RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 different purposes. And although version control inherently does backup, it does it inefficiently (uses more space) in the case of unstructured FM's binary files. For binary files,

FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 different purposes. And although version control inherently does backup, it does it inefficiently (uses more space) in the case of unstructured FM's binary files. For binary files,

Fwd: FM Nasty Crash during Localization

2010-08-05 Thread Whites
All - This is a message I sent a few months ago to other FM users in the company (after wasting several hours of my and IT's time on reinstallation). > > > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:15 PM > To: :ITHelpDesk > > > After reinstallation FM crashed again. I tracked down this posting about

RE: Trouble with printing PDF file

2010-08-05 Thread Bethany Lee
This happened to me, and I started by removing the images that were on the page where printing stopped (in your case, page 35), and I found the error quickly. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alan T Li

Re: RANT: FM 9.0 -

2010-08-05 Thread Steve Johnson
And all the people who report bugs with Frame 9 are lying? Have they finally fixed the issue where you can't use cross-reference in text insets? Have they fixed text insets so they don't bleed into the following paragraph? Ah, not to worry. As long as the pods are up all is well in the world. On

Re: Trouble with printing PDF file

2010-08-05 Thread Steve Johnson
I see nothing attached. Try copying in the log file. By "printing" the PDF, you mean creating the PS or TPS file, correct? Try googling the error or posting it on the Adobe Acrobat forum. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Carmelo Scaffidi wrote: > I have created a PDF file from a FrameMaker 8 boo

FrameMaker 9 Crashes

2010-08-05 Thread Ray Saffin
If that works fine. When I had the problem several months ago I was desperate to find any solution that worked for me (Adobe Support having no idea at that time and it being made more difficult by having a corporate license where only the first person registered showed up as "supported"). Ray Ra

FrameMaker 9 Crashes

2010-08-05 Thread Ray Saffin
For those of you who recently reported FrameMaker 9 crashing at the "Localization" screen:, delete the following tree (you may need to enable hidden folders if you haven't already done so and also save elsewhere,for restoration, any files in the FrameMaker sub-directory that you have tailored): C:

FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Orly Zimmerman
Hello Everybody, I'm really at a loss here. I'm hoping someone can help. I have a file (actually a few), which when I try to show all conditions crashes the entire FM book. It also crashes when I open the file on its own and try to show all conditions. This usually happens with files that have a

FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Fred Ridder
Gillian Flato wrote: > I had that problem a few months ago. Check the directory where the files are > kept. Delete all of the lock files. > Before viewing all of the conditions, update your book. Delete any lock > (*.lck) files, than view the conditions. That worked for me. And unless the fil

RE: FrameMaker 9 User Interface Video

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Despopoulos
I just watched this video -- thanks for the reference. I'll say a couple of things: 1) I like some of the new features, especially the Insets browser. This is good stuff. 2) It's also good that some of the previously modal dialogs are modeless. 3) I still maintain that the notion of working w

FrameMaker 9 User Interface Video

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Despopoulos
I just watched this video -- thanks for the reference. I'll say a couple of things: 1) I like some of the new features, especially the Insets browser. This is good stuff. 2) It's also good that some of the previously modal dialogs are modeless. 3) I still maintain that the notion of working w

RE: FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Flato, Gillian
Fred is correct. I also did that and it stopped the problem. (I knew I was forgetting something - Thanks Fred!) Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 *408.545.6316 7 408.232.5911 * gfl...@nanometrics.com

FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Flato, Gillian
Fred is correct. I also did that and it stopped the problem. (I knew I was forgetting something - Thanks Fred!) Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 *408.545.6316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics.com

RE: FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Fred Ridder
Gillian Flato wrote: > I had that problem a few months ago. Check the directory where the files are > kept. Delete all of the lock files. > Before viewing all of the conditions, update your book. Delete any lock > (*.lck) files, than view the conditions. That worked for me. And unless the fi

RE: FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Flato, Gillian
I had that problem a few months ago. Check the directory where the files are kept. Delete all of the lock files. Before viewing all of the conditions, update your book. Delete any lock (*.lck) files, than view the conditions. That worked for me. Thank you,   Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Soft

FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Flato, Gillian
I had that problem a few months ago. Check the directory where the files are kept. Delete all of the lock files. Before viewing all of the conditions, update your book. Delete any lock (*.lck) files, than view the conditions. That worked for me. Thank you, ? Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Soft

FrameMaker 9 Crashes

2010-08-05 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Ray, I would not delete the whole tree, just the Linguists folder. Here is the message I got from someone at Adobe: Hi Rick, It seems that the linguistic folder got corrupted. Pls. delete/rename %Appdata%\Adobe\Linguist folder and then launch FrameMaker. Regards, Megha Rick Quatro Carmen Pu

Re: FrameMaker 9 Crashes

2010-08-05 Thread Ray Saffin
If that works fine. When I had the problem several months ago I was desperate to find any solution that worked for me (Adobe Support having no idea at that time and it being made more difficult by having a corporate license where only the first person registered showed up as "supported"). Ray Ra

RE: FrameMaker 9 Crashes

2010-08-05 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Ray, I would not delete the whole tree, just the Linguists folder. Here is the message I got from someone at Adobe: Hi Rick, It seems that the linguistic folder got corrupted. Pls. delete/rename %Appdata%\Adobe\Linguist folder and then launch FrameMaker. Regards, Megha Rick Quatro Carmen Pu

FrameMaker 9 Crashes

2010-08-05 Thread Ray Saffin
For those of you who recently reported FrameMaker 9 crashing at the "Localization" screen:, delete the following tree (you may need to enable hidden folders if you haven't already done so and also save elsewhere,for restoration, any files in the FrameMaker sub-directory that you have tailored): C:

FM8 crashing upon showing all conditions.

2010-08-05 Thread Orly Zimmerman
Hello Everybody, I'm really at a loss here. I'm hoping someone can help. I have a file (actually a few), which when I try to show all conditions crashes the entire FM book. It also crashes when I open the file on its own and try to show all conditions. This usually happens with files that have a