FM abruptly closes with no save

[Combs, Richard]

Brewster, Christopher C wrote:
 
> I think the memory issue is indeed the cause for this. I did 
> my process again and saved after each insertion. No problems 
> occurred. But I think software should handle a memory issue 
> much more gracefully than simply closing without saving-such 
> as warning me, or refusing to execute the step that would 
> make it close. (Do Adobe people monitor this list?)

You're right, of course, FM should handle the problem much more
gracefully. 

But let me re-emphasize advice you got earlier and chose to ignore:
Don't use OLE! It's OK for one or two Visio drawings or PowerPoint
slides, but each time you do that, you're adding to the FM file all the
code needed to load the graphic's native application and edit it in
place. The overhead is huge and complex. 

You have Acrobat, right? Or at least Distiller, since it comes with FM.
You're much better off creating PDFs of your Visio or PowerPoint
graphics and importing those by reference (File > Import > File, Import
By Reference). Then, when a graphic changes, you just PDF it again (same
name and location, overwriting the previous version). FM sees that the
referenced file is newer, and your doc is updated automatically. 

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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