Re: another table question
On 5/20/08, Leah Smaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to include text for heading rows in the table format? We use AutoText (www.siliconprairiesoftware.com) to insert certain table formats with certain text already entered. We use it for a lot of other things, too. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
another table question
On 5/20/08, Leah Smaller wrote: > Is it possible to include text for heading rows in the table format? We use AutoText (www.siliconprairiesoftware.com) to insert certain table formats with certain text already entered. We use it for a lot of other things, too. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Re: Microsoft XP support
Your use of NEVER may be based on experience, but if it's based on the opinion of others, you may want to give it a chance. Even if you go with Linux or Mac OSX, you will have to have some flavor of Windows if you are going to run FrameMaker. Personally, I've been using Vista since September and haven't seen any more problems than what I've had with XP. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Microsoft XP support
> Your use of "NEVER" may be based on experience, but if it's based on the > opinion of others, you may want to give it a chance. Even if you go with > Linux or Mac OSX, you will have to have some flavor of Windows if you are > going to run FrameMaker. Personally, I've been using Vista since September and haven't seen any more problems than what I've had with XP. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Re: MadCap Blaze
Blaze appears to be a variant of Flare. It isn't an authoring tool so much as a conversion tool. It seems not to know if its main thrust is HTML or XML, and it seems to lean heavily toward HTML. Blaze essentially IS Flare in that, if I remember correctly, all the functionality in Blaze is also in Flare. Flare then has additional publishing functionality. == Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: MadCap Blaze
Flare has more than Blaze? Ir did you mean that the other way around? Flare has more than Blaze. Kind of like Flare : Blaze :: Acrobat : Reader Rick ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
MadCap Blaze
> Blaze appears to be a variant of Flare. It isn't an authoring tool so much as > a conversion tool. It seems not to know > if its main thrust is HTML or XML, and it seems to lean heavily toward HTML. > Blaze essentially IS Flare in that, if I remember correctly, all the functionality in Blaze is also in Flare. Flare then has additional publishing functionality. ====== Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
MadCap Blaze
> Flare has more than Blaze? Ir did you mean that the other way around? > > Flare has more than Blaze. Kind of like Flare : Blaze :: Acrobat : Reader Rick
Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files
Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. I used ConTEXT when I had to edit the MIF files. But since we can't install that on our work PCs anymore, I've been using Portable Notepad++ lately. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Archive searching and moving text inset files
Linda G. Gallagher wrote: Can you edit mif files to change the text inset paths? Any gotchas? When we first moved from Word to Frame, I had several writers who kept moving or renaming their inset folders. So I had lots of practice editing MIF files to change inset paths. It was really pretty easy--much easier and less time consuming than re-importing. It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact syntax for the paths. But I do remember that I found details in one of the Frame help PDF files. (I assume it was the MIF one.) Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Archive searching and moving text inset files
Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > > Can you edit mif files to change the text inset paths? Any gotchas? > > When we first moved from Word to Frame, I had several writers who kept moving or renaming their inset folders. So I had lots of practice editing MIF files to change inset paths. It was really pretty easy--much easier and less time consuming than re-importing. It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact syntax for the paths. But I do remember that I found details in one of the Frame help PDF files. (I assume it was the MIF one.) Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Archive searching and moving text inset files
> Any recommendation on a text editor? I don't think I have anything other > than Notepad installed currently, as I don't use text editors a lot. I used ConTEXT when I had to edit the MIF files. But since we can't install that on our work PCs anymore, I've been using Portable Notepad++ lately. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Re: hypertext marker problem
Paul Grigg wrote: Using Framemaker 6.0, Webworks professional 7.0 = When you have a hypertext link in a CHM file that points to an external website, the default behavior is to open that website within the CHM. If you want the link opened in the browser, then the link needs to have TARGET=_NEW appended to it. However, when you create hypertext markers in framemaker with TARGET=_NEW appended to them, the resultant link in the compiled CHM file does not work. Has anyone come across the problem, and is there a solution? I haven't tried this with any version of Webworks or CHM files, but when I run my Frame files through Flare, changing message URL http://www.adobe.com to message NewURL http://www.adobe.com creates the following hypertext link in WebHelp: a href=http://www.adobe.com; target=_blank -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
hypertext marker problem
Paul Grigg wrote: > Using Framemaker 6.0, Webworks professional 7.0 > = > > When you have a hypertext link in a CHM file that points to an external > website, the default behavior is to open that website within the CHM. If you > want the link opened in the browser, then the link needs to have > TARGET="_NEW" appended to it. > > However, when you create hypertext markers in framemaker with TARGET="_NEW" > appended to them, the resultant link in the compiled CHM file does not work. > > > Has anyone come across the problem, and is there a solution? > I haven't tried this with any version of Webworks or CHM files, but when I run my Frame files through Flare, changing message URL http://www.adobe.com to message NewURL http://www.adobe.com creates the following hypertext link in WebHelp: http://www.adobe.com; target="_blank"> -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Re: non-breaking slash - FM sequence?
Orly Zimmerman wrote: HI All, Does anyone have an idea as to what the FM sequence is for a non-breaking slash - you know, like a non-breaking space is Control-Space and non-breaking hyphen is Esc - h - I couldn't find it in the help - so if the answer is that there is none - how would you prevent I/O within a sentence from breaking at the end of a line (assuming you cannot control the page width)? I would create a non-breaking slash variable, which I believe would have a variable definition of \/. Then, rather than typing a slash, insert that variable. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
non-breaking slash - FM sequence?
Orly Zimmerman wrote: > HI All, > > Does anyone have an idea as to what the FM sequence is for a > non-breaking slash - you know, like a non-breaking space is > "Control-Space" and non-breaking hyphen is "Esc - h" - > > > > I couldn't find it in the help - so if the answer is that there is none > - how would you prevent "I/O" within a sentence from breaking at the end > of a line (assuming you cannot control the page width)? > > I would create a non-breaking slash variable, which I believe would have a variable definition of \/. Then, rather than typing a slash, insert that variable. -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Re: FrameMaker Console
Flato, Gillian wrote: Does anyone know how to make it so that the annoying FrameMaker console doesn't open? On the Preferences dialog box, clear the Show File Translation Errors check box. Rick ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker Console
Flato, Gillian wrote: > Does anyone know how to make it so that the annoying FrameMaker console > doesn't open? On the Preferences dialog box, clear the Show File Translation Errors check box. Rick
Re: Converted Word file grows enormously
Has anyone seen this behavior before? Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than something in the Word file is corrupted), as well as possible fixes and/orworkarounds? Hey, Micheal I've seen similar behavior in Word docs that had TONS of tables. The only solution I could find was to break the file up, either in Word before import or in FrameMaker after. -- Rick Henkel Lead Systems Developer CSG Systems, Inc. http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Converted Word file grows enormously
Has anyone seen this behavior before? Do you have any ideas of what the possible cause is (other than "something in the Word file is corrupted"), as well as possible fixes and/orworkarounds? Hey, Micheal I've seen similar behavior in Word docs that had TONS of tables. The only solution I could find was to break the file up, either in Word before import or in FrameMaker after. -- Rick Henkel Lead Systems Developer CSG Systems, Inc. http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
LCK files persisting
For several months we've been having LCK files that won't go away and can't be deleted. The problem occurs on files stored on a network Windows 2003 R2 server with SP2 installed. Following is a description of what's occurring: 1. Person One opens a FM file, saves it, and closes it. The LCK file does not automatically disappear. If anyone tries to manually delete the LCK file, a message appears saying Cannot delete .fm: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again. Closing FrameMaker or rebooting the PC has no effect. 2. Person Two tries to open the file, but a message appears saying that Person One still has it open. 3. Person Two resets the lock on the file, saves it, and closes it. 4. Anyone who tries to open the file now gets a message saying that Person Two still has the file open. This isn't occurring with all files. Some days it occurs with more files than other days. LAN rebooted the network server one night last week. The next morning, most of the LCK files were gone. The ones that remained I was able to manually delete. Now this week the LCK files are persisting again. Anyone have any suggestions? -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
LCK files persisting
For several months we've been having LCK files that won't go away and can't be deleted. The problem occurs on files stored on a network Windows 2003 R2 server with SP2 installed. Following is a description of what's occurring: 1. Person One opens a FM file, saves it, and closes it. The LCK file does not automatically disappear. If anyone tries to manually delete the LCK file, a message appears saying "Cannot delete .fm: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." Closing FrameMaker or rebooting the PC has no effect. 2. Person Two tries to open the file, but a message appears saying that Person One still has it open. 3. Person Two resets the lock on the file, saves it, and closes it. 4. Anyone who tries to open the file now gets a message saying that Person Two still has the file open. This isn't occurring with all files. Some days it occurs with more files than other days. LAN rebooted the network server one night last week. The next morning, most of the LCK files were gone. The ones that remained I was able to manually delete. Now this week the LCK files are persisting again. Anyone have any suggestions? -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.googlepages.com/index.htm
Frank Stearns
Does anyone have a second e-mail address for Frank? When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], the message comes back undeliverable. Frank, are you out there? -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.ipdz.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Frank Stearns
Does anyone have a second e-mail address for Frank? When I send mail to franks at fsatools.com, the message comes back undeliverable. Frank, are you out there? -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.ipdz.com
Re: Insets not updating during book update
Hi, Lynne We're using unstructured FrameMaker, and we've simply imported small snippets of text into larger Frame files. Rick On 2/22/06, Lynne A. Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, What type of text insets are you using? I have seen this behavior with XML text insets created when opening an XML document. XML text insets created by importing XML fragments into existing FM documents behave as expected. --Lynne At 10:49 AM 2/22/2006, Rick Henkel wrote: I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. I also tried this in 7.0 and got the same results. When I update a book file, I select the Update All Text Insets check box. But I can tell that the insets are not being updated because I'm removing conditions from the insets. After I update the book, the conditions still appear. When I manually update or use the Update References command, the insets are truly updated. Can anyone duplicate this behavior? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Insets not updating during book update
Hi, Lynne We're using unstructured FrameMaker, and we've simply imported small snippets of text into larger Frame files. Rick On 2/22/06, Lynne A. Price wrote: > Rick, >What type of text insets are you using? I have seen this behavior with > XML text insets created when opening an XML document. XML text insets > created by importing XML fragments into existing FM documents behave as > expected. > --Lynne > > At 10:49 AM 2/22/2006, Rick Henkel wrote: > >I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. I also tried this in 7.0 and got the same results. > > > >When I update a book file, I select the "Update All Text Insets" check box. > >But I can tell that the insets are not being updated because I'm removing > >conditions from the insets. After I update the book, the conditions still > >appear. When I manually update or use the "Update References" command, the > >insets are truly updated. > > > >Can anyone duplicate this behavior?
Insets not updating during book update
I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. I also tried this in 7.0 and got the same results. When I update a book file, I select the Update All Text Insets check box. But I can tell that the insets are not being updated because I'm removing conditions from the insets. After I update the book, the conditions still appear. When I manually update or use the Update References command, the insets are truly updated. Can anyone duplicate this behavior? -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.gomain.org ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Insets not updating during book update
I'm using FrameMaker 7.2. I also tried this in 7.0 and got the same results. When I update a book file, I select the "Update All Text Insets" check box. But I can tell that the insets are not being updated because I'm removing conditions from the insets. After I update the book, the conditions still appear. When I manually update or use the "Update References" command, the insets are truly updated. Can anyone duplicate this behavior? -- Rick Henkel http://rickhenkel.gomain.org
