Still stuck on Mif2Go, deadline approaching

[John Sgammato]

A Hail-Mary pass seems to have succeeded!
On a hunch, I shut down Malware Bytes antivirus software and the project
ran to completion. Now I will disconnect my computer from the internet and
get to work...



On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:49 PM, John Sgammato <john.sgammato at actifio.com>
wrote:

> ps: mif2Go does run - it successfully mif-washes the files. It just does
> not finish the output for XHTML or any other type of output, even with a
> mif2xhtml.ini file that uses only the default settings.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:43 PM, John Sgammato <john.sgammato at actifio.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A week from today I am supposed to present this project to the CEO. I
>> have half the content that I need, but then FM/Mif2Go stopped working and
>> since then I am at a dead stop.
>>
>> The issue is that Mif2Go no longer runs, with this error:
>> Mif2Go failed for file: C:\Project\ActifioConnector.xhtml
>> type 1, code 2, at: Wed Aug 27 14:17:30 2014
>> Could not run DCL filter or other program.
>> File not found.
>>
>> A recap:
>> I author my content in FM12 Unstructured, about 12 books for each
>> release. After generating a round of PDFs,
>>
>>    1. I use FrameScript to import a new online-only template and get the
>>    docs ready for online use.
>>    2. I use FrameScript again to configure some markers that will be
>>    used in the HTML.
>>    3. I use Mif2Go to generate XHTML output.
>>    4. I go back to FrameScript to do some magic on the XHTML and produce
>>    the files that will be imported into our Salesforce knowledgebase.
>>
>> I have done this many times. I showed it at the STC Summit in Phoenix. I
>> was doing it on 12 August when it suddenly stopped working.
>>
>> It stopped quite suddenly. At 2:11pm it worked and at 3:04 pm it failed.
>> In between I used FM12 to output a different, successfully finished doc to
>> ePUB, then I updated Calibre and used it to generate the .mobi so I could
>> view the eBook on my Kindle. That worked.
>> Then I went back to the Mif2Go conversion project, and Mif2Go has not
>> worked since then, always stopping at the same place, always showing the
>> same type 1 error.
>> According to the computer's event logs, nothing else changed at that
>> time.
>> I uninstalled Calibre and still failed. I reinstalled it and then
>> re-uninstalled it with the more powerful Revo Uninstaller.
>> I have uninstalled and reinstalled Mif2Go completely, and then FrameMaker
>> as well. Today I reinstalled Mif2Go again. My environment variables are
>> good, my path is good.
>> According to the error message (there's nothing of value in the logs),
>> some critical file cannot be found or maybe cannot be executed. I have
>> checked every .exe, .ini, and .dll, including the two in fminit\Plugins
>> (one of which was updated in January for FM12). Everything is unblocked and
>> has full permissions.
>> I have used Mif2Go for over 10 years and I have always been able to solve
>> its inevitable glitches, but this one has me stumped. I'd love any clues,
>> and I am will to share my desktop via a Skype session with anyone who can
>> help (or at least give it the ol' college try!)
>>
>> Counting the hours until next Wednesday's date with the CEO...
>> john
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