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jackiew51813680
jackiew51813680
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May 13, 2019
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FrameMaker 2019 does not produce files Flare 2019 can import

  • May 13, 2019
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We are using FrameMaker 2019 to convert our pdf files into usable Flare 2019 files and we keep getting these messages:

What can we do to get these two programs to communicate with each other.

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity Expert
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May 13, 2019

PDF is an output format.   If you’re looking to convert the content to another application, you should be using the source files and not a PDF

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
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Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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May 13, 2019

Flare can import FrameMaker FM, MIF and BOOK files.

See here:

https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2017r2/Content/Importing/Flare/Importing-FM-Files.htm

I do not know, whether this import works well or whether you have to adapt the imported content. And I do not know, whether you could round-trip.

Bob_Niland
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Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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May 13, 2019

Well, TIL! But I suspect that they haven't fine-tuned it to work with FM2019 yet.


What is often a killer footnote in the process is:
"Note: You must have FrameMaker installed on your computer in order to import FrameMaker files."

It looks as if Flare runs FM to export the material.
No FM installed; no joy.
FM itself can't open source document; no joy.

Because Flare apparently has to run FM, the APIs for doing that would need to be up to date, or again; no joy.

If the "source" document in this instance is a PDF, recovery might have to be via the various export routes from Acrobat itself, or via some other WP/DTP app that can attempt to open a PDF as an editable document.

Jeff_Coatsworth
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Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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May 13, 2019

AFAIK there's no communication between Flare & FM - you would have to go through some intermediate step like FM to PDF, PDF to Word doc, Word doc to Flare.

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