MIF Wash Utility is not available in the FrameMaker 2022 environment.

[sa_na]

When we migrated our environment to a new PC, we installed the latest version of FrameMaker 2022.
I followed the steps in the following URL to set up the MIF Wash Utility.

https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/how-to-use-mifwash-utility-in-framemaker.html

Every time I start FrameMaker, I get the following error message
Unable to initialize the API client “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2022\fminit\BookComponentMIFWash.dll”.

I have been able to use the MIF Wash Utility without any problems with FrameMaker 2022, which is an update from FrameMaker 2019, which I have been using.

Please let me know if there is a solution to this problem.
Thank you in advance.

[Russ Ward · Accepted solution]

It's probably because Adobe did not recompile the DLL for FM2022 update 4, which broke all plugins:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/framemaker-2022-update-4-disables-some-api-cli...

If that's the case, you would need Adobe to make a new build. I guess that is not on their to-do checklist while breaking things.

Russ

[sa_na]

Thank you very much.
It seems to be caused by the topic you referred us to.
We will make a request to Adobe.

[Winfried Reng · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can also install FM 17.0.3, which still supports plugins and scripting.

Best regards, Winfried

[Bob_Niland]

sa_na: Please let me know if there is a solution to this problem.

While wating for Adobe to fix it, you can revert to the traditional way of doing a MIF wash:

1. save .book & .fm files(s) as the most recent MIF variant
2. close them
3. re-open them as .mif
4. re-save them as .book & .fm files(s)

[sa_na]

Thank you very much.
We will use your suggested method this time.