Or, open the ditamap in oXygen XML Author and print the map to a PDF file. This gives an even nicer result than the other two workarounds I mentioned earlier.
Cheers Yves On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Yves Barbion <yves.barbion at gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Roger > > I'm using FrameMaker 9.0p255 in Windows XP, but I'm seeing the same > behavior over here. My workarounds: > > - Save the ditamap as Fm 8, open the .fm file in Fm8 and save it as > PDF. No problem. > - Open the ditamap in the free IBM Task Modeler. There, you have some > nice views for your ditamap, for example hierarchical diagram (like PostIt > notes) or indented list. You can simply print this view to a PDF file. > > Kind regards > > Yves > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Roger Shuttleworth < > rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com> wrote: > >> ** >> Hello All >> >> I just came across this today, and wonder if anyone can confirm: >> >> FrameMaker 9.0 p255 on Vista. >> >> I have a ditamap and want to print it so I can see the outline (that is, >> not print the XML but just the file as it appears in the FM UI). The map is >> the only file I have open. >> >> If I choose File, Print, it prompts me for a ditaval file. There is an >> option to skip that step, in which case nothing happens. Poof. It's as >> though I'd not come to work today. (If only...) >> >> If I do choose a ditaval file by selecting and clicking Choose...nothing >> happens. Poof. It's as though I'd not come to work today. >> >> Trying the same from the Resource Manager, there is an option File, Print >> Ditamap. Again it prompts me for a ditaval file. Even if I choose one, >> nothing happens. Poof (you get the idea). >> >> There are no secret dialogs open and hidden behind other applications, and >> no spooler processes running in the background. It just does nothing. >> >> Can anyone confirm this? >> >> Roger Shuttleworth >> Technical Documentation >> AV-BASE Systems Inc. >> 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 >> London, Ontario >> N5V 3S4 >> Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as yves.barbion 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/yves.barbion%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> > > > -- > Yves Barbion > www.scripto.nu > -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110929/99de6ad0/attachment.html>
