FrameMaker 9 Recent File History Bug

[Mike Wickham]

Hi, Megha,

That didn't work. However, it lead me to a solution. Until recently, I have 
always used the unstructured interface. However, I recently watched one of 
the online FrameMaker 9 videos about the new FM9 interface and workspaces. 
In it,  the speaker (RJ Jacquez?) suggested choosing the structured 
interface, since the user loses nothing and the extra tools are available if 
needed. So I recently switched to structured interface. I had forgotten 
that.

I was reminded when, after deleting the maker.ini file in the user area as 
you suggested, FrameMaker again asked me to choose between the structured 
and unstructured interface. I chose structured interface. I opened 
FrameMaker, opened some files, and saw that they appeared (for now) in the 
recent file list. I closed FrameMaker. When I reloaded it, the recent file 
list had reverted to the previous one. The newly opened files were no longer 
listed. The problem remained.

So I switched back to the unstructured interface, and closed FrameMaker. I 
reloaded FrameMaker and opened some files. Then closed and reopened 
FrameMaker. Aha! The recent file list is now correct.

_So it appears this problem exists only with the structured interface._ As a 
test, I switched back to structured interface and the problem returned. So I 
am back to running unstructured interface, as that is really all I need.

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate that your team has been actively 
trying to squash bugs. The work you've all done on the new FrameMaker 9 has 
been impressive. I think you've made some really good and major improvements 
to a program that I've been using since version 6, and have found to be very 
capable and stable.

Mike Wickham

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Megha Chaitanya" <megha at adobe.com>
To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:43 AM
Subject: FrameMaker 9 Recent File History Bug


> Hi Mike,
>
> I am not able to reproduce the issue. When one closes FrameMaker, it 
> updates the recent file information in maker.ini placed in user area. Pls. 
> try the following:
>
> 1. Delete maker.ini from the user area.
> 2 .Launch FrameMaker. This will copy maker.ini from install directory to 
> user area.
> 3. Open some files.
> 4. Close FrameMaker. (This should update the make.ini in user area with 
> recent files visited)
> 5. Launch FrameMaker again.
>
> Does this display the recent files? If not, pls. check the maker.ini of 
> the user area. Did this have updated in step 4?
>
> Regards,
> Megha