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I'm using this code to center a window: var win = new Window("palette",'MyWindow:', [$.screens[0].right/2 - 253,$.screens[0].bottom/2 - 127, $.screens[0].right/2 + 253, $.screens[0].bottom/2 + 127]);That will work if the active document is on monitor 1 ($.screens[0]), but if it is on monitor 2 or 3, it will show my window on monitor 1. Is there a way to query what monitor (screen) the active document is using? Thanks in advance.

Okay - I have a script that was deleting paragraphs based on markers, it wasn't working with hidden conditional formatting so I added:doc.ShowAll = true;at the beginning of the script and doc.ShowAll = false;at the end, which works.I have a new scirpt which inserts a file as a copy at the beginning of the active document. When it does this, it tends to show all of the conditional text in the active document.I added doc.ShowAll = false; at the end of the script, but it doesn't seem to work (occasionally it does, but usually it does not.I tried doc.ShowAll = 0; but that didn't work either.I saw on page 694 (Electronic) of the Framemaker scripting manual that there is supposed to be a book property so I tried:doc.ApplyConditionalSettings(Constants.FV_ShowAsPerConditions);But it said that wasn't a function.I realize it's pretty easy to click the button manually, but still ...

Hello everyone, I have a problem about Show/hide conditional text in Framemaker 2019.I hide the blue content applied hide tag.BeforeContent [When read, the value after reset....] assigned style CellbodyL (left alignment)AfterThe content has been changed to style CellbodyLIndent (Indented) How to not change the style of the content when show/hide conditional text in document.Thank so much!

I'm suddenly receiving an error message when trying to open a topic or ditamap via FrameMaker 16.04 connecting to AEM 4.01 via the connection manager. Connection to AEM is successful, but opening of topic/ditamap is not. I can connect to another AEM server instance and topics/ditamaps open without fail. I'm not sure if this is a FM issue or an AEM issue; posting here in hopes someone else has seen it. I've tried rebooting, restarting FM, resetting the AEM connection in FM via the conneciton manager. All fail.

I am using Structured FrameMaker 2022 Version 17.0.1.305.   I mainly edit XML files in a ditamap file.  When I save the ditamap to "Book 2022 with fm components," new FM files are generated.  In these new .FM files, the table columns appear in various, random sizes.  I do not know why and I am trying to stop it from happening.  For instance, in one of my topics, in the XML file, I have a total of 14 tables, each with two columns.  One column is always 1.68."  The other is always 5.32."  When I save the ditamap file that contains this XML file as a .BOOK (with fm components), these same tables appear but one coloumn has a width, not of 1.68", but of either 1.445", 1.435" or 1.255."  The other column becomes either 4.576, 4.544" or 3.974," not 5.32". I'd like all of these tables to be 1.445" and 4.576". Furthermore, if I change the column size in the XML file, and close it, when I re-open it, the change hasn't saved. I

I have a note icon in FrameMaker that appears correctly.  When I save the file to pdf the icon disappears.  Any suggestions on what to try?

I think this will be a difficult question.I have a document that must have a date as 20230517 in one location and as 5 May 2023 in another location.This is a publication date, but not necessarily today's date, nor the creation date.We use user variables - for example "DateYearFirst" and "DateD-M-Y" for the two dates and update them manually.I know if VBA, there are format codes that can change the date format.Does anyone know of a way to set up either Extendscript or the template so that when the YYYYMMDD variable is updated, the d Mmm YYYY date variable is also updated?Something like an OnChange event for the variable.

Can anybody help me create PDF files in FM? I am coming back to FM after 6 years. I am not able to save FM files to PDF. I think my Adobe reader and fm setup is not setup correctly. I installed FM 2022 recently on amazon workspace, tried to convert to a PDF using the File > Save as PDF option, but could not. I realized I did not have Adobe PDF printer loaded. So I downloaded Adobe PDF driver and loaded the driver using the guidelines provided here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/framemaker-2020-can-t-find-pdf-printer-instance/td-p/12525563 I also followed the instructions from here to install the printer driver: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/add-pdf-printer-manually.html#manually-install-pdf-printerDocuments\*.pdf (Adobe PDF)  Port was not showing when adding the printer, so followed the guidelines from here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/unable-to-install-pdf-printer-certificate-revoked-port-unknown.htmlThe following lo

I have a document with 3 pages, i need assign the respective numbering.I create a header and insert a page number but in three pages appears de same number for example in the page 1 and the page 2 and the page 3 appears the number 1 does not follow the correlative. how can I configure the numbers to follow the sequential order? RegardsJose

Hello,In Frame Maker I have a document with text.About the Tab Key :1) If I click on a line and click on the space bar, the text moves to the right. But by using the Tab Key, nothing happen (the text does not move to the right).2) If I select several lines of text with the mouse and use the Tab Key, the selected text is deleted. Why I cannot use the Tab Key in a FM document to move the text to the right ?

Hello,I'm using FM2015, and I have a large unstructured book with about 70 chapters. I updated the book and saw an error message I have never seen before: "Book is not self-consistent." I searched the obvious locations to try to figure this out but couldn't find any information. The book seems to be functioning fine.Does anyone know what this message means?Thanks!Alexandra DuffyLead Technical WriterVectorworks, Inc.

Hello, On an empty line in Frame Maker, I would like to create a dotted line onall the width of the column. How to do this ?  

Hello, I have created a tag for a document, and I would like this tag could be shown on all documents (in paragraph catalog of all the documents). How to do it ?

Hello, I have created a book with Frame Maker, and when I export it to PDF I see that the PDF has no page number on the pages. Why ? How to set the Frame Maker book in order to export also the page number in the PDF ?

Hello, I have created a FM book with 4 chapters, and I have created a TOC of this book. How to set FM book in order to put the begining of each chapter automatically on an odd page ?

Hello,I´m trying to solve this problem with inserting pictures into the body paragraphs. Is there some Anchored frame or Paragraph style setting, that can automaticaly modify the Paragraph line space setting, which doesn´t let image to colide with line above, as you can see below? Now I have this settign and I don´t want to go lower than -4 pt, because it is not the solution of my problem to go lower. My colleagues that are currently using the PTC Arbortext normally instert pictures of control lights into the paragraph and the system automaticaly modifies the Paragraph line space according to height of image, see picture below: Thank you for your advices. Adam   

Hello, If I select all this text inside Frame maker, I noticed that I cannot use the right arrow (it is greyed) in order to move the text to the right.  

Hello,I would like to copy a text and past it inside Frame Maker without formatting (plain text), but I have not found this option in preferences. How to do it ?

Hello,In Frame Maker, I don't understand why if I want to write in french : "Une chasse d'eau", FrameMaker write : "Une chasse d ' eau" (it added a space at the red arrow) :

Hi Everyone, The is my first post, I have a pdf file with over 100 pages, is there a way to make a frame or a page border (as in Microsoft word) of my own around text in every page . Thanks in advance

Hi All, I am pleased to share that the Update 2 for FrameMaker September 2022 release (Version 17.0.2.431) is now available. Update 2 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release) contains enhancement for search in nested DITA maps and fixes for Unicode support for strings in the equation box, PDF compliance, SharePoint connection and security issues. For more information, see What's new in Update 2 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release). For a complete list of Fixed Issues visit Fixed Issues in Update 2 of FrameMaker (September 2022 release). Updated Documentation - User Guide - HTML | PDF    Maker.ini guide - HTML | PDF FDK reference guide - PDF Please let us know in case of any questions/issues. Thanks FrameMaker Team

I am using a .h header file that is provided to me by the development team, putting it along side the .book file, but when I generate the HTML5 it no longer generates the CSH mapping. All calls to the CSH URLs go straight to the default page. This worked flawlessly in FM 2017.I've noticed that the .h file that is added to the FM output folder has an extra line added at the end with a marker that doesn't exist, and that the .ppf file doesn't contain any <contextentry> nodes like it used to. Has anybody got CSH working in Responsive HTML5 with a provided .h file in FM 2022 ?

I have now tried about 7 times to install FM-17 (either the released version 17.0.0 or the updated version 17.0.1) to H:\Adobe\FrameMaker.17en. The installation runs to 88% and then issues an error code 183 - and the target folder is deleted. Between the installations I have rebooted the system to have a clear situation. There was no such problem to install FM-16.0.4 to :\Adobe\FrameMaker16.en. There was no such problem on Windows 10... The UI in W11 is also strange and difficult to read (dark grey on black, cropped inner window). To preserve some of my older FMs I tried the following installations: I did'nt really expect FM-8 to run in Win11, althoug it runs fine in Win10 - as all the other versions listed here also do. It is surprising that FM-11, 12 and 13 work absolutely fine, including the creation of PDF via distiller. FM-14 displayes a strange behaviour: the menu is only visible if the window is maximised (on a 32" wide sceen...). And some of the ETB features do not work co

Hello All,I need help installing new S1000D templates in adobe FrameMaker. If anyone has some free time and can explain to me what the right way is to go, I would be very happy.Rgards,  Attila.

Hopefully there is a simple solution to this issue. Running Framemaker 19 and recently I can select text and place my cursor in the file, but I cannot type, delete text, change formatting, etc. We've ruled out the file being locked and the keyboard being broken, but other than that we're stumped.  Restarting everything didn't work either. Thanks!