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I am working on setting up a structured FM template for the first time. How do you incorporate formatting changes made in an EDD?  These are the steps that I have tried.Attempt 1Open new DITA topic file (it correctly applies changes that I made to the $STRUCTDIR\xml\DITA_1.2\app\technicalContent\template\topic.template.fm file for custom headers and footers)Export Element Catalog as  EDD.Make formatting changes to the Title element and save the file as EDD.fm.In the DITA topic file import the Element Definitions from the newly saved EDD.fm file.The formatting changes to the Title element display as expected.Save the DITA topic file.Close the DITA topic file.Open the DITA topic file and the formatting changes to the Topic element are no longer present.Attempt 2The C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker12\Structure\xml\DITA_1.2\app\technicalContent\edd\topic.edd.fm file doesn't seem to be editable.  When I copied the EDD.fm file that I created in Attempt 1 to this fo

I'm trying to publish from FM 11 to SharePoint 2010+. How do I customize the output or change the settings so I keep the SharePoint ribbon and menus? I can't publish directly to SharePoint and IT does not support it, so I have to upload all the files manually.

Hello everybodyI am newbie in framemaker 15.I'm lost....  and I need your help.I have a problem to make a link between 2 document with xslI have an Xref element, for the external cross-references, whereDTD<!ELEMENT Xref EMPTY><!ATTLIST Xref   Format CDATA #IMPLIED  srcfile CDATA #IMPLIED>RWelement "Xref "   {  is fm cross-reference element;  attribute "Format" is fm property cross-reference format;  }in my document B.xml where is the Xref :<Xref Format = "X_Text" srcfile = "A.xml#CHDJCICFE0"/>in my document A.xml, where is the target:<Abv ID = "CHDJCICFE0">Toto</Abv>How i do in XSL, to select the content of the element Abv ---> TotoHow make with one attribute which has an "ID", and the other attribute which has a "srcfile"?<xsl:template match="Xref">      <A HREF="{@srcfile}" style="text-decoration:none;text-align:left;color:blue">        &nbs

We're running unstructured FM 10 on a VM, Windows 2008. This morning, while creating a PDF of a 700+ page book, we got an out-of-memory error and after that, we are unable to open any file in the book without crashing FM. Since we can't open the files, a MIF wash isn't possible. Our VM had 4096 MB of memory (most of which was consumed) when this happened. We increased it to 7168 MB, but it seems like some serious damage was done to the files. Of course, we have an upcoming product release (FrameMaker seems to be keenly aware of deadlines). Any ideas on how to recover these files? We can resort to a backup if all else fails.

Hi everyone...I am fairly new to structured framemaker and spent the last week reading every piece of information I could on the subject.I've been given the task here at work of taking some unstructured framemaker documents and structure them using MIL-STD 40051C as a guide.If someone could please give me some help on this....I don't even know where to begin. Information overload. I have a DTD provided to me, as well as a folder containing XSL stylesheets for what seems like nearly every tag and a boilerplate folder.Some of the links for my source material can be found here:https://pubsweb.redstone.army.mil/DTD-FOSI/40051C-AMCOM.htmlhttp://www.asrl.com/tmconstr.htmSo far I have imported the DTD to framemaker and saved as an EDD. Everything seems to be fine there. As far as the next step, I really have no idea.I presume that if I wanted to build, lets say, a cover page...I would refer to the standard and build a page using the tags described.I have given this a try and all I get is a tr

Hi,There is a change from FM11 to FM2015 with XML import regarding carriage returns. I was wondering if someone could explain it. I'm not sure if it is related to the other FM2015  whitespace discussions to date.Here is my XML file with zero whitespace (but carriage returns), opened with the default app and no validation: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><test> <p>TEST</p> <p>TEST</p><p>TEST</p> </test> In FM11, it opens as I would expect:In FM2015, I get a paragraph with a single whitespace where the carriage return is:This doesn't happen when I use a structure app with normal validation. Can anyone explain what has changed?Thanks,Russ

I have been frustrated in attempts to file FM bugs at bugbase.adobe.com. I fill out the form, enter the random characters of the CAPTCHA code, there is a delay, and then a message about a CAPTCHA error. It turns out the problem was my attempt (in more than one situation, months apart) to attach test files to the original bug report. There is a field in the form for making attachments. If I specify an attachment, I cannot file the bug. If I leave out the attachments, I can file the bug and then immediately modify the bug by making attachments, one at a time.I have filed another bug asking that the form be clarified to explain when attachments can be added.          --Lynne

I was just upgraded from Framemaker 10 to 12. According to the About screen, I have 12.0.4.445.Things generally seem to be working as expected, except for one strange anomaly: the spell checker in Frame 12 considers the word "Add" -- capitalized that way, not if it's all lowercase or all uppercase --  to be misspelled. Not only that, but when I click Learn, it responds "You cannot add Add to a dictionary. To add Add to a dictionary, first deselect the corresponding Find setting in the Spelling Checker Options dialog box."Obviously, none of the conditions in the Spelling Checker Options apply to "Add", but I tried toggling all of them from their (all default) settings anyway to see if it made a difference. It did not. Other than this, the spell checker is not triggering on any common words, or otherwise behaving strangely.Has anyone encountered an oddity like this with Frame 12? Do I just have a dictionary with an odd corruption? Is there any way to restore the base dictionary with

Hi,    I have a three-page 2015 document. The bulk of each page is an anchored frame that contains two side-by-side graphics. On each page, either the top or the bottom of one image is missing. For example, on the first page, the left image should be the same height as the anchored frame, which is not quite 7.5". It seems that the image is cropped about 1.5" from the top; I get the larger, lower portion, but not the top. On the other two pages, the problem is with the right image in the pair, and it is the bottom that is missing: about an inch high section on page 2 and half an inch on page 3.   This version of the document is unstructured. The images are taller than the anchored frame, so I expect them to be cut off at the borders of the frame, but not in the middle.   The document prints correctly to my local printer.   Any ideas about how to fix the problem?             --Lynne

Hi all,We're currently in the process of publishing some of our service manuals in HTML5 format for web/mobile device usage.We seem to have sorted out most issues but one remains.We want to be able to click on an icon or text on the HTML5  page and open a PDF (wiring diagram) as a separate document in Acrobat Reader.I can't seem to find a way to make this happen other than by editing the HTML code post-publishing (a href).Is there a way to encode this action from within FrameMaker 2015?Thanks in advance,Adrian Cherry

Trying to find out why the code below is not deleting all files from the target folder.After some test it appears that only graphic files (jpg, png, gif) are being removed, skipping pdf, txt, eps, doc, docx, etc.Have you seen this happening before? Thanks, #target framemaker var aGraphicFiles = []; //Check for target folder existance, if not, create. var myTargetFolder = new File("C:\\Basket2\\XML Tests\\BookFolder\\Resources\\DeleteMe"); if (!checkFolderExists(myTargetFolder)){ //target folder does not exist     myTargetFolder = new Folder("C:\\Basket2\\XML Tests\\BookFolder\\Resources\\DeleteMe");     myTargetFolder.create(); } //Check if folder DeleteMe is empty myTargetFolder = new Folder("C:\\Basket2\\XML Tests\\BookFolder\\Resources\\DeleteMe"); aGraphicFiles = myTargetFolder.getFiles(); if (aGraphicFiles.length != 0){     for (i=0; i<aGraphicFiles.length; i++){ //scan array         var sourceCh

‌Hi, I'm hoping someone has a solution for me. After upgrading to FM 2015 (at great expense, I might add) I'm finding that imported MS Word  files (doesn't matter if they are 2003 or 2007 files) are getting nailed by Frame's new import dialog box. These are scientific documents, so they are filled with italics, superscripts, subscripts, and so on. No matter which options I choose in this fancy new dialog box, all this character formatting is gone. You can imagine my frustration at having to either 1) manually hunt for chemical formulas, Latin phrases, etc. and retypeset these properly, or 2) abandon FM 2015 completely and do the layout in FM 12, which preserves everything beautifully. Spending an hour with tech support was a waste of time.Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, how did you solve it? Thanks in advance.Gail

Dear friends and experts,After performing a number of actions on the files of a book the last document is open and active.Now I should re-activate the book window to perform another set of actions (running through the book components).I have not found a method to switch/activate to the book window in a script. if (app.FirstOpenBook.ObjectValid()){  alert ("We have a book") };else { alert ("There is no book in this session")}; I can assure with this that there is a book, but how to make it active?

I am creating a Mobile App. The Glossary icon appears but I am not using any Glossary markers.I would like to hide the Glossary icon. I went into Setting > Style Mapping > General Settings and set Glossary Style to Nine but that did not hide the icon.John

Hello fellows,Has anyone tried running the Externalize.jsx created by Adobe in FM13? It does not work for me at all.It used to partially work in FM10...Here is the list to the script:ExtendScript of the Week: Externalizing Graphics – TechComm Central by AdobeThanks,Roman

Is it even possible?The closest I've gotten to it is about 2 steps shy of actually applying the custom masterpage.Fcodes([app.GetNamedCommand("MasterPageUsage").Fcode])This gets the dialog box open but how do you choose the custom masterpage by name and apply it without opening a dialog box?And on the flip side, if a custom masterpage is already set, how do you change it back to the default, "Right"?Cheers

I am currently testing out (unstructured) Framemaker 2015 for my company. We develop manuals and instruction guides for machines. I have purchased the Framemaker: Creating and Publishing Content by Matt Sullivan. However, there are a few things that I really need to know before I can give an accurate verdict on the program to my superiors. 1. How to caption images properly? And subsequently, how to number those captions? I've tried with text frames and using the paragraph designer, by adding in "Fig. <n+> - \t" but every time I create a new text frame, the second caption is still labeled "1." I've also tried with text lines, but that didn't work. I even went to Format>Documents>Numbering and selected the paragraph option to continue on with numbering or whatever (I do not have the program on my current computer). The book barely touched on this at all and the brief blurb that was written didn't help explain the process to me. 2. Creating Object Styles: When applying an obje

I've just upgraded to Framemaker 2015.  I can't seem to find how to load my saved work space from the previous version.  Is there a way to load my old work space?

Does anyone know someone with FrameMaker experience to work as a Temp in the northern Illinois area?

Hello,I noticed FM removes any indentation when working with XML files and they become very hard to read with a plain text editor. FM's XML View has the Pretty Printing option which indents the text very neatly but as soon as I make any changes on the file, the indentation is gone. Is there a macro to automatically apply Pretty Printing when saving files?Thanks!

Dear experts,I have an ini-file and want to read the value of a distinct entry. Within the script the item is found and its value also. Outside the script the value is undefined.What happens? Any ideas are welcome. var value; GetIniValue ("FM-biblio.ini", "04_DoingBook", value);alert ("value read is " + value); function GetIniValue (sIniFile, sValueName, sValue) {// ----------------------------------------------- Read an ini item into a variable// iniFile must end with a line containing some blanks.// sValueName is that used in the ini-file (with the prepending #_ (e.g. "04_DoingBook")  var thisLine, match, notFound = true;   var regex = {    section: /^\s*\[\s*([^\]]*)\s*\]\s*$/,    param: /^\s*([\w\.\-\_]+)\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$/,    comment: /^\s*;.*$/ } ;  settingsFile = new File($.fileName.replace (/[^\\\/]+$/i , sIniFile)); // method Ric Quatro  settingsFile.open("r");   while(true) {     thisLine = s

Am looking for some ideas to spruce up a rather plan user guide that is US-letter size. The FM templates are rather boring. I can't use color. Perhaps a link to a PDF or something that will give me more ideas or get my creative juices flowing?Thanks,Sean

Is there a way to add simple back and next buttons to the header? I've set my CSS up to give me company logos etc, and the breadcrumb links, but breadcrumbs only allow you to go back (hence the name). I thought I saw a post on this before, but an hour of scouring yesterday failed to find it.

Hi,FM12. I would like better control of hyphenation, such as never hyphenating the last word of a paragraph. Ideas?Cheers,Sean