Frame 10 save to Frame 8 files

[Michael Pearson]

> If you expect it to be reopened and used in 10 again, you should test
> to see what a save in 8 does to the 10 data. If could either preserve
> it or delete it because it doesn't recognize it... so 10 features may
> be wiped.

Those features will be lost. FM8 will filter out unknown elements when you open FM10-generated MIF. The elements being ignored are listed in the console window. I believe this is consistent behavior across all FM versions.
 
HTH,
Mike
 
> From: art.campbell at gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:48:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: Frame 10 save to Frame 8 files
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> And to make it easier, omsys.com's eval version of MIF2GO includes a
> MIFWash utility to s8 ave files (like in a book) to MIF.
> And a sample ExtendScript that's supposed to ship with 10 is supposed
> to do the same thing.
> 
> So you save to MIF 10, and when it's opened in 8, 8 ignores whatever
> it doesn't understand.
> 
> 
> Art Campbell
>               art.campbell at gmail.com
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> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Michael Müller-Hillebrand
> <mmh at cap-studio.de> wrote:
> > Oddly enough, you can only save as either a Version 10 or version 7 when
> > saving as a .mif file.
> >
> > If your target version is FrameMaker 5, 6, or 7 use MIF7.
> > If your target version is FrameMaker 8 or later, be sure to use MIF10.
> > Background: The text encoding changed with the introduction of Unicode and
> > you risk losing some characters if you save as MIF7 when you want to
> > continue with FrameMaker 8 or newer.
> > - Michael
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