Book Error: "Can't open file because the file is an MIF file"

Question

I'm attempting to update my book and save as PDFs.

When attempting to Update a book or "Save as PDF" I get the error messages below:

When Saving as PDF:

When Updating Book:

I get an error report, but also the windows prompt error, and FM randomly creates separate TOC/LOF/LOT files unstructured.

This just started happening, I have no idea what causes this. I've tried updating Framemaker, restarting, and googling this issue, but no information is found. I am working with Adobe Framemaker 2015, version 13.0.5.547.

If anyone is familiar with this issue, help would be greatly appreciated as this prevents me from getting any work done. Thank you!

Russ Ward · Accepted Answer

Or, just thought of #3 - Open it manually before updating the book or saving as PDF. I generally find it best practice to open all your files before you do those things anyway. Helps prevent "unusual" behavior.

Russ Ward · Answer

Hi Matt,I don't know anything about this error and have never seen it before. But here is what I would do:1 - Try to open the file in a text editor to see if it actually is MIF, for who-knows-what-reason. If it is, save it back as binary *.fm.2 - If that doesn't work, just delete it and recreate it. It's an automatically-generated file, so you should not lose anything by deleting it, except some basic LOT setup. I assume all the proper LOT styles would be in your template.Russ

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