Orly, This Microsoft hot fix might solve your problems. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909
Best, Baruch On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Art Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > The other thing the move may have accomplished is eliminating any network > delays that could cause FM to time out waiting for the files to open.... > > One other thing you may try is opening all files in the book before you do > the PDF, which should also eliminate any network issues. > > The 2G RAM and kinda limited free space may be marginal if it's "an > incredibly large book" ... There's a lot of file swapping and temp file > creation involved in the process. > > Art > > Art Campbell > [email protected] > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a > redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Orly Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> HI Art, >> >> I print directly to the postscript printer called “Adobe PDF” which I think >> is supplied with FM. I do not use the SAVE AS feature, just from habit >> (using FM from version 5) although I understand that the feature currently >> works in FM8 and is actually needed when I use a third party app on FM. >> >> >> >> As for my computer’s guts… >> >> I have 1.99GB of RAM, running at 1.83 GHz >> >> >> >> My C drive also has 20 GB of free space – don’t know if that makes a >> difference. >> >> >> >> **A very interesting point and solution**, =è>>>my IT fellow suggested >> moving my files to a folder directly under my C drive, so that Adobe doesn’t >> have to deal with long folder names under a number of other folders. >> >> This seems to have solved the problem, at least for the day. >> >> >> >> Thanks for all your help!! >> Orly Z. >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Art Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:44 PM >> *To:* Orly Zimmerman >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs >> >> >> >> How much RAM and free disk space do you have? Creating the PDF eats up a >> lot and can trigger a crash if it runs out. >> >> Also, you don't mention how you're doing it -- printing to the PDF logical >> printer or trying to use SaveAs... which I think isn't as good as printing >> to the Acrobat printer. >> >> Yes, the hotfix works and doesn't seem to break anything, so it certainly >> wouldn't hurt to roll it on. >> >> Art >> >> Art Campbell >> [email protected] >> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and >> a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson >> No disclaimers apply. >> DoD 358 >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Orly Zimmerman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> HI All, >> >> I'm working in FM8 - TCS, unstructured, on Windows XP Pro >> >> I have a few questions: >> 1. Does anyone know of a way to get FM to stop creating the recovery files >> for when FM crashes? >> >> Lately, I'm working on an incredibly large book and whenever I change my >> conditional text settings, update the book and then try to create my PDF, FM >> crashes. I don't need those recovery files, and would like to disable their >> creation if possible. >> >> Question 2 is whether anyone knows how to get FM to stop crashing >> altogether when attempting to create the PDF - >> >> I seached the archives and came across a suggestion for a Windows Hotfix - >> Question 3: Have any of you used the hotfix? Does it cause any other >> problems or does it actually fix the problem? >> >> Thanks, >> Orly Z. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to Framers as [email protected]. >> >> Send list messages to [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> [email protected] >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
