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1. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 11, 2012 3:40 PM (in response to M_Boyd)Oh, I forgot to mention that I closed Frame before editing maker.ini and restarted it afterward.
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2. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth Jan 12, 2012 6:35 AM (in response to M_Boyd) -
3. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 12, 2012 8:54 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)A few weeks ago, I tried editing the maker.ini file under the Program Files directory. I had to go though some hoops. Even though I have admin privs on my computer, I cannot edit the file and save it. However, I can save it to a different location and then copy the edited version over the original version. (I realize that makes no sense, but Windows doesn't always make sense.) Anyway, after I did that I couldn't open Frame. I had to uninstall and reinstall it.
But apparently other people are editing the maker.ini file in that location, so I tried it again. Same results. FrameMaker generates a log file when I try to open it that shows a stack trace.
This is annoying. I've been using FrameMaker since version 3, and I've edited the .ini file who knows how many times. What's up with version 10??
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4. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth Jan 12, 2012 9:10 AM (in response to M_Boyd)Hmm, looks like some crap got copied into my last reply.
Are you running Win7 or Vista? In those newer O/S's you have to give yourself (as admin) the rights to mess around with your own C:\ drive - it doesn't automatically follow when being an admin like it used to under WinXP. Mr. Bill's just trying to protect us from ourselves ;>)
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5. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 12, 2012 9:38 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Windows 7. How do I give myself privileges?
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6. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth Jan 12, 2012 9:54 AM (in response to M_Boyd)From what I remember, you have to use Explorer to get down to the C:\ drive root, then right-click and select Security (or something like that) and give yourself Full Control. It will take a while as it goes through and applies the change to all files & folders under C:\
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7. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 12, 2012 11:04 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Thanks for the info. But I don't think I'll try editing the maker.ini file again. Uninstalling and reinstalling is eating way too much of my time!
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8. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth Jan 12, 2012 11:15 AM (in response to M_Boyd)What are you uninstalling & reinstalling? There's no need to do that as far as I can see from your posts.
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9. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 12, 2012 11:22 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Read my third post more carefully. Both times I've made a change to maker.ini under the \Program Files, Frame won't start again until I uninstall and reinstall.
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10. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth Jan 12, 2012 11:36 AM (in response to M_Boyd)You shouldn't have to reinstall it - just restore the backup copy of the maker.ini you made before monkeying with its innards. You did make a copy, didn't you ;>)
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11. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Bob Niland (Error 7103) Jan 12, 2012 11:39 AM (in response to M_Boyd)Both times I've made a change to maker.ini under the \Program Files, Frame won't start again until I uninstall and reinstall.
When you did that, were you doing anything about the custom copy under /Users//AppData ?
Frame is obviously checking both locations, and I'm wondering if having a newer mod timestamp on the "master" file vs. the "user" file is what's causing it to enter self-destruct-enable mode.
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12. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 12, 2012 11:47 AM (in response to Bob Niland (Error 7103))Since I tried editing the file under /Users/AppData first, then it's true that the master copy would have had a later time stamp.
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13. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 12, 2012 1:28 PM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Yes, I made a backup, and I did try restoring the backup .ini file before reinstalling. Believe me, I tried several things.
It doesn't make any sense to me, either. It looks like something else is becoming corrupted. If I wanted to spend a lot of quality time with Adobe Support, I might be able to get to the bottom of it. But since it only happens when I try to edit the master maker.ini file, I don't think it's worth pursuing.
My original assumption was that I should be able to make the change in the personal maker.ini under \Users\AppData and that would have an effect. When it didn't have any effect, I thought I was just entering the setting incorrectly, which is why I posted here. But I've tried entering your setting, and:
- Entering it in the personal maker.ini has no effect.
- Entering it (or anything else) in the master maker.ini corrupts something and I have to reinstall.
At this point, I'll just be content to live with the .ini file as it is.
Thanks for the responses.
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14. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth Jan 12, 2012 1:48 PM (in response to M_Boyd)Were you able to give yourself "full rights" as a local admin?
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15. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd Jan 13, 2012 1:12 PM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Yes -- thanks!
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16. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
lsk2002 Jan 13, 2012 1:47 PM (in response to M_Boyd)A topic on an email from framers@lists.frameusers.com was to copy and paste straight from a Word document. Below was the correct answer and it works great.
Although a co-worker of mine told me just to use paste special and select text...didn't know that.
Edit the line:
ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIFW, MIF,
RTF, UNICODE TEXT, TEXT
Change the line to:
ClipboardFormatsPriorities=UNICODE TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB,
BMP, MIFW, MIF, RTF, TEXT
ls
Message was edited by: lsk2002
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17. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
kmacdowe+brdcom May 1, 2012 3:33 PM (in response to M_Boyd)M Boyd I am having the same problems with FM10 now. The ini changes do not work and if I modify the Program Files instance FM blows up and I have to reinstall. Did anyone solve this mystery?
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18. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd May 1, 2012 3:36 PM (in response to kmacdowe+brdcom)No. Nothing I tried worked, and I got tired of reinstalling the product. Sorry I can't be more help.
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19. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
kmacdowe+brdcom May 1, 2012 3:51 PM (in response to M_Boyd)Thanks for letting me know. Very frustrating for a product to go backwards
in usability.
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20. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth May 2, 2012 7:32 AM (in response to kmacdowe+brdcom)Are you running Win7? Editing the maker.ini's shouldn't cause FM to fail to launch - are you getting an actual error message?
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21. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd May 2, 2012 8:48 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Jeff, you asked about Win7 back in Feb. :-)
As I explained before, whenever I edit the .ini file under \Program Files, Frame won't open and generates a log that shows a stack trace.Uninstalling and reinstalling is the only way to resolve the problem.
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22. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Jeff_Coatsworth May 2, 2012 9:05 AM (in response to M_Boyd)@M_Boyd - Sorry, I was replying to @kmacdowe+brdcom to see if they were running the same o/s as you. My suspicion in your case is something to do with rights. If you're getting a hard error, I hope you've sent it into the FM tech guys and reported it to Adobe Support.
I've just installed a copy of TCS3 on a Win7 laptop, so I'll have a chance to see if I can reproduce what you've reported, as I use the TEXT paste quite often while hauling material in from Word.
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23. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd May 2, 2012 9:10 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)Sorry Jeff! Yes, I did send the log to Adobe support.
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24. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Reviewer1066 May 2, 2012 10:12 AM (in response to M_Boyd)It is my understanding that one should not edit the maker.ini file that is in the Programs directory. Each user has a personal copy located in:
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\9(or 10)
This maker.ini file is not a full copy of the one in Programs but it contains your personal changes. So try adding or editing the line in that file. When FrameMaker opens it first reads the file in the Programs folder and then the one in your Documents and Settings folder.
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25. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd May 2, 2012 11:44 AM (in response to Reviewer1066)Already tried that. See my post from Jan 12.
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26. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Arnis Gubins May 2, 2012 12:32 PM (in response to M_Boyd)Melanie,
Did you have all 11 parameters in the modified entry separated by a comma and a space?
Was the maker.ini file saved as an ascii text file (i.e. what editor did you use)?
It really doesn't matter whether you edit the main maker.ini in the Program Files area or the user specific one, just keep in mind that the user-specific version is read last and the settings there will override the Program Files maker.ini settings.
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27. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd May 2, 2012 12:42 PM (in response to Arnis Gubins)Yes, I tried it with all 11 entries properly formatted.
I used Notepad++, so yes, it's an ASCII file.
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28. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Mike Wickham May 2, 2012 2:16 PM (in response to Reviewer1066)It is my understanding that one should not edit the maker.ini file
that is in the Programs directory.
Unless you want the changes to apply to all users.
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29. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
Arnis Gubins May 2, 2012 10:02 PM (in response to M_Boyd)Melanie,
I just re-read your original posting and when you say that editing the user-specific maker.ini has no effect, are you doing this for FM-to-FM or other-app-to-FM pastes? FM-to-FM pastes have always carrried along the formatting (even since FM3 ). You need to test this by copying formatted content from another app like Word or from a browser.
If you want to paste unformatted FM text, then use the "ctrl+shift+v" (paste special) and then "t" (for text) and then "enter" as a shortcut.
Not being able to edit the Program Files area maker.ini in place indicates a configuration issue on your machine that you need to resolve.
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30. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
M_Boyd May 3, 2012 7:57 AM (in response to Arnis Gubins)Arnis, that's it! I was testing within FM. All this fuss because I was being lazy.... Geez!
Yes, the problems with editing the master .ini file are probably environmental. But since I can edit my personal .ini, I'm not so worried about it.
Thanks!
Melanie
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31. Re: ClipboardFormatsPriorities maker.ini setting in Frame 10?
kmacdowe+brdcom Jun 6, 2012 11:44 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)June, 6, 2012: - Jeff, sorry for the late response to what Op Sys and FM I am using. I was/am using Windows XP and FM10.
Today I am able to edit the program-maker.ini file using Notepad (ASCI) without blowing up FM. I am not sure what changed.
Now I cannot copy and paste tables within FM10. I willl start a new thread about that if I cannot solve it.