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I'm using <$paratext[H1_Heading1]> on master page, but I see the presence of <$chaptertitlename> in the list of variables. If I insert the variable I get the filename of the current file. So how does the variable get updated?Also, how does Frame know what is a chapter? Or section or subsection?Using Frame 12.

Hello,I have a client asking the following question, and I'm wondering if anyone else has come across this issue with FrameMaker 12.FrameMaker 12 seems to be deleting files from their network drive during the Update Book function, not just the file itself, but the backup version too.FrameMaker 10 files had been opened and re-saved as FrameMaker 12. Then, in a subsequent update of the book file, FM reported that it could not find a certain file, and the icon for that file in the book file turned into a question mark. On inspection of the folder that should contain the file, the file was gone, as was the .backup.fm version of the file. It is my assumption that this problem occurred during a book update, although it is remotely possible that the problem occurred while saving the files from Frame 10 to Frame 12.Are you aware of any similar problems being reported, or if there are any issues of use of FrameMaker with networked drives?  What other information would you might need to hel

In making an EDD for a book where one file might be a chapter (or appendix), is theElement (Container): ChapterValid as the highest-level element?or is only the whole book (FrameBook) valid as the highest-level element?Using Frame 12.[Discussion moved by moderator]

Is it possible to define the width of columns in a format for  tables in FM 11 in order to change all tables in a file rather than to have to go through the painstaking task of setting each value for each column of each table...

Hi,I've downloaded the trial version of Framemaker 12 to try it out with DITA documents, but I can't seem to find how to create a new XML file!Apparently you go to File / New / XML, but I don't have that option, only Document or BookIs this because it is limited in the trial version, or do I need to set up the environment differently to access XML files? or do I need to create a Schema first then create a document from that schema?Many thanksJohn

We are required to add check-boxes to every instruction in our procedures in the installation manual. While we have found a way to add the check-box to the heading style in FrameMaker, we need a script to implement this change throughout the manual. Please share any script that can be used to automate this process. Thanks.

I have markers in a table side heading that I want a Xref to jump directly to (place the cursor in front of the text). It works in Frame, but when I save as>.pdf the link only jumps to the page and not the location  of the marker. Help???PS...I am using Adobe Acrobat X to pdf.

Framemaker 10Windows 7Image editor: GIMP 2.8.10I am trying to insert a high resolution image 3878x1970 px in a document's header. I reduced the image dimensions using shift+Drag to 106x54 px.When I save it as PDF, the image looks pretty pixelated (obviously). My question is: What should I do so the image, when the document is saved as PDF, does not appear pixelated.Please let me know if I need to provide more informationN.B.: Image dimensions cannot be altered        Image has been imported as reference        Using Framemaker since Jun '14, used Word before        Go easy on me 🙂

Trying to generate cross-book HTML links using Frame12.Book1 location: C:\test\Book1\Book1.book, and all *.fm files are in the same folder.Book2 location: C:\test\Book2\Book2.book, and all *.fm files are in the same folder.Book1 - has a book1chapter.fm containing a Header1, where I have created:- Hypertext Marker newlink book1chapter-test-header (as a target for book2chapter.fm)- Hypertext Marker gotolink ../Book2/book2chapter.fm:book2chapter-test-header (to link to book2chapter.fm)- Inserted a cross reference to the Header1 in Book2. (also testing to see if a regular cross-book link will work)Book2 - has a book2chapter.fm containing a Header1, where I have created:- Hypertext Marker newlink book2chapter-test-header (as a target for book1chapter.fm)- Hypertext Marker gotolink ../Book1/book1chapter.fm:book1chapter-test-header (to link to book1chapter.fm)- Inserted a cross reference to the Header1 in Book1. (also testing to see if a regular cross-book link will work)Then, I keep both boo

Hello there.I just want to clarify how the process has changed for adding an Index to HTML Help between Frame 11 and Frame 12.My old workflow in Tech Comm Suite 4 was like this:In FrameMaker 11, I'd add Index markers to my FrameMaker source, and I'd generate an _IX index file in my FrameMaker book.Then, I'd link the book into RoboHelp 10, and it would read the _IZ index file from FrameMaker, and create an Index in the HTML Help CHM file to match.Am I correct that I don't need to do this any more in FrameMaker 12?If I use Frame12's Publish command to generate HTML Help, I simply need to add Index markers to my Frame source, but I no longer need to have an _IX index file in my book? The Publish process will automatically build an Index my HTML Help CHM using the markers?(I've tried it out, and that seems to be what's happening - just wanted to check!)  - I have to say I'm finding the Help viewer in Frame 12.0.2 virtually impossible to navigate in and find stuff on. It seems to be ge

With its Responsive HTML5 output, unstructured FrameMaker 12 can create a bookmark tree. Is it possible to tie trees (bookmarks) of multiple Responsive HTML5 outputs in an overall HTML tree structure?

I am using Frame 12 and all of a sudden I started getting the following errors. PDF and book seem fine.% [ Warning: The following Names in Name Tree IDTree were defined more than once ] %       P189183#189181#189182#189184#189185       P189184#189182#189183#189185#189186       P189185#189183#189184#189186#189187       P189296#189294#189295#189297#189298       P189297#189295#189296#189298#189299Please help!

Adding a connection to Sharepoint using the FM12 CMS Connection Manager is failing with the error "Configuration system failed to initialize".  I can access all the sites and libraries in Sharepoint perfectly from IE on the same PC, but no matter what I try in the FM12 Connection Manager I get the above mentioned error.  The PC (which is actually a VM) is running Windows Server  2008 R2 (x64 with heaps of RAM and HDD free) with all updates applied.  FM12 is installed as part of Technical Comms Suite 5 subscription.Does anyone have any ideas what may be causing this (or what it even means) and how I can fix it?

I have about 125 variables and I want to list them on paper or a spreadsheet or whatever so I can organize them before I start modifying what's there.How to do that?Thanks

I inherited a set of FM books, and I don't understand the variable definitions. What is the difference in the several ways that "< >" is used in these examples?ProductLine       <italic>CheeseProductName    <skim milk>Company          </>S&J</>CompanyLong    Smith and Jones DairyIs one or more variable ill-defined?Thanks!

Hi, I made an eps file in Illustrator, and when I import it into FM I get an empty box.  I've included a screen shot of my eps options.   What am I doing wrong?   I just updated to a new computer.  It's the same CS6 software.  Windows 7.

Hi all,I try to process the XML attributes of all tables in a structured document.When I use SelectedTbl everything works fine for the selected table and the attributes of the tabelle Element are written correctly to the Console.doc = app.ActiveDoc;table = doc.SelectedTbl;if (table.TblElement){    Console('Elementname: ' + table.TblElement.ElementDef.Name);    tblEle = table.Element;    attrs = tblEle.GetAttributes();    for (i = 0; i < attrs.len; i++) {        aName = attrs.name;        aWert = attrs.values;        Console( "     " + aName + "    " + aWert);          }}However when I use GetText(Constants.FTI_TblAnchor) to walk through all tables of the documens neither ElementDef.Name nor Attributes are processed.var flow = doc.FirstFlowInDoc;va

I have been looking for solutions, but no luck. Any help in getting this resolved would really help.

I'm using FrameMaker 12 and receiving prompts that a font is not available and being replaced by another font. How can I find the instances of where this is occuring so that I can correct the problem?

I've been subscribing to TCS 5 since May.  Recently, I upgraded to a newer MacBook Pro, and I've installed a copy of Windows 7 and I'm running it using VMWare Fusion 6.  Today, I finally downloaded the TCS 5 files from my profile.I ran into a problem when it came time to install the suite.  I tried continue the installer beyond the "pick a destination folder" step, but when I clicked the "Next" button, a pop-up appeared and said "Insufficient Disk Space," and it suggested increasing the disk size and trying again.  I increased the disk space of my virtual machine from around 60 GB to 128 GB.  I tried the installation again and no luck.Has anyone found a solution?  Do I need to increase my virtual machine's disk space further?  I can't seem to find anything that would allow for a workaround to this problem.  Any advice will be a big help to me, as I really want to start using these programs.

Is there any shortcut?

Arnis: "The turning off of properties using the <Default ¶ Font> tag is probably a habit that goes back to some buggy behaviour in very early editions of FM where occasionally a specified character format would spill out of an x-ref (or was it a variable?). FWIW, it's easier and more convenient to use </>  instead."Is </> documented anywhere?And is it identically equal to <Default ¶ Font>?It would be nice to have a Variable construct that just means</ChFmt> "terminate the most recent markup", rather than<Default ¶ Font> "reset defaults for the remainder of the string to whatever para/char formats happen to be in effect."For example, if doing an arbitrary 11/17 fraction in the pre-Unicode way as<Superscript>11<Default ¶ Font><Symbol>\xa4<Default ¶ Font><Subscript>17with a font override applied to the para, the denominator reverts to the Paragraph format and loses the override (yet another reason to avoid overrides, t

Signed up for the Technical Communications Suite Subscription yesterday. Now when I launch FrameMaker, I get a dialog box saying I either have to use it as a trial version (for 30 days) or buy it. If I click buy it prompts for a serial number.On installation when I tried to access my adobe account in the dialog box that appeared. It said I didn't have an internet connection. My internet was working fine and I got the same message even once I launched my browser.

Hi All,please help me in finding the location of a particular type of font in the framemaker book. I was using the following procedure to find out earlier:Find > Character Format > (set the character format) > Search.Now I am unable to locate a particular type of font using the mentioned procedure.Please help me out.Thanks in adnavce,Mindevil

I am updating an existing FrameMaker10 project, which is in a book structure.  I have changed the names of the files in the directory, updated them to FrameMaker 11, and saved them.  When I try to add them back to the book (whose name I have also updated) a problem occurs for some of the files. When I try t add them to the book file, I get an error message which says that the book file is unrecognizable.  (It does allow me to add it, but it appears in the book file with an icon that has a blue "M" in it.)  Why is this happening and how can I change these files back to normal FrameMaker files?  Thank you.