Re: Maximum number of pdf pages in FM query?
Nice sig, Rob I'm assuming you're using 7.2. As you've no doubt noted in other threads, SaveAs PDF isn't ever the preferred method of generating a PDF, so you may want to try setting the Adobe logical printer as your default printer and then using a Print command to generate the PDF. Another standard tip that may be helpful is to make sure that all FM content files are open on your desktop when you PDF. Probably more important than RAM in your case is how much temp space you have on your hard drive, too, because temporary files are created using any pdf generation process. And because of the crashes, you may have orphan temp files that need to be cleaned out. Art On Nov 21, 2007 4:36 AM, Rob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Framers: I am still using FM 8.2 on an XP platform with 4 gigs of ram. My pdf project is at 5,677 pag.2, nes; heavily indexed and illustrated. I am having problems generating a pdf in the save as method. Crashes with no clues except the arcane (to me) generated error file. Have I arrived at the outer reaches? Shorter files (1,000 pp) generate as smoothly as silk. Must I move to structured format? I have miffed the files. Thank you for a wonderful listserv. I am a lurker. Rob Prof. Robert C.-H. Shell Commissioner of Truth and Justice for Mauritius Extraordinary Professor of Historical Demography University of the Western Cape Courier address: Room 3,23 Statistics department New Science Building University of Western Cape Modderdam Road Bellville 7535 Western Cape Republic of South Africa Airmail address: Prof. Robert C.-H. Shell Room 3,23 Statistics department New Science Building Private Bag X17 Bellville Western Cape 7535 Republic of South Africa E-mail addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 021-959-2909 -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ 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: Maximum number of pdf pages in FM query?
Rob Shell asked: I am still using FM 8.2 on an XP platform with 4 gigs of ram. My pdf project is at 5,677 pages; heavily indexed and illustrated. I am having problems generating a pdf in the save as method. Crashes with no clues except the arcane (to me) generated error file. Have I arrived at the outer reaches? Shorter files (1,000 pp) generate as smoothly as silk. Must I move to structured format? No, most likely you simply have something on one particular page thatone or both of the tools doesn't like. Have you tried printing the document to PostScript and then distilling the PostScript explicitly? That way you can see whether the glitch is in the way FrameMaker and the printer driver produce the PostScript or in the way Distiller processes the PostScript to PDF (both of which happen under the hood in the Save As PDF method). And whatever error message(s) you get should identify the page on which the tool choked, so you can zero in on the problem area that way. (Note that Acrobat will often report that it was printing a page that is one or two pages in front of where the actual problem is located, because there are usually a couple of pages in the pipeline at any given moment.) Once you have an approximate page number for the failure, you can verify that you can successfully print all pages up to the problem area, and whether attempting to print a page range starting at the problem area still produces a fault. Then it's usually a matter of examining the pages in the problem area and figuring out what the tool is choking on. I recently had a case where one particular figure would *always* crash Distiller if it was inserted as PDF (even after replacing the figure with a new PDF image freshly generated from the Visio source) but worked fine if inserted as EPS. Also, what printer driver are you using? Unless it's the Adobe PDFdriver, you could be running up against some peculiarity in a driverthat is designed for a physical output device rather than PDF creation. -Fred Ridder _ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live.Download today it's FREE! http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_sharelife_112007 ___ 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.
