Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

2020-08-31 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain 
Thanks, Monique!

Yes, I found that approach mentioned in my archives for this list, and tried 
it. Did improve things a bit – the menu is more readable and the icons show up. 
Although still very small for both.

I just have to be very careful with my mouse positioning when I click, but I am 
not using FM12 much at all, so not an issue.

Also, I am using a Logitech mouse (an MX-3 Master) on that Mac that is way 
better than the trackpad (I like multiple buttons – not used to multiple finger 
pad access!).

Though, I’ll just have to display the Mac on my large 27” display (it is 4K, so 
still will have small menus) to make things readable to my aging eyes.

Z

Monique Semp wrote:


  *   My external monitor isn't a retina display, but it's a high-res 
(2560x1600) Dell that seems to have needed similar settings. I'm running 
Windows via Parallels on my 2017 MacBook Pro, and the relevant setting in my 
shortcut menu for starting FrameMaker (Frame 2015 -- I haven't used it in a 
while, but it's still installed) is in the Compatibility tab of the shortcut 
properties. I've selected "Override high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling 
performed by: System".

That seems to have worked well for FrameMaker and a few other Windows programs 
that otherwise had impossibly small menu bar/icons/etc.

HTH,
-Monique

On 8/30/20 12:12 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:

Hi, all.



I am moving to another laptop - a Macbook Pro (older generation - not the last 
two hardware versions) that has a retina display and is much faster than this 
2-core Lenovo I am migrating from.



This is a quad-core Intel I-7 and quite faster than the Lenovo, even though it 
is old. My son's old laptop, recently fully refurbished by Apple - new 
*everything* in it for very little cost, and in beautiful condition!



Since it is a Macbook, I am running Parallels (version 16) with a clean install 
of Windows 10 Pro, to get access to my Windows applications.



The Windows applications have been running fine for a while, so today, I moved 
FrameMaker 12 to it (was reminded by the recent discussion on licenses)!



The installation went smoothly - no licensing hiccups luckil, and I have 
installed all four updates too. So, it is now at 12.0.4 ...



I selected large, color icons to start. However, when I start FM, I get a tiny, 
almost impossible to read, menu bar, and the icons do not show at all. I have 
tried changing to grayscale (carefully picking the menu item!) and small icons 
without success. The pop-up menus are a bit small too, but usable.



The Mac, of course, has a 2800 x 1800 retina resolution, but Parallels runs 
Windows 10 with a font mag of 300% and all other Windows applications seem to 
run fine.



Is there anybody else running FM under Parallels without these problems? Is 
there some setting (perhaps in the INI file for FM12) that could correct for 
this?



Thanks!



Z

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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

2020-08-31 Thread Monique Semp 
   My external monitor isn't a retina display, but it's a high-res
   (2560x1600) Dell that seems to have needed similar settings. I'm
   running Windows via Parallels on my 2017 MacBook Pro, and the relevant
   setting in my shortcut menu for starting FrameMaker (Frame 2015 -- I
   haven't used it in a while, but it's still installed) is in the
   Compatibility tab of the shortcut properties. I've selected "Override
   high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling performed by: System".
   That seems to have worked well for FrameMaker and a few other Windows
   programs that otherwise had impossibly small menu bar/icons/etc.
   HTH,
   -Monique

   On 8/30/20 12:12 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:

Hi, all.

I am moving to another laptop - a Macbook Pro (older generation - not the last t
wo hardware versions) that has a retina display and is much faster than this 2-c
ore Lenovo I am migrating from.

This is a quad-core Intel I-7 and quite faster than the Lenovo, even though it i
s old. My son's old laptop, recently fully refurbished by Apple - new *everythin
g* in it for very little cost, and in beautiful condition!

Since it is a Macbook, I am running Parallels (version 16) with a clean install
of Windows 10 Pro, to get access to my Windows applications.

The Windows applications have been running fine for a while, so today, I moved F
rameMaker 12 to it (was reminded by the recent discussion on licenses)!

The installation went smoothly - no licensing hiccups luckil, and I have install
ed all four updates too. So, it is now at 12.0.4 ...

I selected large, color icons to start. However, when I start FM, I get a tiny,
almost impossible to read, menu bar, and the icons do not show at all. I have tr
ied changing to grayscale (carefully picking the menu item!) and small icons wit
hout success. The pop-up menus are a bit small too, but usable.

The Mac, of course, has a 2800 x 1800 retina resolution, but Parallels runs Wind
ows 10 with a font mag of 300% and all other Windows applications seem to run fi
ne.

Is there anybody else running FM under Parallels without these problems? Is ther
e some setting (perhaps in the INI file for FM12) that could correct for this?

Thanks!

Z
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

2020-08-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain 
Thanks!

I will give that a try …

Z

From: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp 
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2020 1:55 PM
To: Framers 
Cc: Syed Zaeem Hosain 
Subject: Re: FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

Hi Z,

i think the solution is to run Parallels with Graphics setting ’scaled’ in 
stead of 'Best for Retina'. The problem is that the FM user interface is not 
prepared for high-resolution display. This was only resolved by the Adobe 
development team with version FM 2017.


Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,

Wim Hooghwinkel





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Is there anybody else running FM under Parallels without these problems? Is 
there some setting (perhaps in the INI file for FM12) that could correct for 
this?

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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

2020-08-30 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp 
Hi Z,

i think the solution is to run Parallels with Graphics setting ’scaled’ in 
stead of 'Best for Retina'. The problem is that the FM user interface is not 
prepared for high-resolution display. This was only resolved by the Adobe 
development team with version FM 2017.


Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
 
Wim Hooghwinkel





> Op 30 aug. 2020, om 22:02 heeft framers-requ...@lists.frameusers.com het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> Is there anybody else running FM under Parallels without these problems? Is 
> there some setting (perhaps in the INI file for FM12) that could correct for 
> this?

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[Framers] FrameMaker 12 and Parallels on a Mac (running Windows 10)

2020-08-30 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain 
Hi, all.

I am moving to another laptop - a Macbook Pro (older generation - not the last 
two hardware versions) that has a retina display and is much faster than this 
2-core Lenovo I am migrating from. 

This is a quad-core Intel I-7 and quite faster than the Lenovo, even though it 
is old. My son's old laptop, recently fully refurbished by Apple - new 
*everything* in it for very little cost, and in beautiful condition!

Since it is a Macbook, I am running Parallels (version 16) with a clean install 
of Windows 10 Pro, to get access to my Windows applications.

The Windows applications have been running fine for a while, so today, I moved 
FrameMaker 12 to it (was reminded by the recent discussion on licenses)!

The installation went smoothly - no licensing hiccups luckil, and I have 
installed all four updates too. So, it is now at 12.0.4 ...

I selected large, color icons to start. However, when I start FM, I get a tiny, 
almost impossible to read, menu bar, and the icons do not show at all. I have 
tried changing to grayscale (carefully picking the menu item!) and small icons 
without success. The pop-up menus are a bit small too, but usable.

The Mac, of course, has a 2800 x 1800 retina resolution, but Parallels runs 
Windows 10 with a font mag of 300% and all other Windows applications seem to 
run fine.

Is there anybody else running FM under Parallels without these problems? Is 
there some setting (perhaps in the INI file for FM12) that could correct for 
this?

Thanks!

Z
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