FrameMaker 10 licensing "fix"...

[Gyanesh Talwar]

Thanks Scott.

This does the trick for me.

Regards,
Gyanesh


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Scott Prentice <sp10 at leximation.com> wrote:

>  Here's one option for a temporary solution to this problem until Adobe
> provides a real fix. Just create the following batch file and put it in the
> FM folder and set up a shortcut to this batch file. It grabs the current
> date, changes the date to 2012, runs FM, then resets the date. You do have
> to "Press any key" at the PAUSE prompt so that FM has a chance to start up.
> There are ways to make this more elegant, but this seems to provide a
> reasonable workaround. If you're on Win7 or Vista, you'll likely need to
> run this "As Administrator".
>
> IMPORTANT: Use this "fix" at your own risk. I offer no warranty of fitness
> whatsoever!
>
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> @echo off
> rem ** get current date **
> for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do set year=%%c
> for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do set month=%%a
> for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do set day=%%b
> rem ** set bogus date **
> date 01-12-2012
> rem ** run framemaker **
> start framemaker.exe
> rem ** wait till FM starts **
> pause
> rem ** reset current date **
> date %day%-%month%-%year%
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> Cheers,
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> ...scott
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