I am using frame 8 in a VM with Windows 7, the VM running on Mac OS X. Works fine.
Paul On D? M?irt, 3 L?nasa, at 12:28, Steve Johnson wrote: > Although I don't use Frame daily, I have used Frame 8 on Windows 7 > Professional with no issues. > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Gang, >> >> Does anyone have solid information on whether or not FrameMaker 8.x is >> compatible with Windows 7? >> One of the engineers in a group I work with just got a shiny new laptop with >> Windows 7 (so far our corporate IT people are only allowing Windows 7 on >> brand-new machines), and the IT folks insisted that she has to install >> FrameMaker 9 rather than FrameMaker 8 because FM8 is not compatible. Of >> course, this now causes file compatibility issues since everybody else in >> the group still has FrameMaker 8 and can't get FM9 yet because the IT >> group's "purchase software" website only offers FM8. Yes, I know she can do >> a Save As to save files she works on in FM8 file format, but she tells me >> that FrameMaker requires her to change the filename when she does so, and >> that causes issues with our version control system. I'd love to have some >> solid information I can forward to the IT group to convince them that it >> really is OK to install FrameMaker 8 on a Windows 7 machine. (Or I'd like to >> know that it is definitively *not* OK so that I can work with this engineer >> to come up with a practical a >> nd foolproof workaround.) >> I tried searching for compatibility information on Adobe's website, and the >> closest I could come were a couple of pages that told me that FM9 is "now >> compatible" with Windows 7. Useless. And I tried searching Microsoft's >> website, but the compatibility spreadsheet they provide for "IT pros" >> doesn't list *any* version of FrameMaker among the 10543 entries, and their >> Windows 7 Compatibility Center only lists FrameMaker 9, and only with the >> indication "no information available". Even more useless. >> -Fred Ridder >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_gonzo at pobox.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/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > > > > -- > ============ > Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as obair at me.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/obair%40me.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
