Orly, This Microsoft hot fix might solve your problems. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909
Best, Baruch On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote: > The other thing the move may have accomplished is eliminating any network > delays that could cause FM to time out waiting for the files to open.... > > One other thing you may try is opening all files in the book before you do > the PDF, which should also eliminate any network issues. > > The 2G RAM and kinda limited free space may be marginal if it's "an > incredibly large book" ... There's a lot of file swapping and temp file > creation involved in the process. > > Art > > Art Campbell > ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com > ?"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a > redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?DoD 358 > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Orly Zimmerman <orlyz at marvell.com> wrote: > >> ?HI Art, >> >> I print directly to the postscript printer called ?Adobe PDF? which I think >> is supplied with FM. I do not use the SAVE AS feature, just from habit >> (using FM from version 5) although I understand that the feature currently >> works in FM8 and is actually needed when I use a third party app on FM. >> >> >> >> As for my computer?s guts? >> >> I have 1.99GB of RAM, running at 1.83 GHz >> >> >> >> My C drive also has 20 GB of free space ? don?t know if that makes a >> difference. >> >> >> >> **A very interesting point and solution**, =?>>>my IT fellow suggested >> moving my files to a folder directly under my C drive, so that Adobe doesn?t >> have to deal with long folder names under a number of other folders. >> >> This seems to have solved the problem, at least for the day. >> >> >> >> Thanks for all your help!! >> Orly Z. >> ?------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:44 PM >> *To:* Orly Zimmerman >> *Cc:* framers at lists.frameusers.com >> *Subject:* Re: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs >> >> >> >> How much RAM and free disk space do you have? Creating the PDF eats up a >> lot and can trigger a crash if it runs out. >> >> Also, you don't mention how you're doing it -- printing to the PDF logical >> printer or trying to use SaveAs... which I think isn't as good as printing >> to the Acrobat printer. >> >> Yes, the hotfix works and doesn't seem to break anything, so it certainly >> wouldn't hurt to roll it on. >> >> Art >> >> Art Campbell >> ? ? ? ? ? ?art.campbell at gmail.com >> ?"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and >> a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?No disclaimers apply. >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? DoD 358 >> >> ?On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Orly Zimmerman <orlyz at marvell.com> >> wrote: >> >> HI All, >> >> I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro >> >> I have a few questions: >> 1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files >> for when FM crashes? >> >> Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my >> conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF, FM >> crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable their >> creation if possible. >> >> Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing >> altogether when attempting to create the PDF - >> >> I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix - >> Question 3: ?Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other >> problems or does it actually fix the problem? >> >> Thanks, >> Orly Z. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. >> >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as baruch at technitext.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
