Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message
Hello Framers, I just received a batch of 200+ FrameMaker 4, 5.5, and 6 files that I need to get into Frame 10 and then convert into Word and PDF. However, when I try to open them in either Frame 7 or Frame 10, I get the following error message: Cannot lock this file for your use. Your changes to it may conflict with the work of other users. File file path name. When I click Continue the file opens, but I cannot edit it or use the Save As button, since it is not available. I tried changing permissions on all the files, which appeared to be successful since they no longer indicate that they are read-only and the security settings have grey checkmarks indicating I have write permissions. After changing permissions, the error message no longer comes up, but I still can't edit the files and do not have access to the Save As command. But clearly, some setting in the old Frame file is prohibiting me from editing the file. I can print a PDF file, and then use Acrobat to save it into a Word file, but this is a very roundabout way to get these files into Frame 10. The Adobe forum had an entry on this issue, but the only response didn't help much: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4298416. Any suggestions on how to unlock them so I can use them in Frame 10? BTW, is there a search function on the framers list to seek out topic discussions that might be relevant? I only see the archive, which lists items in chronological order. Thanks for your help. *** Todd Bersley Information Designer STD Applications Documentation Teradyne, Inc. Agoura Hills, CA USA 818-874-7884___ 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: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message
Thanks, Harro. Unlocking the read-only FrameMaker file did the trick. Curious that in 15 years of using Frame, I hadn't encountered a locked Frame file. Now that I know about it, I see this question has been answered a few times before. *** Todd Bersley From: Harro de Jong harro.dej...@triviewgroup.com To: todd.bers...@teradyne.com todd.bers...@teradyne.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: 06/11/2013 06:05 AM Subject:RE: Converting Older Frame Files to Frame 10: Cannot Lock File Error Message You may have two problems: 1. file permissions in Windows 2. file set as read-only in FrameMaker. You've solved 1. for 2. the symptoms are missing menu items (you can't save or edit, and the only menus shown are File, Edit, Navigation, Window, Help). To unlock a file, type Esc Flk (note the uppercase F, lowercase L, lowercase K). Harro de Jong todd.bers...@teradyne.com wrote: I just received a batch of 200+ FrameMaker 4, 5.5, and 6 files that I need to get into Frame 10 and then convert into Word and PDF. However, when I try to open them in either Frame 7 or Frame 10, I get the following error message: Cannot lock this file for your use. Your changes to it may conflict with the work of other users. File file path name. When I click Continue the file opens, but I cannot edit it or use the Save As button, since it is not available. I tried changing permissions on all the files, which appeared to be successful since they no longer indicate that they are read-only and the security settings have grey checkmarks indicating I have write permissions. After changing permissions, the error message no longer comes up, but I still can't edit the files and do not have access to the Save As command. But clearly, some setting in the old Frame file is prohibiting me from editing the file. I can print a PDF file, and then use Acrobat to save it into a Word file, but this is a very roundabout way to get these files into Frame 10. inline: graycol.gif___ 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.
FrameMaker10 Graphics Problems and Strange Object Grouping Behavior
Hello, Our technical publications team recently upgraded from Frame 7 to Frame 10 (Version 10.0.1.408) included with the Technical Communication Suite on Windows 7. Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of crashes when we work on graphics using Frame's drawing tools or when importing snapshots. We've tried MIF washing all of our files, but we are still seeing frequent crashes when working with graphics. One specific problem that we are seeing is that Frame is having a hard time grouping all objects in our often complex block diagrams. I have tried selecting all of the boxes, lines, and text lines in a figure in order to group them all, only to have one or more elements, which I thought I had selected, remain ungrouped. Does anyone have any guidelines on grouping to prevent this type of problem? Or is this just a Frame bug that we have to live with until Adobe comes out with a patch? Also, does anyone know if Adobe is working on improving how Frame handles graphics so that it doesn't crash so frequently? I assume that Frame 10 is sending error reports to Adobe when these crashes occur, but I can't seem to locate any information on this problem on Adobe's support site. We're seriously considering going to an outside drawing tool like Visio because Frame no longer seems like it can handle complex block diagrams. And in the past we really like the Frame drawing tools because they were easy to use, helped keep our file sizes smaller since we weren't importing a lot of graphics, and looked sharper in our online production than imported gifs or jpgs. Any suggestions on managing graphics or using the drawing tools in Frame10 would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help. *** Todd Bersley Technical Writer STD Applications Documentation Teradyne, Inc. Agoura Hills, CA USA 818-874-7884___ 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.
