Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread Rick Quatro
Craig Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:54 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. ; Rick Quatro Subject: Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder? I've worked for many a "penny wise and pound foolish" employer over the years... Alison

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread A Craig
I've worked for many a "penny wise and pound foolish" employer over the years... Alison From: "Rick Quatro" To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software." Sent: Wednesday, 18 December, 2019 08:29:35 Subject: Re: [Framers] Backup

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread Lin Sims
Gold > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 11:03 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder? > > Lin, this proves that not only is FM really smart, but the FM community is > brilliantly self-correcting!

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread Rick Quatro
and accuracy is lost through doing repetitive tasks manually. -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Peter Gold Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 11:03 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder? Lin, this pro

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread Peter Gold
Lin, this proves that not only is FM really smart, but the FM community is brilliantly self-correcting! ;) On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 7:15 AM Lin Sims wrote: > I take it back. You can do anything in Frame if you put your mind to it! > > > ___ This message

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread Lin Sims
I take it back. You can do anything in Frame if you put your mind to it! Thank you for the information, Klaus. I may look into it. On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 6:15 AM Klaus Daube wrote: > On 17 Dec 2019 at 11:25, Lin Sims wrote: > > > For example, table footnotes are always at the *very end* of the

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-18 Thread Klaus Daube
On 17 Dec 2019 at 11:25, Lin Sims wrote: > For example, table footnotes are always at the *very end* of the table. If > you have a multipage table, that can be a real nuisance. At the pre-Tekom Adobe TC Partner Conference 2019 this November Jang Graat showed me a script that does this: Convert

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-17 Thread Lin Sims
Almost anything. :) Some things I think the design of the program make impossible. For example, table footnotes are always at the *very end* of the table. If you have a multipage table, that can be a real nuisance. The only workaround is to put xrefs in the table to information in a footer row th

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-17 Thread Peter Gold
Just one more reason to believe that, in the right hands, FrameMaker can do anything authors discover that they need it to do, and that the collective community knowledge probably contains a solution! Thanks, Rick! On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 6:20 AM Rick Quatro wrote: > I posted a free script that w

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-17 Thread Rick Quatro
I posted a free script that will do this for you on my blog. Any questions or comments are welcome. http://frameautomation.com/automatic-backup-on-save/ Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-729-6746 www.frameexpert.com/store/ ___

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-16 Thread 4XScripts
Even with a script it would not be very user-friendly: The script had to change all the paths (graphics - textinsets - Xrefs..) So in case of emergency you couldn't just copy the backup and paste it in the original folder. You also had to use a script, that changes all the paths. Otherwi

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-16 Thread Fred Ridder
I don't believe this is possible, because the "Automatic backup on Save" feature dies not actually create a new file. All that feature does is change the extension on the last saved version of the file to add a .backup extension rather than flagging it to the OS as an unneeded file. The "backup"

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-16 Thread Peter Gold
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 12:18 PM John Posada wrote: > Hi guys...FM19...I like having an auto backup on Save, but I'd like them > put in another folder. Possible? > * What about a script that's triggered by autosave events? * Alternatively, a background script that writes a copy of a newly-saved f

Re: [Framers] Backup in different folder?

2019-12-16 Thread Lin Sims
Nope. On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:27 AM John Posada wrote: > Hi guys...FM19...I like having an auto backup on Save, but I'd like them > put in another folder. Possible? > > John Posada > [cid:image002.png@01D5B0EE.AF667490]Technical Writer > One Meadowlands Plaza, East Rutherford, NJ 07073 > o: 20