Can't open FM 9 files in FM 9

[Guest]

How to open the file in FM when I get the error message: "it can't be opened with this release of the product"? Even though I try to open the FM 9 file with FM 9.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Going to need more details about what’s going on – were the files created in FM9? Were you able to open them before? What’s changed?

[Arnis Gubins · Accepted solution]

Use any text editor to open the binary .fm file and examine the first bit. It will have something like "<MakerFile 9.0H>" which indicates which version created th file. If it is greater than 9.0, then the file was created in a newer version , which FM9 can't opem. If it doesn't have the <MakerFile..." info a the starf, then it's not a FrameMaker file.

[Guest]

It was created in FM 11... Is it possible to open it in FM 9 then because that's what I have?

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

You’ll need to have them do a Save As for you to open it in FM9

[Arnis Gubins]

Get a MIF version from whomever created the file. FM can open newer versions of MIF files (as it will ignore any newer construct it doesn't understand).

[Bob_Niland]

>> It was created in FM 11

FM11 can only save binary (.fm, .book) as FM11 or FM10.

Have the provider Save-As MIF to .mif, MIF9 if they have that option.

[Bob_Niland]

If it still looks like it's supposed to be an FM file after applying Arnis's test, try a "heroic open".