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When I save a Framemaker 11 file to pdf I get a question mark inside of the > character at the beginning of each line of the generated table of contents in the pdf file. I have done everything that I can think of and can't get rid of it.

Hello friends,Obiously table footnotes are not the same objects as footnotes (in text flows). They are not found with the script as described in my post message/5430068#5430068. They are also flows (I assume this from the § symbol at their end). How to access these table footnotes? I have found only properties for their format, for example TblFnNumStyle, TblFnCellPosition or TblFnSuffix).There is no such constant as FTI_tblfn….I welcome Your ideas.Klaus

Dear all,Having managed to extract citations from ordinary paragraphs and table cells I now want to get it also from footnotes. See the complete script and test-doc (FN-11) doc here.I get the first footnote paragraph with its citation correctly.But my construct to get the next paragraph of the footnote obviously is wrong - there is no NextPgfInFn (or NextPgf) mentioned in the Scripting Guide, only FirstPgf and LastPgf. But it is possible to have multiple paragraphs in footnotes (see test-doc). And hence the function GetText fails for the 'second paragraph' in the footnote.function processFootnote (fn, doc) {// find citations in footnotes    var fnText = "";    var fnPara = fn.FirstPgf;        while (fn.ObjectValid()) {      fnText = (GetText(fnPara));        alert (fnText);                

We save all of our .fm book and chapter files to a central server, and recently we've noticed that when we close a file the .lck file does not automatically delete. Thus, we are having to manually delete this before updating books, opening files, etc. We're using FM8 on PC's with Win 7 x64. We have FM set to run in XP x32 compatability mode, which is working pretty well for us aside from the aformentioned issue.Has anybody else run into this? Any ideas on a fix?Thanks! Scott

I'm looking for a way to replace an existing text-inset in a document with the contents of an other file (by reference), by means of scripting. Say, I have a document c:\referer.fm, in which there is a text inset of which the source file is: c:\A.fmI also have c:\B.fm, and now I want to change referer.fm so that no longer the text inset holds the text from A.fm, but from B.fm.I tried this:var doc = app.ActiveDoc; var textinset = doc.FirstTiInDoc;var pathtosource = textinset.TiFile;pathtosource = "c:\B.fm";textinset.UpdateTextInset();But this doesn't work. I guess setting 'pathtosource' cannot be done this way. If anyone knows the way to do this, I would really appreciate your help!David

Hallothis is a pre-sale question. I'm considering Framemaker for a customer who basically needs a DITA tool.After editing a topic used in many documents, is it possible to batch-publish all the documents using that topic?For example: the topic "Hazards warnings" is used in documents A, B and C.I edit "Hazard warnings".Is it possible to automatically output the PDF for A, B and C?Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,Here is what I'm trying to do with FrameMaker and find impossible to do:I have to maintain two sets of different tables each starts with number 1 inside the table. So I created two paragraph tags with 'Auto Number' checked and applied to the two different tables. But the result is not what I want: the number inside one table continues from the other one, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, ... and 1, 2, 3, 4... It is 1, 2, 3, 4... Am I doing anything wrong here? Must be, for it doesn not work.Thanks for any help.

Since Techical Communication Suite 4 has such a large footprint for installation, I need to free up some disk space. Can I uninstall TCS3 before upgrading to TCS4?

Below is a problem that a writer in my group is having. She are asked to put in the license key each time she opens any of the programs in the new Tech Comm Suite 4. Any Ideas?? I suggested that she uninstall and reinstall the entire suite to see if this corrects the problem. She is using Windows 7 O/S.Remember the issue I had last week with signing in to the software products with my license?Now it is requiring that I do that every time I launch each of the software products.

(earlier post sent by error).When I import graphics into FM (FM10, WIN7, 64-bit), they appear by deafault at 88.87% of original size.Anyone out there knows how to set FM to import at 100%, if at all possible?TIA!

framemaker 10 Internal Error: 10024, 7687720, 7688010, 10076471 after installing TCS3_5Update as per the instructions on http://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/cant-launch-framemaker-10.html log file as follows=== Header Begin ===Internal Error: 10024, 7687720, 7688010, 10076471FrameMaker 10.0.2 for IntelBuild: 10.0.2.419Window System: MSWindowsOperating System: Windows NT 5.1 (major.minor.build: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3) Generated on: 27 June 2013 09:34:03To file: C:\Documents and Settings\baldwin_r2\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\10\FrameLog_13.06.27_09.34.03.txt=== Header End ====== Stack Trace Begin === $754e28 $754f4a $99c137=== Stack Trace End ====== Open Window List Begin ===# not implemented=== Open Window List End ====== Recent Commands Begin ====== Recent Commands End ====== Recent API Calls Begin ===# not implemented=== Recent API Calls End ====== Windows Relocation Information Begin ===Application: 00400000FrameMaker.exe: 00400000 00933000ntdll.dll: 7c900000 000b2000kernel3

So my boss is wanting me to write a review on page layout/desktop publishing software, and they are convinced that they want FrameMaker on our lineup. As i look at it more and more, I just get more confused. Is it like InDesign or PagePlus? Or is it someting completely different and I am just an idiot. Also, don't answer the last part of that question.

I need to permanently modifiy the style sheet for the project in which I am currently involved. I can modify the style sheet for each file. PDF it and it looks fine. However, when I save it and reopen it in FrameMaker, the styles revert to the original style sheet. I need to change the style sheet and save it to match this project. How do I do this?

I'm currently working in a document, using several different user-created variables, and I'd like to know if I can hide the stock, system variables from the display, as I don't use them.  My reasoning is two-fold:I just want to minimize the overall list to make for easier navigationThe "Sort" on Name functionality (ascending/descending) in the VARIABLES tab, doesn't fully work every time (i.e., sometimes the results are actually mixed up).Any help would be appreciated.Regards,- Chris

Hi all,over the EDD I have only been able to auto-insert a single child element, and then another nested element. Is there a way to auto-insert several elements on he same level?Example: When I insert a concept element, then title and conbody elements should be inserted automatically.Robert

Is it possible to supresse single header in a TOC. E.g. repeating H1 (invisible) in 2nd file of book to display the correct running h/f in 2nd file (because of changing the file size). When I just repeat the header on the 1st page in the 2nd file, it appears as well again in the TOC. Other "solutions" in the forum for the running h/f didn't look to me as solutions.My sysem: Win7-64, FM11 (unstructured).

I found this error when updating a newly converted Frame 11 book today:Can't update the link file_name_no_longer_on_this_path.vsdThe file is in another path now, but the file shouldn't even be linked into this book in the first place...it's a Visio source file!I have tried creating an LOR and listing external references but I can't find the .vsd file listed in the LOR anywhere.Does anyone have suggestions on how to track this link down and delete it given the sparse info Frame gives about the problem?Thanks for suggestions,Bob[email address deleted by host]

I'm trying to print a FrameMaker 9 file to PDF, but the "Generate Acrobat Data" field and the PDF Setup button are both disabled - meaning I cannot select or unselect either. How can I get these re-enabled?

Hi - we're gearing up to create an automated book-building process using FM11.Before we start, a quick straw-poll:What do you folks recommend / suggest as the best automation tool?We want to trigger the process when SGML files are dumped into a directory. When we've done directory-triggered automation in the past under FM7.1, we've tended to use VB.NET code to trigger an instance of an FM7.1 API client (usually to build and collate PDFs, etc)... but, since we're in a new era with a new release of FM, we thought we'd take an open-minded, 'blue sky' approach here and see what tools members of the Framemaker community are using. If one particular approach seems to be easier / more advantageous / more widely adopted than any of the others, then I think that might nudge us down that road...Thanks.

How do I unmap behavior of Ctrl-Right Arrow from end of next word to start of next word? I am using FM 11 on a Windows platform.

Everytime I update a book, I receive the error message "Adobe FrameMaker 11 has stopped working" and the program closes. Details are as follows:OS: Windows 7FrameMaker Version: 11.0.1.382I have the following extras installed: Microtype TimeSavers, Book Page Count Plug-in, Elmsoft FrameScript, and Enhanced Toolbar.The problem occurs when I try to update the book with half or all of the files closed. They all have to be closed in order for the Book Page Count plug-in to work properly (www.frameexpert.com/plugins).The book updates just fine when more than half or all of the files are open. Please note that this happens only when I update a book that uses the Book Page Count plug-in.Please help!Thanks!

Hello,I have a question to FM 11 and here to change the dictionary.I´m from Gemany. So sorry for my english.I´m familiary to FM since 15 years.I want to change the dictionary. We create every time a new dictionary for new bigger orpjects. But now FM is shown only the personally dictionary: FMUserDictionary. When I create my own dictionary FM is store this one in the right folder but it doésn´t use it. New words are store in the FM dictionary.Could anybody help me?R

I am running FM 11 and is setting up a small manual and need to use Roboscreen Capture. Initially the shortcuts to launch RSC did work, but all of a sudden they don't. I have tried restarting, Num lock, Caps lock and what else might be at my to figure out why I can't make it work but no results. I can start the program and make it work if I point and click on the menus using my mouse -  but that is of little help because I need to capture dropdowns and other dynamics on the screen.Can anyone help?best regardsBjørn

My computer shut down when my office lost power, when I got up and running again I saw that my FM file names now had ‘recover’ at the end. So I renamed each one only eliminating the recover part. However when I tried to update the book I got “couldn't update this book because it contains no openable nongenerated files”. Please advise when you have a chance. I am using FM10.Thanx,William

I need to add marker elements to my EDD but I'm not quite sure how to go about it so they show up as Marker Elements when the "Special / Marker" is clicked on.  Specifically, I need Glossary, Cross-Ref, and Custom markers. Any tips or pointers to documentation would be appreciated.