Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-18 Thread grant
I agree! Notepad++ Is the best free text editor around. On November 17, 2016 at 10:42 AM Jack DeLand wrote: I never trust Notepad. Notepad++ is a free programming editor, very nice. You'll love it! Jack DeLand 734 972 3026 On Nov 17,

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-18 Thread Craig Ede
ameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files Wow. All those years I spent using FrameMaker all day, every day at work and I never knew you could use it as a text editor. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Peter Gold <peter@petergold.photography> wrote: > To open a MIF file in FM

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-18 Thread Robert Lauriston
Wow. All those years I spent using FrameMaker all day, every day at work and I never knew you could use it as a text editor. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Peter Gold wrote: > To open a MIF file in FM as plain text, press and hold Shift (or Ctrl) when > choosing

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Jack DeLand
your > message is another matter. > > Thanks, > Dave Stamm > Information Engineer > > -Original Message- > From: Jack DeLand [mailto:jackdel...@comcast.net] > Sent: 2016-11-17-Thursday 15:08 > To: Robert Lauriston > Cc: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread 4XScripts
No. Corruption is because of the missing BOM(see my last post). That is only one Byte that you can't see in normal view Am 17.11.2016 um 21:14 schrieb Robert Lauriston: You could find out exactly how Notepad is corrupting the file by opening a MIF, saving a copy, and using the FC command to

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Peter Gold
To open a MIF file in FM​ as plain text, press and hold Shift (or Ctrl) when choosing Open, then choose Text in the dialog box that appears. (Working from long-unused human memory experience.) See: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/help.html?content=Chap2-FrameMaker-Basics_099.html

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
:59 To: Robert Lauriston Cc: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files I swear by Notepad++ On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com<mailto:rob...@lauriston.com>> wrote: It doesn't matter why Notepad suc

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread 4XScripts
Never use Notepad !! Its saves without BOMsee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark And that distroyes the file. Use Notepad++ instead. Am 17.11.2016 um 18:42 schrieb Jack DeLand: I never trust Notepad. Notepad++ is a free programming editor, very nice. You'll love it! Jack

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Robert Lauriston
You could find out exactly how Notepad is corrupting the file by opening a MIF, saving a copy, and using the FC command to compare the two. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
Lauriston Cc: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files Are my posts not getting through? Recommend this quite a while back. Jack DeLand 734 972 3026 > On Nov 17, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> wrote: >

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
blem). Dave Stamm Information Engineer -Original Message- From: Steve Rickaby [mailto:srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk] Sent: 2016-11-17-Thursday 14:33 To: Stamm, David-P45904; Robert Lauriston; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files At 19:14 + 17/11/16,

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
-Thursday 14:59 To: Robert Lauriston Cc: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files I swear by Notepad++ On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com<mailto:rob...@lauriston.com>> wrote: It doesn't matter why N

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread John Sgammato
> > Dave Stamm > > Information Engineer > > > > -Original Message- > > From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On > Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > > Sent: 2016-11-17-Thursday 14:11 > > To: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frame

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Robert Lauriston
t Lauriston > Sent: 2016-11-17-Thursday 14:11 > To: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files > > It's easy to check if Notepad is the issue. Save as .mif, open in Notepad, > save a copy, open the copy in FrameMaker. __

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 19:14 + 17/11/16, Stamm, David wrote: >You, too, have hit upon something. Your test resulted in no joy again. ¿So, >what does Notepad do that corrupts the .mif file? Wildly guessing here based on Mac experience A MIF file is an ASCII text file. So you have to think, what could go

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Robert Lauriston
It's easy to check if Notepad is the issue. Save as .mif, open in Notepad, save a copy, open the copy in FrameMaker. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: 2016-11-17-Thursday 14:11 To: Stamm, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files It's easy to check if Notepad is the issue. Save as .mif, open in Notepad, save a copy, open the copy in FrameMaker

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
-bounces+docudoc=hotmail@lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail@lists.frameusers.com>> on behalf of Stamm, David <david.st...@gd-ms.com<mailto:david.st...@gd-ms.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:25 PM To: FrameMaker user's list posting Subject: [Fra

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Fred Ridder
ting Subject: [Framers] Mif wash .book files 2016-11-17-04T17:25Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system FrameMaker 2015 Release (13.0.5.547) installed on workstation FrameMaker source and inset files are on a server on our local area network == Help, please, even if only to tell

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
, David-P45904; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files Skip Windows Explorer. Use File > Open in FrameMaker. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Stamm, David <david.st...@gd-ms.com> wrote: > ... Through Windows Explorer, I try to open [BookName].mif wit

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Robert Lauriston
Skip Windows Explorer. Use File > Open in FrameMaker. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Stamm, David wrote: > ... Through Windows Explorer, I try to open [BookName].mif with FrameMaker > 2015, which displays the "Unknown file type" window.

Re: [Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Jack DeLand
I never trust Notepad. Notepad++ is a free programming editor, very nice. You'll love it! Jack DeLand 734 972 3026 > On Nov 17, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Stamm, David wrote: > > 2016-11-17-04T17:25Z > > Windows 7 Enterprise operating system > > FrameMaker 2015 Release

[Framers] Mif wash .book files

2016-11-17 Thread Stamm, David
2016-11-17-04T17:25Z Windows 7 Enterprise operating system FrameMaker 2015 Release (13.0.5.547) installed on workstation FrameMaker source and inset files are on a server on our local area network == Help, please, even if only to tell me that I'm "holding my mouth wrong." With