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Conrefkey referenced images are not shown in FM2022 when publishing to PDF. They are shown in HTML5. Also both PDF and HTML5 worked fine when using FM2020. This seems to be a problem with the latest version of framemaker.  

I'm searching a book using ExtendScript.  I can do it opening each document individually using the code below. Is there a better way; possibly something like:  var book = app.ActiveBook; var comp = book.FirstComponentInBook; comp = comp.NextBookComponentInDFSOrder? I ran across some script using these objects and methods from 2013, but it didn't work with my test book. //Code that works to step through all docs in bookdoc = app.FirstOpenDoc;while (doc.ObjectValid()) {doc = SimpleOpen(doc.Name);doc = app.ActiveDoc;       // findAndChange(doc)doc = doc.NextOpenDocInSession; // Open next document in book}

I'm at the point where I'm about to launch my script on some unsuspecting editors. I've done as much testing as I can, but it's likely someone will run the script in a manner that wasn't intended.  Also, being somewhat of a novice, I'm sure I overlooked a necessary error trap or two.  Our editors don't have the ExtendScript Toolkit, so no way to stop a runaway script from there.  I've searched the web and this forum for any information on how to terminate (or exit) a running script from inside Framemaker.  Appreciate any suggestions. 

Hi,   FrameMaker 2020 (16.0.4.1062) I just wanted to use the plugin "Split current document" in File | Utilities. However, I cannot find it any more! I have a new laptop and do not have any older version to compare. I checked also these folders for anything with "split": c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2020\fminit\Splitter\ (I do not know, if this is related; the folder exists, but still no menu item in FrameMaker) c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2020\fminit\ c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2020\fminit\Plugins\ c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2020\startup\FileSplitter.jsxbin (is this the splitter utility?) Nothing with "split" in maker.ini. Does anyone know, if this plugin was removed from version 16.0.4? What should I do to get the Split current document utility back?   Yes. I restarted FrameMaker. No change.   Best regards   Winfried

Hello Team,I am having a standard template format for my project, where my work is to just edit that template & save-as it with a different file name.1st all the links in the template were working while exporting it to PDF.But now when I export the book into PDF the links i.e. when we click in TOC on some topic it should take us to that page, so this link is not working.Please can you guide me or provide me with some solution to get this issue resolved? 

We are trying to download the latest update (8) for FrameMaker 2019, but it is missing from the website. The Downloads page only lists up to Update 7 for FM2019:https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/product.jsp?product=22&platform=Windows But the Fixed Issues page, clearly states there was an Update 8 released recently that fixes a bad bug with .mif files:https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/resolved-issues-framemaker-2019.html (Unfortunately we are unable to use the built-in update-functionality in the software). Does anyone have a link to where it can be found?

I created a new document and a new masterpage from it, then inserted a table using the Table > Insert tool.  I can manually select the entire table by clicking on the table anchor, but am unable to select the table with my script...doc = app.ActiveDoc; tbl = doc.FirstTblInDoc; var foundtext = tbl.MakeTblSelection (Constants.FF_SELECT_WHOLE_TABLE, 0, 0, 0);The script works fine with earlier tables I built using a page from an old document that already had a table in it, but it doesn't work with this new document. Without being able to select the table using ExtendScript, I'm unable to read the contents of the cells into my script.  Any ideas on what I'm missing here? 

I am getting the same error when inporting a .jpg on my windows 10, It was working fine, and some files that I was able to import fine are now not working. Tried to ununstall and reinstall and same problem. If I convert to .gif that file come in fine. I am very frustrasted because I have many files that I need to import.

I have a bunch of graphics with Object Text on top. When I publish as HTML5, FrameMaker 2022 straightens out the texts ruining the layout. Can it be avoided?  

My client has different files that I am putting into FM. They all have numbered headings. How do I set it up so that the file heading increments as I add a file? In the attachment I show that heading 1.0 and 2.0 are actually in the same file so ignore that. However for the News file the heading number does not increment but starts over at one. It should increment the number every time I add a file. So for the News file, in the TOC is should say 3.0 News instead of 1.0. And I need to also increment the page number to start at one for the first chapter and then to increment when I add a file to the book.  I assume it has to do with Format>Document>Numbering?

Hi to all,I have a structured FM book in english language.The client exports all FM files to xml to use in cat tools to translate.I have one of these chapters translated and I'm trying to open it in FM again.I want to have the same layout, formatting, rules, xrefs, and so on of the source files in translated ones.It's enough to:- open xml in FM- Import formats (all?) from the correspondent source file- Import element definitions from the correspondent source file. Because doing these steps it alerts me with some validation errors (only for some title tags). And the master page usage, some xrefs, etc is not exactly the same.Other question: Could I change paragraph styles option, like I'm used to do in not structured FM files with translation process? For example, when I open a German translated file, with text longer than English source, could I decide to reduce font size? Because it alerts me than it could be dangerous in structured fm files. Thanks. Ciao, Mario

I am a folklorist trying to wrap up an approximately 500-page FM book that is a guide to a folklore archive housed at the Library of Congress - American Folklife Center, the Danish Royal Library and the Digital Library of the Caribbean. The book is 90% complete, but I need help finalizing the layout and design. I will need a few hours here and there over the next couple months. I am preparing all the content myself, but am not a serious FM or PC user, so I am looking for both technical and design assistance. If this is not an appropriate forum for looking to hire someone, I’d appreciate other suggestions for locating a freelancer to help with this project. A PDF of an early version of this book is attached.

Call me brain dead, but I've forgotten how to create generated LOEP and IOM files. I already have references and master pages (in another book) where I can import the formats, styles, and master page formats, but I have forgotten which INSERT Menu item to select to create the LOEP and IOM generated files. I am assuming I use Index of Markers for the IOM, but wasn't sure about the generated LOEP fike. What do I use in the INSERT Menu to create the LOEP and IOM files? Thanks!

Hi, I am currenltly developing a framemaker plugin that uses dot net dll via C++/CLI wrapper but when i register this client within framemaker and run, everything works till we call the Dot net methods but it crashes framemaker thereafter.If someone has worked on this kind of scenerio who can help me to load dot net dll successfully within C++/CLI wrapper so that FM doesn't crash. Mostly it is because of dot net dll is getting loaded within FrameMaker memory. There is something called AppDomain and CreateInstanceAndUnwrap that can solve this problem but i have no idea about this concept. Any help would be greatly appreciated.I get the below error when i run the plugin. If there is any Developers forum, can you please share the link to that.  ThanksRam

I recently upgraded from FrameMaker 2017 to the TCS suite (FrameMaker 2019). I have a couple of documents that were created using older versions of FrameMaker and that contain png images. These images have always displayed just fine when generating the PDF output. Now that I am using FrameMaker 2019, some of the png images appear completely black (they have a transparent background) in the generated PDF. The images look fine when I'm in FrameMaker itself. This does not occur with all of my png images. I can't figure out what is different between the affected files and the files that are generated correctly. Has anybody else seen this issue or have any ideas how to fix it?

In my FM documents I have the regular Heading1 paragraph style. In the page header, even pages have the most recent Heading1 displayed.I've also created a copy of Heading1, called Heading1new_html_page, to get a new html page when generating responsive html5. (Some chapters are too big for one html page.)The problem is that I still get the most recent Heading1 in the page header, even if there's a more recent Heading1new_html_page. For example, if I have the following headings in my FM file:"Aaa" (Heading1)"Bbb" (Heading1new_html_page)"Ccc" (Heading1new_html_page) Now I get the "Aaa" in every page header, but I also want "Bbb" and "Ccc" when those headings are the most recent.

Hi Fm Friends:   I am looking for a space followed by (Former and want to add a hard return in front of the space. (Or after, don't really care.) My cursor stops in front of the space but \r gives me a line break and not a paragraph break. It works correctly in InDesign but not in FrameMaker. What am I missing?    ~Barb   

I have recently moved school and was wondering what the best solution would be for transferring my files across accounts?

I'm testing the new release and came across a strange behavior that was not present before with the forced return in a justified paragraph. With the previous version, the line ending with a forced return character (Shift+Enter or Shift+Return) was NOT justified. Now it is. I didn't find any option to specify a "left justified" or a "right justified", like in other programs (indesign and other). Here screenshot with 2017, 2020 and 2022 Fm The documentation from 2019FM even said :Note: If you use Shift+Enter or Shift+Return to insert a forced return within a fully justified paragraph, the line that ends with the forced return is not justified.This line disappears in 2020 and 2022 docs. Did i miss a new option somewhere ?

I asked a similar question about a month or two back, and I had originally thought that using Matt's trick of renaming the preferences folder had solved the issue.I was wrong. It solved it temporarily, for the first use, and then it went back to misbehaving. I've repeated the cycle several times with the same result.I've put in a bug for this, but I'm also curious if anyone else is having the same issue. Basically, if I open either the Hex Input or the Character Palette, the windows close themselves in about 10 seconds (maybe less, not using a stopwatch!). Since the Character Palette always opens on the Courier font, I generally don't even have time to scroll down to the font I'm using (Source Sans Pro, for the record) before the palette window closes. The Hex Input window usually closes before I finish typing in the 4-character code and doesn't insert anything when it does, even if I've managed to finish the code.Anyone?

Hello everyone!I use unstructured FrameMaker 2019.I created a Character Style "Change Bar" (all options are "As is" plus the "Change Bar" option).With this style, I marked places with changed content (text, graphics and tables). After publishing the revision, I used the option Format – Characters – Change Bar – Clear All Change Bar.By removing the vertical lines in this way, I was sure I was deleting style "Change Bar" entirely, returning the content to the default state.I recently discovered that only vertical lines have been removed. All content remained marked with style "Change Bar".Now I have a multi - volume document with hundreds of such places.The question is:Is there a way (or script) to quickly remove my named Character Style by bringing the content to the "Default" state (Default Font)? With respect,Igor

I generate a standalone TOC and it comes in without formatting. I am using numbered headings. I don't really have another TOC to replace it with (like I saw in other posts).

Error Message: <html><head><title>FrameMaker Publish Log</title><style>body{ padding: 20px; font - family: monospace; font - size: 14px; line - height: 21px; }#log{ margin - top:0cm; margin - bottom:0cm; margin - left:0cm; color:black; } #add{ margin - top:0cm; margin - bottom:0cm; margin - left:0cm; color:#444; }</style></head><body><p class = "log"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="1"></p><p class = "log"><col style="width: 50%;" /></p><p class = "log"><col style="width: 50%;" /></p><p class = "log"><tr></p><p class = "log"><td>Source</td></p><p class = "log"><td>J:\CL415_515\CL515\FTP IW\S415-5203-A-2\DHC515-522101.fm</td></p><p class = "log"></tr></p><p class = "log"><tr></p><p class = "log"><td>Output Published</td></p><p class = "log">

I had this problem already during developing my Enhanced Tool Bars - but have no clue anymore how I solved it: Either I get a message that a menu has not been defined while reading menu customation file), or I do not see the main menus of FM as soon as I open a document - and workspace is ETB. Clicking on that small thingy opens the menu. De-installing ETB of course restores the original FM function. Switching Wokspace to other than ETB does not show the main menus - so where is the culprit?

I am using SnagIt capture to capture a screenshot. But it does not scale correctly. Is it my monitor resolution? I have existing images like the one attached. Can I fix them or have to recapture them with specific properties? I think the final output will be to PDF.