Book error

FrameMaker keeps track of many connections between files, so it's critical to have all necessary resources available when opening files. You have files that use unavailable resources.

These unavailable resources prevent FrameMaker from opening the files cleanly.

Because FrameMaker can't open the files, it can't resolve cross-references and other things, and you get more errors.

To resolve your problem(s), go to your preferences and set Alerts as follows (I choose not to Show warnings while clearing history)

Start with the first file in your book and

1. Open the file
2. Resolve any unavailable resource messages

Repeat until you get to the end of your book file and have no more messages.

Then update your book, and resolve any other messages.

Hi @nikitags02:

To add to the earlier responses...

Some error messages must be addressed or they will continue to appear in the book error log: an example is unresolved cross-references. An unresolved cross reference means that you are pointing the reader to content on a page that likely isn't there anymore. Your editor should also flag these during the document review, but I would stop and resolve the cross references before moving on. They need to be fixed before the document is ready for distribution. Bjørn offered a great suggestion: View > Panels > Cross-References. This is not the same panel as Insert > Cross-Reference. We use both to manage our cross-references. You can read more about this here: https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/index.html#t=using-framemaker%2FFrameMaker-2022%2Fuser-guide%2Ffrm_single_sourcing-xrefs-unresolved-cross-references.html&rhsearch=unresolved%20cross%20references&rhhlterm=unresolved%20cross%20references&rhsyns=%20. Note that there are additional links at the bottom of the page. 

The messages listed in your screen shot can be bypassed by opening all of the files before updating the book. 

• File > Open to open your book. 
• Shift + File > Open all Files in Book. Address all notifications about locked files and the availability of recovery files. (Both of these indicate an earlier crash with open files.)
• With the book window active, choose Shift + File > Save all Files in Book. 
• Update your book. 

~Barb

There is a panel managing fonts which you can find here:

View->Panels->Fonts

If there is a missing font, the font panel will show it with a red x like this:

You can click "Replace" and get a dialogue like this, allowing you to replace the missing font, with one that actually is in your system or the current document:

Regarding the fonts, DIN Pro and Ciutadella, I did a Google search, and they seem easy to find and download.

Regarding the Cross References.... There is also a Cross References panel, which can be found here: View->Panels, Cross References. As with the fonts panel, broken cross references will display with a red x. You can click on the broken reference in the panel and be led to the occurrence of the reference. Fixing the reference is a matter of finding the marker or paragraph referenced.

Hi,

It would really help, if you describe, when you get your issue!

I guess that you tried to update a book and that you got these messages.

Generally: When there are such issues, FrameMaker cannot open the books without user intervention. Then FrameMaker cannot perform the book update.

Open all files in the book and then, when all files are open, update the book.

And the meaning of the messages:

o more recent version. Check, if there is a file with a file name with "recover.fm". FrameMaker creates such files, when it crashes. Check, if the recover file is more correct than the other file without recover. As far as I know the recover file is just a MIF file of the regular file.

o unavailable font. Somewhere in the file there is text with a font which you do not have on your PC. You have to check, if this affects the display in your file. Open the Font panel in the View menu. There are all fonts listed. Fonts can also be used on reference pages ore master pages or in the definition of a table format. You can also search for "unavailable font" in this forum, as lots or people had already asked, what they should do.

Best regards, Winfried