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I am using FM 2015 in a Windows 10 environment.
I have run into this problem before, but never this bad.
I generated a PDF.
As per usual, the PDF is formed correctly but FM shows an error message : "FM ran out of memory."
I close FM. Every .fm file now has a corresponding .lck file.
In the past after I've generated a PDF, I've had trouble with, say, one individual file that I had to rebuild. Now it appears that every single file has some kind of problem. FM crashes no matter what. I will have lost several hours of work if I have to go back to an archive copy I, thank God, made before I generated the PDF.
What is causing FM to crash. How can I trouble shoot. Thanks.
Thanks for these comments, Barb.
First off, if anyone has this problem, I finally discovered that the backup files work correctly. I opened each one and saved it as the regular .fm file. For good measure, I created a new book file and reimported everything. Now I have working files.
In answer to your questions:
1. I deleted the .lck files early on and still had all the crashes.
2. I used Save to PDF. I'll try printing to the PDF printer ... if I ever dare to try this again. This took hours, and eve
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Hi Nancy:
A few thoughts:
~Barb
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Thanks for these comments, Barb.
First off, if anyone has this problem, I finally discovered that the backup files work correctly. I opened each one and saved it as the regular .fm file. For good measure, I created a new book file and reimported everything. Now I have working files.
In answer to your questions:
1. I deleted the .lck files early on and still had all the crashes.
2. I used Save to PDF. I'll try printing to the PDF printer ... if I ever dare to try this again. This took hours, and even opening and resaving every file was time-consuming. I guess I'll try renaming the backups manually in Windows Explorer next time, if there is a next time.
3. We are not going to look into FM 19 at this time, because we're going to Flare. FM has too many usability issues, particularly with regard to the strange relationship of the .sts file to the .css file and the paucity of conversion settings, such as the inability to change the alignment of anchored frames for various outputs. Maybe we'll be back if Flare turns out to be equally problematic, and then we'd no doubt explore FM 19 or its successor.
--Nancy