RE: Linking to folder on network
From the time I worked in Adobe technical support, there are a number of recommendations given from the days when FrameMaker was on multiple platforms, such as: avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods avoid using characters that have special meaning on some operating systems, such as: / \ : ; * ? , $ % | avoid using very long filenames avoid using very long pathnames remember some operating systems are CaSe SeNsItIvE The most important rule to remember is: always use UNIX style pathnames! Why? FrameMaker will interpret backslash sequences as special codes, for example: C:\etc\hosts.fm will interpret the '\e' as a horizontal elipse The fix is to reference: C:/etc/hosts.fm Even though FrameMaker is no longer multi-platform, the recommendations still persist. // Simon BUCH ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Linking to folder on network
Another thing I found when working on network drives at Western Electric/ATT/Lucent is that the Drive letter that is assigned to the drive needs to be the same on all machines that will be accessing the FrameMaker documents. ** Ann Zdunczyk President, JOAT, SWAG a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout, Translation Consulting, Template Creation Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (888)523-2028 Cell: (336)456-4493 Cell 2:(336)655-4783 http://www.a2z-pub.com ** -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Simon BUCH Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:58 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Jessica D.Davis Subject: RE: Linking to folder on network From the time I worked in Adobe technical support, there are a number of recommendations given from the days when FrameMaker was on multiple platforms, such as: avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods avoid using characters that have special meaning on some operating systems, such as: / \ : ; * ? , $ % | avoid using very long filenames avoid using very long pathnames remember some operating systems are CaSe SeNsItIvE The most important rule to remember is: always use UNIX style pathnames! Why? FrameMaker will interpret backslash sequences as special codes, for example: C:\etc\hosts.fm will interpret the '\e' as a horizontal elipse The fix is to reference: C:/etc/hosts.fm Even though FrameMaker is no longer multi-platform, the recommendations still persist. // Simon BUCH ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as azdunc...@triad.rr.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Linking to folder on network
Ann Zdunczyk wrote: Another thing I found when working on network drives at Western Electric/ATT/Lucent is that the Drive letter that is assigned to the drive needs to be the same on all machines that will be accessing the FrameMaker documents. I don't recall the original question, so I'm not certain of the context. But in general, if you're putting links in a doc that point to another doc somewhere on the LAN, do _not_ use mapped drive letters. Specify the UNC path (but with forward slashes, as Simon said): //server/path/filename, where server is the hostname or IP address of the server on which the file is located and path is the directory path to the file. Even if you're pretty certain that everyone in the company maps //zulu/rtfm/ to Z:/, don't point a link to Z:/techtips/newtip.pdf, point it to //zulu/rtfm/techtips/newtip.pdf. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Empty Job 0 kb ps file when print to file
FrameMkaer 7.0 p 579 Acrobat 7.1.0 XP SP 3 TimeSavers 3.55 When I Print-to-File (Generate Acrobat Data is selected), whether a book or individual file, the postscript driver seems to be generating a PS file, but in the end a 0 kb empty job .ps file is produced. Oddly, Save As PDF works perfectly, even when distilling through TimeSavers. Any troubleshooting ideas? -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 8 7 7 7 2 1 6 9 8 8 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Linking to folder on network
Thank you for your input. Unfortunately, these folders are created and maintained by many groups across the corporation. There will no way for me to stipulate and enforce naming conventions that support my needs. However, inserting the %20 in place of the spaces seems to work. Someone suggested encapsulating the path in quotation marks. I thought I tried that, but I'm not sure, so I still have to check that out. I'm not using the mapped drive letter in the link, instead I'm using the URL. Thanks again all. As always you've been a big help. Thanks, Jess -Original Message- From: Ann Zdunczyk [mailto:azdunc...@triad.rr.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:01 AM To: 'Simon BUCH'; framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Davis, Jessica D. Subject: RE: Linking to folder on network Another thing I found when working on network drives at Western Electric/ATT/Lucent is that the Drive letter that is assigned to the drive needs to be the same on all machines that will be accessing the FrameMaker documents. ** Ann Zdunczyk President, JOAT, SWAG a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout, Translation Consulting, Template Creation Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (888)523-2028 Cell: (336)456-4493 Cell 2:(336)655-4783 http://www.a2z-pub.com ** -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Simon BUCH Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:58 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Jessica D.Davis Subject: RE: Linking to folder on network From the time I worked in Adobe technical support, there are a number of recommendations given from the days when FrameMaker was on multiple platforms, such as: avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods avoid using characters that have special meaning on some operating systems, such as: / \ : ; * ? , $ % | avoid using very long filenames avoid using very long pathnames remember some operating systems are CaSe SeNsItIvE The most important rule to remember is: always use UNIX style pathnames! Why? FrameMaker will interpret backslash sequences as special codes, for example: C:\etc\hosts.fm will interpret the '\e' as a horizontal elipse The fix is to reference: C:/etc/hosts.fm Even though FrameMaker is no longer multi-platform, the recommendations still persist. // Simon BUCH ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as azdunc...@triad.rr.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Empty Job 0 kb ps file when print to file :: update
Acrobat Help Check for Updates Now failed to find four updates for 7.1.0: 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.13, 7.14 Download, download, download, download, install, install, install, reboot, install, reboot: Nothing Acrobat Detect and Repair, reboot: Nada. Acrobat Help About, reads 7.1.4 Distiller Help About, reads 7.1.0 4/23/2008 Shouldn't Distillr have updated to 7.1.4 as well? In any event, I am still unable to produce a postscript file in Frame 7.0 p 579 (on XP Pro SP 3) by printing to file. Any help will be much appreicated. Dov? -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Linking to folder on network
>From the time I worked in Adobe technical support, there are a number of recommendations given from the days when FrameMaker was on multiple platforms, such as: avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods avoid using characters that have special meaning on some operating systems, such as: / \ : ; * ? > < , $ % | avoid using very long filenames avoid using very long pathnames remember some operating systems are CaSe SeNsItIvE The most important rule to remember is: always use UNIX style pathnames! Why? FrameMaker will interpret backslash sequences as special codes, for example: C:\etc\hosts.fm will interpret the '\e' as a horizontal elipse "...". The fix is to reference: C:/etc/hosts.fm Even though FrameMaker is no longer multi-platform, the recommendations still persist. // Simon BUCH
Linking to folder on network
Another thing I found when working on network drives at Western Electric/AT/Lucent is that the Drive letter that is assigned to the drive needs to be the same on all machines that will be accessing the FrameMaker documents. ** Ann Zdunczyk President, JOAT, SWAG a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout, ?Translation Consulting, & Template Creation Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: ??(888)523-2028 Cell: ?(336)456-4493 Cell 2:(336)655-4783 http://www.a2z-pub.com ** -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Simon BUCH Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:58 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Jessica D.Davis Subject: RE: Linking to folder on network >From the time I worked in Adobe technical support, there are a number of recommendations given from the days when FrameMaker was on multiple platforms, such as: avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods avoid using characters that have special meaning on some operating systems, such as: / \ : ; * ? > < , $ % | avoid using very long filenames avoid using very long pathnames remember some operating systems are CaSe SeNsItIvE The most important rule to remember is: always use UNIX style pathnames! Why? FrameMaker will interpret backslash sequences as special codes, for example: C:\etc\hosts.fm will interpret the '\e' as a horizontal elipse "...". The fix is to reference: C:/etc/hosts.fm Even though FrameMaker is no longer multi-platform, the recommendations still persist. // Simon BUCH ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as azdunczyk at triad.rr.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/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Linking to folder on network
Ann Zdunczyk wrote: > Another thing I found when working on network drives at Western > Electric/AT/Lucent is that the Drive letter that is assigned to the drive > needs to be the same on all machines that will be accessing the FrameMaker > documents. I don't recall the original question, so I'm not certain of the context. But in general, if you're putting links in a doc that point to another doc somewhere on the LAN, do _not_ use mapped drive letters. Specify the UNC path (but with forward slashes, as Simon said): //server/path/filename, where server is the hostname or IP address of the server on which the file is located and path is the directory path to the file. Even if you're pretty certain that everyone in the company maps //zulu/rtfm/ to Z:/, don't point a link to Z:/techtips/newtip.pdf, point it to //zulu/rtfm/techtips/newtip.pdf. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
Empty Job 0 kb ps file when print to file
FrameMkaer 7.0 p 579 Acrobat 7.1.0 XP SP 3 TimeSavers 3.55 When I Print-to-File (Generate Acrobat Data is selected), whether a book or individual file, the postscript driver seems to be generating a PS file, but in the end a 0 kb "empty job" .ps file is produced. Oddly, Save As PDF works perfectly, even when distilling through TimeSavers. Any troubleshooting ideas? -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 8 7 7 7 2 1 6 9 8 8
Linking to folder on network
Thank you for your input. Unfortunately, these folders are created and maintained by many groups across the corporation. There will no way for me to stipulate and enforce naming conventions that support my needs. However, inserting the %20 in place of the spaces seems to work. Someone suggested encapsulating the path in quotation marks. I thought I tried that, but I'm not sure, so I still have to check that out. I'm not using the mapped drive letter in the link, instead I'm using the URL. Thanks again all. As always you've been a big help. Thanks, Jess -Original Message- From: Ann Zdunczyk [mailto:azdunc...@triad.rr.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:01 AM To: 'Simon BUCH'; framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Davis, Jessica D. Subject: RE: Linking to folder on network Another thing I found when working on network drives at Western Electric/AT/Lucent is that the Drive letter that is assigned to the drive needs to be the same on all machines that will be accessing the FrameMaker documents. ** Ann Zdunczyk President, JOAT, SWAG a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout, ?Translation Consulting, & Template Creation Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: ??(888)523-2028 Cell: ?(336)456-4493 Cell 2:(336)655-4783 http://www.a2z-pub.com ** -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Simon BUCH Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:58 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Cc: Jessica D.Davis Subject: RE: Linking to folder on network >From the time I worked in Adobe technical support, there are a number of recommendations given from the days when FrameMaker was on multiple platforms, such as: avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods avoid using characters that have special meaning on some operating systems, such as: / \ : ; * ? > < , $ % | avoid using very long filenames avoid using very long pathnames remember some operating systems are CaSe SeNsItIvE The most important rule to remember is: always use UNIX style pathnames! Why? FrameMaker will interpret backslash sequences as special codes, for example: C:\etc\hosts.fm will interpret the '\e' as a horizontal elipse "...". The fix is to reference: C:/etc/hosts.fm Even though FrameMaker is no longer multi-platform, the recommendations still persist. // Simon BUCH ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as azdunczyk at triad.rr.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/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Empty Job 0 kb ps file when print to file :: update
Acrobat > Help > Check for Updates Now failed to find four updates for 7.1.0: 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.13, 7.14 Download, download, download, download, install, install, install, reboot, install, reboot: Nothing Acrobat > Detect and Repair, reboot: Nada. Acrobat > Help > About, reads 7.1.4 Distiller > Help About, reads 7.1.0 4/23/2008 Shouldn't Distillr have updated to 7.1.4 as well? In any event, I am still unable to produce a postscript file in Frame 7.0 p 579 (on XP Pro SP 3) by printing to file. Any help will be much appreicated. Dov? -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n
