Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread Jeff Schweiner
Hi Joyce, I've also experienced this feature and have come across a repeatable pattern of failure. Can others try this and report back whether it fails for them also? I'm experiencing problems with dropped characters in text lines. Also, I've noticed the history doesn't seem to log all changes

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread Jim Owens
I just tried this with my trial FM 8.0p273, and it is exactly as you describe. Jeff Schweiner wrote: I've also experienced this feature and have come across a repeatable pattern of failure. Can others try this and report back whether it fails for them also? I'm experiencing problems with

RE: Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread Syed.Hosain
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Schweiner Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Upgrade to Frame 8 Hi Joyce, I've also experienced this feature and have come across a repeatable pattern

RE: Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread Syed.Hosain
!!! Needs a fix. Z -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Schweiner Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Upgrade to Frame 8 Hi Joyce, I've also experienced this feature

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread Jeff Schweiner
Hi Joyce, I've also experienced this "feature" and have come across a repeatable pattern of failure. Can others try this and report back whether it fails for them also? I'm experiencing problems with dropped characters in text lines. Also, I've noticed the history doesn't seem to log all

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread Jim Owens
I just tried this with my trial FM 8.0p273, and it is exactly as you describe. Jeff Schweiner wrote: > I've also experienced this "feature" and have come across a repeatable > pattern of failure. > Can others try this and report back whether it fails for them also? > > I'm experiencing

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
t!!! Needs a fix. Z > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Jeff Schweiner > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:49 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Upgrade to

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-04-02 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
ril 02, 2008 10:05 AM > To: 'Jeff Schweiner'; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Upgrade to Frame 8 > > I see the same problem ... quite repeatable. Characters get "eliminated" from the text line following > a carriage return (even later entries!). > > 1. Doing a control-L

RE: Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread David Kuhn
There are members on my team with Frame 8 that complain that Frame still crashes even after p273. I'm still working with version 7.2 and we have not identified yet what might be causing it to crash. This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
There are also some issues related to Unicode and special characters. You'll find them in this framers group if you look for the word bug. I also found the following bug recently: 1. Type a word which has special characters like the ë in technologieën (which is quite common in Dutch).

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Hi Yves, it works with the old Nederlands dictionary (assuming it should be hyphenated as technologie-ën) and so it reminds me of the problems with the change from German to German (neu) -- the new dictionaries were of serious low quality. It seems to be a technical problem with the

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yves Barbion Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:58 PM To: Fred Skillman Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Upgrade to Frame 8? There are also some issues related to Unicode and special characters. You'll

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread David Kuhn
There are members on my team with Frame 8 that complain that Frame still crashes even after p273. I'm still working with version 7.2 and we have not identified yet what might be causing it to crash. This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
There are also some "issues" related to Unicode and special characters. You'll find them in this framers group if you look for the word "bug". I also found the following bug recently: 1. Type a word which has special characters like the ? in "technologie?n" (which is quite common in

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread Michael Müller-Hillebrand
Hi Yves, it works with the "old" Nederlands dictionary (assuming it should be hyphenated as technologie-?n) and so it reminds me of the problems with the change from German to German (neu) -- the "new" dictionaries were of serious low quality. It seems to be a technical problem with the

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-26 Thread Yves Barbion
Thanks, > Pulkit Jain > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Yves Barbion > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:58 PM > To: Fred Skillman > Cc: framers at lists.fra

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman)

2008-03-25 Thread Austin Meredith
Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman) Fred, patch 273 took account of our open issues. We are not having any problems at all subsequent to the successful installation of that patch. All systems are go with Frame 8.0p273 on a WindowsXP system with Service Pack 2. Dive in at the middle and swim

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman)

2008-03-25 Thread Art Campbell
to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman) Fred, patch 273 took account of our open issues. We are not having any problems at all subsequent to the successful installation of that patch. All systems are go with Frame 8.0p273 on a WindowsXP system with Service Pack 2. Dive in at the middle and swim both ways

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman)

2008-03-25 Thread Rene Stephenson
What if you use the Open all files in book silently script and then shift-alt-F, S? Rene L. Stephenson - Original Message From: Austin Meredith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:27:54 AM Subject: Re: Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred

Re: Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-25 Thread Mike Wickham
I am looking at upgrading from Frame 7.0/7.1, Acrobat 7.0 Pro to Frame 8.0and Acrobat 8.0 Pro. Our output is 90% pdf, but we do use ePub Pro for our online help conversions. I see that some of you are having problems with Frame 8 Can you comment on your experiences? Is an upgrade worth it?

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-03-25 Thread Johnson, Joyce
All - I have noticed both the issues reported by John, and have another to add. When I use the text tool to add a callout inside an anchored frame - as I've done for years with previous versions of FrameMaker - the text changes. That is, random letters disappear. I've seen it happen several

Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman)

2008-03-25 Thread Austin Meredith
>Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman) Fred, patch 273 took account of our open issues. We are not having any problems at all subsequent to the successful installation of that patch. All systems are go with Frame 8.0p273 on a WindowsXP system with Service Pack 2. Dive in at the middle and s

Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman)

2008-03-25 Thread Art Campbell
I don't think that there's a way to suppress it, but you could probably buy or create a FrameScript that would let you batch convert directories or books and have the script acknowledge the warning Art On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Austin Meredith wrote: > > >Upgrade to Frame

Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman)

2008-03-25 Thread Rene Stephenson
Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman) >Upgrade to Frame 8? (Fred Skillman) Fred, patch 273 took account of our open issues. We are not having any problems at all subsequent to the successful installation of that patch. All systems are go with Frame 8.0p273 on a WindowsXP system with S

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-25 Thread Mike Wickham
> I am looking at upgrading from Frame 7.0/7.1, Acrobat 7.0 Pro to Frame > 8.0and Acrobat > 8.0 Pro. Our output is 90% pdf, but we do use ePub Pro for our online help > conversions. I see that some of you are having problems with Frame 8 Can > you comment on your experiences? Is an upgrade worth

Upgrade to Frame 8

2008-03-25 Thread Johnson, Joyce
All - I have noticed both the issues reported by John, and have another to add. When I use the text tool to add a callout inside an anchored frame - as I've done for years with previous versions of FrameMaker - the text changes. That is, random letters disappear. I've seen it happen several

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-24 Thread Fred Skillman
I am looking at upgrading from Frame 7.0/7.1, Acrobat 7.0 Pro to Frame 8.0and Acrobat 8.0 Pro. Our output is 90% pdf, but we do use ePub Pro for our online help conversions. I see that some of you are having problems with Frame 8 Can you comment on your experiences? Is an upgrade worth it?

Upgrade to Frame 8?

2008-03-22 Thread Fred Skillman
I am looking at upgrading from Frame 7.0/7.1, Acrobat 7.0 Pro to Frame 8.0and Acrobat 8.0 Pro. Our output is 90% pdf, but we do use ePub Pro for our online help conversions. I see that some of you are having problems with Frame 8 Can you comment on your experiences? Is an upgrade worth it?

For ePub 9.2 Users who want to upgrade to Frame 8

2007-08-01 Thread Flato, Gillian
For all of you who want to upgrade to Frame 8 and who use ePub 9.2... Frame 8 is NOT compatible with ePub 9.2. It is also not compatible with Frame 7 files made from Frame 8. In other words, you can't have Frame 8 on the Tool, save your files as Frame 7, and then expect ePub to work. It won't

For ePub 9.2 Users who want to upgrade to Frame 8

2007-08-01 Thread Flato, Gillian
For all of you who want to upgrade to Frame 8 and who use ePub 9.2... Frame 8 is NOT compatible with ePub 9.2. It is also not compatible with Frame 7 files made from Frame 8. In other words, you can't have Frame 8 on the Tool, save your files as Frame 7, and then expect ePub to work. It won't