FrameMaker

Is there a way to connect FrameMaker 11 to Subversion (and TortoiseSVN).  I see that it has Documentum and SharePoint as options, however, we are using Subversion for version control.  I also see the potential of not needing to download all of the linked graphics locally if we have the means to connect with Subversion.

When I try to create a TOC, LOF, & LOT for my book, the dialog says that it cannot complete because one or more master pages do not exist. I know they exist cause I assigned them to documents within the book. And they are visible when I view them. What's going on?

Greetings all,When I generate an index, about half of the markers do not appear in the index.  I have tried every trick I can, but nothing changes.  I have used FM for years and this has never happened before.  It would seem either the book file must be corrupt or the software is.  Someone suggested that the problem was having used another kind of marker just before putting in index markers might have confused the software.  But I have tried over and over without using any other marker types, so that is not the problem.Any ideas???    The book is finished and publisher is waiting.  Just needs an index. Blessings, Earle embus@theroadtoemmaus.org562-242-4926

Can you assign a custom Master Page to stay with a page. I'll assign aMaster Page through Format > Page Layout > Master Page Usage but whenpages are added/deleted afterwards, the custom formatting shifts to adjacentpages. I have to go back and manually adjust the Master Page usage assignments.I use Frame 12 on Windows 7

Hi,at the moment we are setting up HTML5 outputs containing manuals for our software. Everything works fine thus far, however we are missing an option to download the output as a PDF file as we would like our users to be able to do so.Is there a hidden (or to me unknown) option, to simply copy&paste the link for the PDF file within FrameMaker and have that option included?Thanks in advance! I appreciate your help.Julian

In a recent webinar, Kapil Verma mentioned FrameMaker 2015's ability to handle ligatures, but he only touched on the subject very briefly and in the context of a demo of right-to-left languages in an Arabic font. Arabic glyphs are completely foreign to my eye, so I couldn't see any change and the discussion was too brief. So did I hear right that FrameMaker 2015 can handle ligatures?

Hi,I try several XSLT 2.0 stylesheets in XML code view of FM11. There everything is working as desired. But when I test the same style sheets in a structured application as pre-process, there are several error messages that eg XSLT 2.0 functions are unknown.The information regarding XSLT 2.0 support in FrameMaker are somewhat contradictory. Can it be that XSLT 2.0 is only supported in the XML code view? In the "maker.ini" under "XSLTProcessors" SAXON is defined as default processor.Thank you for your help.RegardsApollo102

Hello, I was assigned to translate the text in a .MIF file. I was able to translate the largest part of it. However, I could not figure out how to edit headers and translate the text therein. Any clue on this? Thank you?

will InDesign documents convert to FrameMaker flawlessly?

Hi,(FM2015, Win 7)I'd like to use Chinese characters in several dialog boxes, such as the following as a static autonumber for note paragraphs:注I'd also like to use these characters in variables, cross-reference formats, etc. The dialog boxes accept the characters but the document text just shows question marks. I don't know enough about these character sets to make it work. Can anybody help out an Asian character noob here?Thanks,Russ

During one of the presentations for the latest FM I am sure that there was a statement that more features had been added to the functions of the tables. The help files with FM2015 are pretty poor. I have something from FM9 (A Mekon training course notes document) but need up to date definitive information.Any pointers will be most gratefully receivedRegardsMartyn D

An existing file with equations all at once began incorrectly displaying symbols.  ie. A "/" now displays as an "&".  There are many much worse examples.  The symbols display correctly when the file is opened on a different computer.  What have I done??

A basic layout question which I've somehow never run into before … the screenshot shows almost what the document owner wants; but I would like more vertical space between each graphic and the next paragraph, and (see point 5) a bit more horizontal space between the text and the graphicProperties so far:anchored frame – run into paragraph, right align, gap 6.0 ptgraphic – run around contourI experimented with a run-in head paragraph for the text and a right-aligned paragraph for the graphic, but then I couldn't work out how to align the graphic to the top of the paragraph.Hints and tips welcome!

My client wants all sections/chapters to start on the right-hand page, and to add a blank page at the end if that is an even page.Simple enough; but they also insist on putting a line saying "this page is intentionally blank" when that even blank page occurs.So, their Table of Contents is just one page, as is their List of Figures.Despite my trying to talk them out of it, they insist that they want "this page intentionally blank" to be on the second, blank page generated when the TOC and LOF are created.I can't seem to figure out how to do that.Suggestions?

Somehow when fiddling around in Frame, I managed to remove the paragraph catalog panel and it's gone forever. It's not minimized, it's just... gone. I still have the character catalog, and I have both paragraph and character designer panels, but the handy panel I use all the time to select a paragraph style for text is gone into thin air.I spent hours off and on browsing the web, scouring help files, and trying every View and Settings option I can find, to no avail. To make this clear, I am attaching a screen shot. You'll notice under the item "F Catalog" the thing that is supposed to say "<para symbol> Catalog" that used to be there is gone. This is a cry for help -- anyone know how to get that back? Not sure if this automatically informs me of updates, so if you can also email mim (at) collegenet.com, I'd appreciate it.

I find in list Production of Adobe. but not exist Framemaker 12.https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=framemaker&loc=en_usWhy can't download Framemaker 12?Have you link download ?

Hi,Our FM 7.1 suddenly lost image paths from all our projects. Old ones, new ones and ones wich come from our customer. Can you help us?

In FM 12, I have a book open. I am trying to save Book as PDF and FM is crashing.Can not find the reason why, I do not see Distiller coming on (or working).This is the last screen I see. I clicked OK.

Has anyone had a chance to use FM 2105 in depth yet? Is the consensus that it's a fairly bug-free release and worth the upgrade?THANKS!

Hey all,I'm trying to write my first script using ExtendScript. What I'd like is for the script to open the source documents for all the insets in the current active document.I think I'm quite close, but I'm having trouble finding the correct method to call to get the filepath for the current inset. So far I have:function main (){    var doc = app.ActiveDoc;    if (!doc.ObjectValid())    {        alert("No active document in focus");        return;    }    var inset = doc.FirstTiInDoc;        while (inset.ObjectValid())    {        // open source document        var sourceFilepath = inset.InsetFile;           <<--- this doesn't work        o

I'm not sure what I've done wrong. I viewed several tutorials, and it seems pretty basic on how to embed a video file into FM 12, but it is not working for me in the PDF. The steps I have taken are: (1) Import .flv file; (2) Name video; (3) Insert play/pause links to graphic; and (4) save as, and alternatively, printed to PDF. When the PDF generates, the video is just a graphic and the links I inserted take me to my browser's home page instead of opening a video player. Can anyone tell me what I may have missed or done wrong? Also, after the PDF generates, FM freezes (blue spinning circle, FM "not responding). Not sure why that is happening...Thanks in advance!Sarah

My FrameMaker MIF files are translated to Chinese. When I open one of these MIF 10 files in FM 12, several missing font messages appear in the console:The "      " Font is not available.  "Times New Roman" will be used in this session.The "       Italic" Font is not available.  "Times New Roman Italic" will be used in this session.The "       Bold" Font is not available.  "Times New Roman Bold" will be used in this session.The pages are filled with repeated question marks rather than Chinese characters.I see Chinese strings in the MIF file (<String `在上例中，' > for example). The Fonts report (Special > List of > References > Fonts) also does not list the missing font names. Entries like this appear:       @ 10.0 pt 229       @ 9.5 pt 233How can I find the names of the missing fonts, or is something else going on? The

There is an old (2008) thread in this forum re: the FM comparison utility showing all imported graphics as being changed, whether they were changed or not. Now we are in FM 12 and have the same problem. This is Windows 7 Pro. and FM 12.0.4.445.I just saved an existing file under a new name, "FIleA," and then immediately resaved it as "FileB." Comparing these newly saved, identical files yielded a .CMP file indicating that every graphic had changed. Per the old thread, I tried saving the files as MIFs, then resaving as FM files. This did not work. What did work was to save  both files as MIFs and then compare the MIFs - the utility (finally) correctly stated that the files were the same. That, however is a pain. Does anyone have a different solution? It irritates me so much that we upgraded from FM 8 to FM 12 and find problems like this still exist.  (Note: comparing in Acrobat is not possible because the files are too big.)Thanks for any new insights.

I have FrameMaker10.  It was installed and working on a Windows7 plateform.  Then, several months after installing it and using it, when I tried opening it, it just gave me a little message that says the license for this product has expired. I thought that once you purchased the product it was good for life?  I even tried installing it on a new Windows7 machine but get the same result.  Can anyone out there help me with this?  Does a FrameMaker10 license expire?  If so, how do I get an upgrade?

Hi folks--I'm converting legacy content to XML. I am applying a conversion table to add structure, then using Save As XML to create DITA files. The structuring part is working fine--in the structure browser I can see what I expect to see there. However, when I "Save As XML" using any of the standard DITA applications, my <image> elements disappear. Everything else looks great, it's just the missing <image> elements that are giving me a headache.The images are visible in the structured document (they are referenced to external TIF files), and I can see in the structured viewer that the <image> elements are there. If I save the document as XML with no structured application, I get the image elements (but of course not with the attributes that DITA wants).Does anyone have any advice about how to make the DITA application pass the <image> elements through to the XML output, or what I might be doing wrong in the conversion table? I've tried a variety of approaches, i