Thanks David, Rick, and Robert—I should have tried these basic troubleshooting
tricks before bugging the list. Monday morning. ☹ Rebooting the machine did
the trick for now.
I had indeed restarted Frame several times—I didn’t have much choice since it
was crashing. And my colleagues were able to open files on their machines, so
clearly it was something systemic. I’ll clean the system as David
suggests—this is a new machine (~2 weeks) and it’s possible IT didn’t configure
virus scanning correctly based on other non-Frame issues I’m seeing.
From: David Spreadbury [mailto:dspre...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 9:09 AM
To: Rick Quatro; Gutierrez, Anita; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Frame not working this morning
Anita,
To remove the computer from the equation, did you try opening the files on
another system with Frame 10, or greater? Could your system have picked up some
sort of virus/trojan?
If they do open on another system, clean your system.
On Monday, February 24, 2014 11:01 AM, Rick Quatro
r...@rickquatro.commailto:r...@rickquatro.com wrote:
Hi Anita,
Have you quit and restarted FrameMaker? This usually gets rid of the blank
screen.
Rick
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
r...@frameexpert.commailto:r...@frameexpert.com
From:
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gutierrez, Anita
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:50 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Frame not working this morning
Hi Framers,
This is a new one for me. Frame 10.0.2.419, Windows 7. Frame was functioning
normally on Friday. (I get the digest so please copy me on any answers.)
My computer seems to have spontaneously rebooted over the weekend.
First thing this morning, I opened a *.book file, and then tried to open an
*.fm file from the book. Frame crashed (Internal error etc.). I tested every
file in the book and all crashed.
I then opened a different *.book file and tried again—all files crashed.
Next, I opened a *.fm file direcly from Windows Explorer (without first opening
the book). The document “opened” showing a big white blank—no text, frames,
borders, symbols, nothing. Just white.
When I select File Close, the “do you want to save” window opens and suddenly
I can see my document in the background—the content is all there like it was
Friday. However, I can’t edit the content since the save dialog is open. If I
click Cancel in the save window, the doc window goes back to white. Clicking
Yes or No in the save window has no effect—next time I open it I see the same
thing. This is true no matter how I open the file (from its book, from Windows
Explorere, or File Open).
With the document open and displaying only white, I can insert a
cross-reference or type (although I’m doing this blind, so it’s not a viable
workaround). When I select File Close, again I can see the changes reflected
in the doc. Clicking Cancel again takes me back to white.
I tried saving the file as a .mif. In Notepad, it looks like every other
.mif—but in Frame, it looks the same as the .fm—blank window.
The good (or less bad) news is that ever since I opened the .fm files directly
from Windows Explorer this morning, I can now open them from the *.book context
and Frame doesn’t crash. It just shows the blank windows.
I’ve tried files from 4 different books so far and all get the same results.
Any tips are most appreciated
Anita
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