just plain don't show up in a table cell when the .fm is converted to PDF, even though the tag specifies CellBody or CellHeading.I can't find anything significantly different between the tag I know shows up and the ones that do not. Same font family, same size, same angle/weight/color/stretch/pair kern, etc. Why one tag shows and a whole lot of others don't is a frustrating mystery.Another oddity: Acrobat Reader can find the "invisible" text, because I can choose it and apply strikethrough. A strikethrough line appears where the text should be, but no text is visible.What setting should I look for to make sure the paragraph tag actually displays in a cell when the .fm is saved as a PDF?

Dear friends,I have a number of objects stored in an array. It seems that the array does not point to the objects, but has copies of them.The item in the array is only updated with array[index].prop notation, not with the object.prop notation.It would be possible to always use the array[index].prop notation for an update of items, but I want to understand, why the other method does not work. And of course there should be no copies...var objArray = [oObject0, oObject1, oObject2];    function oObjTpl (name, scheme, start, incr, current, decimals, items) { // 'prototype' definition  this.Name =       name;  this.Scheme =     scheme;                       // numermic | roman | ROMAN | text  this.Start =      start;          &nbsp

In unstructured FM 12, I have a book containing 3 chapters and a total of 37 figure cross-references internal to the book. (I also have x-refs to chapters and headings, but they're not the problem.) All of the figure x-refs were done in the same way, using the exact same tag-and-format combination, yet 13 of the 37 links simply do not work in the PDF file. The bad links are in two of the three chapters, but not all links within either of those chapters are bad. The bad links are spread across 12 different pages. At least two pages contain both bad and good links.The bad links don't show up as unresolved x-refs; they simply do not link. No error messages appear. I've tried re-doing those links--some of them multiple times--but that did not help. Also rebuilt the PDF file several times. That also did not help. Anyone suggestions for fixing the problem? Thanks,MDVP

Dear experts and gurus,The more I read the more I am confused. Every now and then the talk is "JS Arrays are objects and hence they are passed by reference". However, simple experiments leave my puzzled: It's the same as with light (depending on the view it behaves as waves or as particles):gaSomething = ["a","b", "c"];Update (gaSomething);alert (gaSomething.join("\n"));         // the global array has changedDeleteItem (gaSomething, "7");alert (gaSomething.join("\n"));         // the global array has not changedfunction Update (array) {  for (var j= 0; j < 9; j++) {    array.push(j+1);   }}function DeleteItem (array, item) {  var index = IsInArray (array, item);  var lower = array.slice (0, index);   // lower part  var upper = array.slice (index+1);    // upper part  var locArray    = lower.concat(upper);  array =

I am trying to save some documents in XML format, but framemaker is creating .mif files for all the images I have referenced in the file, and I want it to continue to reference the original files, or at worst copy the images but preserve the original image format.Any ideas, If it is possible to do this in extendscript that would be great, but I cant even figure out how to do this in the program.Alternatively, is it possible to extract the image from the mif files that are generated.thanksEthan

I have a document authored in FM 7 and in iSpec2200. I wish to make it S1000D compliant and save the output in XML. Please note I have FM10 now and Mekon S1000D plug-in too. Any experts to help me out?

Dear friends,In my script i have some sections which test the content of an edit field before it is processed further.Things like the following work perfectly:var re_Def = /#[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]+/;          // valid variable name ?items = ["#correct", "notcorrect", "#This_is4", "#thisIs", "@something", "#ALLOK", "", ];// search    0            -1          -1!!        -1!!          -1        -1!!     -1      <--- incorrect method// test    true         false         true        true        false  &