Follow-up: Problem converting book to HTML
Problem may lie buried in the layouts/master pages. Tested with a 30-page file that was skipped during conversion. When all text from this file was copied to a new file that contained only default body/master/reference pages, and that file was added to the book, it converted correctly. All files in the book share the same master and reference pages, paragraph styles, and character styles. All files begin with an AHead element. All other files (except the 600-pager) converted, including two that are larger than the 30-page file. Any more thoughts on what in the template materials might be the culprit? Thanks as always, Karen Robbins ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Follow-up: Problem converting book to HTML
Karen Robbins wrote: Problem may lie buried in the layouts/master pages. Tested with a 30-page file that was skipped during conversion. When all text from this file was copied to a new file that contained only default body/master/reference pages, and that file was added to the book, it converted correctly. All files in the book share the same master and reference pages, paragraph styles, and character styles. All files begin with an AHead element. All other files (except the 600-pager) converted, including two that are larger than the 30-page file. Any more thoughts on what in the template materials might be the culprit? Well, the tried and true troubleshooting technique is to add back one removed element at a time until you find the one that breaks things. Or add a group (like ref pages), and if that breaks things, start removing members of the group one at a time until it works again. The idea is to pinpoint the source of the problem. But before you do that -- I don't recall if you've already tried a MIF wash -- save the problem file as MIF, open that in FM, and then resave as FM. That's kind of a general cure-all for file corruption or weirdness. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Follow-up: Problem converting book to HTML
Problem may lie buried in the layouts/master pages. Tested with a 30-page file that was skipped during conversion. When all text from this file was copied to a new file that contained only default body/master/reference pages, and that file was added to the book, it converted correctly. All files in the book share the same master and reference pages, paragraph styles, and character styles. All files begin with an "AHead" element. All other files (except the 600-pager) converted, including two that are larger than the 30-page file. Any more thoughts on what in the template materials might be the culprit? Thanks as always, Karen Robbins
Follow-up: Problem converting book to HTML
Karen Robbins wrote: > Problem may lie buried in the layouts/master pages. Tested with a > 30-page file that was skipped during conversion. When all text from > this file was copied to a new file that contained only default > body/master/reference pages, and that file was added to the book, it > converted correctly. > > All files in the book share the same master and reference pages, > paragraph styles, and character styles. All files begin with an > "AHead" element. All other files (except the 600-pager) converted, > including two that are larger than the 30-page file. > > Any more thoughts on what in the template materials might be the culprit? Well, the tried and true troubleshooting technique is to add back one removed element at a time until you find the one that breaks things. Or add a group (like ref pages), and if that breaks things, start removing members of the group one at a time until it works again. The idea is to pinpoint the source of the problem. But before you do that -- I don't recall if you've already tried a "MIF wash" -- save the problem file as MIF, open that in FM, and then resave as FM. That's kind of a general cure-all for file corruption or weirdness. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
RE: Problem converting book to HTML
Quick question, does the larger file begin with a different element than the other files in the book? If so, you may want to double-check the mapping for that element. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:05 AM To: Combs, Richard; Art Campbell Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Problem converting book to HTML Art, Richard: I have read a good portion of the user guide and am fascinated by Mif2Go, but it seems to require so much set-up for my project that it would have blown the production schedule. Two weeks of trials last year did not produce the results I needed. I will check that reference pages are applied across all, could have missed one. Why do I have one giant file in this project? Because I can. In the past I've done it both ways, and both have converted just fine. Broken up, it's harder to manage last page/first page copy breaks (there are no ends of chapters, it all flows together). Combined, you do have to wait for the app to chug thru it. (When Frame was a Mac app, that was never an issue.) Much thanks, Karen At 7:28 PM -0700 6/28/10, Combs, Richard wrote: Art Campbell wrote: Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. I'll second both of Art's suggestions. Especially if you need only simple HTML, Mif2Go may come pretty close out of the box, with very little tweaking / learning curve needed. But whether you try Mif2Go or stick with FM's HTML mapping, I'd strongly suggest rethinking that one humongous file. Why would you divide 50 pages up among 8 files and then put 600 pages in one file? You're just asking for resource issues, and it's just not necessary, no matter how your book is organized. Break that file up into more manageable pieces. Oh, by the way -- you did import your updated reference pages from the first file to all the other files, including the big one, right? Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as andre.russ...@tradingtechnologies.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/andre.russell%40trad ingtechnologies.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Problem converting book to HTML
Quick question, does the larger file begin with a different element than the other files in the book? If so, you may want to double-check the mapping for that element. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:05 AM To: Combs, Richard; Art Campbell Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Problem converting book to HTML Art, Richard: I have read a good portion of the user guide and am fascinated by Mif2Go, but it seems to require so much set-up for my project that it would have blown the production schedule. Two weeks of trials last year did not produce the results I needed. I will check that reference pages are applied across all, could have missed one. Why do I have one giant file in this project? Because I can. In the past I've done it both ways, and both have converted just fine. Broken up, it's harder to manage last page/first page copy breaks (there are no ends of chapters, it all flows together). Combined, you do have to wait for the app to chug thru it. (When Frame was a Mac app, that was never an issue.) Much thanks, Karen At 7:28 PM -0700 6/28/10, Combs, Richard wrote: >Art Campbell wrote: > >> Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com >> >> Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that >> helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or >> Frame is choking on the big file. > >I'll second both of Art's suggestions. Especially if you need only >simple HTML, Mif2Go may come pretty close out of the box, with very >little tweaking / learning curve needed. > >But whether you try Mif2Go or stick with FM's HTML mapping, I'd >strongly suggest rethinking that one humongous file. Why would you >divide 50 pages up among 8 files and then put 600 pages in one file? >You're just asking for resource issues, and it's just not necessary, >no matter how your book is organized. Break that file up into more >manageable pieces. > >Oh, by the way -- you did import your updated reference pages from >the first file to all the other files, including the big one, right? > > >Richard G. Combs >Senior Technical Writer >Polycom, Inc. >richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom >303-223-5111 >-- >rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom >303-903-6372 >-- > > > > > > ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as andre.russell at tradingtechnologies.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/andre.russell%40trad ingtechnologies.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Problem converting book to HTML
Hello Framers, I am converting to html a 650-page book composed of 9 files. Although I love all the fancier tools out there, I am limited by budget, learning curve, and time to FrameMaker's (8) own html converter. Despite its limits, it has always worked--I need only simple output to which I apply CSS after the fact. I have done this successfully several times before. I have updated my HTML and book mapping reference pages in the first file of the book. The conversion begins and generates about 40 html pages correctly, then skips the largest file (the 600-page one), and generates the last html file. If I attempt to convert the big file on its own, I get a blank html file. No error messages appear. Frame appears to open and save each file as it reads them, including the big one. I have checked, and the big file does begin with the A flow. Any ideas on where else to look for problems, or some possible fixes? Thanks very much, Karen Robbins ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Problem converting book to HTML
Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Framers, I am converting to html a 650-page book composed of 9 files. Although I love all the fancier tools out there, I am limited by budget, learning curve, and time to FrameMaker's (8) own html converter. Despite its limits, it has always worked--I need only simple output to which I apply CSS after the fact. I have done this successfully several times before. I have updated my HTML and book mapping reference pages in the first file of the book. The conversion begins and generates about 40 html pages correctly, then skips the largest file (the 600-page one), and generates the last html file. If I attempt to convert the big file on its own, I get a blank html file. No error messages appear. Frame appears to open and save each file as it reads them, including the big one. I have checked, and the big file does begin with the A flow. Any ideas on where else to look for problems, or some possible fixes? Thanks very much, Karen Robbins ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Problem converting book to HTML
Art Campbell wrote: Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. I'll second both of Art's suggestions. Especially if you need only simple HTML, Mif2Go may come pretty close out of the box, with very little tweaking / learning curve needed. But whether you try Mif2Go or stick with FM's HTML mapping, I'd strongly suggest rethinking that one humongous file. Why would you divide 50 pages up among 8 files and then put 600 pages in one file? You're just asking for resource issues, and it's just not necessary, no matter how your book is organized. Break that file up into more manageable pieces. Oh, by the way -- you did import your updated reference pages from the first file to all the other files, including the big one, right? Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Problem converting book to HTML
Art, Richard: I have read a good portion of the user guide and am fascinated by Mif2Go, but it seems to require so much set-up for my project that it would have blown the production schedule. Two weeks of trials last year did not produce the results I needed. I will check that reference pages are applied across all, could have missed one. Why do I have one giant file in this project? Because I can. In the past I've done it both ways, and both have converted just fine. Broken up, it's harder to manage last page/first page copy breaks (there are no ends of chapters, it all flows together). Combined, you do have to wait for the app to chug thru it. (When Frame was a Mac app, that was never an issue.) Much thanks, Karen At 7:28 PM -0700 6/28/10, Combs, Richard wrote: Art Campbell wrote: Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. I'll second both of Art's suggestions. Especially if you need only simple HTML, Mif2Go may come pretty close out of the box, with very little tweaking / learning curve needed. But whether you try Mif2Go or stick with FM's HTML mapping, I'd strongly suggest rethinking that one humongous file. Why would you divide 50 pages up among 8 files and then put 600 pages in one file? You're just asking for resource issues, and it's just not necessary, no matter how your book is organized. Break that file up into more manageable pieces. Oh, by the way -- you did import your updated reference pages from the first file to all the other files, including the big one, right? Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Problem converting book to HTML
Hello Framers, I am converting to html a 650-page book composed of 9 files. Although I love all the fancier tools out there, I am limited by budget, learning curve, and time to FrameMaker's (8) own html converter. Despite its limits, it has always worked--I need only simple output to which I apply CSS after the fact. I have done this successfully several times before. I have updated my HTML and book mapping reference pages in the first file of the book. The conversion begins and generates about 40 html pages correctly, then skips the largest file (the 600-page one), and generates the last html file. If I attempt to convert the big file on its own, I get a blank html file. No error messages appear. Frame appears to open and save each file as it reads them, including the big one. I have checked, and the big file does begin with the A flow. Any ideas on where else to look for problems, or some possible fixes? Thanks very much, Karen Robbins
Problem converting book to HTML
Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or Frame is choking on the big file. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > Hello Framers, > > I am converting to html a 650-page book composed of 9 files. Although I > love all the fancier tools out there, I am limited by budget, learning > curve, and time to FrameMaker's (8) own html converter. Despite its limits, > it has always worked--I need only simple output to which I apply CSS after > the fact. I have done this successfully several times before. > > I have updated my HTML and book mapping reference pages in the first file > of the book. The conversion begins and generates about 40 html pages > correctly, then skips the largest file (the 600-page one), and generates the > last html file. If I attempt to convert the big file on its own, I get a > blank html file. > > No error messages appear. Frame appears to open and save each file as it > reads them, including the big one. I have checked, and the big file does > begin with the A flow. Any ideas on where else to look for problems, or some > possible fixes? > > Thanks very much, > > Karen Robbins > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Problem converting book to HTML
Art Campbell wrote: > Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com > > Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that > helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or > Frame is choking on the big file. I'll second both of Art's suggestions. Especially if you need only simple HTML, Mif2Go may come pretty close out of the box, with very little tweaking / learning curve needed. But whether you try Mif2Go or stick with FM's HTML mapping, I'd strongly suggest rethinking that one humongous file. Why would you divide 50 pages up among 8 files and then put 600 pages in one file? You're just asking for resource issues, and it's just not necessary, no matter how your book is organized. Break that file up into more manageable pieces. Oh, by the way -- you did import your updated reference pages from the first file to all the other files, including the big one, right? Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
Problem converting book to HTML
Art, Richard: I have read a good portion of the user guide and am fascinated by Mif2Go, but it seems to require so much set-up for my project that it would have blown the production schedule. Two weeks of trials last year did not produce the results I needed. I will check that reference pages are applied across all, could have missed one. Why do I have one giant file in this project? Because I can. In the past I've done it both ways, and both have converted just fine. Broken up, it's harder to manage last page/first page copy breaks (there are no ends of chapters, it all flows together). Combined, you do have to wait for the app to chug thru it. (When Frame was a Mac app, that was never an issue.) Much thanks, Karen At 7:28 PM -0700 6/28/10, Combs, Richard wrote: >Art Campbell wrote: > >> Download the free eval version of MIF2Go and see if it works. www.omsys.com >> >> Or, try cutting your massive file into more, smaller files and see if that >> helps. I'm guessing it may be a resource issue and either your system or >> Frame is choking on the big file. > >I'll second both of Art's suggestions. Especially if you need only >simple HTML, Mif2Go may come pretty close out of the box, with very >little tweaking / learning curve needed. > >But whether you try Mif2Go or stick with FM's HTML mapping, I'd >strongly suggest rethinking that one humongous file. Why would you >divide 50 pages up among 8 files and then put 600 pages in one file? >You're just asking for resource issues, and it's just not necessary, >no matter how your book is organized. Break that file up into more >manageable pieces. > >Oh, by the way -- you did import your updated reference pages from >the first file to all the other files, including the big one, right? > > >Richard G. Combs >Senior Technical Writer >Polycom, Inc. >richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom >303-223-5111 >-- >rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom >303-903-6372 >-- > > > > > >
