[Framers] Can't Save As PDF or Print to Adobe PDF Printer, Windows 10

[Lin Sims]

I've added this as a Bug on the Adobe Tracker:  FRMAKER-5286
https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-5286

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 12:44 PM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> Windows 10 strikes again, it seems. As all may recall, the 1803 build of
> Windows 10 bolluxed the ability of Framemaker to create PDF files.
> Microsoft supposedly fixed this issue in July.
>
> Except not quite. We use SVG images in our Framemaker files, and as of
> August 31, my coworker, who is on Windows 10, *cannot *create a PDF. In
> fact, Frame freezes and has to be killed via TaskManager.
>
> I have Windows 7 on my work computer, and I *can *create a PDF from the
> same files he can't.
>
> On my home computer, I have Windows 10 and Framemaker 2017 (same versions
> as my coworker has at work). I tested several different documents, and got
> the same results he did.
>
> We have fully updated Windows and fully updated Framemaker 2017 and fully
> updated Acrobat Pro DC. I have tried switching from RGB to CMYK with no
> success. I also tried running Framemaker in Windows 7 compatibility mode,
> with no success.
>
> Who do I scream at at Microsoft to get this *FIXED*? We can, obviously,
> workaround by using Visio files instead, but that means wrapping the sheet
> size to the image, which is going to play hob with making changes if we
> need to later on. Not a deal breaker, but damned inconvenient and it
> wouldn't be necessary if Microsoft hadn't broken things to begin with.
>
> --
> Lin Sims
>


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Lin Sims