I haven't had that problem, but based on what you're relating, I'd suspect a problem or corruption in the book file.
Have you saved the book file out as MIF (mif-washed it)? Or created a new book and put the old content files into it? 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 On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Nancy Allison <maker at verizon.net> wrote: > Hi, all. I have sent this post to the framers list run by omsys, but it has > not appeared, I don't know why. I'm posting here because I hope that a fair > number of Mif2go users also read this list. > > I am following all of Omsys's requirements to describe the problem but > stopping short of packing and sending my files to Omsys in the hopes that > someone will recognize the problem and have the answer. > > Here is the problem: > > 1. I set up mif2go for MS HTML Help conversion. I used all defaults, even > didn't edit the mif2htm.ini file because I just wanted a successful first > conversion. I also followed all the instructions in the "setting up the > conversion environment" section. > > 2. Mif2go chokes on the first file in my FM book. > > 3. I get an error message that says: > > "DCL NT console driver has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are > sorry for the inconvenience." > > 4. There is a Debug button, which I click. I get a new error message that > says: > > "Error creating HTML; see Console for details. Continue?" > > 5. The FrameMaker Console says: > > "Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Documents and Settings\nallison\My > Documents\M-Series\M4100 Rev L\M4100 Rev L Book\OnlineHelpFiles\1_Intro.htm > code -1073741819 at: Mon Nov 15 11:35:01 2010" > > 6. Back in the Debug error message, I clicked "Continue" and the conversion > continued. All the remaining files in the FrameMaker book file were converted > successfully. I ran HTML Help Workshop on them and got a working .chm file > that simply lacks the first chapter. > > 7. I deleted the first chapter from my FrameMaker book file and reran mif2go. > It choked on the *new* first file in the book. > > 8. I set up and ran a conversion to WinHelp4/RTF just to see if it would > work. It ran successfully. > > 9. I went to section D.3.1 in the Mif2go User Guide, "If the problem involves > a crash," and followed every suggestion. > > 10. I tested after entering each new parameter in the "Options" section. It > crashed both times. > > 11. I have done the first three of the four options in section 4.8 > "Converting FrameMaker-generated files." (The fourth suggestion didn't apply.) > > 12. I've deleted ALL mif2go conversion files and setup files from the FM > source directory and MS HTML Help output file directory repeatedly as well as > closed and reopened FrameMaker. Ive rebooted. I downloaded and reinstalled > mif2go (the most recent version, which was what I already had. I thought it > might have gotten corrupted.) > > The Mif2go User Guide asks these Scope questions: > > --Do you get the same result each time you try, or does the result vary? Yes, > I get the exact same result. > > --If you have machines with other operating-system versions available, does > the same thing happen on all of them? > I have no other machines. > > --Does it happen with all files, or only some? > > Happens with whatever file is first in the .book file. > > Here are my answers to the User Guide "Document the problem" requirements: > > ? A brief description of the problem, including answers to questions in > ?D.3.2 Scope the problem. > > Done. > > ? Operating-system name and version: > > XP Sp3 > > ? Amount of memory on your machine: > > 1.20 GHz, 0.99 GB of RAM > > ? FrameMaker version: > > FrameMaker version 7.1p 116 > > ? Browser name and version: > > Firefox 3.6.12 > > Any ideas? Thanks for all suggestions. > > --Nancy > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. >
