[Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time

Thu Aug 23 07:46:31 PDT 2018

You could also try downloading the free eval of FM17 and see if that works
better, in either or both PDF generation modes.

Art Campbell
          art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                                                      No disclaimers apply.
                                                               DoD 358

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You're checking the Generate PDF Data checkbox when you Print to the
> Acrobat printer?
>
> And you may want to point out to the IT staff that FM12 wasn't designed
> for W10. Definitely consider an upgrade -- you're going to be three revs
> behind the curve shortly. Antique software...
>
> Art Campbell
>             art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
> and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                                                       No disclaimers apply.
>                                                                DoD 358
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:34 AM Tom Beiswenger <
> tom.beiswenger at emhartglass.com> wrote:
>
>> That, unfortunately, does not work. Although all of the hyperlinks work
>> using that method, the videos embedded in the PDF (which are inserted by
>> reference in the original FM 12 doc) will not play. Save as PDF is the only
>> method that I've found that gives the PDF all of the functionality that
>> I've built into the book. The behavior I referenced originally just started
>> when our IT grout upgraded me to a new Dell notebook running Win 10.
>>
>>
>> -----"Framers" <framers-bounces+tom.beiswenger=
>> emhartglass.com at lists.frameusers.com> wrote: -----
>> To: Frame Users <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>> From: Lin Sims
>> Sent by: "Framers"
>> Date: 08/23/2018 09:54AM
>> Subject: Re: [Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time
>>
>> On the Frame menu, click File > Print Setup and choose Adobe PDF from the
>> list of installed printers, or you can select it as the printer when using
>> File > Print.
>>
>> Save as PDF has been pretty much fixed in the last couple of Frame
>> versions, but IIRC (memory fuzzy), 12 was the last version where it still
>> had some issues.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:47 AM Tom Beiswenger <
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>> wrote:
>>
>> > What is the Acrobat logical printer? Our documents often have video
>> > tutorials in them. The only way that I've been able to make them work
>> is to
>> > us the Save as PDF command.
>> >
>> > -----"Framers" <framers-bounces+tom.beiswenger=
>> > emhartglass.com at lists.frameusers.com> wrote: -----
>> > To: Framers List <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>> > From: Art Campbell
>> > Sent by: "Framers"
>> > Date: 08/23/2018 09:44AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Save As PDF doesn't work first time
>> >
>> > Historically, SaveAs PDF has been problematic.
>> > Printing to the Acrobat logical printer has been more stable and
>> > predictable.
>> >
>> > Art Campbell
>> >           art.campbell at gmail.com
>> >   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
>> and
>> > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>> >                                                       No disclaimers
>> apply.
>> >                                                                DoD 358
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:34 AM Tom Beiswenger <
>> >
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>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > This is an odd one, but might be related to running FM 12 in a
>> Windows 10
>> > > environment.
>> > >
>> > > When I open an FM book for the first time and then try to save it as
>> PDF,
>> > > FM goes non-responsive (normal) and the little rotating Adobe icon
>> > appears
>> > > at the lower right hand toolbar (not normal). A "phantom" pdf document
>> > > eventually appears, but so does a message, "There was an error opening
>> > this
>> > > document. This file cannot be found."
>> > >
>> > > Distiller also appears in my quick start toolbar, but when I open
>> > > Distiller, the file shown is empty.
>> > >
>> > > I then close the phantom pdf document, go back to the FM book and run
>> > Save
>> > > as PDF again. This time it works as expected: FM goes non-responsive,
>> > > Distiller opens (eventually) and a progress bar appears with Distiller
>> > > until the document is fully generated. The document -- real one this
>> time
>> > > -- appears and all is good.
>> > >
>> > > I'm starting to get used to this new behavior, but sure would like to
>> > know
>> > > if there is a fix for this annoyance.
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