Hi Matt I've been using DITA-FMx to generate a book from a ditamap. Because the book is divided into parts, the generation process uses a template for each "divider" file. It is this template file that I was tweaking. When it works, it creates separate book components for the dividers as well as the chapters. I do now have a working set, but only because I have taken my tweaks so far. Having saved each "good" tweak into a new file, I can quickly revert to a good copy when an extra tweak breaks things. Life on the edge!
I know that if I make the slightest modification to the text frame on a master page in that particular template file, it will crash FM when I generate from the map using DITA-FMx (always). Or sometimes when I make the tweak, save the file, and close it. It is this last factor that makes we wonder whether it is a native FM problem or a DITA-FMx probem - or if somehow my file becomes corrupted at some point in the generation process. Roger On 13/12/2012 1:15 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote: > Hi Roger, > > Are you working with ditamaps or with FM book components? > > I was able to work almost flawlessly with ditamaps for the FM11 > reviewer's guide, but only produced the FM book components at the end > for the PDF production and/or linking to RH for EPUB output. > > IIRC, the FM components seemed to be much less stable. > > > /-Matt/ > > *Matt Sullivan* > /technical communication | online training | eLearning/ > * > **twitter: *@mattrsullivan <http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan> > *phone:* 714 960-6840 > > On Dec 13, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Roger Shuttleworth <shuttie27 at gmail.com > <mailto:shuttie27 at gmail.com>> wrote: > >> It may be a DITA-FMx problem or it may be a native FM problem. We've >> reproduced it on two machines, both with DITA-FMx installed. >> Interesting that the OP mentioned master page changes in his process... > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20121213/b4bef71e/attachment.html>
