FrameMaker Server "User Interface"??

[Dov Isaacs]

No change to the FrameMaker Server product, but obviously
your IT department is trying to setup a workflow beyond
that which your previous company implemented (even if the
base "need" is perceived to be the same).

	- Dov 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com]
>  On Behalf Of Randall C. Reed
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:43 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: FrameMaker Server "User Interface"??
> 
> A few years ago, we installed a server-based version of Frame: No
> documentation, little product knowledge on the part of the Adobe
> customer service folks. Now, new company, same need. This time, our IT
> department tells us that we need  "software programming to build the
> interface for the control/security/access features." to the tune of
> $25,000 worth of software programming consultant time. This floored me
> since the last time it was a single CD that a one-person IT department
> installed in a few hours.
> Has the Server version changed?
> And the Adobe site says that Server needs a companion and "must be
> integrated into a solution before it is ready for use. You can either
> purchase third-part solutions (From Datazone or Finite 
> Matters Limited)
> or you can build your own solution using Frame Developers Kit."
> I don't recall us using FDK or third-party solution before. What
> experiences do other Listers have for FM Server?
> TIA,
> 
> Randy