Can FrameMaker versions 9 and 7.1 co-exist on the same machine?

[Brad Anderson]

Gary,

I've got 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0 and 9.0 on my virtualized Windows XP machine with no issues.  I run several plug-ins including FrameScript and PatternStream in each version (also without issue).

Thanks,

Brad


On Mar 23, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Duncan, Gary wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> My company is thinking about purchasing FrameMaker 9. We currently use FrameMaker 7.1. Management would like writers to have both versions on their machines as the transition is made, if possible. I don't anticipate actually running the two versions at the same time.
> 
> Are there any problems with doing this? We run Windows XP Professional (I'm not sure if we are all on the same version/SP, but probably). I have version 5.1/SP 3.
> 
> Does anybody have any experience with this?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Gary
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