Re: Make files open in correct version

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi Karen,

If you start FrameMaker (11) from the command line (as administrator) with the 
-reg flag, the registry will be updated and connect FM11 to all FM extensions.

In the FM folder is a file named 'fmreg.txt'  that will be invoked either when 
you start FM for the first time or when you use the -reg flag.

The dirty way is to change fmreg.txt to fm.reg and start it (as administrator) 
by double clicking. 

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Make files open in correct version

[Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp]

Hi Karen,

If you start FrameMaker (11) from the command line (as administrator) with the 
-reg flag, the registry will be updated and connect FM11 to all FM extensions.

In the FM folder is a file named 'fmreg.txt'  that will be invoked either when 
you start FM for the first time or when you use the -reg flag.

The dirty way is to change fmreg.txt to fm.reg and start it (as administrator) 
by double clicking. 

Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,

Wim Hooghwinkel

Information Energy 2013 ? Leading Conference on Innovation in Knowledge and 
Information Exchange
IEn2013

tel. +31652036811
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Karen Robbins wrote:
 
 I'm using a virtual Windows 7 machine (via Parallels), where Windows
 and Mac share everything--it's supposed to be seamless. If I double-
 click on these files from within the Windows Explorer, they now open
 with v11; but when I do it from the Mac desktop, they still try to open
 with v9.

That's not a bug, Karen, it's a feature! :-) 
 
 On the Mac I can, of course, change the default app with which a file
 should be opened... but I must either change ALL files with the same
 suffix or change each one individually. At this point in the
 transition, I want to change no more than a batch at a time (the
 project currently in progress, for example). I'd hate to accidentally
 change something from a still-older-version that could possibly lose
 something in translation; and I do not relish the idea of changing
 everything one at a time. :-(

Presumably, the current project is a book or books, not just a disparate 
collection of files. So just start FM 11, then use File  Open to open the book 
you want to work on, and then open the files in the book by double-clicking 
them in the book window. 

I hardly ever open an FM file from the OS, and I don't even have two OSes to 
keep track of. ;-)

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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RE: Make files open in correct version

[Karen Robbins]

Good point, Richard. Yes, this project is a book--that is revised 
quarterly with about 15 files, total about 100 pages. I usually don't 
book the files until later in the project, when it's time to finalize 
pagination; while multiple users are working on the files there's no 
particular need to work on them as a book. But there's no reason why 
I can't temporarily re-book for this purpose, or why it can't be a 
book from the start.


For my larger projects with many more stages, this will be an issue 
to resolve...maybe I will find a way to batch-modify through Mac OS 
Finder.


Thanks,
Karen

At 6:53 AM -0800 1/11/13, Combs, Richard wrote:

Presumably, the current project is a book or books, not just a 
disparate collection of files. So just start FM 11, then use File  
Open to open the book you want to work on, and then open the files 
in the book by double-clicking them in the book window.

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Re: Make files open in correct version - Solved

[Karen Robbins]

If there are any Mac/Parallels users out there who may be faced with this
situation, one solution is to use Apple's Automator. An application (app)
with just two actions -- get folder contents, set application for files --
does the trick. Drag the actions into Automator's composition window.
Select the application you want in the pull-down menu (in my case, Frame
11); Windows apps are (most likely) located in your User file
~/Applications(Parallels)/[your Windows version] Applications/[app
name].app. Save the app.

Simply drop the folder with the chosen Frame files onto the app's icon and
in seconds the files are all converted. You can check the get-info box to
confirm the files now have the v11 Frame as their default. They will now
open in Frame 11 within the Windows virtual machine from a double-click on
the Mac side.

Cheers,
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[Anjaneai S]

Hi Karen,

As they have been upgraded to Fm 11, when you opened them in that release
so, you may not be open them again, in FM9 this way. Try saving your
Documents as MIF7 (File-- Saves as -- MIF7 format and then try again)

See if it works!

Thanks,
Anjaneai

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Karen Robbins wrote:

> I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
> However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
> v9, fail, and display this error message: "Although [file path and name]
> appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
> of the product." This happens even though v11 is open at the time.
>
> How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
> to File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karen
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[Anjaneai S]

You are correct Art, I guess, I misunderstood the case, my bad.

@Karen, you can also, try right clicking to your FM Doc and choose Open
with -- Default Program and choose FrameMaker 11 as application (browse)
and check the checkbox for using this application always.



On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Art Campbell wrote:

> Assuming W7: Control Panel >  Default Programs > Set Associations.
> Scroll down to .fm and/or .book, click Change Program, and remap the
> program path from FM9 to FM 11.
>
> Cheers,
> Art
>
> Art Campbell
> art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
> and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>   No disclaimers apply.
>DoD 358
>
> I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Karen Robbins  gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
>> However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
>> v9, fail, and display this error message: "Although [file path and name]
>> appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
>> of the product." This happens even though v11 is open at the time.
>>
>> How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't
>> have to File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Karen
>>
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[Combs, Richard]

Karen Robbins wrote:

> I'm using a virtual Windows 7 machine (via Parallels), where Windows
> and Mac share everything--it's supposed to be seamless. If I double-
> click on these files from within the Windows Explorer, they now open
> with v11; but when I do it from the Mac desktop, they still try to open
> with v9.

That's not a bug, Karen, it's a feature! :-) 

> On the Mac I can, of course, change the default app with which a file
> should be opened... but I must either change ALL files with the same
> suffix or change each one individually. At this point in the
> transition, I want to change no more than a batch at a time (the
> project currently in progress, for example). I'd hate to accidentally
> change something from a still-older-version that could possibly lose
> something in translation; and I do not relish the idea of changing
> everything one at a time. :-(

Presumably, the current project is a book or books, not just a disparate 
collection of files. So just start FM 11, then use File > Open to open the book 
you want to work on, and then open the files in the book by double-clicking 
them in the book window. 

I hardly ever open an FM file from the OS, and I don't even have two OSes to 
keep track of. ;-)

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
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303-903-6372
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Make files open in correct version

[Karen Robbins]

Good point, Richard. Yes, this project is a book--that is revised 
quarterly with about 15 files, total about 100 pages. I usually don't 
book the files until later in the project, when it's time to finalize 
pagination; while multiple users are working on the files there's no 
particular need to work on them as a book. But there's no reason why 
I can't temporarily re-book for this purpose, or why it can't be a 
book from the start.

For my larger projects with many more stages, this will be an issue 
to resolve...maybe I will find a way to batch-modify through Mac OS 
Finder.

Thanks,
Karen

At 6:53 AM -0800 1/11/13, Combs, Richard wrote:

>Presumably, the current project is a book or books, not just a 
>disparate collection of files. So just start FM 11, then use File > 
>Open to open the book you want to work on, and then open the files 
>in the book by double-clicking them in the book window.

Make files open in correct version - Solved

[Karen Robbins]

If there are any Mac/Parallels users out there who may be faced with this
situation, one solution is to use Apple's Automator. An application (app)
with just two actions -- get folder contents, set application for files --
does the trick. Drag the actions into Automator's composition window.
Select the application you want in the pull-down menu (in my case, Frame
11); Windows apps are (most likely) located in your User file
~/Applications(Parallels)/[your Windows version] Applications/[app
name].app. Save the app.

Simply drop the folder with the chosen Frame files onto the app's icon and
in seconds the files are all converted. You can check the get-info box to
confirm the files now have the v11 Frame as their default. They will now
open in Frame 11 within the Windows virtual machine from a double-click on
the Mac side.

Cheers,
--Karen
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[Karen Robbins]

I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
v9, fail, and display this error message: Although [file path and name]
appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
of the product. This happens even though v11 is open at the time.

How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
to File - Open - Scroll - Select - Click Open for each one?

Thanks,

Karen
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Re: Make files open in correct version

[Art Campbell]

Assuming W7: Control Panel   Default Programs  Set Associations.
Scroll down to .fm and/or .book, click Change Program, and remap the
program path from FM9 to FM 11.

Cheers,
Art

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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.comwrote:

 I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
 However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
 v9, fail, and display this error message: Although [file path and name]
 appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
 of the product. This happens even though v11 is open at the time.

 How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
 to File - Open - Scroll - Select - Click Open for each one?

 Thanks,

 Karen

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[Jeff Coatsworth]

If you don't want to do it within FM, then you need to fix your file 
associations in Windows to launch FM 11 when double-clicking on them.


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I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11. However, 
when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in v9, fail, and 
display this error message: Although [file path and name] appears to be a 
FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release of the product. This 
happens even though v11 is open at the time.

How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have to 
File - Open - Scroll - Select - Click Open for each one?

Thanks,

Karen
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RE: Make files open in correct version

[Combs, Richard]

Karen Robbins wrote:
 
 I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
 However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open
 in v9, fail, and display this error message: Although [file path and
 name] appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this
 release of the product. This happens even though v11 is open at the
 time.
 How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't
 have to File - Open - Scroll - Select - Click Open for each one?

Well, if FM 11 is open, you can open them from within FM 11 (File  Open) 
instead of switching to Windows Explorer and trying to open them from there.

But if you want FM files to automatically open with FM 11, change the file 
association: 

1) In Windows Explorer, right-click an FM file and select Properties. 

2) In the Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click the Change button to 
the right of Opens with. 

3) In the Open with dialog, select FrameMaker 11. If it's not listed, browse to 
the FM 11 installation folder and select FrameMaker.exe. 

4) Make sure that Always use the selected program to open this kind of file is 
checked and click OK.

Richard G. Combs
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Re: Make files open in correct version

[Anjaneai S]

Hi Karen,

As they have been upgraded to Fm 11, when you opened them in that release
so, you may not be open them again, in FM9 this way. Try saving your
Documents as MIF7 (File-- Saves as -- MIF7 format and then try again)

See if it works!

Thanks,
Anjaneai

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.comwrote:

 I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
 However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
 v9, fail, and display this error message: Although [file path and name]
 appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
 of the product. This happens even though v11 is open at the time.

 How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
 to File - Open - Scroll - Select - Click Open for each one?

 Thanks,

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[Robert Lauriston]

Right-click a .book file, select Open With, check Always use the
selected program to open this kind of file, select FM11 (browse if
necessary), OK.

Do the same with an .fm file.

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.com wrote:
 I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
 However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
 v9, fail, and display this error message: Although [file path and name]
 appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release of
 the product. This happens even though v11 is open at the time.

 How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
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[Anjaneai S]

You are correct Art, I guess, I misunderstood the case, my bad.

@Karen, you can also, try right clicking to your FM Doc and choose Open
with -- Default Program and choose FrameMaker 11 as application (browse)
and check the checkbox for using this application always.



On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.comwrote:

 Assuming W7: Control Panel   Default Programs  Set Associations.
 Scroll down to .fm and/or .book, click Change Program, and remap the
 program path from FM9 to FM 11.

 Cheers,
 Art

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 and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
   No disclaimers apply.
DoD 358

 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA.


 On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.comwrote:

 I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
 However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
 v9, fail, and display this error message: Although [file path and name]
 appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
 of the product. This happens even though v11 is open at the time.

 How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't
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 Thanks,

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Re: Make files open in correct version

[Karen Robbins]

Thanks for pointing me to the file properties. I'm a Mac person, there is
much in Windows I don't know. :-) The files are now identified as Frame 11
files (not Frame 9), and in the properties they are set to open with Frame
11.

I'm using a virtual Windows 7 machine (via Parallels), where Windows and
Mac share everything--it's supposed to be seamless. If I double-click on
these files from within the Windows Explorer, they now open with v11; but
when I do it from the Mac desktop, they still try to open with v9.

On the Mac I can, of course, change the default app with which a file
should be opened... but I must either change ALL files with the same suffix
or change each one individually. At this point in the transition, I want to
change no more than a batch at a time (the project currently in progress,
for example). I'd hate to accidentally change something from a
still-older-version that could possibly lose something in translation; and
I do not relish the idea of changing everything one at a time. :-(

Apparently anything set on the Windows side does NOT seamlessly translate
to the Mac side. The same file's properties, when viewed on the Mac, still
show v9 specified. Discussion for another support list, I guess ;-).

Thanks again!
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[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Ø  Thanks for pointing me to the file properties. I'm a Mac person, there is 
much in Windows I don't know. :-) The files are now identified as Frame 11 
files (not Frame 9), and in the properties they are set to open with Frame 11.

Actually, it is not part of the files themselves ... it is a setting within 
Windows. I.e., files with those particular extensions (i.e., the .fm and 
.book) are now associated with a specific application executable to be used 
to open them. Since it is a specific executable, you can select which 
application will open the file.

You could set the executable to be some binary file editor for example! Would 
have an unexpected outcome, of course, but that is how it would work.

As a sidebar: this is different in UNIX systems - the file contains information 
about how it is to be run, etc., in the initial few bits. This is typically 
what is examined by the files * command in UNIX to tell you what the file 
is/does (since the concept of an extension is mostly meaningless in UNIX ... a 
file is a file is a file!).

Since OSX is a UNIX derivative, I wonder if it behaves more like UNIX in this 
regard?


Ø  I'm using a virtual Windows 7 machine (via Parallels), where Windows and Mac 
share everything--it's supposed to be seamless. If I double-click on these 
files from within the Windows Explorer, they now open with v11; but when I do 
it from the Mac desktop, they still try to open with v9.

That is the behavior I would expect.


Ø  Apparently anything set on the Windows side does NOT seamlessly translate to 
the Mac side. The same file's properties, when viewed on the Mac, still show v9 
specified. Discussion for another support list, I guess ;-).

Maybe I am belaboring the point a bit now :), but this is because the 
properties/settings for these files are an OS issue ... unrelated to the fact 
that they are FrameMaker files, or which version of the FrameMaker application 
is to be used, etc.

Hope this helps,

Z
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Make files open in correct version

[Karen Robbins]

I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
v9, fail, and display this error message: "Although [file path and name]
appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
of the product." This happens even though v11 is open at the time.

How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
to File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?

Thanks,

Karen
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[Art Campbell]

Assuming W7: Control Panel >  Default Programs > Set Associations.
Scroll down to .fm and/or .book, click Change Program, and remap the
program path from FM9 to FM 11.

Cheers,
Art

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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Karen Robbins wrote:

> I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
> However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
> v9, fail, and display this error message: "Although [file path and name]
> appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release
> of the product." This happens even though v11 is open at the time.
>
> How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
> to File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karen
>
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[Jeff Coatsworth]

If you don't want to do it within FM, then you need to fix your file 
associations in Windows to launch FM 11 when double-clicking on them.


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Subject: Make files open in correct version


I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11. However, 
when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in v9, fail, and 
display this error message: "Although [file path and name] appears to be a 
FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release of the product." This 
happens even though v11 is open at the time.

How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have to 
File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?

Thanks,

Karen
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Make files open in correct version

[Combs, Richard]

Karen Robbins wrote:

> I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
> However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open
> in v9, fail, and display this error message: "Although [file path and
> name] appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this
> release of the product." This happens even though v11 is open at the
> time.
> How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't
> have to File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?

Well, if FM 11 is open, you can open them from within FM 11 (File > Open) 
instead of switching to Windows Explorer and trying to open them from there.

But if you want FM files to automatically open with FM 11, change the file 
association: 

1) In Windows Explorer, right-click an FM file and select Properties. 

2) In the Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click the Change button to 
the right of Opens with. 

3) In the Open with dialog, select FrameMaker 11. If it's not listed, browse to 
the FM 11 installation folder and select FrameMaker.exe. 

4) Make sure that Always use the selected program to open this kind of file is 
checked and click OK.

Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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Make files open in correct version

[Robert Lauriston]

Right-click a .book file, select Open With, check "Always use the
selected program to open this kind of file," select FM11 (browse if
necessary), OK.

Do the same with an .fm file.

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Karen Robbins  
wrote:
> I recently moved from Frame 9 to 11. I updated several files in v11.
> However, when I double-click to open any of them, they attempt to open in
> v9, fail, and display this error message: "Although [file path and name]
> appears to be a FrameMaker document, it can't be opened with this release of
> the product." This happens even though v11 is open at the time.
>
> How can I convince these files that they're now v11 files--so I don't have
> to File -> Open -> Scroll -> Select -> Click "Open" for each one?

Make files open in correct version

[Karen Robbins]

Thanks for pointing me to the file properties. I'm a Mac person, there is
much in Windows I don't know. :-) The files are now identified as Frame 11
files (not Frame 9), and in the properties they are set to open with Frame
11.

I'm using a virtual Windows 7 machine (via Parallels), where Windows and
Mac share everything--it's supposed to be seamless. If I double-click on
these files from within the Windows Explorer, they now open with v11; but
when I do it from the Mac desktop, they still try to open with v9.

On the Mac I can, of course, change the default app with which a file
should be opened... but I must either change ALL files with the same suffix
or change each one individually. At this point in the transition, I want to
change no more than a batch at a time (the project currently in progress,
for example). I'd hate to accidentally change something from a
still-older-version that could possibly lose something in translation; and
I do not relish the idea of changing everything one at a time. :-(

Apparently anything set on the Windows side does NOT seamlessly translate
to the Mac side. The same file's properties, when viewed on the Mac, still
show v9 specified. Discussion for another support list, I guess ;-).

Thanks again!
Karen
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[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

?  Thanks for pointing me to the file properties. I'm a Mac person, there is 
much in Windows I don't know. :-) The files are now identified as Frame 11 
files (not Frame 9), and in the properties they are set to open with Frame 11.

Actually, it is not part of the files themselves ... it is a setting within 
Windows. I.e., files with those particular extensions (i.e., the ".fm" and 
".book") are now associated with a specific application executable to be used 
to "open" them. Since it is a specific executable, you can select which 
application will "open" the file.

You could set the executable to be some binary file editor for example! Would 
have an unexpected outcome, of course, but that is how it would work.

As a sidebar: this is different in UNIX systems - the file contains information 
about how it is to be run, etc., in the initial few bits. This is typically 
what is examined by the "files *" command in UNIX to tell you what the file 
is/does (since the concept of an extension is mostly meaningless in UNIX ... a 
file is a file is a file!).

Since OSX is a UNIX derivative, I wonder if it behaves more like UNIX in this 
regard?


?  I'm using a virtual Windows 7 machine (via Parallels), where Windows and Mac 
share everything--it's supposed to be seamless. If I double-click on these 
files from within the Windows Explorer, they now open with v11; but when I do 
it from the Mac desktop, they still try to open with v9.

That is the behavior I would expect.


?  Apparently anything set on the Windows side does NOT seamlessly translate to 
the Mac side. The same file's properties, when viewed on the Mac, still show v9 
specified. Discussion for another support list, I guess ;-).

Maybe I am belaboring the point a bit now :), but this is because the 
properties/settings for these files are an OS issue ... unrelated to the fact 
that they are FrameMaker files, or which version of the FrameMaker application 
is to be used, etc.

Hope this helps,

Z
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