RE: Question about some FM plugins
Thanks Mike. This was indeed similar to what I ran into. TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:41 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Question about some FM plugins I had the same or a similar problem. If I remember right, there were notices popping up that the programs were unregistered, but no menus to allow me to register them. I did something-- I forget what (deleting the *.fm files for the SP plugins in fminit?)-- that made the menus return, but entering the registration data would not stick and would be lost when I closed FrameMaker. If I recall correctly, the fix was to find the various *.fm files belonging to the SP plugins in the fminit folder: AutoText.fm, CHARREG.fm, etc. Right-click on each one and choose File Properties Security Tab, and then set permissions for Users to allow everything. As I recall, they had read-only permissions set that were the cause of the problem. Mike Wickham On 1/31/2011 6:17 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the bells and whistles that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting Run as Administrator and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@mikewickham.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40mikewickham.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@spectrumwritingllc.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40spectrumwritingll c.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Question about some FM plugins
You are assuming that the missing registration that the notice is complaining about is a license registration. But it could also be that the registration in question is an entry in the Windows Registry, or a registration as a FrameMaker API Client in the corresponding section of the maker.ini file. Since you're dealing with plug-ins, my guess is that it's the latter. And if so, a further issue is whether the API Client registration is in the all users copy of maker.ini or the user-specific overlay maker.ini. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:41:24 -0600 From: i...@mikewickham.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Question about some FM plugins I had the same or a similar problem. If I remember right, there were notices popping up that the programs were unregistered, but no menus to allow me to register them. I did something-- I forget what (deleting the *.fm files for the SP plugins in fminit?)-- that made the menus return, but entering the registration data would not stick and would be lost when I closed FrameMaker. If I recall correctly, the fix was to find the various *.fm files belonging to the SP plugins in the fminit folder: AutoText.fm, CHARREG.fm, etc. Right-click on each one and choose File Properties Security Tab, and then set permissions for Users to allow everything. As I recall, they had read-only permissions set that were the cause of the problem. Mike Wickham On 1/31/2011 6:17 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the bells and whistles that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting Run as Administrator and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@mikewickham.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40mikewickham.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as docu...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com
Re: Question about some FM plugins
On 2/1/2011 9:10 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: You are assuming that the missing registration that the notice is complaining about is a license registration. But it could also be that the registration in question is an entry in the Windows Registry, or a registration as a FrameMaker API Client in the corresponding section of the maker.ini file. Since you're dealing with plug-ins, my guess is that it's the latter. And if so, a further issue is whether the API Client registration is in the all users copy of maker.ini or the user-specific overlay maker.ini. Except that the Silicon Prairie plugins don't use API clients, and even if they had, I had copied my my maker.ini file over to the new computer from a working installation. So they would have already been listed in there. Anyway, the solution for me was to set the permissions on the previously mentioned files. There's no need to run FM in administrator mode. Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Question about some FM plugins
Thanks Mike. This was indeed similar to what I ran into. TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com info at spectrumwritingllc.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:41 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Question about some FM plugins I had the same or a similar problem. If I remember right, there were notices popping up that the programs were unregistered, but no menus to allow me to register them. I did something-- I forget what (deleting the *.fm files for the SP plugins in fminit?)-- that made the menus return, but entering the registration data would not stick and would be lost when I closed FrameMaker. If I recall correctly, the fix was to find the various *.fm files belonging to the SP plugins in the fminit folder: AutoText.fm, CHARREG.fm, etc. Right-click on each one and choose File Properties> Security Tab, and then set permissions for Users to allow everything. As I recall, they had read-only permissions set that were the cause of the problem. Mike Wickham On 1/31/2011 6:17 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: > All, > > > > I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am > hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a > client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants > their FM installation to have all the "bells and whistles" that mine has. > This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - > AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table > Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am > setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins > many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having > some difficulty. > > > > For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the > MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document > in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM > open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option > in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. > So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried > to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked > because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an > Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop > icon and selecting "Run as Administrator" and after FM opened, I opened the > MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, > good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. > I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe > RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File > Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. > I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed > the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have > confirmed that under View> Menus that Complete is selected. > > > > Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? > > > > TIA, > > > > TVB > > > > Tammy Van Boening > > Owner/Principal > > Spectrum Writing, LLC > > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > > info at spectrumwritingllc.com > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as info at mikewickham.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/info%40mikewickham.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 info at spectrumwritingllc.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/info%40spectrumwritingll c.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Question about some FM plugins
You are assuming that the missing registration that the notice is complaining about is a license registration. But it could also be that the registration in question is an entry in the Windows Registry, or a registration as a FrameMaker "API Client" in the corresponding section of the maker.ini file. Since you're dealing with plug-ins, my guess is that it's the latter. And if so, a further issue is whether the API Client registration is in the "all users" copy of maker.ini or the user-specific "overlay" maker.ini. -Fred Ridder > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:41:24 -0600 > From: info at mikewickham.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Question about some FM plugins > > I had the same or a similar problem. If I remember right, there were > notices popping up that the programs were unregistered, but no menus to > allow me to register them. I did something-- I forget what (deleting the > *.fm files for the SP plugins in fminit?)-- that made the menus return, > but entering the registration data would not stick and would be lost > when I closed FrameMaker. > > If I recall correctly, the fix was to find the various *.fm files > belonging to the SP plugins in the fminit folder: AutoText.fm, > CHARREG.fm, etc. Right-click on each one and choose File Properties> > Security Tab, and then set permissions for Users to allow everything. As > I recall, they had read-only permissions set that were the cause of the > problem. > > Mike Wickham > > > On 1/31/2011 6:17 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: > > All, > > > > > > > > I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am > > hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a > > client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants > > their FM installation to have all the "bells and whistles" that mine has. > > This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - > > AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table > > Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am > > setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins > > many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having > > some difficulty. > > > > > > > > For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the > > MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document > > in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM > > open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option > > in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. > > So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried > > to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked > > because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an > > Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop > > icon and selecting "Run as Administrator" and after FM opened, I opened the > > MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, > > good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. > > I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe > > RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File > > Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. > > I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed > > the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have > > confirmed that under View> Menus that Complete is selected. > > > > > > > > Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? > > > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > > > TVB > > > > > > > > Tammy Van Boening > > > > Owner/Principal > > > > Spectrum Writing, LLC > > > > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > > > > info at spectrumwritingllc.com > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as info at mikewickham.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/info%40mikewickham.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin
Question about some FM plugins
On 2/1/2011 9:10 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: > You are assuming that the missing registration that the notice is > complaining about is a license registration. But it could also be that > the registration in question is an entry in the Windows Registry, or a > registration as a FrameMaker "API Client" in the corresponding section > of the maker.ini file. Since you're dealing with plug-ins, my guess is > that it's the latter. And if so, a further issue is whether the API > Client registration is in the "all users" copy of maker.ini or the > user-specific "overlay" maker.ini. > Except that the Silicon Prairie plugins don't use API clients, and even if they had, I had copied my my maker.ini file over to the new computer from a working installation. So they would have already been listed in there. Anyway, the solution for me was to set the permissions on the previously mentioned files. There's no need to run FM in administrator mode. Mike Wickham
Question about some FM plugins
All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the bells and whistles that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting Run as Administrator and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Question about some FM plugins
Ok, got it working. I had to set some properties for Framemaker to Run as Administrator at all times whenever I opened the application. I then deleted the dlls and .fm pages and re-added, opened FM and voila, the Tools menu now appears. TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Spectrum Writing Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:18 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Question about some FM plugins All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the bells and whistles that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting Run as Administrator and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@spectrumwritingllc.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40spectrumwritingll c.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Question about some FM plugins
I had the same or a similar problem. If I remember right, there were notices popping up that the programs were unregistered, but no menus to allow me to register them. I did something-- I forget what (deleting the *.fm files for the SP plugins in fminit?)-- that made the menus return, but entering the registration data would not stick and would be lost when I closed FrameMaker. If I recall correctly, the fix was to find the various *.fm files belonging to the SP plugins in the fminit folder: AutoText.fm, CHARREG.fm, etc. Right-click on each one and choose File Properties Security Tab, and then set permissions for Users to allow everything. As I recall, they had read-only permissions set that were the cause of the problem. Mike Wickham On 1/31/2011 6:17 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the bells and whistles that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting Run as Administrator and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com i...@spectrumwritingllc.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@mikewickham.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40mikewickham.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Question about some FM plugins
All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the "bells and whistles" that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting "Run as Administrator" and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View > Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com info at spectrumwritingllc.com
Question about some FM plugins
Ok, got it working. I had to set some properties for Framemaker to Run as Administrator at all times whenever I opened the application. I then deleted the dlls and .fm pages and re-added, opened FM and voila, the Tools menu now appears. TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com info at spectrumwritingllc.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Spectrum Writing Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:18 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Question about some FM plugins All, I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants their FM installation to have all the "bells and whistles" that mine has. This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having some difficulty. For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop icon and selecting "Run as Administrator" and after FM opened, I opened the MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have confirmed that under View > Menus that Complete is selected. Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com info at spectrumwritingllc.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as info at spectrumwritingllc.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/info%40spectrumwritingll c.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Question about some FM plugins
I had the same or a similar problem. If I remember right, there were notices popping up that the programs were unregistered, but no menus to allow me to register them. I did something-- I forget what (deleting the *.fm files for the SP plugins in fminit?)-- that made the menus return, but entering the registration data would not stick and would be lost when I closed FrameMaker. If I recall correctly, the fix was to find the various *.fm files belonging to the SP plugins in the fminit folder: AutoText.fm, CHARREG.fm, etc. Right-click on each one and choose File Properties> Security Tab, and then set permissions for Users to allow everything. As I recall, they had read-only permissions set that were the cause of the problem. Mike Wickham On 1/31/2011 6:17 PM, Spectrum Writing wrote: > All, > > > > I have also sent a message directly to Steve at Silicon Prairie, but I am > hoping that I can also get an answer from this list. I must set up a > client's environment with FM9.0 on a Win7 64-bit machine. The client wants > their FM installation to have all the "bells and whistles" that mine has. > This means that I must install the following Silicon Prairie plugins - > AutoText, Master Page Tools, Paragraph Tools, Character Tools, and Table > Tools. I am set up as an Administrator on the client's laptop on which I am > setting up this environment. I have downloaded and installed these plugins > many times before w/out issue, but for the life of me, this time, I having > some difficulty. > > > > For example, I downloaded the Master Pages Tools for FM9.x and I placed the > MPTools.dll in the plugins directory for FM and the MasterPage.fm document > in the fminit directory for FM9 as you are supposed to do. I did not have FM > open at the time, but when I opened FM, I did not see the Tools menu option > in the FM main menu as expected. I closed FM and reopened and still no luck. > So, I opened the MasterPage.fm document and made an entry and when I tried > to save the file, I got the message that the file could not be locked > because I did not have Write permission, but I am set up as an > Administrator. I closed FM and opened it by right-clicking on the desktop > icon and selecting "Run as Administrator" and after FM opened, I opened the > MasterPage.fm file, made an entry in the file and was able to save it. OK, > good, but the Tools menu option still is not displayed on the FM main menu. > I am expecting to see File Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe > RoboHelp AutoText Tools Webworks Window Help and instead, I am seeing File > Edit Format View Special Graphics Table Adobe RoboHelp Webworks Window Help. > I don't have the options for Auto Text and Tools and I have properly placed > the dlls for the tools as well as the corresponding .fm files. I have > confirmed that under View> Menus that Complete is selected. > > > > Has anyone run into this issue before and if so, how did you resolve it? > > > > TIA, > > > > TVB > > > > Tammy Van Boening > > Owner/Principal > > Spectrum Writing, LLC > > www.spectrumwritingllc.com > > info at spectrumwritingllc.com > > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as info at mikewickham.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/info%40mikewickham.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
