FM 6 and FM 8 in the same computer

[Combs, Richard]

Fred Ridder wrote:
 
> If you launch FM6 first, double-clicking on an FM6 file should open that
> file in the already-running FM6 application. Double-clicking on an FM9
> file, on the other hand, will produce a "cannot open" error.
> 
> If you have FM9 running, double-clicking on *any* FrameMaker file will open
> it in FM9 with only the "previous version" message to alert you to the fact
> that you're opening an FM6 (or FM7 or FM8) file.

This may be OS-dependent, or depend on your file associations, or something, because it doesn't work on my system (Windows XP SP3). 

I just confirmed it. I have *.fm files associated with FM 7.2. I closed FM 7.2 and launched FM 9. Then I double-clicked a *.fm file. FM 7.2 fired up and opened the file. FM 9 paid no attention. :-) 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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