I am using FM 10 on Windows 7 and unable to get this PDF import functionality to work properly. I have read the documentation thoroughly and am certain I am following every detail given. I keep getting an error/warning message telling me that the source files have changed -- although they have not. Consequently, none of the comments will import.
It may be worth noting that I was able to get this functionality to work using the default template files in FM as a test. However, when I use this on our company's book files, the problem I am describing occurs.
Do you close (without saving) the .fm file after you create the PDF? Do you have auto-saving turned on? Source-control? Basically, are you performing any sort of manipulation to the file after the PDF is created?
My understanding of what I've read about the importing comments feature is that the originating FM document has to remain intact so that the "merge" of comments knows where to put each comment. I don't think it has anything to do with which template you use (unless your templates have some sort of scripting in them that causes changes to the document).
That was my point in explaining that it did work with the stock templates and not with my own books. In neither case did I change the documents and my procedure was identical, so in theory it should have worked the same on both, although it did not.
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