Batch convert mif files to FM files

[karolm75328421]

Hi, all

Please do any one know a solution that may batch-convert mif files back to fm format?

[Winfried Reng]

Hi,

There are a number of scripts or plugins. Those which come to my mind are:

https://www.squidds.de/en/products/finalyser/basic-package-for-fm/

There is a command FM <-> MIF to convert between these formats. Not free.

https://www.itl.eu/en/technical-documentation/i-frame-framescript.html

One of the packages has a command to convert between FM and MIF. I use it regularly. Requires FrameScript. Not free.

http://www.frameexpert.com/store/index.html

Rick Quatro has a ConvertDocs plugin. Not free.

Or you write an ExtendScript script yourself.

Best regards

Winfried

[frameexpert]

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[Bob_Niland]

It might be worth exploring why this conversion seems necessary.

If it's just a matter of file naming, filename.mif can simply be renamed to filename.fm, and FM will open it without complaint.

[frameexpert]

This is true, but they are still two different file types. FM files are binary FrameMaker files, while MIF files are text files containing Maker Interchange Format content. MIF files are usually quite a bit larger than the corresponding FM files.

[Bob_Niland]

re: … but they are still two different file types.

Sure, but my question is about what's giving rise to the need to convert.
If, for example, it's just a matter of some server archive script looking only for .fm and .book files, the re-name hack works.