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Is there any way to use a RW-file to change the font on a single character during import of an xml-file?The std-font I use doesn't have all the characters I need to present, so I have to use an other font for the greek-characters. Have spent some time with the Structured Application Developer Reference, but have not found any solution yet...DagB

While reviewing the existing EDD files, I see several of the Elements with Attributes containing "Control Flags - Hidden - Read-Only".  Could somebody point me to a document that explains the reason and functionality of this?

Has anybody noticed that FM11's autosave timer intervals aren't strictly adhered to? I had a crash this afternoon (while working with Object Styles - love the idea, hate the implementation). Since I had autosave set to 5 minutes, I didn't think that I had lost that much. When I restarted FM and opened the file, FM politely offered to restore from the autosave file. The autosave file was over 25 minutes old! WTF? I lost a lot of work. At that point, I started monitoring when the autosave appears in the folder. With a 5 minute setting, I was expecting the .auto.fm file to appear like clockwork. No such luck: 6, 14, 8, 11, 18, 7, 6, 6, 12, 3, 7, etc. minutes. Not a single one was at 5 minutes and it wasn't a constant interval either. Some were quite long. This is very dangerous and gives one a false sense of security.I checked against FM6 and that was coming in fairly constantly at 5-6 minute intervals.Has anybody else seen this behaviour? Have you checked?One more thing that has been sil

In Framemaker 11, how can I move grouped objects in a graphics frame to an exact location in the frame (using Object Properties, Dimensions/Position/Offset) without changing the line & fill properties of the grouped objects?  When I apply a new Offset position to the grouped objects in Frame 11, the line and fill properties of the groupled objects change to (apparently) some sort of default setting.  I don't want that to happen - I want the grouped objects to all retain their original line and fill properties.  I have been using Frame 9 previously, and the grouped objects retained their original properties after applying the new Offset.

Once in a blue moon, I want to work with a spot cross-reference … I run into the same question every time, and promptly forget the answer. The illustration in my battered copy of the FM 7.0 User Guide seems to show exactly what I want to achieve, a single word defined as a marker and then showing up elsewhere as a hyperlink. My problem is, I can't work out the building block to use in the cross-reference format: I was expecting something like <$markertext>, but don't see it. I tried <$paratext>, but that was a bit too generous :-}

Hi All,Can we import Framemaker files (BOOk and FM files) to Robohelp 10 without the installation of Framemaker software on the system.If there are any ways to incorporate the files without installing Frame maker software , plz provide us the solution.Thank you.Regards,Nutan

I am looking for documentation on getting started using S1000D in FrameMaker 11. When I select S1000D>New>Publication Module in FrameMaker 11 nothing appears. Do I need any additional software such as Technical Communications Suit?Thanks

Hi all,I have a marker in my text containung a text string (e.g. an ID number). I tried to create a cross-ref format that allows me to link to the marker. But if I insert the paragraph text placeholder, then the cross-ref displays the entire paragraph in which the marker is placed, not just the marker text. Which placeholder would I need to use to display only the marker?

Guys, I guess I'm kinda stupid or blind or both, but I got this trivial issue:I try to roundtrip graphics from a simple EDD to XML and back.So I got this pretty simple rules in EDD, DTD and RWR:EDD:element (graphic): image   attribute list      1. Name: href          String          Optional   Initial graphic element format     1. In all contexts           Insert anchored frameDTD:<!ELEMENT image       EMPTY><!ATTLIST image      href       CDATA       #IMPLIED>RWR:element "image"{          is fm graphic element;          attribute "href" is fm property file;}I got a basic

Dear FrameMaker Gurus.I am working with an FDK9 client compiled in Visual Studio 2008.The company plans to migrate from FM9 to FM11.After downloading FDK11 and applying necessary changes to code, linking appropriate libraries and recompiling, I'm getting linking errors (mostly LNK2019 and LNK2001 in struct.lib and fdk.lib).I’m suspecting older version of Visual Studio as the culprit, I know that Visual Studio 2010 is recommended (perhaps even required) when compiling FDK clients.However, is there a workaround to correctly compile the FDK11 client under VS2008?

How to retrieve all external refereces in a frame maker file without conditional text of hidden

Hi guys,is there anywhere an official (or even better: an unofficial) documentation of the API clients that are shipped with FM11?I had so many strange behaviors working with the standard and the DITAfm_app clients, that I grew at least 5 more grey hairs.It would be nice if somebody could point me to such a doc, as I don't want to trigger some more burried landmines in those clients in the future.Cheers Alex

I added some features to my EDD, specifically a sub-list within a List item.  I generated a new DTD, then imported my EDD defintions into the Template.  I test my List and sub-list features and it worked just fine.  I then imported the new EDD definitions into an existing document that was built upon the previous version of the EDD.  The new list features did NOT work.  The popup dialog to prompt for the type of list did not appear.  I double clicked on the List element in the Structured View and was able to adjust the type (I picked Numbered) and the 1.  appeared.  I typed a few words and pressed enter, the the 1. dissapeared!    I conclude that my procedure for updating the EDD definitions was not the correct procedure. Can anyone help?  [Thread moved to Structured FM forum]

If anybody wants to add their voice about Adobe's TechComm tools, there's a survey currently underway until June 5th.For details, please see: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2013/05/wysiwyg-what-you-say-is-what-you-get-new-survey.html

How do I link a phrase in one chapter of a book (e.g., "For more information, see the Providers section within Chapter 3 of this manual") to a particular section of a different chapter in the same book? Thank you.

I'm using FM10 (v10.0.2.419) on Windows 7 OS.When I print to postscript, the pink ribbon that used to show the progess does not display any longer, and the percentages indicator remains at 0%.Any ideas? My colleague right next to me is using the same SW and HW and does not have this problem.Thanks in advance for any ideas....

Hi,When I try to generate an output in webworks, I get these messages. I don't really know how this could've happened, the framemaker files were on a network which I saved to my computer. Then I added them to the webworks project. I had my fm docs open and when I was creating the output, this message came and had to close framemaker, so now I have recovery files of all my framemaker documents. Even when framemaker is closed, it opens and displays this message. In Webworks, I get the error saying error opening fm file, cannot create wif document for fm file. What are these errors and how can I fix them? ThanksLynnThis appeared only one time probably:I receive the following more often:

Hello Everyone,I am working as FrameMaker Product Manager at Adobe. I am pleased to announce the availability of FrameMaker 11.0.2 patch, in which we have fixed several critical issues reported by our valued partners and customers. The detailed blog, describing all the bugs fixed in the patch, is available at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/?p=6824I encourage everyone to install the patch using "Help -> Update" command from within FrameMaker 11.I would like to thank all those who contributed by reporting the issues and helping us improve the product.Vikram VermaProduct Manager RoboHelp I FrameMaker I Technical Communication Suite I RoboHelp Server

FM is crashing EVERY time it closes multiple files. I first noticed this issue when I tried to import formats across all of the files in a book. It would work for a less than 10 seconds and then it would die. My theory is that the crash occurs whenever FMis closing multiple files, and this makes sense (to me) because it seems as though FM opens and closes each document in a book when formats are imported across all the files in a book. I first noticed this crash after i had changed multiple parameters in an existing book to change the way pages were numbered across the book (management wanted to change from a "steady" numbering system from the first to the last page of the book to a relative numbering system where numbering begins anew with each chapter). I don't recall the specific change that I made when I first got this crash, but this crash has been consistent since that point. It plays out like this....1. I select all the files in a book and select File/Import/Formats. 2. I click

I'm struggling with a bookfile. When I update the book it skips a page from one document to the next. Doc1 = page 1-4, Doc2 starts with 6.I've looked into the numbering, master pages (left/right), etcetera but cannot get doc2 to start with 5. If I go to Numbering and make it start with page 5 the next document (Doc3) skips a page...What also happens when I do Edit - Update book is that it automatically generates extra blanc pages in a number of documents within the book. I did select all the files in the book and selected 'Pagination' and set them all to 'Delete Empty Pages'. I've also run through all the documents seperately and did the same. Nevertheless, the issue pops up every update.Any idea what can be wrong?

In 8 years, my FrameMaker "templates" for publishing display module datasheets have never remained static from one datasheet to the next. I always have changes that I need to carry forward to future publications -- ideas I glean from the technical support database; reviewer suggestions; different kinds of source information from our many suppliers; and from the constantly changing technology of the display industry.In other words, I don't really have templates. Instead, I reuse my most recent publication for whatever "family" of display modules I am working on. I use conditional text to hide information when I publish a new datasheet. A few examples of the hidden information are "here is the formula to calculate the spec" and "use this X information only under these Y circumstances and keep hidden if not needed" or "have an engineer measure each time, then add 10% -- do not use supplier spec". Example of final datasheet: http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/document/3187/CFA635-xxx-KL

Hi.I have a document in which spellchecker doesn't seem to apply to text tagged with certain types of Paragraph tags. I can tell because if I intentionally misspell a word in one section, the word is underlined in red, but in another section with different para tags, the red underline doesn't appear, and spell check doesn't catch the words.

Good thing I was relatively awake! After extensive remodelling (or to put it another way, sorting the content into a more logical order and removing duplications) of an inherited document, I ran a Find to see whether there were any of my :question paragraphs left. Imagine my distress when FM reported more than a few … imagine my relief, mingled with mild irritation, when it turn out they were in a file I'd set to "excluded" but left in the book structure in case there any more discussions to get through before publication.I don't suppose there's an option anywhere to make Find a bit more focused? I seem to remember it also paints outside the lines when I use "search in book" and have a couple of files from another book open.N

Help!!  FrameMaker crashes when I attempt to open certain book files.  I am using FrameMaker Version 9.0 p255 on Windows XP pc.  Other details:This problem began mid April about 5 weeks ago.  Some book files are just fine while others crash the system. The internal error codes listed with each crash have overlap but are not identical (they all have at least 9004).  The last one stated: “Internal Error 9004, 5242025, 5220528, 6335542.  FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit…”Attempting to open individual .fm files within the crashing book file does NOT cause a crash.Tried opening it through windows explorer and directly through Frame with the same result.  Failed fixes attempted per forums.adobe.com:  rebooting, renaming the linguistics library, deleting linguistic library in case it was corrupted (C:\Documents and Settings\jchen\Application Data\Adobe\Linguistics\Dictionaries\FMUserDictionary\all), changing book file name, replac

Anyone else experiencing this?And please respond only if you are, because I may not be able to read replies.For example:Subject: half-hearted Exclusion <g>Replies: 7Within the last hour, when I click on the thread, the site is only serving the basenote and 2 replies.And as we know, Adobe has no means to report web problems.