I installed the 9.0 trial version along side my already installed 7.2 and both seemed to work fine. I even had them running at the same time on my XP Pro machine.
Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of William Abernathy Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:19 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Trial version of FrameMaker 9 While we're on the topic...Frame 9 won't pave over my Frame 7.1, right? --William Combs, Richard wrote: > Madeleine r Dimond wrote: > >> I have been assigned the task of evaluating FrameMaker 9. Before I > install >> the trial version, I wanted to ask whether it will interfere with my >> FrameMaker 8 installation; I'd hate for the trial version to uninstall > the >> previous version. I'm on Windows XP SP2 with FrameMaker 8.0p277. > > FM 9 will politely coexist with FM 8. FM has always been very good about > allowing multiple versions on one PC, each in its own installation > directory. The only caveat is that the Windows file associations will be > updated so that .fm, .book, and .mif point to FM 9. But it's a simple > matter to change them back to FM 8 in Windows Explorer. > Richard _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jharvey at cambridgesoft.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/jharvey%40cambridges oft.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
