FrameMaker 8.0.1 Update Released by Adobe
Dov Isaacs
isaacs at adobe.com
Thu Nov 22 14:30:27 PST 2007
Adobe has released the FrameMaker 8.0.1 update to fix a number of
anomalies
with FrameMaker 8.0.
You may download and install the update from within FrameMaker 8.0 using
the Help=>Updates route or via direct download from Adobe's website.
Note
that the update installer is approximately 150 megabytes in size.
- Dov
Contents of the "ReadmeForPatch.txt" installed by the update:
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Addendum to the ReadMe File for the Patch Release 8p266
The 8p266 patch can be applied on an existing installation of FrameMaker
8p236 released in July 2007.
These are some of the issues that have been fixed in release of
FrameMaker 8p266.
The issue description details the original problem that was fixed.
Additional details may have been added if deemed necessary.
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#1614109 <UNIX> FM is not able to read or insert conref
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#1608599 Equation does not appear in a tagged PDF if its inside a
table which has shading and spans across two pages
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#1607891 On generating tagged PDF for a document having a
footnote inside a table crashes frame
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#1602339 When multiple files(chapters) are selected from a book
with all the files in the book open and build expression is selected
from view->show/hide conditional text , All
the tags from different chapters are not listed (hence cannot be
applied)
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#1601874 <UNIX> " F_FdeInit() " call in asynchronous clients is
resulting in Segmentation error when called before connecting to FM
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#1600418 If there are two cross references on a single line in a
book file and the PDF is made from a book level a pdfmark error occurs
in Distiller 8
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#1593518 saving DITA topic file crashes frame if it contains
tracked element.
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#1592587 When user saves a DITA-Topic as xml, the user variables
are dropped because of Fm variable drop statement in read write rules
file
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#1591854 <Vista>Generating FrameMaker document from dita map will
crash FrameMaker
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#1589706 3D/Flash do not get activated in PDF if sidehead option
is checked in column layout and there is some text in sidehead section
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#1589018 Cannot create an untagged PDF file from a book
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#1588399 Flash files are not getting embedded in PDFs when a
.book is saved to PDF but get rasterized instead.
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#1578613 Frame crashes if we insert a row in a table with track
change on in a structured document.
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#1578305 <solaris>: Character width is wrong when Italic and bold
style is applied toghether on non english text(multiple lines).
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#1578304 <Solaris> spread and stretch if used together are not
applied correctly sometimes(depending upon the sequence and values of
spread and stretch).
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#1572527 When generating FM document from DITA map, some elements
and the 'Conref' that inserted to these elements are all lost.
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#1572487 Crossref formats in legacy files are getting truncated
at invalid UTF-8 boundaries leading to crash.
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#1571299 Vista: Generate/update in book causes Frame 8 to crash
This bug was specific to some set of files where incompatible
cross-reference format (FM7.1 v. FM8) was there. When "Update all
Cross-References" is deselected in the Update Book dialog box, FM8
performs the generate/update and does not crash.
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#1570010 Character '&' and '<' are not translated to entities on
save xml if symbol font is applied over it.
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#1548856 DITA - spaces deleted from index entries
It happens when we use the Indexterm element instead of inserting an
Index marker and round tripping.
Steps to reproduce are
1. Create any new topic file
2. insert topic->body-><p> -> Indexterm element
3. In the marker text, give many spaces.
4. Save the document as xml and close and reopen
5. Check the marker text
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#1546091 DITA - conref of "thead" element crashes Frame
This is crashing FM if we insert conref to thead element manually in
the XML file. However it works fine when conref is inserted to other
table elements like <tbody> and <entry>.
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#1541126 Opening a large XML file with many tags takes almost
double the time when opened on Jackpot as compared to Indra
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#1424913 Opening a file created with 7.2fm (with setting
DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On) displays reformat document using
available font matrices message.
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#1418538 Articles "Thread by Text Frame" and "Thread by Column"
in Pdf set up dialog box are not working properly
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#1389944 Tag structure is incorrect for links in tagged PDF
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#0666689 White Text on a colored background does not appear in
the PDF generated from FM7.1 on Windows
PDF is missing text that is present on a colored
background. This is actually a layering issue where the text is present
in the PDF just "hidden" beneath the fill color
object
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How to Remove (uninstall) FrameMaker 8p266 patch
For Windows:
1. In the Add/Remove Programs(Control Panel) there is an entry for
"Adobe Framemaker 8p266Patcher". Framemaker Patcher can be uninstalled
using that. Post Uinstallation Framemaker reverts back to Framemaker
8(p236).
For Unix:
It is not possible to uninstall the patch on Framemaker on Solaris
Platform.
To revert back to the earlier version, do a complete uninstall of
FrameMaker 8 and then reinstall the earlier version of FrameMaker from
your CD image.
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