Frame crashes when importing large XML file

[Art Campbell]

Diane,

I'm making a WAG that either you're hitting a processing wall (the
RAM/disk space you mentioned -- how much of the 160 is free?), that
there's a network timeout at a certain point, or that there's some
type of content in the ~250 file range that's causing an error.

Can you convert #250 by itself, or divide the project so that you can
test, maybe by thirds? Topics 1-250, 251-500, and so on?

Art

Can you play with the configuration at all
Art Campbell
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On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Diane Gaskill<dgcaller at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> FM8, structured
> XML, DocBook 4.2  (I know, I know. Not my idea, but an OEM customer requires
> it).
> WinXP Pro
> 4 GB RAM
> 160 GB HDD
>
> We're trying to import an XML file into FM8 but FM crashes.  The file
> includes 750 topics that are imported into an FM book as mini-chapter files.
> They will eventually become topics in RH via TCS.  However, FM crashes at
> about 250 files (repeatable).  Restarting FM and/or rebooting the system has
> no effect.
>
> We thought at first that there might be a limit on the number of chapters
> that can be added to a book. But the Adobe Tech Note at
> http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/310/310864.html says no, although there may be a
> practical limit that is dependent on RAM and disk space.
>
>        TechNote
>        Maximum Number of Files in an Adobe FrameMaker Book
>        Ratings:0
>        FrameMaker does not limit the number of files you can place in a generated
> book.
>        Adobe has tested placing several hundred files in a book without
> consequence.
>        Though you can create a book of this size, generating or updating the book
> requires
>        enough memory and disk space to open and save every file.
>
> I searched the net and the Adobe site but could not find any informatrion
> related to this problem.  If anyone has any experience with this or knows of
> a tech note or other Adobe article that might provide an answer, I would
> really appreciate the help.
>
> Thanks lots.
>
> Diane Gaskill
> Hitachi Data Systems
> Santa Clara, CA
>
>
>
>
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