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Paraphrasing Shakepeare's Hamlet, I wonder what this parameter of t he Find method is all about: When starting a search for a word which exists multiple times in a document, and continue searching after t he last find in the document (at that moment of course I do not know that it is the last occurrence), I find find myself again in the first find... With my development FMfindRepl I have the same effect, even defining the parameter as 0. In the FM Find/Change dialog Wrapping can not be influenced. FDK reference states: FS_FindWrap A BoolT flag that determines whether the find operation will wrap when it reaches the location where the search began. Default is True; the find operations wraps. If False, after reaching the location where the search began, the find operation returns an emptyF_TextRangeT and FA_errno is set to FE_NotFound. In FMfindReplace I have this defintion for the Find parameters:   oPropVal1 = new PropVal() ; / oPropVal1.propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindW

Dear colleagues,Stumbling over a sad information in the Indesign forum I want to forward it to you FrameMaker scripters.Theunis De Jong (aka Jongware) is the author of the indispensable tool for scripting for FrameMaker: the Windows Help file ObjectReference.hlp. Although developed in the FM-12 times it is still most useful to find all the properties and methods of an FM or Script-UI object. Thanks Marc Autret for the thoughtful and moving words on the passing of Theunis as well as the tribute site https://www.indiscripts.com/pages/theunis

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I have some documents with a sidehead page layout. When I change some of the paragraph styles which have had a setting to "In Column" to "Across All Columns and Sideheads", I get this message.But the page layout HAS room for side heads and FrameMaker accepts the changes and the paragraph style works as intended across sideheads and columns. But apparently FrameMaker is still dissatisfied. But with what?....Has anyone experienced this? Am I overlooking something obvious?...  

I am trying to include PDF structure tags using the FDK. I set the FP_PDFStructure property in the document object to true, then for each paragraph format I want to include in the structure tags I set the property FP_PDFStructureLevel to an integer value greater then 0. When I look at the output document's PDF settings the tags are not there (i.e Format->Document->PDF Setup). What am I missing here?

I have a team of approximately 40 users, all running 64-bit FrameMaker 2019 on Windows 10 (PC).  We print to the Adobe PDF printer to create pdfs, and check the box for "generate Acrobat Data". For *decades*, when we need to print a document as A4 instead of US Letter, we have been able to simply select the correct paper size in print setup and proceed (templates are set up with text frames that fit on either size). For the last couple of months, this no longer works. Frame will alter the width, but the height stays at 11", no matter what. The ONLY wany print to pdf results in the correct size is without generating Acrobat data, but then we have 200-page books with no bookmarks, and adding them back manaully is not an option. I've tried the following:Changing the default paper size of the printerreinstalling Adobe pdf printermanually setting a paper size within the Acrobat data setupCreate a new set of joboptions for Distiller with A4 as the paper sizeSave as pdf does not wor

Hi there,I have a lot of separate files (around 300) used in three books in a file-in-file-in-file structure (FM7.2); not all files are used in all books.Now I'm testing the new book functionality (FM9) of using folders and it should look similar to the following:Book_1.book - TOC.fm - Chapter_1.fm - Chapter_2.fm - Folder_2   - Section_2_1.fm   - Section_2_2.fm   - Folder_2_2     - Sub-section_2_2_1.fm     - Sub-section_2_2_2.fm     - Sub-section_2_2_3.fm   - Section_2_3.fm   - Section_2_4.fm - Chapter_3.fm....Apart from the page numbering which I need to figure out I have the problem that FM starts a new page for each file.That is fine and wanted for files on first level (Chapter_1.fm, Chapter_2.fm, ...) but not for files on other levels.I have checked everything (all documents have the same flow, pagination is set to Anywhere, nothing special in Format > Page Layout > P

The chm text is too small on my new Win 11 laptop with a high resolution screen. Settings are:   Scale 150% (Recommended) Resolution 1920 x 1080 (Recommended)   A newly generated chm file has very small text. Here you can see the same text published in two different target formats, the left side text is the chm file, the right side is responsive html 5.   The html5 text size is perfect. Can I get the same size chm text? Is this a general chm problem, or is it something I can do? Using FM2019.  

Why does FrameMaker change the paragraph format of the paragraph in which a text inset is anchored, when the inset is updated? I have an inset anchored in a Body paragraph with no other text in the paragraph. The settings for the inset are to reformat with the current document's settings. When I update the text inset, the paragraph format of the source paragraph changes to Heading1, or whatever the format of the first displayed paragraph in the text inset is. I don't understand how the paragraph format in the source document can change when the inset is updated, if the source formats are being applied to the inset. Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround? I'm at present using FrameMaker 7, but will be upgrading to FrameMaker 10 fairly soon.  Ken Dyall.

If I purchase a ryear's subscription to FrameMaker, may I install on my notebook computer and on my office computer? David McMurrey, Ph.D.Business, Government & Technical Communications Austin Community College [Personal information removed]  

Hi friends and experts, In my script FMfindRepl I have noticed that win.close()  closes the palette window leaves its status active Hence any Nofify reaction addressing an element of the UI will re-open the panel. Hence I have changed in the Notify function if (wPalF.active) { .. to If (wPalF.visible) { ...  IMHO close() should inactivate a window - but there are comments in various forums about the close() issue which lets me assume that something is incorrect with this method.

I am wording with a purchased version of FrameMaker 2017 and am having trouble with imported pdf drawings.I get exploded diagrams with part numbers that are created by another person. In these pdf's I can highlight the part number and copy/paste it into another program (WORD as example).I import these files into a FrameMaker book (File>Import>File By Reference) and they appear fine. I finish the book by File>Print Book, select Abode PDF driver.The problem is the imported pdf drawing numbers now won't copy/paste into another program (􀀜􀀗􀀖􀀃􀀘􀀙).Any advise is appreciated. 

When viewing HTML5 on computer, table with graphic seems OK. When viewing same on phone, white area below grapic expands. What can I do with coding in the CSS file to eliminate this issue? We normally do not have the borders display around the image nor blank cells, but for the purposes of this post, they help to demonstrate the issue.   

Dear wise women and men: My script FMfindReplace opens a palette wPalF via menu or short cut. The scipt is started either via the Script Library or by placing it in the Statup folder. I have several documents open and invoke the script via ESC q f It works as intended on document A, Notify reacts and does was it should, all OK I close the palette via the Exit button top right or via the button OK/Done Now I switch to another document B and the palette re-appears! Console log (see Notify hereafter): wPalF.active = true I close the palette and give focus to another application (test editor) and then come back to the document B Now the palette is really gone and for further work with it I invoke it with the short cut... (Console log: wPalF.active = false). I do not understand why the palette re-appears in step 4. I have not observed such behaviour in any other of my scripts with palettes... The Notify function is IMHO streight forward:   case Constants.FA_Note_PostActiveDocChange

I recently updated my TCS version to 2020. When I edit my documents in FrameMaker, everything looks perfectly normal, but once I generate a PDF, the second level bullets look like å. I went through similar topics on the forum and saw people suggesting converting the font used for that style from ttf to otf - I have been unable to do that (or I haven't figured out how), and also suggesting setting the colors from RGB to CMYK, but it's already set to CMYK for me. Any ideas how to resolve this issue? 

I'm guessing this is a reference page thing...? I've got six different paratags I'm using to generate the TOC, but only want page numbers after my Level1Tag2 items. What's the procedure for that?

HelloI have framemaker files in which image files are embedded by reference via web link.So the reference path has the following form: https://www.xyz.de/xxx/yyy/...The image files are in png or eps format.With FM2019 (structured), this type of reference was not a problem.However, after switching to FM2020, the image files are no longer found under the same conditions (same files, same computer, same operating system, same access rights, etc.).Does anyone have an idea what could be the cause?ThanksStefan

When I click on a document link, it takes me to the specified location. I was wondering if there is a button or way to go back to the original location of the link I clicked on. Thanks!

I can't get FM19 running on my Windows 10 computer today. First I get:   When I click "Sign In Now", I get: I do have the latest Windows 10 updates. I also have the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Edge installed.   I've been using FM2019 on this Windows 10 computer for a couple of years. However, occasionally I run FM2019 on another Windows 10 computer (when distance working.) Perhaps the other computer was used the last time I used FM2019. (That computer is completely turned off. And 400 miles away.)   What can I do to run FM2019 today, on this computer?

Thanks to our Frame experts, I've developed a script that finds all occurances of a word or string in a document.  When found, I want to replace the word and display it as a Track Text Edit.  I'm running into two problems.  1) After enabling Track Text Edits and running the script, all change appear as normal text; not Track Text Edits.  2) The beginning offset of the text range is correct, but the doc.Clear and doc.AddText leaves the last character of the found text after the replacement text is added; e.g., foundText = "widge"; replacement = "WIDGE"; result = "WIDGEe".   

I use the Adobe Framemaker using a VM Ware image on my mac. When I open Adobe framemaker, the screen resolution is somehow too small.. This behavior is not seen in other applications.. I tried to find a setting to increase the resolution, but could not find anything.. Have you seen this and can you help me please? (I attached a screenshot).

Does anyone know why, after HTML5 output, my listed numbers are serif but all my text is sans serif? Thanks.

I want to create a list of figures for a book, but I would like to separate the list showing which chapters the figures belong to. Like:Chapter 1   figure 1.1   figure 1.2   figure 1.3Chapter 2   figure 2.1   figure 2.2   etcWhile I can make the List of figures work to my liking, I have trouble figuring out a smart way to add the chapter titles?Can anybody help?

Hi, Please guide me how i can read the .sgm file using Framemaker Extendscript.

FrameMaker 16.0.4.1062Acrobat Pro DC 2022.002.20191 For accessibility, I've added alternate text to anchored frames that contain images that we import by reference. Our organization's documentation also makes extensive use of icon images for notes, warnings, examples, etc. We define those icon images in our Reference Pages. When I use the File > Publish > PDF option, the process automatically adds "Imported into FrameMaker" as alternate text for all of the icon images from our Reference Pages. The Acrobat PDF screen reader correctly reads the alternate text that we've added to anchored frames, but it also reads "Imported into FrameMaker" every time it encounters one of those icon images. I have the following PDF Outputs settings configured in the Publish dialog:General tab:Preset Name: StandardOptions:Selected the "Create Tagged PDF" check box.Selected the "Convert text and graphic colors to RGB (excluding images)" check box.Cleared the "Use Acrobat Disti