FrameMaker

I have a license for Adobe Communication Suite 2017, and when installed the suite, only RoboHelp 2017 got installed. The FrameMaker 2017 and Adobe Acrobat DC shows Installation Complete but with an warning message (as shown below). Request your help with this regard at the earliest possible.  

Hi, I am a beginner and I would like to write a script where excluded book components on FrameMaker can be automatically detected. However, I am stuck somehow even though I went through the entire pdf documentation several times. This is the code I was working on so far: main();function main() {var book = app.ActiveBook;if(!book.ObjectValid()){book = app.FirstOpenBook;}var bookComponentsPaths = []var comp = book.FirstComponentInBook;while(comp.ObjectValid()){comp.ComponentIsSelected = true;var compType = comp.ComponentType;if(compType == Constants.FV_BK_FILE){var doc = OpenFile(comp.Name); if (doc.ObjectValid() == true){bookComponentsPaths.push(comp.Name);}comp = comp.NextBookComponentInDFSOrder;if (comp.ExcludeComponent = "Yes") {alert("This file has a excluded component: " + comp.Name);}}}/*if (bookComponentsPaths.indexOf(comp.ElementIsExcludedInContext) === -1){alert("This component is excluded: " + comp.Name);}*/}  I have tried with 'ExcludeComponent' and 'Eleme

We are moving towards using Sharepoint as our version control system. When I tried to get the Connection Details from IT, I was told there might be a security issue with that and I need a VP's permission. I was also told, after I reviewed the Help for what you can do with the Repository Manager, that you can manage the files using Sharepoint functionality. I haven't tested yet, but there is a contractor refusing to do daily check outs and check ins there and keeping files updated. I do not yet understand why. I assume because it is too cumbersome. My guess is that the functionality might be available in Sharepoint, but the user experience for the integration is probably optimized on the FrameMaker side because they take into consideration unique FrameMaker issues. Is that correct? what is your experience with this? Is there a big difference?  If only one writer works on a product's documentation at a time, is there a reason to do daily checkouts and checki

We are changing printers and the new printer says they can't produce the print from the PDF files as we have done in the past. Our book is over 900 pages and is printed in black and a PMS blue only. Headings, headings of tables that have a blue shading behind the black text, and imported images all contain blue. Some of the blue "touches" the black.   The Illustrator files have always been in RGB (they are also used for online viewing as well but not in PDF form). I am using Frame 2019. In my digging, I see that if I save out the Illustrator file as an EPS with spot color, I can import into Frame and then save as a PDF. I can see in the Acrobat Ink Manager that the image is now black and a spot color of blue. Perfect...however, the imported EPS images in Frame are terrribly rastorized. FrameMaker is where our editor is editing so to not being able to see if something is a period or a comma is not acceptable. I am at a loss to come up with a solution to this in a short period of ti

While creating or working on a style-based document, it is very helpful to know the overall structure of the document that you are working on. Scrolling through a long document does provide this information, but it is not a seamless experience.   The latest release of FrameMaker provides a single unified view of the headings or structure of your current document. Open the new Navigation View, and the structure of your current document is displayed in the Navigation View panel. The logic used in this feature gives you a list of all headings and subheadings within your current document.   To launch the Navigation View, go to View > Panels >Navigation View or use the shortcut keys Esc, n, v.     Clicking on a heading in the Navigation View takes you to the heading content. Use the context menu to quickly navigate to, expand or collapse topics, or even delete an entire heading (or topic) from your document.   For more

During searching & store elements by ExtendScript under FM2019,  FrameMaker is hung up only with the big book, but not small book. Any ideas?  thanks.  

Hi! I need help with the import of figures, because I need import 87 graphics, but when I import the figures, they are imported showing the first figure as the last and so on. for example, framemaker put the image027 in the first page and the image001 in the last page. plis help!! thanks! 

Hello fellow scripters,I have been using Err( 'some text' ) to push messages into the console, but I have failed to find the way to add newlines to those messages. If anyone has done that, please enlighten me on this detail.Thanks4everJang

Hello,I have a book with several chapters.In the book mode, I would like to select a chapter and set it as a section. Idem for another chapter.Then I would like to set all created sections in order to begin on an odd page.How to do it ?

Ich starte FrameMaker 2020 will eine Datei welche mit FrameMaker 12 erstellt worden ist öffnen, egal ob eingebettet Grafiken oder nicht. FrameMaker schließt mit Fehler 16044.Was mache ich falsch?

I'd appreciate advice on how to connect FM 2020 to SharePoint Online repository. Every time I try to connect to Sharepoint Online repository, FM displays the following message:FrameMaker could not connect to the repository. Verify the connector installation and configuration.I'm using FM 2020 and access SharePoint through Office 365.  To reproduce:In FM, click Connect to a Repository. In the Connection Manager window, select Microsoft Sharepoint Online, enter the server name, create a name, and enter the Repository (In the Repository field, I've tried entering "Documents" or a custom documents folder named "fmtest" (as shown in the following image)). Click Connect. Observed Result:The connection to the server is successful. A login window appears briefly and the connnection is made to sharepoint online using my login credentials, but then after a few seconds the "unable to connect" message is displayed. I also was prompted to allow FM to access ShareP

How do I know this is anchored frame, text frame or other.  

I am working to edit and republish a book that was originally done in FrameMaker 7. All is going well except that when I publish to a pdf document I lose a font that is used in the heading. It is a small cap font (Garamond Expert MT) that looks fine in the Framemaker file, but the text that uses that font disappears when I publish to a pdf.

I need to open Word files from an Extenscript, and I cannot find the required info in the docs. I did check the FDK documentation and I assume I need to specify a FileTypeHint, but there is no info on the Word ".docx" filter. If anyone has done this before, let me know. The script should be able to do it without any user interaction.Jang

Hello,In a frame maker master page, I would like to position the frame containing the page numbering at a specific position : by example at 1.25 cm from the top of the page.How to do it ? Is it possible to use a tag to do it ?

Files were created in Frame 11, and work/appear normal.SVG image files created by Solidworks Composer. We have now updated to 2022 FrameMaker, and now that same SVG image will no longer appear.The SVG file is showing as a white blank.  Not missing.  Not re-scaled.  White not grey.   Double-click in the anchored frame opens the SVG file as it should.The SVG image appears fine and can be inserted into other documents or frames. A solution found, has been to re-import that file (as mentioned, FrameMaker object properties reference the correct file, and has it automatically selected when the import dialog box appears).It just won't show it until you have imported that image into the anchored frame. Again. The same file, scaled and located the same as it "was" , now appears.   This would be fine for a small task, however, this means hundreds upon hundreds of image updates for us here.Is there any way to automatically update, or re-

I'm having an issue on a certain user's machine with the catalogs. The entries in the catalog are displaying strangely (see snapshot). it's hard to read them and navigate the catalogs. (NOTE, the snapshot is a re-creation of the issue on his screen as I don't have access to it at the moment)

When trying to update from version 16.0.4 to version 16.0.5, I get an error message that tells me there is a conflict. It says "Please save your work and close the following programs for all logged in users, then click "Continue": -Adobe FrameMaker, -FrameMaker is invoking characterMap.exe (Error Code:131)" then it says Quit or Continue. and Get Help. I followed the directions in Get Help, but it is not solving the issue. I am the only person with the program. No files or books are open. I shut down anything Adobe related in task Manager and any other items it says. It is not fixing the issue. Originally I was doing an update in hopes that the program would not get hung up when I was trying to save the book as a PDF.

Hi, I want to create some DITA topics with <xref> elements in them. I want some of them to be empty so I can specify a cross-reference format to use. On some of them, I want to use literal text like this:   <xref href="xyz">Literal text</xref>   This would correspond to the Text field in the Cross-Reference dialog box: How do I code this in my dita topic so that FrameMaker does this when I open the topic? Thank you.

I am working on a large XML application and now need to use inclusions (referenced files). All files are in a custom XML format. I know FM can handle these types of inclusions as they do work for DITA content, but I cannot figure out the read-write rules I need to make it work on my custom XML. It looks like the dita_fm client does all kinds of things while importing and exporting, but that is not documented anywhere. I can create a script that pulls the included files in after opening the main document, but when I write the main document to XML I do not want FM to push all the content of the included files into the main XML. I tried using a rule (which is described in the read-write rules reference) 'writer drop content' but that rule seems to make no impression at all. Anyone has experience with custom XML inclusions ?

I have taken a standard template (Chapter), But I am not able to write in it. Please someone guide. 

How can I add oversize of page in Adobe Frame Maker book? like this below? 

How to insert images across all column and side heads in Adobe Frame Maker book ? 

What do the little black triangles in cross-reference marker text mean? I have a whole bunch of them in the Markers pod; some point up and others point down. (I am trying to troubleshoot a problem where FM will not a create a review PDF and I am obviously grasping at straws.)  

How can I insert an excel sheet in Adobe Frame Maker Document?