Mif2Go not outputting images in FM9 to RTF

[Writer]

Thanks, Jeremy. I'm pretty certain that I've done all that, but I shall have to check the m2gframe.dll file to make sure. What version should that file be?

Nadine

--- On Wed, 8/25/10, Jeremy H. Griffith <jeremy at omsys.com> wrote:

> From: Jeremy H. Griffith <jeremy at omsys.com>
> Subject: Re: Mif2Go not outputting images in FM9 to RTF
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Cc: generic668 at yahoo.ca
> Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 10:55 AM
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:27:02 -0700
> (PDT), Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca>
> 
> wrote:
> 
> >At the time that we upgraded to FM9 (it is fully
> patched), 
> >Mif2Go would crash my computer when I tried to output
> FM9 
> >files to RTF when I tried to set up the project file. I
> 
> >finally realized it was because I hadn't copied the new
> 
> >M2rbook.dll file to 
> >C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker9\fminit\Plugins 
> >folder. Now I have and my computer no longer crashes.
> 
> Yes, FM9 *requires* the current version, as a result of a
> change by Adobe India in the FDK call to produce MIF that 
> broke back compatibility.  This fact is documented.
> 
> I hope you also copied m2gframe.dll, which is the library
> used by m2rbook.dll, and must be kept in sync with it.
> The installation instructions point this out, in User's
> Guide par. 1.4.1, "Install Mif2Go".  Of course, you
> also
> need to copy the current conversion DLLs into their place
> in \windows\system32 or \windows\syswow64.
> 
> >However, Mif2Go no longer exports images to the RTF
> files, 
> >although it did before I copied the M2rbook.dll file. I
> 
> >manually change WriteAllGraphics to Yes in the
> mif2rtf.ini 
> >file. I have tried this with DITA XML files and with 
> >unstructured FM files. Have I missed a step? Has anyone
> 
> >else had this problem?
> 
> That is not the only setting involved.  It is better
> to
> determine graphics production from the Export dialog,
> so that *all* the needed settings are changed.  To
> have
> Mif2Go generate the graphics, select "Write for anchored 
> frames".  Note that this is *not* the best-quality
> method,
> merely the simplest.  Please read User's Guide par.
> 3.7.4, 
> "Figuring out graphics export options", which explains this
> 
> in detail.
> 
> >Other info: XP, Word 2003
> >
> >Thank you for your help,
> 
> HTH!
> 
> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
>   <jeremy at omsys.com> 
> http://www.omsys.com/