unavailable figures make Frame crash

[Jakob Fix]

Rick, Shlomo,

thanks for your replies.

On 25/01/06, Shlomo Perets <shlomo2 at microtype.com> wrote:
> Jakob,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >we have the following problem on a couple of machines, with different
> >documents:
> >
> >If, on opening a file with missing figures, the user chooses to skip
> >this (and possibly all other figures), Frame crashes.
> >
> >Occurs on some machines, not all of them.  Frame is +SGML 5.5.6,
> >Windows is 2000 or XP.
> >
> >Any ideas why, and how to fix this?  Thanks in advance.
>
> There is a known problem with FM6.0 or earlier used on Windows, causing
> crashes related to missing graphics.
>
> A specific patch for FM6.0 is available for download from adobe.com:
> http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1420
>
> There is a FM5.5.6 patch for this problem, offered by Systec.
> See http://www.systec-gmbh.com/en/sites/downloads_epub.htm -- "Patches and
> plug-ins", TOOLBOX plug-in for Adobe FrameMaker 5.5.6 under Windows XP
> (free download).
> I'm not sure whether the patch applies to FM+SGML 5.5.6 as well.
>
>
> Shlomo Perets

it turns out that the patch does work for +SGML 5.5.6 as well.  At
least, an additional menu entry shows up which simply (?) suppresses
the missing figures dialogue box.

thanks again for your responses.

--
cheers,
Jakob.