"Odd Suffix" error message

[_Amy_Enderson_]

I am working in FM 7.0 (structured) & I have a document that was created months ago. I have been periodically updating the document and saving it without any issues. For some reason, when I tried to save the document this morning after making some routine changes to it, I got the following error message: "The document was saved to a temporary file, but FrameMaker can't rename it to have the correct name. The newer version has an odd suffix." I did NOT change the file name, type, or location. I can save the document to my desktop with no problem, but when I try to copy it back into my folder so I can add it into my book, I get the same error message. Ack! Any suggestions? I even tried creating an entirely new document and copying the contents of the existing file into it... same deal. When I saved the document on its own, it saved fine, but when I try to add it to my book, I get the error message.

[Art_Campbell]

That's the message that normally appears after some change to the network drives, owners or permissions is implemented... or a network failure occurs so that FM can't see the original -- note that the network hiccup could just be something that's happening in passing and it may resolve itself.

Rebooting may clear it, and you should also try doing a SaveAs.

Art

[Arnis_Gubins]

Amy,

There was an issue with Structured FM that was fixed in the FM7.1
update that pertains to this:

641898 All FrameMaker® generates ambiguous error message for
read/write rule inaccessibility

If you save an XML file using an application for which the read/write
rule file is inaccessible, due to wrong path or some other reason,
FrameMaker® gives an error message "The document was saved to a
temporary file, but FrameMaker® can't rename it to have the correct
name. The newer version has an odd suffix" . Please refer to the log
file for a more appropriate description of the problem.


Also, as Art suggests, sometimes problems in the file management
create these. FM does a three-step when saving a file. First it writes
the newly saved contents to a temporary file with a random
three-character extension. Then when this has successfully completed,
it renames the old FM file to the .backup.fm file and then copies the
random three-character extension file to the .fm file location. Disk
space/access/permission issues anywhere along the route can leave you
with the "odd suffix" message and files.

[_Amy_Enderson_]

Thanks much to both of you... closing FM & reopening it did the trick! Easy fix... phew!

[Russ Ward]

I have also gotten this error when an OLE object went corrupt. It can happen quite spontaneously.