FrameMaker 12 Package function doesn't really work
Hi group I've got an Fm file with graphics imported by reference. The Fm file is in folder A and the graphics are in folder B, C and D. When I try to create a package, I get a message saying that I opted not to create [a] package if dependent file(s) are missing and that files will not be copied as they exist outside [the] containing folder of the document to be packaged. No I did not opt this and I thought that was the whole idea of creating a package: to collect all the linked graphics into a single folder (or subfolders), as the Archive plugin or the Archive ExtendScript did. So, when I click Continue after seeing the above messages, a ZIP file is created but it only contains my Fm file, no graphics. Cheers -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Getting a handle on structured Frame (DITA)
Hi Theresa, although this will not help you at the moment: Structured authoring is not like loading a new and maybe a little bit strange template from somewhere and thats it. It is a completely different approach of thinking. There are tons of books about this and all of them say: Take your time... First step: Define your structural needs. Them: Implement a suitable DTD (or Schema) and adjust your tools and processes. The advice is to calculate at least one year for this, before the actual work could start (you are already worried about a few days...). The main strength of structured writing is the reliability and the flexibility (if everything is well done) - of course we are talking of hundreds and thousands of documents. The main problem is: There are cases when the structure is either too narrow or too loose, and most authors do not know how to adjust the DTD but would sort of bend the material or misuse structural elements, thus weakening the aforementioned strength. So, I definitely agree with Rick: You should start thinking about your own DTD first and then compare this with DITA or any other made-up DTD. Best regards - Tino H. Haida Theresa de Valence: On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote: XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1) the implementation of DocBook support has problems, and that may cause you trouble down the line, 2) you'll likely find more options for DITA support in the techcomm space, and 3) I like DITA better than DocBook :) OK, conceptually, I understand the value of dividing each part of the document into a single-purpose element and that DITA might be better than the mishmash of DocBook. However, when I look at the DITA applications in structapps.fm, I cannot tell which application is used for plain ordinary text (i.e. what consitutes para). How does one use DITA for: --Book Chapter --Section Body Is this what the DITA map is? [And here I thought we were going to have geographical maps in the book 8-) ] Thanks, Theresa P.S. I have ordered XML AND FRAMEMAKER by Kay Ethier but it won't be here for several days ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Getting a handle on structured Frame (DITA)
I think Rick is correct. Think of building small xml docs with a particular need in mind to get an idea of what structure is about. The infrastructure behind supporting a small xml doc is the same as for a large document (only with fewer of each of the parts that have to be defined in things like the DTD and the EDD). My first xml exploration involved data in a spreadsheet exported to tabbed text and then wrapped in xml tags. The problem then was to display the data elements in a document. Craig - Hi, I am going to offer a contrary opinion. I wouldn't start with DocBook, DITA, or any existing applications. I would create a simple, custom application to get my feet wet. I do this when I train clients, even if they are using DITA, etc. It helps them to digest the concepts with a small application; then they can figure out how to get around in larger applications. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-366-4017 r...@frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
Where is the EDD created?
I'm taking everyone's advice (thank you) and starting with a new EDD. Where do I save the EDD? In the directory where the structured book will reside or somewhere else? Thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
Help with the future of Mif2Go/DITA2Go/uDoc2Go?
Hi... Just sending out another email to these groups to make sure that anyone interested in helping to guide the future direction of Mif2Go, DITA2Go, and uDoc2Go has signed up for the omsys-dev Yahoo group .. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/omsys-dev/info As Jeremy had wished, the code for his tools will be made available to the open source community, and the omsys-dev group is where we'll discuss exactly how to do that. You don't need to be a developer or have any specific expertise (although that's very helpful), other than an interest in these tools. I'll be starting the discussion next week, and want to make sure that everyone interested is on-board from the beginning. Cheers, ...scott ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Copy Special for a Table Tag
Thanks Craig. It worked. I was able to change my tables a lot more quicker. Thanks Regards Dixit Ponnukasu -Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: - To: Craig Ede craig...@hotmail.com From: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com Date: 08/13/2014 11:16PM Cc: Dixit Ponnukasu dixit.ponnuk...@tcs.com, framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Copy Special for a Table Tag Are you trying to change all the tables in a document from one table tag to another table tag, or are you trying to update all the properties of a particular table tag? If the first, you can do it using the Global Update option. 1. Put your cursor inside the one of the tables 2. Open Table Designer 3. Select the new table tag from the drop-down list 4. From the Commands drop-down, select Global Update options 5. Select All Properties and All Tagged. Set All Tagged to the OLD table tag (the one you want to change FROM) 6. Click Update. Click OK to confirm that you want to change all the tables tagged with the OLD tag to the NEW tag. If the second, open the Table Designer, update the properties, and click Update All. All tables with the same tag will get the new properties. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Craig Ede craig...@hotmail.com wrote: Sounds like a job for an ExtendScript. Craig Subject: Copy Special for a Table Tag From: dixit.ponnuk...@tcs.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:49:39 +0530 Hi, Just wanted to know if there is a way to apply the table properties through the Copy Special option for a table tag in FrameMaker. Right now, I am handling a migration work where the existing content has to be transformed to a different template. For which, this option would be handy. Because if this is feasible, then I can use the Find/Replace - By Pasting option and I will be able to convert all the tables in one go as opposed to applying the table tag by individually selecting each table from the document. Please advise. Thanks Regards Dixit Ponnukasu =-=-= Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as craig...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/craigede%40hotmail.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 ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Where is the EDD created?
On this page are two links .. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker.html - Learn how to create a FrameMaker structured application - Structured Application Developer Reference That should provide all the information you need. ...scott On 8/14/14 9:31 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote: I'm taking everyone's advice (thank you) and starting with a new EDD. Where do I save the EDD? In the directory where the structured book will reside or somewhere else? Thanks, Theresa ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
Are you on FM12? There were two new DLLs in FMINIT/Plugins for FM12. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Hi John: I just did a Save Using Mif2Go on an old tried and true manual, and everything worked just fine. Fei Min -- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:18:24 -0400 From: John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com To: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Message-ID: CAKwJh11XjZFNVpgDEeA0MG=xi=0Q1oDxd0TZBsYvta= ddw1...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I'd be very grateful if a few of my colleagues here could try a quick mif2go save and see if you get the DCL not found error. On Aug 13, 2014 6:15 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: And if you do find a fix, let us know, just in case someone else runs into the same issue. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Scott Prentice s...@leximation.com wrote: If you don't get anything here, you might try the new mif2go list .. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mif2go/info ...scott On 8/13/14 12:53 PM, John Sgammato wrote: Yesterday I was generating a bunch of XHTML output with Mif2Go, when suddenly I started to fail with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. It had worked fine just an hour before. Nothing had changed. Nonetheless I rechecked all my environment variables and other common issues; they were all good. Restarting the machine did not fix it. A complete uninstall/reinstall of Mif2Go did not fix it. Today is does not work on two different computers with different files. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's as if my license has been revoked or some similar global denial of service. -- http://www.actifio.com/*John Sgammato, Documentation Architect* *e* john.sgamm...@actifio.com *c* 508.927.2083 *t* @actifiodocs http://twitter.com/actifiodocs 333 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451 http://twitter.com/actifio http://www.linkedin.com/company/399246 https://plus.google.com/102870897962348937868/posts http://www.youtube.com/user/actifiohttp://www.actifio.com/ *Radically simple copy data management * *.* ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as s...@leximation.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sp10%40leximation.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp:// www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers. To unsubscribe send a blank email to http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. End of framers Digest, Vol 106, Issue 12 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as john.sgamm...@actifio.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/john.sgammato%40actifio.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- http://www.actifio.com/*John Sgammato, Documentation Architect* *e* john.sgamm...@actifio.com *c* 508.927.2083 *t* @actifiodocs http://twitter.com/actifiodocs 333 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451 http://twitter.com/actifiohttp://www.linkedin.com/company/399246 https://plus.google.com/102870897962348937868/posts http://www.youtube.com/user/actifiohttp://www.actifio.com/ *Radically simple copy data management * *.* ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit
RE: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
Nope, sorry, I should have mentioned. I’m on FM10, Windows 7, using Mif2Go V4U54. Fei Min From: John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:15 PM To: Fei Min Lorente Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Are you on FM12? There were two new DLLs in FMINIT/Plugins for FM12. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.commailto:feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Hi John: I just did a Save Using Mif2Go on an old tried and true manual, and everything worked just fine. Fei Min -- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:18:24 -0400 From: John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.commailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com To: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Message-ID: CAKwJh11XjZFNVpgDEeA0MG=xi=0Q1oDxd0TZBsYvta=ddw1...@mail.gmail.commailto:ddw1...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I'd be very grateful if a few of my colleagues here could try a quick mif2go save and see if you get the DCL not found error. On Aug 13, 2014 6:15 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: And if you do find a fix, let us know, just in case someone else runs into the same issue. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Scott Prentice s...@leximation.commailto:s...@leximation.com wrote: If you don't get anything here, you might try the new mif2go list .. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mif2go/info ...scott On 8/13/14 12:53 PM, John Sgammato wrote: Yesterday I was generating a bunch of XHTML output with Mif2Go, when suddenly I started to fail with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. It had worked fine just an hour before. Nothing had changed. Nonetheless I rechecked all my environment variables and other common issues; they were all good. Restarting the machine did not fix it. A complete uninstall/reinstall of Mif2Go did not fix it. Today is does not work on two different computers with different files. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's as if my license has been revoked or some similar global denial of service. -- http://www.actifio.com/*John Sgammato, Documentation Architect* *e* john.sgamm...@actifio.commailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com *c* 508.927.2083tel:508.927.2083 *t* @actifiodocs http://twitter.com/actifiodocs 333 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451 http://twitter.com/actifio http://www.linkedin.com/company/399246 https://plus.google.com/102870897962348937868/posts http://www.youtube.com/user/actifiohttp://www.actifio.com/ *Radically simple copy data management * *.* ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as s...@leximation.commailto:s...@leximation.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sp10%40leximation.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp://www.frameusers.com/http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims ___ You are currently subscribed to framers. To unsubscribe send a blank email to http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. End of framers Digest, Vol 106, Issue 12 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as john.sgamm...@actifio.commailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit
Filling up blank space in a Framemaker page
Dear All, Is there a way to stretch text to fill up vacant space on a Framemaker page. I am writing a manual in which few pages end with some lines and then a lot of blank space as the next section starts on the following page. I believe Indesign has a feature that allows subtle automatic adjustment of line spacing to fill up a page, is there a similar feature in Framemaker? Or does such a feature not exist in Indesign or Frame? *Regards,Apurva * ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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: Filling up blank space in a Framemaker page
There is a paragraph pagination setting, start top of page. Apply it to the element that you want to have start on the top of the next page. Ed Nodland [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Apurva Bahadur apu...@writxt.com wrote: Dear All, Is there a way to stretch text to fill up vacant space on a Framemaker page. I am writing a manual in which few pages end with some lines and then a lot of blank space as the next section starts on the following page. I believe Indesign has a feature that allows subtle automatic adjustment of line spacing to fill up a page, is there a similar feature in Framemaker? Or does such a feature not exist in Indesign or Frame? *Regards,Apurva * ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as enodl...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/enodland%40gmail.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 framers@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: Where is the EDD created?
Theresa You can save your EDD anywhere you'd like to. It is not used by FrameMaker. The template and the Read Write Rules file are used by FrameMaker. The EDD is imported into your template file. The templare and r/w rules can also reside anywhere and you edit the structured application definitions specifying the location of your template and EDD files to your application. Ed Nodland San Diego Data Services On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Theresa de Valence t...@bstw.com wrote: I'm taking everyone's advice (thank you) and starting with a new EDD. Where do I save the EDD? In the directory where the structured book will reside or somewhere else? Thanks, Theresa ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as enodl...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ enodland%40gmail.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 framers@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: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
Here's the latest, after an afternoon of research (= banging my head against the wall): - The project fails almost immediately, with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. - All Mif2Go files are present and in the right places following an uninstall and fresh install from new ZIP. This means I do not know what file cannot be found. - I get the same failure even for projects that succeeded earlier in the day, with the same previously-successful ini files. - I have used (and resolved issues with) Mif2Go for 10 years, so I know how things should look - they look OK. - The save process generates good MIFs. I get the same error for each file, with the option to quit. If I do not quit, it makes a mif for the next file and then I get the error again. Mif2Go.ini increments normally for each file generated. - If I push through to the end, it generates all the MIFs but it does not clean them up and it generates no output, nor the _wrap folder. - The history and the log file look normal. - All the Mif2Go exe dll files have full write permissions, including the two new ones in \fminit\Plugins. And remember that the whole system worked flawlessly for two big books before failing on the third, much smaller book just an hour later. I appreciate any ideas! On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Nope, sorry, I should have mentioned. I’m on FM10, Windows 7, using Mif2Go V4U54. Fei Min *From:* John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com] *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:15 PM *To:* Fei Min Lorente *Cc:* framers@lists.frameusers.com *Subject:* Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Are you on FM12? There were two new DLLs in FMINIT/Plugins for FM12. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Hi John: I just did a Save Using Mif2Go on an old tried and true manual, and everything worked just fine. Fei Min -- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:18:24 -0400 From: John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com To: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Message-ID: CAKwJh11XjZFNVpgDEeA0MG=xi=0Q1oDxd0TZBsYvta= ddw1...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I'd be very grateful if a few of my colleagues here could try a quick mif2go save and see if you get the DCL not found error. On Aug 13, 2014 6:15 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: And if you do find a fix, let us know, just in case someone else runs into the same issue. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Scott Prentice s...@leximation.com wrote: If you don't get anything here, you might try the new mif2go list .. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mif2go/info ...scott On 8/13/14 12:53 PM, John Sgammato wrote: Yesterday I was generating a bunch of XHTML output with Mif2Go, when suddenly I started to fail with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. It had worked fine just an hour before. Nothing had changed. Nonetheless I rechecked all my environment variables and other common issues; they were all good. Restarting the machine did not fix it. A complete uninstall/reinstall of Mif2Go did not fix it. Today is does not work on two different computers with different files. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's as if my license has been revoked or some similar global denial of service. -- http://www.actifio.com/*John Sgammato, Documentation Architect* *e* john.sgamm...@actifio.com *c* 508.927.2083 *t* @actifiodocs http://twitter.com/actifiodocs 333 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451 http://twitter.com/actifio http://www.linkedin.com/company/399246 https://plus.google.com/102870897962348937868/posts http://www.youtube.com/user/actifiohttp://www.actifio.com/ *Radically simple copy data management * *.* ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as s...@leximation.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sp10%40leximation.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp:// www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank
Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
John... This is just grasping at straws .. but do you have extra DLLs in the \fminit\Plugins folder? All FDK DLLs in that folder (or subfolders) get loaded when FM starts. If you've got extra DLLs that are duplicates of others that could cause some problems. I can't say what the proper list of mif2go DLLs should be, but if you added two new ones, you may have needed to remove the two that were being replaced. And .. don't just move the old ones into a subfolder called old .. they will get loaded there too. ...scott On 8/14/14 2:40 PM, John Sgammato wrote: Here's the latest, after an afternoon of research (= banging my head against the wall): * The project fails almost immediately, with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. * All Mif2Go files are present and in the right places following an uninstall and fresh install from new ZIP. This means I do not know what file cannot be found. * I get the same failure even for projects that succeeded earlier in the day, with the same previously-successful ini files. * I have used (and resolved issues with) Mif2Go for 10 years, so I know how things should look - they look OK. * The save process generates good MIFs. I get the same error for each file, with the option to quit. If I do not quit, it makes a mif for the next file and then I get the error again. Mif2Go.ini increments normally for each file generated. * If I push through to the end, it generates all the MIFs but it does not clean them up and it generates no output, nor the _wrap folder. * The history and the log file look normal. * All the Mif2Go exe dll files have full write permissions, including the two new ones in \fminit\Plugins. And remember that the whole system worked flawlessly for two big books before failing on the third, much smaller book just an hour later. I appreciate any ideas! On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com mailto:feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Nope, sorry, I should have mentioned. I'm on FM10, Windows 7, using Mif2Go V4U54. Fei Min *From:*John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com] *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:15 PM *To:* Fei Min Lorente *Cc:* framers@lists.frameusers.com mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com *Subject:* Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Are you on FM12? There were two new DLLs in FMINIT/Plugins for FM12. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com mailto:feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Hi John: I just did a Save Using Mif2Go on an old tried and true manual, and everything worked just fine. Fei Min -- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:18:24 -0400 From: John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com To: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Message-ID: CAKwJh11XjZFNVpgDEeA0MG=xi=0Q1oDxd0TZBsYvta=ddw1...@mail.gmail.com mailto:ddw1...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I'd be very grateful if a few of my colleagues here could try a quick mif2go save and see if you get the DCL not found error. On Aug 13, 2014 6:15 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: And if you do find a fix, let us know, just in case someone else runs into the same issue. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Scott Prentice s...@leximation.com mailto:s...@leximation.com wrote: If you don't get anything here, you might try the new mif2go list .. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mif2go/info https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mif2go/info ...scott On 8/13/14 12:53 PM, John Sgammato wrote: Yesterday I was generating a bunch of XHTML output with Mif2Go, when suddenly I started to fail with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. It had worked fine just an hour before. Nothing had changed. Nonetheless I rechecked all my environment variables and other common issues; they were all good. Restarting the machine did not fix it. A complete uninstall/reinstall of Mif2Go did not fix it. Today is does not work on two different computers with different files. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's as if my license has been revoked or some similar global denial of
RE: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
Hi, John. This is a complete SWAG here. Maybe it is unable to run the program “DCL.EXE” which is in the omsyshome\Omsys\system\common\bin folder (of course, omsyshome is likely different for you). So, have you made sure that your search path in Windows is set to include the omsyshome\Omsys\system\common\bin folder, perhaps (and that the dcl.exe file is present in that folder … although I think you said you checked this already)? You can verify this by using a Windows Command Prompt to see if you can manually execute that program, or it says it is not recognized. Here is the example from my system (which is my own DOS program that emulates the Unix equivalent ☺ … if you want a copy, please let me know). C:\which dcl C:\home\Omsys\common\bin\dcl.exe C:\foobar 'foobar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\dcl usage: dcl [-abx] [-lmp] [-v] [-f format] [-s source] [-t target] [-o output] files... DCL format: -a ascii, -b binary, -x XDCL Endianness: -l little-endian (Intel), -m big-endian, -p PDP Verbosity: -v verbose Format: -f code, as in -f D for DITA; codes are: RTF: W Word, 8 Word8 up, P WordPerfect, H WinHelp4, 3 WinHelp3 *ML: N HTML, X XHTML, G XML, D DITA, B DocBook, M MS HTML Help, C OmniHelp, E Eclipse Help, J JavaHelp, O Oracle Help for Java Source: -s dcl, dcb, dcx, mif, lst, xml Target: -t dcl, dcb, dcx, rtf, htm, xml Output: -o .ext, -o \path, or -o \path\file.ext If the command is unable to find the dcl program, then you may have a Windows path that is missing the Omsys common bin folder. After you add it in, please do make sure to log out and log back in for the environment variables to get read again. Hope this helps! Z From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Sgammato Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:40 PM To: Fei Min Lorente Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Here's the latest, after an afternoon of research (= banging my head against the wall): * The project fails almost immediately, with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. * All Mif2Go files are present and in the right places following an uninstall and fresh install from new ZIP. This means I do not know what file cannot be found. * I get the same failure even for projects that succeeded earlier in the day, with the same previously-successful ini files. * I have used (and resolved issues with) Mif2Go for 10 years, so I know how things should look - they look OK. * The save process generates good MIFs. I get the same error for each file, with the option to quit. If I do not quit, it makes a mif for the next file and then I get the error again. Mif2Go.ini increments normally for each file generated. * If I push through to the end, it generates all the MIFs but it does not clean them up and it generates no output, nor the _wrap folder. * The history and the log file look normal. *All the Mif2Go exe dll files have full write permissions, including the two new ones in \fminit\Plugins. And remember that the whole system worked flawlessly for two big books before failing on the third, much smaller book just an hour later. I appreciate any ideas! On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.commailto:feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Nope, sorry, I should have mentioned. I’m on FM10, Windows 7, using Mif2Go V4U54. Fei Min From: John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.commailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:15 PM To: Fei Min Lorente Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Are you on FM12? There were two new DLLs in FMINIT/Plugins for FM12. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.commailto:feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Hi John: I just did a Save Using Mif2Go on an old tried and true manual, and everything worked just fine. Fei Min -- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:18:24 -0400 From: John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.commailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com To: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Message-ID: CAKwJh11XjZFNVpgDEeA0MG=xi=0Q1oDxd0TZBsYvta=ddw1...@mail.gmail.commailto:ddw1...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I'd be very grateful if a few of my colleagues here could try a quick mif2go save and see if you get the DCL not found error. On Aug 13, 2014 6:15 PM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: And if you do find a fix, let us know, just in
Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines
Thanks Syed - DCL runs fine from the command line (that is, it does not return a not found error. I was very careful about setting up my environment system variables. In other news, just now when I closed FM12, I got a message about FM needing Compatibility Mode, which would be aut-applied the next time I started FM. I restarted FM and saving to Mif2Go failed as before :( On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Hi, John. This is a complete SWAG here. *Maybe* it is unable to run the program “DCL.EXE” which is in the *omsyshome\Omsys\system\common\bin* folder (of course, *omsyshome* is likely different for you). So, have you made sure that your search path in Windows is set to include the *omsyshome\Omsys\system\common\bin* folder, perhaps (and that the dcl.exe file is present in that folder … although I think you said you checked this already)? You can verify this by using a Windows Command Prompt to see if you can manually execute that program, or it says it is not recognized. Here is the example from my system (*which* is my own DOS program that emulates the Unix equivalent J … if you want a copy, please let me know). C:\which dcl C:\home\Omsys\common\bin\dcl.exe C:\foobar 'foobar' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\dcl usage: dcl [-abx] [-lmp] [-v] [-f format] [-s source] [-t target] [-o output] files... DCL format: -a ascii, -b binary, -x XDCL Endianness: -l little-endian (Intel), -m big-endian, -p PDP Verbosity: -v verbose Format: -f code, as in -f D for DITA; codes are: RTF: W Word, 8 Word8 up, P WordPerfect, H WinHelp4, 3 WinHelp3 *ML: N HTML, X XHTML, G XML, D DITA, B DocBook, M MS HTML Help, C OmniHelp, E Eclipse Help, J JavaHelp, O Oracle Help for Java Source: -s dcl, dcb, dcx, mif, lst, xml Target: -t dcl, dcb, dcx, rtf, htm, xml Output: -o .ext, -o \path, or -o \path\file.ext If the command is unable to find the *dcl* program, then you may have a Windows path that is missing the Omsys common bin folder. After you add it in, please do make sure to log out and log back in for the environment variables to get read again. Hope this helps! Z *From:* framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *John Sgammato *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:40 PM *To:* Fei Min Lorente *Cc:* framers@lists.frameusers.com *Subject:* Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Here's the latest, after an afternoon of research (= banging my head against the wall): - The project fails almost immediately, with this error: Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\Users_Roles.html type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 13 15:46:36 2014 Could not run DCL filter or other program. File not found. - All Mif2Go files are present and in the right places following an uninstall and fresh install from new ZIP. This means I do not know what file cannot be found. - I get the same failure even for projects that succeeded earlier in the day, with the same previously-successful ini files. - I have used (and resolved issues with) Mif2Go for 10 years, so I know how things should look - they look OK. - The save process generates good MIFs. I get the same error for each file, with the option to quit. If I do not quit, it makes a mif for the next file and then I get the error again. Mif2Go.ini increments normally for each file generated. - If I push through to the end, it generates all the MIFs but it does not clean them up and it generates no output, nor the _wrap folder. - The history and the log file look normal. - All the Mif2Go exe dll files have full write permissions, including the two new ones in \fminit\Plugins. And remember that the whole system worked flawlessly for two big books before failing on the third, much smaller book just an hour later. I appreciate any ideas! On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Nope, sorry, I should have mentioned. I’m on FM10, Windows 7, using Mif2Go V4U54. Fei Min *From:* John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com] *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:15 PM *To:* Fei Min Lorente *Cc:* framers@lists.frameusers.com *Subject:* Re: Mif2Go suddenly failing on all machines Are you on FM12? There were two new DLLs in FMINIT/Plugins for FM12. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Fei Min Lorente feimin.lore...@onsemi.com wrote: Hi John: I just did a Save Using Mif2Go on an old tried and true manual, and everything worked just fine. Fei Min -- Message: 13 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:18:24 -0400 From: John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com To: Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.com Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Mif2Go
