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In FM12 structured, automatic change bars are getting removed each time a topic document is opened. Is this a known issue? Why are change bars not being retained? Any ideas? Thanks.

Hi, I have a question for someone regarding Adobe FrameMaker, specifically Technical Communication Suite 5 (with FrameMaker 12) vs. Technical Communication Suite 4 (with FrameMaker 11.)  I am looking into obtaining a version of one of these, but do not have experience with the latest versions of FrameMaker to make an informed decision (the last version I used on a daily basis was FrameMaker 7.1, so I am a little behind).  Does anyone have any input regarding if paying almost double the price for TCS5 vs. TCS4 is worth it?  (I realize that Illustrator has been removed from TCS5, which I did not like; but I heard that the interface and features of FrameMaker 12 in TCS5 was greatly improved from 11 for ease of use?)I am going to use the software for writing instruction sheets, operator and service manuals and service bulletins.  I just wanted to make sure that the added features of the latest version outweigh the additional cost.  Does anyone have any opinion or t

I am working in FM11 and got the Condition indicator for Inserted is inconsistent book error. I had recently added a merged file (two files with the same name and edited by two different writers). Thanks.

Hello,I use FM 12. I am trying to move a 500 page document with several chapters into Dita 1.2. I use one ditamap per chapter. When I nest ditamaps under a main ditamap using maprefs, I do not see the topicrefs of each map. Also, the topics do not show up when PDF is generated. How can I make all topicrefs appear in the resource manager?Thanks,Rajashree

I'm trying to create a TOC for a book and I get errors that says, "Print setting for Dark Grey is inconsistent". It does not create my TOC. I got the same error for 8 different colors in 3 different sections.Why?

Hi All,Can anyone tell me how we can display the names of the list of opened fm files in a dialogue box and when the user chooses the file , display the id of the file ,I want to take this id and apply a conversion table to my document. I can hard code it and get the id but I want to work with dynamic files

FM 11, structured. Thanks in advance!

Hi All,I'm trying to save fm files to xml files using the fmDispatcher .I followed the instructions in the reference fdk guide.This is my code{ F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "XmlInit"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredNoApp XML"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredOutputDir D:/FrameTest/"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredOutputSuffix xml"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredLog D:\\FrameTest\\"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredFlow A"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredStartList"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredWriteXml D:\\FrameTest\\xyz.fm"); F_ApiCallClient("FmDispatcher", "StructuredEndList"); }I want to know how I can pass a structured fm folder and save all the files in that folder as xml in one go instead of passing a single file's name .Is it possible to create this outside framemaker as a separate application? Any help is much much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Why does new text type in as invisible in a FrameMaker 12 document? Only one chapter in an existing book does this. As I type, the curser movers and I can select the invisible text and delete it. I've checked the color of font and have tried changing it, no change.

Running FMv12/Structured in Win7. StructApps is established for this project.Task at hand: Finagle XML out of FMv12 structured documents while EDD is not properly written. That is, Element Names are apparently too long for SGML, and Attribute Values contain spaces!Trying to use DTD to draft new R/W Rules, but saving EDD as DTD squawks that R/W Rules are not found.Since the DTD still comes out, I press, hoping to get somewhere anyway.However, in the resultant DTD, long Element Names have been truncated to 8 chars. But not all of them. Some are left long.What to do?Am I on the wrong track to begin with? That is, XML might not be available at all due to spaces in Attribute Values(?).Thanks,Dave

Hi All,Using the fdk i'm trying to generate a structured document .I have the id of both unstructured fm file and conversion table.fm file. This is my code but i cannot see the output (structured) file anywhere.Can anyone tell me what I'am doing wrong in this? What i have tried so far:VoidT F_ApiInitialize(init)IntT init;{  F_ObjHandleT classBookMenuId;  F_ObjHandleT inputDocId, ruleTblDocId;  F_PropValsT params, *returnParamsp = NULL;  UCharT msg[256];  UCharT buf[64];  /* Making it unicode enabled. */  F_FdeInit();  F_ApiEnableUnicode(True);  F_FdeInitFontEncs("UTF-8");  switch(init){  case FA_Init_First:  inputDocId = F_ApiSimpleOpen((StringT)"D:/FrameTest/abc.fm", False);  ruleTblDocId=F_ApiSimpleOpen((StringT)"D:/FrameTest/new_conv.fm", False);  if (!inputDocId || !ruleTblDocId)  F_ApiAlert((StringT)"Couldn’t open.",FF_ALERT_CONTINUE_NOTE);  else  {  F_ApiCallClient("Structure Generator", "in

Hi All,I'am learning to use the fdk , wanted to know if its possible to get all the tags present in the active frame document can someone point me out to a function or a snippet to do this ? Lost in the sea of functions.Trying to generate the conversion table programatically.Any help is much much appreciated.Thanks in advance.[Moved to Scripting forum by moderator]

How can I omit the Related Links Element from my FM Book using Stucture Dita XML?I use FM11 Structured Dita XML to build the help topic and user guides. In the help, I use the related links element but need to exclude this from the user guides. I create the guides using the Save As type: Book 11 with fm components (*.book) feature,which works fantastic except for the related links element that I don't need in the user guide. I want to remove 'related links' altogether from the user guides not the help.Thank you!

I copy the Framemaker 9 install files to the local drive on the server, I then hit setup.exe and nothing happens. This is a terminal server.Any ideas??Jeff

Hello,I want to be able to apply a conversion table to an open document, through FDK.Is there a way of calling the "Structure Current document..." command from the client and pass it a filepath, so that it opens the Conversion table document and applies that to the current document?I want to be able to pass the filepath to the command automatically without displaying the dialog box.I appreciate any help!,Thanks in advance,pnk

Hello.We have requirement to change menu according which document is opened and activated in Framemaker.We have different types of document, but all are FrameMaker FM document.I search for some event when document is activated/switched to as active, but cannot find any.When I have opened two documents and switch from one document to another in UI, I'll get only BackToUser event.Is there are way how to know that document has been activated?Is it safe to handle BackToUser and according FP_ActiveDoc change the menu in FrameMaker.

Hi All,I am building a book. Chapter auto-numbering works fine, I can see it in Running-Footer.But this Chapter Number is also used in Heading 1. See image below, it is chapter Number 4.Paragraph Tag Heading 1 is set as H:<n+>\t (image below).What I want to know is, how can I find the setting for H???Appreciate any help.

Hello, I am using FrameMaker 11.I have set up left and right master pages that have a simple single-column text box with no room for sideheads.Yet when I view the body and apply master pages, the body often gives the text box a sidehead. How can I make my master page settings stick?

Did anyone use ExtendScript to connect to a MySQL database, for retrieving and storing data?

I am using FrameMaker 11.I had a FrameMaker crash. As a result, three .fm files in my book became .mif files.I saved the .mif files as .fm files, and then re-imported them into the book.After I close out of the book overnight, the .fm files revert to .mif files.How can I permanently make the .fm extension stick?

Hi all,Frame 12, xDocbook app.We have multiple table formats, a few of which require different para tags than the bulk of the table formats.  I understand that any para tags applied to the first header row and first body row of a table become part of that table's format, so those tags are retained when you add a new table.That works for a non-structured doc, i.e. I create a new table based on Format A, and the para tags are different than a new table based on Format B, as I want.  But when I open a structured doc and add a table, the para tags are not applied.  Well, they are applied for all the tables that use Para Tag A -- most of our tables -- but not the tables that use Para Tag B.  I do not define a Para tag in the EDD for any table, i.e. I have this:If context is: * < TBodyNo additional formattingSo I don't see how the EDD is overwriting anything in the Table format itself.I understand that Frame uses the attribute "tabstyle" to define the table's format, b

After updating the default task.eddmod.edd document, I have:Created a dtd from the updated edd.Opened Structure Tools > Structure Application Designer. Selected existing application (dita_1.2_task), selected my updated edd, dtd, and task.template, and saved it.The new elements I created in the edd appear in my application now.Do I need to create a dtd and update the structure application designer every time I update my edds?

Hi,I'm new to Framemaker. I was tasked to create user manuals, process documents, guides, SOPs for my company and they want to use framemaker to assist. I never used this software but I have most my documentations in Ms Word, Excel and Powerpoint, etc.There are soooooo many features in framemaker and I dont know where to start, can someone please tell me the most frequently used features to assist me in these documentations? I am on a tight deadline, please help.Thanks.Satiesh

I'm trying to type a Unicode character and a nonbreaking space in a variable. The definition is \space\u00d7\space.On the page, the variable text is displayed as:pacexpacewhere "x" is the Unicode character.Other types of spaces in the variable work fine. However, "\space" does not work with non-Unicode characters in a variable.Any ideas?Regards, Catherine

Hi,FM11 frequently crashes on opening a book file, with the internal error 11004. Even after having deleted the .lck (lock) file, we still cannot open the book and need to create a new one. Some book files contain many files, other only a few.This is a major and blocking issue encountered by a few technical writers in our team.Is anyone else experiencing the same issue?