On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:54:19 +0000, "Berman, Marta" <marta.berman at hp.com> wrote:
>Is there any way to turn off this automatic update when exiting FrameMaker, so >that I can set a default directory? Or is there another way to accomplish what >I want from within FrameMaker? > >I can think of two workarounds: > >* Create a batch file that overrides the personalized maker.ini file with a >saved copy of the default one and then opens FrameMaker. Use this batch file >to start FrameMaker. > >* Make the personalized maker.ini file "read only." Then it cannot be updated >when exiting FrameMaker. > >In both of these workarounds, other settings such as RecentFiles, spell check >options, and zoom settings also cannot be updated. Here's another one. The Mif2Go demo version includes a utility, setini.exe, that can be used to set individual .ini-file items. In the User's Guide, it's described in par. 32.4.2.3, "Changing configuration settings with system commands": You can use a system command to make an arbitrary change to the configuration file, by having the command invoke command-line utility setini.exe, which is included in the Mif2Go distribution. Command setini changes the value of a single setting: setini inifile.ini section keyword value For example: setini mif2htm.ini HTMLOptions NoFonts Yes would exclude the use of <font> tags in HTML output. This works with any .ini file, so you could use: setini "C:\path\to\maker.ini" Directories OpenDirOnStart "X:\path\you\want" in your bat file before opening Frame. Note that the quotes are only needed if the paths contain any spaces. The Mif2Go demo version is available at: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/