I agree with Frank. I have used Virtual Box for years and it can definitely ease the transition to a new OS.
Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-729-6746 NEW! -----Original Message----- From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro....@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Frank Stearns Sent: Monday, September 10, 2018 5:28 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Save as PDF with Windows 10 and FM 2015 Hi All - Regarding the various "breakages" in Windows versions for a given FM feature... There is one solution that could be permanent or accessed "in case of emergency": use an emulator. That is, run a virtual version of the desired OS inside the OS version you're forced to use. I've been using Oracle's "VirtualBox" emulator for several years now, and there are other emulators out there as well. You can run just about anything inside of anything. You can have a measure of communication between the two environments. (I can copy and paste between environments, for example, and also elect to access host system hardware, such as USB and ethernet ports. You can also mount host file systems from within the virtual machine.) In my case I have some very old (but vital) custom business applications that only run in XP or older -- but it all lives on a Win7 machine. Recoding those old database apps to run in a newer OS, along with importing all that old data, would be prohibitively expensive. Running the old apps in an emulator costs next to nothing and no old code need be disturbed. So, while I haven't checked, it's quite likely you could run a Win 7 emulation hosted by Win10 -- all while sidestepping the Win10 problems. It's pretty slick. Install Virtualbox on the host machine; this brings up a window that *is* a machine that will run the OS you really want to use. Install the desired OS in the virtual machine and away you go. Frank Stearns Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r) *** IXGEN 7-10 for FrameMaker 10 & newer is HERE! *** fra...@fsatools.com 1-435-275-8981 fsatools.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com