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April 4, 2012
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Contains no openable non-generated files?

  • April 4, 2012
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My computer shut down when my office lost power, when I got up and running again I saw that my FM file names now had ‘recover’ at the end. So I renamed each one only eliminating the recover part. However when I tried to update the book I got “couldn't update this book because it contains no openable nongenerated files”. Please advise when you have a chance. I am using FM10.

Thanx,

William

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    jimstoic
    Participant
    June 24, 2013

    One of my team members had the same problem. I noticed he was getting lots of missing-font messages. He loaded the fonts and the problem stopped.

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 1, 2012

    To follow on to Jeff's answer...

    Rename to the .recover, open the file normally, do a Save As... over the original file, and you should be fine.

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
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    msrinivas12
    Participant
    November 1, 2012

    This is not a recover file. These files were originally authored in FM 10.

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 2, 2012

    @msrinivas12 It sounds like you have error messages when you are opening your files. Since you mention the FM10 to FM11 transition, are you getting alerts about opening FM 10 files in FM 11?

    What happens if you open all files in book, then do the Print function?

    It's likely that you are either suppressing the Alerts, or that you're used to seeing alerts related to missing/unavailable resources. When FM sees these missing pieces, it halts the print process.

    -Matt

    @mattrsullivan

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2012

    Named them back to .recover & let FM do its thing with them when you try opening the old file.

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    msrinivas12
    Participant
    November 1, 2012

    I get the same error and I'm using FM 11. Can anyone help?

    I'm also unable to print book.

    Thanks!

    - Meera

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