Re: Backgrading Frame 12 to Frame 8 - Unicode issue

2014-09-16 Thread John Sgammato
and 10 made it worse, and 11 made it better, and 12 made it much better - once you accept the new world On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > I think FM8 was more stable and bug-free than any version since then. > FM9 introduced the new UI layer, which broke a lot of things

Re: Backgrading Frame 12 to Frame 8 - Unicode issue

2014-09-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
I think FM8 was more stable and bug-free than any version since then. FM9 introduced the new UI layer, which broke a lot of things that have not been fixed since. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:04 PM, John Sgammato wrote: > > FrameMaker has changed an awful lot since FM8. It is probably a worthwhile

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups

2014-09-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Nope - not fireproof. I periodically back up the entire NAS server to another one at work (12 miles away). Only thing that could go wrong is an earthquake completely destroying both work and home - in which case, I would likely be dead too and not care too much! :) Z -Original Message-

Re: Backgrading Frame 12 to Frame 8 - Unicode issue

2014-09-16 Thread John Sgammato
FrameMaker has changed an awful lot since FM8. It is probably a worthwhile investment to get your other half up to FM12 (or any 9+) at this point. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 8:48 PM, mkopen wrote: > Hello all - > > Working with Frame 12, I have to deliver some files to a Frame 8 user. The > only op

Re: Backgrading Frame 12 to Frame 8 - Unicode issue

2014-09-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
Try saving as MIF 12. FM8 may just ignore the things it doesn't recognize. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 5:48 PM, mkopen wrote: > Hello all - > > Working with Frame 12, I have to deliver some files to a Frame 8 user. The > only option in Frame 12 is to save to version 7 *.mif. That would work if I > we

Backgrading Frame 12 to Frame 8 - Unicode issue

2014-09-16 Thread mkopen
Hello all - Working with Frame 12, I have to deliver some files to a Frame 8 user. The only option in Frame 12 is to save to version 7 *.mif. That would work if I weren't using Unicode fonts (for Canadian Aboriginal languages). As one would expect, when I open the v.7 miffed files in Frame 8, the

Re: My work-flow for dealing with backups

2014-09-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
That's a fireproof NAS server? On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > Got it! Definitely works well for you then. I am still on the freebie plans > for DropBox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive for now (combined storage is > about 60 GB) for my fi

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups

2014-09-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Got it! Definitely works well for you then. I am still on the freebie plans for DropBox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive for now (combined storage is about 60 GB) for my file-sharing needs. FWIW, I have stayed off the larger-capacity, paid storage plans because I ended up getting a RAID-1

Re: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups

2014-09-16 Thread Böðvar Björgvinsson
Hi Jamie, You could also add a couple of lines to the script: cd to the drive you copy to, and from there del the .bat file. Cheers, Bodvar On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Jaime Zuniga wrote: > Hi Amy, > > > > I have been messing around with your batch file idea but I am having an > is

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups

2014-09-16 Thread David Boss
Yup, the synced desktop/laptop/online copies is exactly what I want. Dropbox just increased the space to 1TB for the paid version, which is more than enough for my active files. Didn't mention that I also use it to transfer files to others. And can access it from my phone and tablet. More than wort

RE: [EXTERNAL]RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups

2014-09-16 Thread Jaime Zuniga
Hi Amy, Yes, sorry, I tried the *.* option to copy all files, and as I mentioned it copies ALL files including the .bat file. If I limit it to finding only the types of files I want to copy then it works, in my case*.xml. But it is rather limiting in the case that I had, say, 10 different file

[EXTERNAL]RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups

2014-09-16 Thread Sharp, Amy
Syed, Good stuff. This is why it's so nice to have a little DOS in your pocket so you can customize it for the way you work. Jaime, Are you copying *.*? That copies everything. I don't know of an exclusionary command with copy, but it may exist-I'm not an expert, I just troll the web until I fi

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups

2014-09-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Hmmm ... your Dropbox folder and its contained files are _still_ entirely resident on your hard-drive too (till they are deleted in the DropBox "folder")! This is how they allow "off-line" work as well, when not connected "on-line" on the Internet. In essence, it just is another folder on your

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups

2014-09-16 Thread Jaime Zuniga
Hi Amy, I have been messing around with your batch file idea but I am having an issue with it. I want to create a batch file to copy all files in the current directory EXCEPT for the actual batch file, and no matter what I do using the copy command it simply does not work. So, do you know how

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups

2014-09-16 Thread David Boss
I have stopped saving multiple backups on my system and instead keep all active work in a Dropbox folder. Active files are automatically backed up online and to my laptop, and all saved versions of a file are available for 30 days from the Dropbox site. No more clutter! David Boss Communications

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups

2014-09-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
What you wrote is conceptually similar to what I do, except that I don't put the backup files into a single location on my disk drive. As I described earlier, each document's main directory has a subdir just below where I am working, so it always puts the backup files only there. Hence the back

Potential Opportunity- FrameMaker Developer (2-3 months)

2014-09-16 Thread Hamid, Amy
My name is Amy Hamid, Recruiter with Intercom Consulting and Federal Systems, a Government integrator in the DC Metro area. I'm contacting you about a potential opportunity with our organization. We are currently looking for a temporary (2-3 months) FrameMaker Developer who would be able to trav

RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker--getting rid of backups

2014-09-16 Thread Sharp, Amy
I like having backups available in case of crashes or other emergencies, so I don't want to turn them off. As it's also my habit to save different "versions" of an active FrameMaker project in different folders, backups are only required for those emergencies. That makes a lot of clutter in the