File size/page # limitations

[adrianaharper]

Hi all, using TCS2 on Windox 7 64 bit.

Has anyone experienced file size limitations with this product? I'm linking (by reference) a 1200+ (and still growing) FM book composed of numerous chapters, etc. And I find that RH is getting slower and slower each time I update (which is to be expected I suppose). However, it also seems to be flakier (more prone to random crashing) the bigger my FM book gets.

Has anyone on here found that after a certain # of pages or file size, this process just simply doesn't work anymore? I would rather know now, than later, that the tool won't scale with my projects.

Thanks,

Adriana

[Art Campbell]

There isn't a limitation in Frame itself, but your hardware resources may impose one.

Obviously, more RAM is better, and you need enough free space on your primary hard drive(s) for the temp files that are created by Frame as it runs.

Although Adobe's official requirements are lower, I think that you should have ~4G RAM and be working with nice large, fast drives.

Another limitation may be imposed by your network setup. If the files are stored on servers, there's a lot of opening, transferring, and closing of files going on.

Cheers,

Art

[adrianaharper]

Thanks, Art. Is there a limitation to what RH can handle when linking with FM?

As I understand it from your comment, as long as my computer is 'keeping up' (RAM, networks, etc.) I should be fine... that would be excellent news!

-A

[Art Campbell · Accepted solution]

Yeah, so long as you have enough horsepower that you don't doze off during updates, the files and program will keep on chugging.

RH -- I'm not sure about; I know more about FM than RH. I'd try asking in the FrameMaker Integration forum here or the TCS User's Group at http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?hl=en.

[Matt-Tech Comm Tools]

afik, the same applies to RH and TCS integration

-Matt

[adrianaharper]

Thanks everyone, good info to know.

Cheers

-Adriana