FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Orly Zimmerman
HI All, I was wondering if anyone knows how FM8 handles embedded Visios (OLEs) with Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or how FM9 handles them. Currently, we work with TCS-FM8 on Windows XP with SP2 and have a load of FM files with embedded Visios. As I understand, FM7 doesn't do well with this

Re: FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Orly, not FM nor any OS or SP is the problem... the potential unreliable usage of OLE is the problem and without knowing any detail I would suggest you redesign your processes to avoid OLE. - Michael Am 14.12.2010 um 11:35 schrieb Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com: HI All, I was wondering

RE: FM 9 and SGML

2010-12-14 Thread Anthony Davey
Ditto Michaels' comments. When I first learned Frame it included SGML, but that was with version 5.5; ten years ago. Regards, Ant -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Michael Müller-Hillebrand Sent: 14

Re: FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
There was a problem with OLE in Windows SP3, but Adobe fixed it in FM8. See: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407701.html Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 12/14/2010 1:16 PM, Michael Müller-Hillebrand wrote: Orly, not FM nor any OS or SP is the problem... the potential

RE: FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Combs, Richard
Orly Zimmerman wrote: HI All, I was wondering if anyone knows how FM8 handles embedded Visios (OLEs) with Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or how FM9 handles them. Currently, we work with TCS-FM8 on Windows XP with SP2 and have a load of FM files with embedded Visios. I'll second

RE: CudSpan and other Plug-Ins for FM 9

2010-12-14 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Thanks, Mike. Very helpful. Jim -Original Message- From: Mike Wickham [mailto:i...@mikewickham.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 6:29 PM To: Pinkham, Jim; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: CudSpan and other Plug-Ins for FM 9 1. I know Chris sometimes frequents our lists,

RE: FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Alison Craig
I use FM 9 not 8, but I do exactly what Richard suggests. I create PDFs of my Visio files then import the PDFs by reference. It works really well, looks good onscreen and the prints quality is excellent. Alison Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604)

R/W Rules for writing prefixes/suffixes to XML

2010-12-14 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi All, I have a structured document with some prefixes and suffixes around some elements. When I save the document to XML, I would like to write the prefixes and suffixes to the XML. Are there any Read/Write rules to accommodate this? Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc.

FM 9 and SGML

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Am 13.12.2010 um 15:54 schrieb Michael Johnson : > My employer wants to know how tough it would be generate our technical > manuals in SGML and submit the .SGM files to our customer directly without > going through an out-of-house service provider who turns our Word and FM > offerings into

FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Orly Zimmerman
HI All, I was wondering if anyone knows how FM8 handles embedded Visios (OLEs) with Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or how FM9 handles them. Currently, we work with TCS-FM8 on Windows XP with SP2 and have a load of FM files with embedded Visios. As I understand, FM7 doesn't do well with this

FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Orly, not FM nor any OS or SP is the problem... the potential unreliable usage of OLE is the problem and without knowing any detail I would suggest you redesign your processes to avoid OLE. - Michael Am 14.12.2010 um 11:35 schrieb Orly Zimmerman : > HI All, > I was wondering if anyone

FM 9 and SGML

2010-12-14 Thread Anthony Davey
Ditto Michaels' comments. When I first learned Frame it included SGML, but that was with version 5.5; ten years ago. Regards, Ant -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Michael M?ller-Hillebrand Sent:

FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
There was a problem with OLE in Windows SP3, but Adobe fixed it in FM8. See: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407701.html Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 12/14/2010 1:16 PM, Michael M?ller-Hillebrand wrote: > Orly, > > not FM nor any OS or SP is the problem... the

FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Combs, Richard
Orly Zimmerman wrote: > HI All, > I was wondering if anyone knows how FM8 handles embedded Visios (OLEs) with > Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or how FM9 handles them. > > Currently, we work with TCS-FM8 on Windows XP with SP2 and have a load of > FM files with embedded Visios. I'll second

CudSpan and other Plug-Ins for FM 9

2010-12-14 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Thanks, Mike. Very helpful. Jim -Original Message- From: Mike Wickham [mailto:i...@mikewickham.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 6:29 PM To: Pinkham, Jim; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: CudSpan and other Plug-Ins for FM 9 > 1. I know Chris sometimes frequents our

FM8 with SP3/FM9 SP3 or Windows7 - any problems?

2010-12-14 Thread Alison Craig
I use FM 9 not 8, but I do exactly what Richard suggests. I create PDFs of my Visio files then import the PDFs by reference. It works really well, looks good onscreen and the prints quality is excellent. Alison Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604)

R/W Rules for writing prefixes/suffixes to XML

2010-12-14 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi All, I have a structured document with some prefixes and suffixes around some elements. When I save the document to XML, I would like to write the prefixes and suffixes to the XML. Are there any Read/Write rules to accommodate this? Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc.

OT: remote freelance short-term help needed

2010-12-14 Thread Debbi Leipold
I need some immediate help. FrameMaker 8 preferred. 9 is ok but you will have to save back. User manual updates based on wireframes. Please reply if you are immediately available with your rate and UM samples. Debbi Leipold SimplyTechnical Technical Writing

eBooks, EPUB, using FrameMaker

2010-12-14 Thread Ben Allums
On 12/8/2010 1:20 PM, rinch at Inficon.com wrote: > The CEO of my company has asked that I look into eBooks and the EPUB > standard. He sent me the link: > > http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/design/crossmedia_resources/ebooks_software.html > > I know nothing about this, so I'm on a real