Compiling FDK Client Apps

2006-08-29 Thread Benjamin Jones
Framers, Are there any issues with using MS Visual Studio 2005 for compiling API client applications? Adobe recommends the 2003 edition and I've noticed a few differences as I'm setting up my environment to recompile some client apps I originally wrote for Frame 6 and 7.0. Do I need to do

Re: Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

2006-08-29 Thread Klaus Daube
On 28 Aug 2006 at 14:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Framers, FrameMaker 7.0p576 Windows XP Professional I recently reinstalled FrameMaker, and now when I double-click a FrameMaker file in the directory, instead of the file opening in FM, I get a series of messages similar to the

RE: Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

2006-08-29 Thread John Sgammato
STC-Boston Chapter has a library of templates, including FM 7: http://www.stcboston.org/php/filetemplates.php/ (STC member login required) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Cavanaugh Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 6:11 PM To:

RE: Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

2006-08-29 Thread Steve Cavanaugh
Thanks John. Since I live near Seattle, I'm not sure I could enjoy all the benefits of that organization. But on the other hand, it might be a useful place to learn. I appreciate the pointer. Steve -Original Message- From: John Sgammato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August

RE: Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Jaya Ghosh
Hello Framers, First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries. Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query as under. 3. What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising on the quality? The scaling

Re: Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Try right-clicking on the FM file, selecting Open With, selecting FM, and selecting the checkbox for always use this program to open this file type. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Framers, FrameMaker 7.0p576 Windows XP Professional I recently reinstalled

RE: Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

2006-08-29 Thread Niels Fanøe
Hi, You are currently failing to open files because there are spaces in the filename. In the registration database, make sure that the key My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\applications\FrameMaker.exe\shell\Open\Command -has the value C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.1\FrameMaker.exe %1 -the

Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

2006-08-29 Thread Niels Fanøe
Hi, You are currently failing to open files because there are spaces in the filename. In the registration database, make sure that the key My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\applications\FrameMaker.exe\shell\Open\Command -has the value "C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.1\FrameMaker.exe" "%1"

Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Jaya Ghosh
Hello Framers, First of all let me thank all of you out there for responding to my queries. Thanks a ton. Art, as asked by you am providing further details to my query as under. > 3. What are the options of resizing a large image without compromising > on the quality? The scaling

Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Try right-clicking on the FM file, selecting Open With, selecting FM, and selecting the checkbox for always use this program to open this file type. -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com wrote: > Hi Framers, > > FrameMaker 7.0p576 > Windows XP Professional > > I recently

Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Art Campbell
Jaya, Although the placement of a graphic in a FM document can be controlled by a paragraph tag or tags, there are not "graphic tags" in FM itself, so I'm not sure what tool you're using. My standard-operating-procedure for screen shots is to use a utility such as SnagIt to capture and to resize

FM 7.2 DITA Upgrade

2006-08-29 Thread Steve Gillespie Sr, PMP
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Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

2006-08-29 Thread Art Campbell
Although they certainly aren't "Industry Standard," there are also several libraries of FM templates on the FM Download page, somewhere in the 5.x area... I think they'd be decent resources or references. Art > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at

FW: Public Domain Templates for FrameMaker Docs

2006-08-29 Thread Owen, Clint
Steve, Most of what I work on is to ATA 100 spec. Please contact me off list; I might be able to give you a sanitized version of the template we have been using for years. I would just need to take out logos and company names. I am also near Seattle, in Lynnwood. There is an active chapter of

Windows on a Mac

2006-08-29 Thread Art Campbell
My view may be over-simplistic, but if she's mostly using this to transfer files and not for applications, I'd have her buy a cheap PC, like in the $4-500 range, set up a hard drive as a shared resource and go to lunch... There are a number of simple utilities that let either type of computer read

Backing up in Frame

2006-08-29 Thread Charles Beck
Hi all, I am putting out this question on behalf of a colleague here, but it is something I have also long wondered about. Amazing how we end up just accepting the status quo all too often... But I digress. OK, so, you know how you can do a Ctrl+Alt click on a link or cross-reference in Frame to

Quieries related to Frame maker

2006-08-29 Thread Harro de Jong
Jaya is probably using markers in FrameMaker to control converstion to HTML with Quadralay Webworks Publisher. I've done this in the past, we'd place a text frame on the graphic, and put a marker in that text frame. The marker would be of the type 'GraphicsScale', and it would contain the scale

ANN: Why Your VP Fears Product Documentation

2006-08-29 Thread Grant Hogarth
Just got this -- I've no association with Astoria Software (at the moment I don't even know who they are/what they make), but JoAnne Hackos is always worth paying attention to. Grant From: Astoria Software [mailto:astoriasoftw...@101.101direct.com] Sent:

Problem opening .chm file

2006-08-29 Thread Wyman, Milli B. [VA09]
I am using WebWorks Publisher Professional 2003 for FrameMaker to create a project from an FM (7.0) book. The conversion goes smoothly, but when I click on the ..chm file to open it, it opens in Notepad as gibberish. I have gone into File/Preferences and ensured that the IE is selected as the

FM images not converting to PDF

2006-08-29 Thread Jennifer Randel
> Hi all, > I'm having trouble getting images to convert from FM (6.0) to PDF > (Acrobat v 7.0) by creating a .ps file and then distilling. If I print > a page (containing a screen capture) from the FrameMaker file, the > picture prints clearly. If I print the same page from the PDF file, > the

Error message: can't rename file. The newer version has an odd suffix

2006-08-29 Thread The red fox
Hi Framers: I have numerous FM 6.0 books and I am now using FM7.2. Whenever I open/modify and save a file now I get the following message. 'The document was saved to a temporary file, but FrameMaker cannot rename it to have the correct name. The newer version has an odd suffix.' FM is creating

Can't save 7.2 file-trying to rename it and adding odd prefix

2006-08-29 Thread The red fox
Hi Framers: I have numerous FM 6.0 books and I am now using FM7.2. Whenever I open/modify and save a file now, I get the following error message. 'The document was saved to a temporary file, but FrameMaker cannot rename it to have the correct name. The newer version has an odd suffix.' FM is

More...Error message: can't rename file. The newer version has an odd suffix

2006-08-29 Thread The red fox
More info on this issue. After much frustration, I tried a few things and have learned that this issue only happens when I am accessing the files from our network server. I tested this by creating a new test book on the server and adding a few chapters to it. Same problem. I then copied