Questions

Working on a document for a client that they want the pages to be numbered based on the heading.  When a new heading starts Basically:Section Title 1 - 1Section Title 1 - 2Section Title 1 - 3Section Title 2 - 1Section Title 2 - 2Section Title 2 - 3... I work off of a template and it is currently set up that the writer has to manually type in the section title and page number.  With page shifting and the vast number of documents that this will be applied to, is there a way to put this numbering on the master page and automate everything?  I can set up a variable for the section title easially, but having the numbering reset every time I create a new section title is where I am stuck. TIA

With all the powerful formatting tools available in FM, a DropCap feature is still lacking. I know it can be created using Anchored Frames, but I'm not a fan of this option as it requires manual manipulation of the text and I find the spacing always looks a little off to me.I was wondering if anyone in the community has found other workarounds for creating DropCaps effectively without having to use Anchored Frames.(Would be nice if there was an option to have the text aligned to the top of the line and not the bottom :-)).Thanks,Quintin

Hi There, There was a business need to apply customized template  as per company branding to existing document. However, after applying the template, I am facing the below mentioned issue:   The screenshot shown on page 3 should be on page 2 just below the bar. I tried deleting page 2, but that deleted page 3 as well. I tried giving backspace and click the delete button as well, but that didn't move the screenshot above. I mapped the styles, style definitions, reference pages, master pages of this document with the existing published document, but everything was same. It is strange because the same styles and definitions are used in our existing document and we are not facing any such issue, but after applying template we got this issue. I want the output as below:  I tried almost every workaround that I was aware of, but the issue still persists.  Can someone please help me in resolving this issue? 

I have just upgraded from FM2019 to FM2020, Update 2. (Did a test earlier this year, but went back to FM2019.)Now I have converted an old document and generated a pdf file, no problems at all.But when I generate responsive HTML 5, the output looks terrible. The settings.sts file isn't used. Or perhaps just partly used.FM2020 can't even open the sts file, I get an error message saying "Please save the document" when I try to open it. (It can be opened using notepad, so the file isn't locked.)How can I use my FM2019 settings.sts file in FM2020?

I can't find any specific info about this. Nothing specifies they only appear for .fm files so have to ask. The Lock File on Network option is activated. *.lck files appear for opened *.fm files but do not appear for *.dita files. Why is that? This is causing us problems. 

I've just converted a FM2019 document to FM2020. When I open the newly published pdf I get the following message: I have never seen this before. Any FM2020 setting I have missed? 

When I generate my book file, I get the following error in the log:Show/Hide setting for Hidden is inconsistent. Does anyone have suggestions on how to troubleshoot and fix this?thanks,Janie Gulley

I'm trying to download the latest FM20 update, the one from June 2nd. But when I click the "Download for all available Updates" I get the following error:

I have just launched my demo version of Framemaker and the interface is behaving in all kinds of bizarre and completely messed up ways.  This is what I get when I launch it, and it is clearly not right: And then when I click on the file menu and then pull the mouse pointer downwards over the items in the menu, the file menu collapses and another menu opens to the right. In the next screenshot, the mouse pointer was just below the word "File" when this menu to the right unfurled. In fact it happens with all the menus. When I click on a menu and pull the mouse pointer down to get to the items in the menu, that menu collapses and another menu so many places to the right unfurls instead.I came across several other bits of messed up GUI behaviour as well, although I didn't manage to note these down. Why is Framemaker malfunctioning so wildly?

Hello,I want to create a form directly from FrameMaker and print it as an interactive PDF.Does anyone give me a hint?Thanks in advance

Hi community,I try to get external links of doc using markers. I filter markers with type 'Hypertext' and search in them 'www', 'http'. Problem is that when working with big file, that contains more than 30000 markers FrameMaker crashes.Here is the code that I use:function getLinksFromDoc(oDoc) { var marker = oDoc.FirstMarkerInDoc var dLinks = {}; var lTemp; while (marker.id) { if (marker.MarkerTypeId.Name = 'Hypertext' && (marker.MarkerText.match('URL') || marker.MarkerText.match('http') || marker.MarkerText.match('www') ) ) { markerText = marker.MarkerText; lTemp = markerText.split(' '); for (var i = 0; i < lTemp.length; i++) { if (lTemp[i].match('http') || lTemp[i].match('www')) { dLinks[lTemp[i]] = 1; } } } marker = marker.NextMarkerInDoc; } return dLinks; } Does anybody know how to get only markers with specific type? What can I do to optimize the code?

Hallo NGBeim Installieren erhlate ich die Meldung, dass "Ihr Browser oder Betriebssystem wird nicht mehr unterstützt.....Windoes 10 21h1 Enterpriese 64 Bit Kann jemand weiterhelfen? GrussEric

Hello Guys, After generating the PDF from FrameMaker, when opening the file I receive the message that there is insufficient data. I looked for updates although apparently, I have the latest installed.  Any suggestions?Thank you

Hello Guys, Is it possible to delete one single change bar without having to clear all?  Daniela

I'm seriously worried about "raising the bar" of software reqirements in the post for software versions which aren't current (like FrameMaker 2019). This means a perfectly running combination of older software in an older OS (e.g. in a VM) can stop working one day for no reason, correct? The stereotypical answer of "just get the latest version" while pushing people from using their perpetual licenses into subscription is not a proper solution.

Hello All, I have been producing complex tables of contents, lists, and indexes from unstructured FrameMaker books using ExtendScript and XML. I want to do a case-study and webinar to demonstrate the process I am using. Please let me know if you need a "generated" file that FrameMaker can't accomodate with its list and index features. Examples include picking up marker and paragraph data, information from master pages and variables, or the desire to present the information in a table. I am looking for a good document set that I can use in a case-study and webinar. In exchange, I will provide the scripts for you at no cost. Thank you very much. -Rick

It looks like the Extendscript documentation for the book method (page 599) has been swapped with that for the document (page 714), so the note about ImportFmtInclude is missing for the book, but is superflous for a document. I have created a bug report for this documetation error FRMAKER-10499 The other part to this error, is how can the ImportFmtInclude be cleared or set, through the user interface? It is easily manipulated from Extendscript or c++, but I can find no reference to it in the user manual, at least for 2019. Also, is it a bug that a generated document, the table of contents, which is unstructured in my customers environment, does not have this property cleared? Jon

Hallo, ich möchte direkt aus FrameMaker ein Formular erstellen und als interaktives PDF ausdrucken. Ich freue mich auf Hinweise. Danke im Voraus

We have installed the application Adobe FrameMaker 2019 to a server(Windows 2012 R2) which we use periodically to process large number of .cgm files (16000 - 35000).When we start the conversion, we could see the processing through application's GUI screen.The conversion process is carried out without any problem if we keep of RDP screen open but when we minimize or close(X) the RDP screen(not log out) then the application enters idle state and the conversion process is paused. The conversion process continues again when we maximize the RDP screen or when we login again. We would like to how to make the Frame maker to continue processing even when we minimize or close(not log out) the RDP screen.

Each time I try to select a different STS file (or navigate to one), the Publish dialog closes immediately and FM crashes (usually).   I'm working with files on my desktop and I've tried to update my FM 2019, but FM tells me i'm up-to-date. Thanks  

We've successfully moved from unstructured to structured FrameMaker, creating an extensive EDD to cater for the different elements (type of content) our documents contain. This is working very well for us. Now we want to move to the next step - using DITA. Just like starting out with Structured FM, I'm at a complete loss where to begin.I've watched a number of YT videos on the topic, but most seems to go with the assumption that you're already familiar with DITA. I need something that goes back to real basics. Can anyone point me in the right direction?Thanks,Quintin 

Hello, I’ve had the privilege of trading in one laptop for another. This has meant a new version of FrameMaker.When I open some old files, however, I get a ton of messages about  unavailable fonts.For example:“The ‘Agaramond-Regular’ Font is unavailable.‘Times New Roman’ will be used in this session.” Where / how can I get the Adobe fonts I need?I'm using FrameMaker 2019. Kind regards, Fred Gerke

Can blank space be removed automatically when I donnot select the conditional tags that I have added to a table, sentence, or paragraph? Or how can i remove these blank space?

  

I downlaod and installed Framemaker_15_x64_LREFDJ (the latest as of yesterday) for Windows. However, when I try to launch it, nothing showed up. I follow suggestions in a similar thread (https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/fm-2019-fails-to-launch-after-seemingly-successful-installation/m-p/10116070#M57649), but could not get anywhere.BTW, I installed earlier Framemaker 2019 version in the last couple of years without any launching issue. And I have been a Framermaker user for 3 decades and rarely had issues.