All,
Sorry I couldn't respond to this thread earlier. Driving much of the day
yesterday and I don't "do e-mail" while driving. :)
I am seriously hoping that there was a serious misunderstanding between Ken
Poshedly and the tech support person he spoke with. Maybe a language issue one
of a definition of what a "data file" is.
For the record, there is absolutely no restriction in FrameMaker - any version
- as to where FrameMaker document files (.fm files), FrameMaker book files, or
any assets used by same may reside on a user's system. As long as Windows can
open the file for input and output, FrameMaker can open the document or book.
FrameMaker documents may be on the system volume or any other volume available
under Windows including external drives, SSDs, thumb drives, network shares,
etc.
Then there are the "data files" used internally by FrameMaker including those
in <X:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11\fminit> where X:\Program
Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11 is the location where you designate that
FrameMaker be installed and
<C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\11> where username is the
user's Window login ID. Maybe there was some issue of what happens if you
designate a location for FrameMaker installation that isn't the system volume
or if you move the <C:\Users\username> directory to someplace other than the
system volume. I have not experienced problems with FrameMaker 11 installed on
a volume other than the system volume. I have not attempted to muck around with
location of the <C:\Users\username> directory which could be playing with fire
with not only FrameMaker, but other Windows applications.
Nonetheless, assuming a reasonably normal installation of FrameMaker 11, you
should have no problem with storing your FrameMaker documents and associated
assets anywhere that you can open a file within your system's file system.
- Dov
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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:50 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; techwr-l at techwr-l.com
Subject: RE: "FrameMaker has detected a problem and must quit" Really?!
2013-02-13-03T19:50Z
?_YIKES_!
If Ken was informed correctly, below - and I _really_ hope he was _not_ - then
that effectively rings the death knell of FrameMaker's use by my employer.
It was in only the last month that I got upgraded to FrameMaker 11, but I'm
happy to report that I haven't encountered this type of problem. To conform to
_corporate_requirements_ we have FrameMaker installed on our C:\ drives, but
the files we produce and edit are on a server, so we work with them across our
local area network and, sometimes, the wide-area network.
Dov, if you see this, will you please confirm, modify, or refute the
information Ken posted below?
?Thanks!
Dave Stamm
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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at
lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at
aeris.net<mailto:[email protected]>)
Sent: 2013-02-13-Wednesday 14:24
To: Fred Ridder; poshedly at bellsouth.net<mailto:poshedly at bellsouth.net>;
robert at lauriston.com<mailto:robert at lauriston.com>; framers at
lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>; techwr-l at
techwr-l.com<mailto:techwr-l at techwr-l.com>
Subject: RE: "FrameMaker has detected a problem and must quit" Really?!
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly at
bellsouth.net<mailto:poshedly at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
> I just learned from Adobe tech support (via phone call) that the permissions
> in
> FrameMaker 11.0 have been modified so that the data files should also be on
> the
> same hard drive where FM 11.0 is installed. Working across drives (FM here,
> data
> files there) is no longer an accepted practice -- at least not with FM11.
Seriously? I can understand network-based locations causing issues, but I have
_never_ seen a problem where an executable (FrameMaker or otherwise!) is on one
drive and the "data" files are on a separate drive _on the *same* system_.
In fact, I do this right now - my C drive is the usual location for all
executables (FrameMaker, Office, compilers, etc.) and my E drive contains all
my other files (including the books and files I work on).
And, I do not have any problems with this setup whatsoever. I am surprised that
Adobe thinks that this would be a problem in any way! If really accurate, this
would be a strange, and completely unacceptable, artificial constraint.
Z
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