FrameMaker 9 Crashing and Unusable

Wed Apr 21 10:31:52 PDT 2010

Hi Gurpreet,

I was on Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended version 9.3.2. Not that it matters. IT
ended up reformatting my computer.

Sincerely,
Joe

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Gurpreet Virdi <virdi.gurpreet at hotmail.com
> wrote:

>
> Hi Joseph,
>
> Can you please also share the version of Adobe Acrobat you have?
>
> Regards,
> gurpreet
>
>
> - Do your best,
>   Submit yourself to GOD and leave the rest,
>   U will surely feel the magic because HE will truly Bless !!
>
>
>
>
>
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> > 1. RE: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter (Mary Saifuku)
> > 2. Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite
> > Training (Jan Whitacre)
> > 3. RE: Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication
> > Suite Training (David Spreadbury)
> > 4. RE: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter (Combs, Richard)
> > 5. RE: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter (Mike Bradley)
> > 6. Re: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter (Tori Muir)
> > 7. Request for DTP services (Anton David)
> > 8. Re: [TCS Users] FrameMaker 9 Crashing and Unusable (Art Campbell)
> > 9. problems with long URLs in PDFs (Jakob Fix)
> > 10. RE: problems with long URLs in PDFs (Lief Erickson)
> > 11. RE: [TCS Users] FrameMaker 9 Crashing and Unusable (Matt Sullivan)
> > 12. Re: problems with long URLs in PDFs (Jakob Fix)
> >
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> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:19:21 -0700
> > From: "Mary Saifuku" <mary.saifuku at gmail.com>
> > To: "'Jeremy H. Griffith'" <jeremy at omsys.com>
> > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: RE: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter
> > Message-ID: <4bcc907e.0d1abc0a.585a.0837 at mx.google.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Thanks, Jeremy, for shedding light on this. In my files, the chapter
> title
> > is in a text frame on the first page, not on the First master page.
> >
> > Per Tori's suggestion, I modified my chapter template by selecting the
> text
> > frame with the title, right-clicking, and choosing Send to Back. This
> solves
> > the problem.
> >
> > Is there an advantage to putting the text frame on the First master page
> and
> > connecting the frame with the title to the body text frame?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:jeremy at omsys.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 6:55 PM
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Cc: Mary Saifuku
> > Subject: Re: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:55:55 -0700, "Mary Saifuku" <
> mary.saifuku at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I'm using unstructured FM 7.2 p158 on Windows XP Pro SP3.
> > >
> > >My client has several manuals that need to be updated with a new
> template.
> > >Everything has gone well with all of the books until now.
> > >
> > >A strange phenomenon is happening with the generated TOCs in a few of
> the
> > >books. The first heading in each chapter appears as the last heading in
> the
> > >previous chapter. Here's an example (errant entries are italicized):
> > >
> > >CONTENTS
> > > About this guide
> > > Conventions
> > > Zucchini
> > >
> > >1. Vegetables
> > > Potato
> > > Squash
> > > Broccoli
> > > Orange
> > >
> > >2. Fruits
> > > Apple
> > > Banana
> > > Mango
> > >
> > >I've checked the TOC reference page and it's exactly the same as the TOC
> > >reference pages in the manuals with TOCs that are okay. Any idea on what
> > >could be wrong?
> >
> > Yes. On the first page of your chapters, the chapter title is
> > in a text frame that is not connected to the body text frame on
> > its page. So the body text, containing the subhead, is processed
> > before the title. The solution is to connect the text frame with
> > the title to the body text frame on your First master page.
> >
> > HTH!
> >
> > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
> > <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:04:13 -0500
> > From: "Jan Whitacre" <jwhit15 at verizon.net>
> > To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite
> > Training
> > Message-ID: <006201cadff3$19940b20$4cbc2160$@net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> >
> > What is the best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite
> > training? I currently own Version 1.3, but am considering an upgrade. Any
> > idea why Lynda.com doesn't offer any courses for the integrated suite?
> >
> >
> >
> > Jan Whitacre
> >
> >
> >
> > Excellent Information Developer/Content Strategist
> >
> > Email: jwhitacre6265 at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Cell: 214-704-7952
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:31:05 -0500
> > From: "David Spreadbury" <dspreadb at yahoo.com>
> > To: "'Jan Whitacre'" <jwhit15 at verizon.net>,
> > <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: RE: Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication
> > Suite Training
> > Message-ID: <000001cadff6$dae12ee0$90a38ca0$@com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Jan,
> > Have you tried Adobe's online test drive site
> > (http://www.runaware.com/clients/adobe/techsuite/)?
> >
> >
> > David Spreadbury
> > Sr. Technical Writer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jan Whitacre
> > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 2:04 PM
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: Best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite
> Training
> >
> > What is the best online source for Adobe Technical Communication Suite
> > training? I currently own Version 1.3, but am considering an upgrade. Any
> > idea why Lynda.com doesn't offer any courses for the integrated suite?
> >
> >
> >
> > Jan Whitacre
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:16:11 -0700
> > From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
> > To: 'Mary Saifuku' <mary.saifuku at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: RE: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter
> > Message-ID:
> > <C5D089C86687BC4DBBABE1CC5B3E45FC083364E1 at CRPMBOXPRD01.polycom.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Mary Saifuku wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, Jeremy, for shedding light on this. In my files, the chapter
> title
> > > is in a text frame on the first page, not on the First master page.
> > >
> > > Per Tori's suggestion, I modified my chapter template by selecting the
> text
> > > frame with the title, right-clicking, and choosing Send to Back. This
> > > solves
> > > the problem.
> > >
> > > Is there an advantage to putting the text frame on the First master
> page
> > > and
> > > connecting the frame with the title to the body text frame?
> >
> > I'm afraid you've misunderstood Jeremy (and maybe the nature/role of
> master pages?). You can't connect a master page frame to a body page frame.
> Master pages are the _templates_ from which your body pages are created.
> >
> > The first page of your chapter apparently contains two disconnected text
> flows. Using Tori's suggestion, you've changed the order in which FM scans
> those flows. Jeremy was suggesting a more fundamental solution: don't use
> two separate flows. Connect the text frames so that pressing Enter at the
> end of the chapter title creates a new paragraph in the main ("body text")
> frame below it.
> >
> > The help and manual contain information about text flows and
> connecting/disconnecting them. But probably the simplest way to do this in
> your situation is to recreate the main ("body text") frame on the First
> master page.
> >
> > First, delete the main ("body text") frame. Next, make sure the text
> frame for the chapter title has Autoconnect turned on and its flow tag is A.
> Then, recreate the main text frame. In the Add New Text Frame dialog, select
> Template for Body Page Text Frame and set Flow Tag to A. FM informs you that
> the new text frame has been connected to the end of flow A.
> >
> > Now, pages that use the First master page will have only one text flow
> instead of two.
> >
> > NOTE: This assumes that you didn't just add the chapter title text frame
> to the body page instead of the master page. If you did that, you'll have to
> reapply the First master page to fix it.
> >
> > HTH!
> >
> > Richard G. Combs
> > Senior Technical Writer
> > Polycom, Inc.
> > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> > 303-223-5111
> > ------
> > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> > 303-903-6372
> > ------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:02:19 -0700
> > From: "Mike Bradley" <mbradley at techpubs.com>
> > To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: RE: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter
> > Message-ID: <00bf01cae014$5dd9e810$198db830$@com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> >
> > > NOTE: This assumes that you didn't just add the chapter title text
> frame
> > to the body page
> > > instead of the master page. If you did that, you'll have to reapply the
> > First master page to fix it.
> >
> > [MB]
> > Why is the chapter title in a text frame in the first place? Are you
> using
> > effects that can't be created by character and paragraph tags?
> >
> > = Mike Bradley
> > www.techpubs.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:14:15 -0700
> > From: Tori Muir <tmuir at spot-on-creative.com>
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: Re: Generated TOC entries appear in wrong chapter
> > Message-ID: <4BCCE3C7.1090101 at spot-on-creative.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > I can't speak for Mary's document(s), but in the case of our document,
> > it's that way because the client decided they wanted the chapter titles
> > and subtitles to run vertically up the left side of the first page in
> > each chapter. Even better, they decided this at the last minute for a
> > 400+-page manual that was already completely formatted.
> >
> > Tori Muir
> > tmuir at spot-on-creative.com | 650.430.8674
> > www.spot-on-creative.com
> >
> >
> > On 4/19/10 4:02 PM, Mike Bradley wrote:
> > >> NOTE: This assumes that you didn't just add the chapter title text
> frame
> > >>
> > > to the body page
> > >
> > >> instead of the master page. If you did that, you'll have to reapply
> the
> > >>
> > > First master page to fix it.
> > >
> > > [MB]
> > > Why is the chapter title in a text frame in the first place? Are you
> using
> > > effects that can't be created by character and paragraph tags?
> > >
> > > = Mike Bradley
> > > www.techpubs.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:44:36 +0200
> > From: "Anton David" <anton at xlated.com>
> > To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: Request for DTP services
> > Message-ID: <007901cae087$3c4c2370$0400a8c0 at anton>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Dear Framers,
> >
> > Xlated Ltd., a multilingual software localization company, is looking for
> a
> > freelance DTP service provider to work with our project managers on a
> > per-project basis.
> > Type of documents handled is mostly user documentation for software
> > applications.
> > DTP platform requested is mainly FrameMaker 7 (and later versions), using
> > .mif or .fm files to generate PDF files based on our specifications.
> > Additional desirable experience/platforms requested: WebWorks 9 .fm >
> .html
> > compilation, InDesign, QuarkXpress, plus other platforms; experience with
> > handling/converting graphics files in most popular formats (no artwork
> > involved). All work is based on Windows.
> > Languages involved are Western/Central/Eastern European. Some linguistic
> > experience is desirable, but not mandatory.
> > We require high accuracy, timely responsiveness, respect of deadlines.
> > Volume expected is around 15K pages/year, so this might become an
> > interesting opportunity for an ongoing collaboration.
> > If interested, please send a brief description of previous experience,
> tools
> > used, references and your best rates in USD per page/hour considering
> also
> > high volume discounts to info at xlated.com.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> > Anton David
> > Xlated ltd
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:07:34 -0400
> > From: Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
> > To: tcs-users at googlegroups.com
> > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: Re: [TCS Users] FrameMaker 9 Crashing and Unusable
> > Message-ID:
> > <p2mc7d9dd601004200807y55da7cd3o83c6556f2dc3988d at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Well, reinstalling should be a last resort; I wouldn't even consider it.
> >
> > I didn't notice an Adobe update rolling on lately, but I would check your
> > Windows Software control panel to see if you can simply uninstall the
> > update(s). And I'd also look at Windows updates that may have rolled in
> > un-announced.
> >
> > I'm assuming that you've already checked the FM and Acrobat update pages
> and
> > that you are fully patched....
> >
> > Art Campbell
> > art.campbell at gmail.com
> > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
> a
> > redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> > No disclaimers apply.
> > DoD 358
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Lorenzini <jaloren at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am having some major FrameMaker problems. I've been running
> FrameMaker 9
> > > on my system for a year now without any problem. Today, I came into
> work and
> > > tried to open FrameMaker. In the loading screen, it reaches the
> localization
> > > info and then it crashes. I restarted my computer and the same thing
> > > happens. The only change to my system in the last couple days was an
> acrobat
> > > update provided by adobe. Is it possible that could be the cause? This
> is
> > > really distressing. I can literally get no work done until this issue
> is
> > > fixed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > I am considering the following:
> > >
> > > 1) Try a system restore.
> > > 2) If that doesn't work, reinstall FrameMaker, though that seems a bit
> > > extreme.
> > >
> > > Here are my system specs.
> > >
> > > Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > > Service Pack 3
> > > Intel Core Duo CPU
> > > 2.39GHz, 3 gigs of RAM
> > >
> > > Technical Communications Suite 2.0
> > > FrameMaker 9, p250
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:36:37 +0200
> > From: Jakob Fix <jakob.fix at gmail.com>
> > To: Framers List <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: problems with long URLs in PDFs
> > Message-ID:
> > <p2gd966f0ff1004200836h71b71a08rb3240f153cbceed3 at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > co-workers of mine have trouble with some long URLs that break over
> > lines and some may also contain "special" characters such as question
> > marks or parentheses. Please note that we're using Acrobat to create
> > the PDF and that the Generate Tagged PDF option is selected (as
> > documented here: http://www.frameusers.com/2007/09/ second article).
> > We use the latest patched FrameMaker 8.
> >
> > Here are some samples of this problem, I give as the "underlying link"
> > what FrameMaker and Acrobat thought should be the URL to use:
> >
> > - line break (indicated as [LB]) and question mark in URL:
> >
> http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/Article.cfm?[LB]issuetocid=14&ArchiveIssueID=5
> > underlying link:?http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/Article.cfm?
> >
> > - parentheses in URLs:
> >
> http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa(2007)31-final<http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa%282007%2931-final>
> > underlying link:
> > http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa
> >
> > - two URLs on same line become one:
> > International Transport Forum, for the OECD/ITF Global Forum on
> > Transport and Environment in [LB]
> > a Globalising World, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10-12 November 2008
> > (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ [LB]
> > 12/53/41612575.pdf and
> > www.internationaltransportforum.org/2009/workshops/pdf/ [LB
> > Environmental.pdf). Some paragraphs are also taken from the paper The
> > Impact of Globalisation on [LB]
> >
> > underlying link (note concatenated links + text):
> >
> http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/53/41612575.pdfandwww.internationaltransportforum.org/2009/workshops/pdf/
> > Environmental.pdf
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any input.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Jakob.
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 10
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:50:39 -0500
> > From: Lief Erickson <lief at networkinstruments.com>
> > To: Jakob Fix <jakob.fix at gmail.com>, Framers List
> > <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: RE: problems with long URLs in PDFs
> > Message-ID:
> > <0B4F4224CEE81E4598E9A1BCAB70B3C144B874A3C5 at EX2.netinst.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Hi Jakob--
> >
> > When you add the URL in FrameMaker are you then adding a "Go to URL"
> Hypertext marker through Special > Hypertext > Go to URL? If you do that,
> then apply a character tag to the text, the link should work, even if it
> breaks across lines because it is the character tag that becomes the link.
> I've never add any problems with any URLs I've added using Special >
> Hypertext. I've never relied on Acrobat to create my URL links for me, so I
> can't comment on that.
> >
> > If you are using Special > Hypertext, have you tried adding " " around
> URLs with special characters?
> >
> > -Lief
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:37 AM
> > To: Framers List
> > Subject: problems with long URLs in PDFs
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > co-workers of mine have trouble with some long URLs that break over
> > lines and some may also contain "special" characters such as question
> > marks or parentheses. Please note that we're using Acrobat to create
> > the PDF and that the Generate Tagged PDF option is selected (as
> > documented here: http://www.frameusers.com/2007/09/ second article).
> > We use the latest patched FrameMaker 8.
> >
> > Here are some samples of this problem, I give as the "underlying link"
> > what FrameMaker and Acrobat thought should be the URL to use:
> >
> > - line break (indicated as [LB]) and question mark in URL:
> >
> http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/Article.cfm?[LB]issuetocid=14&ArchiveIssueID=5
> > underlying link:?http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/Article.cfm?
> >
> > - parentheses in URLs:
> >
> http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa(2007)31-final<http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa%282007%2931-final>
> > underlying link:
> > http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa
> >
> > - two URLs on same line become one:
> > International Transport Forum, for the OECD/ITF Global Forum on
> > Transport and Environment in [LB]
> > a Globalising World, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10-12 November 2008
> > (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ [LB]
> > 12/53/41612575.pdf and
> > www.internationaltransportforum.org/2009/workshops/pdf/ [LB
> > Environmental.pdf). Some paragraphs are also taken from the paper The
> > Impact of Globalisation on [LB]
> >
> > underlying link (note concatenated links + text):
> >
> http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/53/41612575.pdfandwww.internationaltransportforum.org/2009/workshops/pdf/
> > Environmental.pdf
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any input.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Jakob.
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> >
> > Message: 11
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:31:07 -0700
> > From: "Matt Sullivan" <matt at grafixtraining.com>
> > To: <tcs-users at googlegroups.com>, <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: RE: [TCS Users] FrameMaker 9 Crashing and Unusable
> > Message-ID: <05C53742E18F4A2CA6D1F5085B6D5315 at grafix69f05770>
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> >
> > Joseph,
> >
> > Your problem sounds a lot like when I deleted the wrong maker.ini file
> from
> > my system.
> >
> > There is a "main" maker.ini that contains the licensing # and if FM can't
> > read it, my FM crashed IIRC.
> >
> > I tried moving the local user copy into its position, but without the
> > license #, it didn't help.
> >
> > Bottom line: reinstalling may be the fastest solution for you.
> >
> >
> > -Matt
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> > From: tcs-users at googlegroups.com [mailto:tcs-users at googlegroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of Joseph Lorenzini
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:52 AM
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; TCS-Users at googlegroups.com
> > Subject: [TCS Users] FrameMaker 9 Crashing and Unusable
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am having some major FrameMaker problems. I've been running FrameMaker
> 9
> > on my system for a year now without any problem. Today, I came into work
> and
> > tried to open FrameMaker. In the loading screen, it reaches the
> localization
> > info and then it crashes. I restarted my computer and the same thing
> > happens. The only change to my system in the last couple days was an
> acrobat
> > update provided by adobe. Is it possible that could be the cause? This is
> > really distressing. I can literally get no work done until this issue is
> > fixed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I am considering the following:
> >
> > 1) Try a system restore.
> > 2) If that doesn't work, reinstall FrameMaker, though that seems a bit
> > extreme.
> >
> > Here are my system specs.
> >
> > Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > Service Pack 3
> > Intel Core Duo CPU
> > 2.39GHz, 3 gigs of RAM
> >
> > Technical Communications Suite 2.0
> > FrameMaker 9, p250
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:42:12 +0200
> > From: Jakob Fix <jakob.fix at gmail.com>
> > To: Lief Erickson <lief at networkinstruments.com>, Framers List
> > <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: Re: problems with long URLs in PDFs
> > Message-ID:
> > <g2yd966f0ff1004200942n7a0053cepe50271b3e230e8c3 at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Hi Lief, all,
> >
> > thanks for your reply. We know we can do this, but that's manual,
> > isn't it, and we're looking for ways to automate this as much as
> > possible.
> >
> > I should probably have mentioned that we're using structured
> > FrameMaker, and we have an element called hyperlink that, similar to
> > DocBook, has a an attribute containing the link and its contents is
> > displayed as the label. And it's with this scenario that we're
> > encountering the problems described earlier.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Jakob.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 17:50, Lief Erickson
> > <lief at networkinstruments.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Jakob--
> > >
> > > When you add the URL in FrameMaker are you then adding a "Go to URL"
> Hypertext marker through Special > Hypertext > Go to URL? If you do that,
> then apply a character tag to the text, the link should work, even if it
> breaks across lines because it is the character tag that becomes the link.
> I've never add any problems with any URLs I've added using Special >
> Hypertext. I've never relied on Acrobat to create my URL links for me, so I
> can't comment on that.
> > >
> > > If you are using Special > Hypertext, have you tried adding " " around
> URLs with special characters?
> > >
> > > -Lief
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jakob Fix
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:37 AM
> > > To: Framers List
> > > Subject: problems with long URLs in PDFs
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > co-workers of mine have trouble with some long URLs that break over
> > > lines and some may also contain "special" characters such as question
> > > marks or parentheses. Please note that we're using Acrobat to create
> > > the PDF and that the Generate Tagged PDF option is selected (as
> > > documented here: http://www.frameusers.com/2007/09/ second article).
> > > We use the latest patched FrameMaker 8.
> > >
> > > Here are some samples of this problem, I give as the "underlying link"
> > > what FrameMaker and Acrobat thought should be the URL to use:
> > >
> > > - line break (indicated as [LB]) and question mark in URL:
> > >
> http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/Article.cfm?[LB]issuetocid=14&ArchiveIssueID=5
> > > underlying link:?http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/Article.cfm?
> > >
> > > - parentheses in URLs:
> > >
> http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa(2007)31-final<http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa%282007%2931-final>
> > > underlying link:
> > > http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-epoc-ctpa-cfa
> > >
> > > - two URLs on same line become one:
> > > International Transport Forum, for the OECD/ITF Global Forum on
> > > Transport and Environment in [LB]
> > > a Globalising World, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10-12 November 2008
> > > (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ [LB]
> > > 12/53/41612575.pdf ?and
> > > www.internationaltransportforum.org/2009/workshops/pdf/ [LB
> > > Environmental.pdf). Some paragraphs are also taken from the paper The
> > > Impact of Globalisation on [LB]
> > >
> > > underlying link (note concatenated links + text):
> > >
> http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/53/41612575.pdfandwww.internationaltransportforum.org/2009/workshops/pdf/
> > > Environmental.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for any input.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Jakob.
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