Lester omitted one part of the instructions... you need to already have a FM file open before you attempt the "Esc,o,H" sequence...
Art On 6/22/07, Lester C. Smalley <lsmalley at infocon.com> wrote: > You can try the "heroic open" command: ESC o H > > (three key presses: Escape, lowercase OH, capital H) > > If it works (no guarantees, unfortunately) immediately save the file > to a new directory / name and close it - do not try to edit it. > > Then open the new file the normal way and see what you have. > > Never screw around (um edit) with the Frame binary file in a text > editor like notepad. FrameMaker builds a check-sum into the file, > and even if the number of bytes doesn't change, you'll almost > certainly mess up the checksum. > > On Friday, June 22, 2007 08:19 PM, Michael Zaichenko wrote: > > | Hello Framers, recently I had a machine with a bunch of FM > | files being backed up in progress - crash! It crashed so bad > | that about half of all of my FM files went corrupt and I > | can't open them anymore. Is there any means to fix them or > | recover or whatever. The files appear all fine - I can open > | them with notepad, etc. but not FrameMaker. They have correct > | size too. Thoughts? Michael > > - Lester > ------------------------------------------------------- > Lester C. Smalley Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com > Information Consultants, Inc. Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712 > Yorklyn, DE 19736 Web: www.infocon.com > ------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
