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Will FMv9 work after installing FMv12?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:17:13 GMT

Running Win7/64-bit. Have been running FMv7 and FMv9 for some time now.

Recently, I installed v12 and had tinkered with it for a few days before getting around to opening v9 - at which time I've discovered v9 will not start. With splash screen up, only Localization starts, and then "Internal Error 9004, 6921628, 9677518, 0. FrameMaker detected a serious problem and must quit."

I cannot know if v12 installation affected v9, since I had used my pc, worked business as usual, etc. for days before getting around to going into v9.

I am also tinkering with third part add-ons, so I might back track and find this myself. All I am really asking for at this point is for confirmation that v9 and v12 will can be expected to play nice together?

Thanks,

Dave

FMv7, Open With/File Association

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:32:54 GMT

Installed FMv9 after installing FMv7.

On file server, v7 files now show v9 Icon.

When doubleclicking v7 files, they open in v9.

When right clicking v7 file, to Open With, v7 is not listed as an option. If I Browse to v7.exe and select it, the Open With dialog still does not show v7.

We have to abort Open With, start FMv7, and then drag v7 file onto FM program window. Or, in FMv7 program, do File Menu > Open and navigate to v7 file.

What happened to the File Association to FM v7? And why can we not open v7 files via Open With?

Thanks,

Dave

What happened to Full FM?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:01:23 GMT

Yesterday, I downloaded FM v12 Trial, upgraded to full version with license/serial number, and used it with some existing .fm files for initial testing.

Today, using same icon on Start Menu and/or Desktop, I only have XML Author.

What happened to full install?

Unable to scroll away from Page 1

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:23:08 GMT

Running WinXP, SP3, Acrobat 7.0.9 Professional.

It's as if there is a perpetual link to Page 1.

Document contains 336 pages, including a hyperlinked Index at back.

When I do this: This happens:

Click into vertical scroll bar, below scroll button Screen blinks in response to mouse click, but does not scroll to Page 2.

Click vertical scroll bar, on line-scroll/down-arrow Lines scroll until bottom of page, then refresh takes me back to top of Pg 1,

Click blue page nav button at bottom of window Document goes into a loop where the screen flickers - as if trying to go to next

page, but returns to Page 1 on its own.

Use Search for a Text String, then click a result Screen blinks in response to mouse click and I see the target page for a fraction

of time, but view stays on Page 1.

What I've tried for troubleshooting: Results:

Click and Drag vertical scroll button Upon release of mouse, view returns to Page 1 - UNLESS I drag to a page very

late in the file. Intermittently, I cannot get this to work either. After releasing,

and some random page (where I dragged to) appears, I can scroll all I want, per

normal scrolling behaviour. If I scroll to Page 5 or so, and above, the view

jumps to Page 1, and "second verse same as the first" (it all starts again).

Deleted all Destinations, then did SAVE AS. No affect. Save As protects original file's content/condition.

Deleted all Bookmarks, then saved file. No affect. Now working in new copy of file to preserve original.

Tried different settings for View > Page Layout. No affect.

Can anyone help? Are there other things to try in chasing this down?

Thanks,

Dave

Wichita, KS

How to View Meta Data for a .fm File?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:45:20 GMT

Running WinXP Pro, SP2 and FM 7.0.

Would like to view items such as a document's Dictionary and default zoom level. How can I get to this data?

Thanks,

Dave

Error when opening a .fm file w/ double-click

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:07:18 GMT

WinXP/Pro, patched up.

FrameMaker 7.0p579

On a network drive, when I double-click to open most .fm files, I get critical error and FM load aborts.

This does not happen when I do this for files on local hard drive.

For the net drive files, if I first open FrameMaker THEN double click the file, all is normal.

I understand this is related to long pathnames (we certainly have that!!); and I can verify by shortening a directory or filename to only a few characters.

My question is whether I can change code in one of my .ini files to remedy this.

Others in my group do not have the issue. In fact, frustrating me is that some of them are running FM v7.0p578, while others are also running p579.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dave

How To: TOC or LOF stored inside Document

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:47:06 GMT

Running FM 7.0p579 and WinXP Pro/SP2.
Issue Background:
EDD is well modified from original Spec.
Structured doc contains two Elements, Contents and Illuslist.
Each contains a list of entries - all are Hotlinked, like a Generated List in a Book File.
Each element, when selected in Structure View, highlights a large chuck of content (ie, all the entries in the associated list) in Doc View. For the Contents element, which occurs as first child in Structure, the selected content includes the top titles in the doc.
In doc view, list content can be edited; however, after clicking into a line, one use of cursor arrow (eg, UP), takes insertion point to top of content chunk.
New entries can be entered, but only using Soft Returns and tweaking settings in Para Designer.

My Question(s):
1) How are these lists created? First answer might involve the tocentry attribute that is on some elements; but it is not on all the elements to which these linked list entries go.
2) How to update the lists using some "auto-generate" function? The files are stand-alone and not part of any Book File. As far as my users recall, the files never have been part of a Book.

Can anyone provide insight here?
Regards,
Dave

Point Page Numbering in FM 8?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:05:26 GMT

Does FM 8 allow Point-Page Numbering? That is, i might want to insert a page between Page 2 and Page 3. However, I want the new page to be numbered 2.1.
Is this available?

Thanks,
Dave

Filling Tables by Column not by Rows

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:52:28 GMT

User has ExCel file that contains a single column of hundreds of entries sorted ascending from top to bottom.
After import into FM7, we add three columns; then we want to tell FM7 to wrap the single column so it fills from top to bottom (Col 1 first), then left to right (Col 2 thru 4), Page 1 first; then onto Page 2 and after.
Could someone tell me if we can do this, and if yes, how?

Thanks.
Dave

Mstr Pg Text Bx not showing on Body Pg

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:40:16 GMT

Running WinXP/Pro, SP2 and FM 7.0p579.
Text Boxes installed on Master Page do not show up on Body Page -- as they used to! This is in a file that was fine last time it was edited, but now, the box is missing from view.
On Master Page, it looks normal. If I give the border a pen assignment, or if I enter data into the box, the border and content will show on Body Page. Previously, the box showed on Body Page with View > Borders turned on.
My process:
On Master Page, I draw a text box and select 'Template for Body Page Text Frame'. I assign an unused Flow Tag because I do not want it connected anywhere. I then go to Object Properties and remove the Tag and disable Autoconnect.
This is a process I've used for years, but suddenly is not working.

Any ideas?
Dave

Validating Files in Book File

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:59:03 GMT

Running FM 7.0, patched-up; Win XP Pro/SP2.

Book file contains several files, all of which are known to contain unset, required attributes and missing/invalid Structure.
Book file is not using valid EDD itself, so displays invalid Element at top, "NoName". Element > Validate caught this invalid HLE at first run, and I clicked to Allow Special Case. But no other error in file set would get caught.
Now, even when I click Clear Special Cases, the HLE in Book File will not get caught.
Individually, files will validate normally, even allowing and clearing special cases will toggle.

Suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave

BookMarks revert to previous destination

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:28:05 GMT

Adobe Acrobat 5.05/Prof (WinXP/Pro, SP2)
[Edited Acrobat Version, 6/10/08]
Top four Bookmarks revert to previous destination. If clicking between two of them, a flickering loop starts; where each one reverts to the other.
If I drag vertical scroll button out of these top four bookmarks, everything works - until I click to one of the four offending ones again. When I do, the offending Bookmark works until I click off it again. When I click off it - no matter what Bookmark I choose, the system reverts to this destination and loop begins again.

Detailed process looks like this:
(1) Start at one of the top four Bookmarks in the file.
(2) Click from that Bookmark to any other, everyting is ok.
(3) Click to any Bookmark - other than top four offending ones - and everything is ok.
(4) Click to one of the top four offending ones, and everything is ok.
(5) Trouble begins here: Click to ANY Bookmark and the destination appears for only a moment, then reverts to the previous one.
(5a) If the Bookmark selected in (5) is one of the top four offending ones, it also reverts to previous destination - which is one of the offending ones. This starts a flickering loop where the two destinations are blinking on display in a never-ending loop.
(6) I interrupt the looping by dragging the vertical scroll button anyplace outside the top four offending destinations.

Is this clear as mud? Too much info?
Any suggestions?
TIA, Dave.