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I have an unstructured with a large number of chapter files and would like to group several of the chapters into a single chapter. The autonumbering for the heading paragraph styles is set up like this:Heading 1 is H:<$chapnum>Heading 2 is H:<$chapnum>.<n+1>< =0>Heading 3 is H:<$chapnum>.<n>.<n+1>< =0>Heading 4 is H:<$chapnum>.<n>.<n>.<n+1>I created a hierarchical book that looks like this:Chapter 1.fmChapter 2.fmFolder1 (Numbering Chapter no. is set to continue from previous chapter)---> New Chapter.fm (H1 top level; numbering Section no. is set to 0)---> Group1------> Chapter 23.fm (H2 top level; numbering Section no. is set to continue from previous section)------> Chapter 10.fm (H2 top level; numbering Section no. is set to continue from previous section)------> Chapter 15.fm (H2 top level; numbering Section no. is set to continue from previous section)and so on.The autonumbering Chapte

FrameMaker Version 15.0.6.956Good morning. I'm having some trouble with table anchors and text running to the next page. In case this description is confusing, I've attached a diagram.I have two pages, and on each page is a table the fills up about 1/2 of the page. Beneath each table are some notes about the table in a Table Notes style that I created. All in all, each table should take up about 2/3 of the page. I've set both tables to start at the top of their respective pages so that both fit nicely on each page.For the first table, I have the anchor at the end of the paragraph (Body text style) on the page before. The table starts at the top of the page as expected.For the second table, I have the anchor at the end of the last Table Note (the notes listed below the previous table).The problem: The last Table Note on the first page (the one that has the table anchor) wants to jump to the next page, and the the table starts on the page after that, so that the Table Note is all al

Folks:I would like to insert a cross reference "access groups" for a source "Access Groups". I can find any building block or any other method for doing this. Can anyone help?Jonathan BloemkerCompunetix, Inc.

I keep running into this same issue and I don't know if it's the landscape page format or something else...I'm hoping someone here has some insight. I followed the tutorial for updating the template being used by the sts file and I have managed to get my output printing...however when I try to utilize a template created in landscape format FrameMaker seems to default to a different template altogether that is only portrait and contains none of the custom formatting from my template. I have attempted to edit the .sts file, import element definitions and formats from templates that I know work correctly. I have attempted updating the structapps/EDD files...I feel like I'm going in circles and not getting the results I need. Basically the document that I need to ouput has a large table that needs to be in landscape format in order to be viewed correctly. Thank you,  Laura

Ever since I updated to the last patch/release my DitaVal files have not been working. They worked just fine previously. I decided to look up the User Manual to verify that my DitaVal file is correct or to possibly try to create one using FrameMaker. The User Manual has an error in it here: Adobe FrameMaker (2019 release) where they interchange @ATT (correct) with @10557939 (incorrect) so that was one issue I found. I still have not been able to get my DitaVal files to work with my maps and I was curious if anyone else had this same issue? Or if there's a good way to "force" FrameMaker to process my files?  

I updated an old template, with an old script. To make it more effienct (constant cut and paste) I removed a header row and programmed the new header with Paragraph Formatting. Now the script no longer works.If I read this correctly, the script identifies the table as a "Parts Table" and then runs the "Remove Rulings" script, and then runs the "Add Rulings" script, placing lines where they need to be. But it is broken, because it is not identifing the tables as a parts table or does not find the text "Part".// script in question:function main() //Removes ruling and adds{for (var q =0; q < textItems.len; q++){table = textItems[q].obj;table.HFSeparatorRuling = blargName2;table.HFRowRuling = blargName2;row = table.FirstRowInTbl;if (row.ObjectValid()){topRowCell = row.FirstCellInRow;cell = topRowCell;cell = cell.CellBelowInCol;cell = cell.NextCellInRow;if(cell.ObjectValid()){blarg = cell.GetText(Constants.FTI_String);dude = ""if(blarg.len > 0){dude = blarg[0].sdata;}if(dude.indexOf("

Hello Everyone, I have experience with unstructured FrameMaker only and I would like to explore the structured FM world and DITA. Would you recommend me any training courses? If certification is offered that would be best. Thank you for your help as always 😃 Daniela 

My current Manual Template has a Parts Table that you Insert, but each time you insert it you have to copy and paste the second header row with "ITEM, PART NUMBER, DESCRIPTION, QTY.". I have a script called "Table Ruling" with denifies the second row of the header and if the second header row has "part" in the text - it sets the proper rulings. (ie. thin line after every second number). If the first colum ("ITEM") is blank it will remove the lines between the (what we call the) parent numbers. I went to format the second row with "Paragraph Formats" and it broke the script code, since it no longer has the "Part" as plain text. Is there a way to change the current script to look for a "Paragraph Format = zCellPN" instead.Suspected code I need to change:                                if(dude.indexOf("PART") !== -1) //Checks for a

I loaded Framemaker 2020 and everything is going smoothly except the following two conditional tags are provided by default:FM_PDF_Comments_HighlightFM_PDF_Comments_UnderlineSince I use conditional tags all the time for my work, the last thing I want is two more tags. However, no matter how hard I try, I cannot get rid of these two. I delete them, they seem to be gone, save the file, but when I open the file again they are there again. Does anyone know how to permanently get rid of them. I have lots of manuals and I do not want them in every file in every manual.   thank you

Hello fellows,Just downloaded the latest FM scripting guide and discovered that it does not cover the latest versions of FM in the File Save function.The last save constant listed is FV_SaveFmtInterchange110. Are you aware of any upcoming doc. update? Thanks!Roman

Hi, I try to design a custom dialog box in a .dre file. In FDK programmer guide Tabs are not listed in items type which can be added to a dialog box. But in some of the FrameMaker dialog boxes, there are tabs. Can anyone help me with how to add it?Any help would be appreciated.Thanks,Sanam

Hi Recently I have increased the number of documents that I manage using DITA and FrameMaker to around 120. Then I noticed that FrameMaker crashes while processing the ditaval file for each document, which includes one value per document. Any reason for this? Is there a limit for the number of ditavals that we need to be aware of?Best,Hadi

I have been testing scripts to see how they work and now I have a list of scripts in my history.I have researched how to remove them with no solution."File > Script > History"Is there a quick fix?Thank you, 

Hi All,It has been around a year since I have been writing scripts. Now I have to write a new one and cannot.I can run existing scripts, but if I select File>Script>New Script, nothing happens. No form opens. Likewise, I can open the Script Catalog, but if I select a script and click Edit, the script is not displayed. I'm using FrameMaker 2019 Version: 15.0.8.979.I have tried resetting the 15 folder, deleting temp files, restarting FrameMaker and restarting my latpop, to no avail.Thanks in advance for your help!Aviva

When I open a FM book and its files, the file page is viewable momentarily, and then disappears, leaving only a white page. If I select any menu item, for example: View > Options, the View Options window pops up and the page behind it displays normally. When I close the View Options window, the page disappears again. This only happens on my laptop. The same FM book and its files opens without issue on other laptops. The day before yesterday, I had no problem. What could cause this sudden issue or conflict?

Every time I try to open one of our FM files, I get an 'internal error  15084 has occurred' and FM shuts down. I open the .backup file succesfully and overwrite the original file. Until the next time I try to open the file - then the error occurs again. This is starting to happen on several of our FM files. Everthing worked fine yesterday, though. I've even tried saving the .backup file as a MIF first, then overwriting the FM file. The error still occurs the next time I try to open the FM file.Window 10FM2019 64-bit

Hi,   Our support asked me whether it's possible that the PDF shows a specific number when the user moves the mouse over some text. I tested all hypertext commands (possibly not in the correct way), but nothing worked. The alert command created permanent icons and did not create a hover effect. Is there anything?   Best regards   Winfried

Hi, I have a legacy version of Framemaker (v5) and a collection of .fm files that I am trying to edit.One of the edits tries to add a .jpeg image to a file. To do this, I create and select an emptyGraphics frame. I then click on File -> Import -> File... I then navigate to the .jpeg file andclick on Import. When I do this, I see the message:    The filter encountered an error and could not compete the translationwhich, I don't understand.Although I have been able to import many such images in the past, doing this no longer worksfor me. I have tried different images and different image formats, all with the same result. I havesearched online for interpretations of this message, to no avail. I have even tried completelyreinstalling Framemaker. Nothing I do changes the outcome.Can anyone provide an interpretation for this message? Can anyone suggest a workaround?Of course, one possibility would be to buy a more recent version of Framemaker. But beforeI do this, I

How could I create a pop-up in Framemaker 12 by hovering over a word, say, an acronym, and have a pop-up displayed with the acronym spelled out?  Thanks.

When I edit and update a paragraph style in a Lw DITA topic document, close and save the file, and then reopen it, the paragraph style no longer has my changes. Similarly, if I create a custom paragraph style, it is no longer available when I re-open the file. What am I missing here?

I have a client importing CGM images into FrameMaker 2020. They are saving down to 2017 via MIF and when they open the FrameMaker document in 2017, they get the "filter may have changed" message. The top and left offsets of the CGMs are different in the 2017 documents. Is this a known issue?   I am assuming the something changed in the CGM filters between 2017 and 2020, especially since everything was recompiled for the newer 64-bit versions.

I have a new laptop and we have documents which use the Bembo fonts. The fonts are installed and the document looks great in Framemaker. When we print the document comes out as if it has lost the Bembo fonts and it comes out as nonsense, worse than wingdings. Does any one have any ideas how to fix this/what i am missing on this new laptop which is required? My colleague also has a new laptop and experiencing the same.

I believe I understand well-enough how cross-references work in Framemaker, but one thing that bothers me is how, when generating a PDF from Framemaker and clicking on a cross-reference, the resulting page view locates the cross-reference marker at the very top of a page. This is very inconvenient and confusing when, say, cross-referencing a figure caption that appears at the bottom of a page. The resulting page view when following such a cross-reference in a PDF centers the text of the _following_ page, with the text of the figure caption barely visible at the top of the page. My question: Is there a way to construct cross-references such that that the resulting page view, when clicking in a PDF, is centered on the page on which the cross-referenced material appears?Thanks so much.JMW

Hi,Is there a way to get the tables to be published to responsive html5 as separate files in addition to being part of the text, as the image files are?I need to associate them to separate help buttons. Thanks

Hi, I am new to Adobe FrameMaker FDK. I read the FDK developing guide. I tried to build a sample client using one of the sample codes given in the guide (adding elements to menu). I downloaded  FM2017_FDK pack from Adobe website. I couldn't build my sample code in Visual Studio 2017 (I got lots of errors that I could't solve them). I downloaded Visual Studio 2013. I was able to build my code (eventhoght there were still some errors I had no idea how to solve them). I copied the .dll I built and copied it to the direction written in the guid (fminit/Plugins/). Add it to maker.ini as it was written in the guide. When I run FrameMaker I got an error message.  I don't know what should I do to run this sample client. I also copy my code here. #include "fapi.h" #define LOAD 1 #define QUERY 2 void main() { IntT initializer = 1; F_ApiInitialize(initializer); } VoidT F_ApiInitialize(IntT initialization) { F_ObjHandleT specialMenuId, databaseMenuId; /* Get the ID