[Framers] [EXTERNAL] ps file being used by another process

[Böðvar Björgvinsson]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply.

My FM 2015 (version 13) was installed without its pdf engine.

Best regards,
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson




fös., 10. sep. 2021 kl. 11:44 skrifaði Tom Beiswenger <
tom.beiswenger at emhartglass.com>:

> Bodvar,
>
> I'm running FM 12. Years ago, I had the same problem, which was created
> when IT installed FM and allowed FM to install its verson of Adobe's pdf
> generator. This caused FM to ignore the fact that I already had a full
> version of Acrobat. The solution was to uninstall FM and reinstall and not
> allow it to install what became known as a "headless" printer.
>
> After that, I always used Save as PDF, and when I selected Adobe PDF as
> the printer, it printed the document using my already installed Acrobat app.
>
> Uninstalling and reinstalling might have been a more severe solution than
> needed, but it worked and the IT guys were happy that they never had to
> monkey with FM again, which was fine by me.
>
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> emhartglass.com at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Böðvar Björgvinsson
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 7:24 AM
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Framers] ps file being used by another process
>
> Hi Framers,
>
> I am suddenly stuck with a new problem. When trying to print an fm file to
> ps and then distilling it I either get the message "Cannot open this file.
> The file is being used by another process."
> Even if I close Framemaker I still get this message.
> Also, if I try to open the ps file in Distiller, I get the message that I
> don't have the permission to open the file. And when trying to change the
> ownership of the file, I just get another similar message and the file
> disappears.
> Save as pdf gives the same kind of error messages.
> And Adobe PDF is my default printer.
> What could be wrong?
>
> I'm on a deadline, so any help soon would be appreciated.
> Earlier today I had no problem pdf-ing from Affinity Publisher.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
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