[Framers] Compatability with FM11 non-structured files

[Peter Gold]

One thing that might inform the long view is "If it ain't broke...," so
there may be lots of individuals and small and large companies still
chugging along with perfectly-operating back versions of FrameMaker on
well-enough operating Windows-compatible machines or virtual-machine
emulators, even, can-you-even-think-it...UNIX.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:57 PM John Posada <jposada99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This conversation has been an eye-opener. I cannot believe that nobody has
> come along and offered an application for people who are FM users but want
> to migrate to another vendor for some reason.
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 1:47 PM Peter Gold <peter at petergold.photography>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi, John:
> >
> > My point was that if the company was using InDesign, it would have to be
> an
> > early-enough standalone version that doesn't phone home to Adobe. I use
> ID
> > CS6 standalone/non-subscription.
> >
> > Perhaps the question has evolved to what applications are acceptable on
> the
> > corporate network, and which of them do folks on the list think is the
> best
> > one to migrate to, so as to avoid having to slog through this effort
> going
> > forward?
> >
> > Despite its age, FrameMaker is still a great tool for the task of
> technical
> > writing and publishing. However, security issues in the computing
> > environments where it's used have become serious considerations, so, to
> > wit:, hence, therefore, and etc.....
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:26 PM <john.x.posada at us.hsbc.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Peter...it's not the process for exporting/converting that's the
> > issue.
> > > I got all that. I did it all the time to allow my user base to make
> their
> > > edits.
> > >
> > > The issue is installing and licensing the application. It WOULD be
> > > installed on a standalone...mine. It still needs to validate by
> > connecting
> > > to Adobe, and that's a problem.
> > >
> > > BTW...all Adobe products do that, so bring ID into the equation does
> > > nothing.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+john.x.posada=
> > > us.hsbc.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold
> > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 1:20 PM
> > > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <
> > > framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Framers] Compatability with FM11 non-structured files
> > >
> > > Looks like my earlier response got truncated. Apologies for any
> > confusion.
> > >
> > > Would it be acceptable to install FM on a stand-alone machine, save as
> > > MIF, and export/convert to formats of apps the corporate network
> > supports,
> > > then copy these outputs to the network? Or, have that work done by a
> > > service?
> > >
> > > If a non-subscription version of InDesign is used on the corporate
> > > network, a round-about approach could be to use the  DTP Tools - MIF
> > Filter
> > > for Adobe InDesign <http://www.dtptools.com/product.asp?id=mfid> to
> > > convert MIF files InDesign. Within InDesign's own limits and abilities,
> > the
> > > conversion retains most, FrameMaker text formatting features and
> > > specifications, and does its best to emulate page layouts.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 8:28 AM John Posada <jposada99 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, guys...I have 5 years of FM files and my company doesn't like FM
> > > > installed on their network.
> > > >
> > > > Are there any other applications that can be installed and open
> native
> > > > FM
> > > > 11 files and retain most of the FM functionality, especially the book
> > > > paradigm?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John Posada
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