Framemaker 10/Ditamap odd behavior

[Scott Prentice]

If you expect that it actually contains data not in the real file,  
open it then force save to XML, otherwise say No and delete it.

...scott

Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos or unexpected brevity.

On Nov 9, 2011, at 7:17 AM, "Steve Nelson" <snelson at ambrell.com> wrote:

> Yup, I think that's exactly what happened. I did have a FM crash,  
> and did choose OK for the recover file.
>
> In the future, should I say NO to opening the recover file, and  
> delete it?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Stephen Nelson
> Technical Writer
> Ameritherm, Inc./Ambrell
> 39 Main St.
> Scottsville, NY 14546
> snelson at ambrell.com
> 585.889.0288 (office)
>
>
>
> From: Scott Prentice [mailto:sp10 at leximation.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 10:13 AM
> To: Steve Nelson
> Cc: Framers
> Subject: Re: Framemaker 10/Ditamap odd behavior
>
> Hi Steve...
>
> It sounds like this file *is* an FM file. Try forcing a save to XML  
> (with a .ditamap extension) overwriting itself and you should be OK.  
> this happens when FM crashes and you say OK to the prompt to open  
> the recover file.
>
> ...scott
>
> Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos or unexpected brevity.
>
> On Nov 8, 2011, at 8:53 AM, "Steve Nelson" <snelson at ambrell.com>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I have a ditamap that, when I do a simple save, Framemaker wants to  
>> save it as a .fm file. My other ditamaps don't do this.  Something  
>> I've noticed is that this particular ditamap has a file size of  
>> about 1.2 mb, where the others are all around 25k.
>>
>> Any idea what could be happening here?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Stephen Nelson
>> Technical Writer
>> Ameritherm, Inc./Ambrell
>> 39 Main St.
>> Scottsville, NY 14546
>> snelson at ambrell.com
>> 585.889.0288 (office)
>>
>>
>>
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