"FrameMaker has detected a problem and must quit" Really?!

[Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com]

2013-02-13-03T19:50Z

 

¡_YIKES_!

 

If Ken was informed correctly, below - and I _really_ hope he was _not_ - then that effectively rings the death knell of FrameMaker's use by my employer.

 

It was in only the last month that I got upgraded to FrameMaker 11, but I'm happy to report that I haven't encountered this type of problem.  To conform to _corporate_requirements_ we have FrameMaker installed on our C:\ drives, but the files we produce and edit are on a server, so we work with them across our local area network and, sometimes, the wide-area network.

 

Dov, if you see this, will you please confirm, modify, or refute the information Ken posted below?

 

¡Thanks!

Dave Stamm

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)
Sent: 2013-02-13-Wednesday 14:24
To: Fred Ridder; poshedly at bellsouth.net; robert at lauriston.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com; techwr-l at techwr-l.com
Subject: RE: "FrameMaker has detected a problem and must quit" Really?!

 

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I just learned from Adobe tech support (via phone call) that the permissions in
> FrameMaker 11.0 have been modified so that the data files should also be on the
> same hard drive where FM 11.0 is installed. Working across drives (FM here, data
> files there) is no longer an accepted practice -- at least not with FM11.

Seriously? I can understand network-based locations causing issues, but I have _never_ seen a problem where an executable (FrameMaker or otherwise!) is on one drive and the "data" files are on a separate drive _on the *same* system_.

 

In fact, I do this right now - my C drive is the usual location for all executables (FrameMaker, Office, compilers, etc.) and my E drive contains all my other files (including the books and files I work on).


And, I do not have any problems with this setup whatsoever. I am surprised that Adobe thinks that this would be a problem in any way! If really accurate, this would be a strange, and completely unacceptable, artificial constraint.

 

Z

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