Adobe has changed the FrameMaker binary file format with every
FrameMaker release since 7.2. On average, this means a new binary file
format every 18 months (the length of the historical FrameMaker release
cycle).
FrameMaker has maintained forward compatibility (each release opens
binary files from all previous releases), but backwards compatibility is
tedious.
If you are working with FrameMaker binary files, you will need to "save
as FM10" from FM11. This is non-trivial, especially when working with
large numbers of files.
If you are working with XML files, you may have complete backwards
compatibility.
I hope this helps!
-Alan
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Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
arh on Twitter
412-450-0532
On 5/5/15 1:11 PM, Jim Duszynski wrote:
Happy Tuesday Framers!
We are adding a writer and current have FM10. I want to buy FM10 or
FM11 but am not sure if FM11 is completely backward compatible with
FM10. Can anyone verify that the FM working files are interchangeable
between FM11 & FM10, with no special save to FM10 steps? I know
there’s a difference and I think that is DITA output with FM11 (Thanks
to Klaus for the FM feature history!). I’d appreciate hearing from
anyone who has been down this road before me.
Thanks in advance!
*/Jim Duszynski/*
Technical Writer
(719) 884-3787
/"Don't write merely to be understood. Write so that you cannot
possibly be misunderstood." /(Robert Louis Stevenson)
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