[Framers] Can Frame 15 be used so I can eliminate ePublisher?

[Scott Prentice]

I'm pretty sure you can do all of those things with the default Publish 
feature. Whether or not it'll do it as well as ePublisher .. only you 
can decide that. If that's really all you need from ePublisher, it does 
seem unfortunate to buy it. I'd spend some time with FM13 Publish and 
see if you can get it to do what you need. Even if you need to do a 
little scripting, it seems like you'd benefit from trimming the tool 
chain a bit.

That said .. the jump from FM7.2 to FM13 will likely be far more 
disconcerting than the features of your Help output. I miss the good old 
days of pre-FM9. The nice clean UI without all of the pods. Oh well. 
You're lucky to be moving straight to FM13 instead of some of the 
interim releases .. much better!

Good luck!
...scott


On 8/25/16 12:35 PM, David Millis wrote:
> I'm currently on a Windows 7 machine using Frame 7.2 and ePublisher 2012.4. My Windows 10 machine should arrive any day. What I'm wondering is can I get Frame 15 to do the same work that ePub does and I therefore won't need to upgrade my ePub but instead get rid of it.
>
> What I need Frame 15 to be able to do is:
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> 1.    Generate CHM files (I know Frame 15 does this)
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> 2.    Use conditions (e.g. PDF_Only) so screenshots can be selected to be excluded from the CHM output but included in the PDF output
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> 3.    Write my content using one font (e.g. Times) and have a different font (e.g. Arial) used when the CHM file is generated
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> 4.    Use a cross-reference format that includes page numbers for the PDF output but removes the page numbers for the CHM output
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> David M
>