<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Apurva,</div><div><br></div>Always set Explorer to show file extensions. It makes life so much easier for Framers! :-)<div><br></div><div>Glad you solved your problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Brgds,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ikef3gCrA3g/UIsF1sJlTvI/AAAAAAAABik/zEqYCbBxQdA/s167/SignEmail.ai.png"><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Apurva Bahadur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:apurva@writxt.com" target="_blank">apurva@writxt.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Fellow Framers,<br><br></div>Problem solved after some investigation, although I cannot understand the entire process. <br><div style="text-align:center"><b>Problem</b><br></div><br><ul><li>While editing, I created the various FM files by renaming and saving the complete file as the next file, deleting the existing stuff and editing new content on the page. <br></li><li>Somewhere in the process, one FM file got corrupted and ended with the extension '.backup' instead of '.fm.' <br></li><li>Due to 'save as' process, all the subsequent files had the '.backup' extension.</li><li>Even on corruption, these .backup extension files were visible in the FM book. I could open, edit and create perfect pdf outputs of the FM book. <br></li><li>However, Robohelp refused to recognize the files with .backup extension and made a CHM containing only the files with proper .fm extension. <br></li><li>This resulted in an incomplete CHM, and a growing sense of helpless panic...</li></ul></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Solution</b><br></div><div><ul><li>I opened the corrupted files from within FM book and saved them by a different name. I checked in the Windows explored that the copy of the files were saved with the proper .fm extension.</li><li>I added the renamed files to the book and deleted the corrupted files from the book.That was all to it. <br></li></ul>I couldn't have solved this problem from within Framemaker itself as the book showed the corrupted files as normal FM files - I would open edit and save them without any indication of an error. So, when black magic starts to happen, please check the extensions of files in Windows explorer!<br><br>Any idea why FM book could open a file with .backup extension? Probably .backup are valid FM files, as these display a smaller version of the Framemaker icon in the Windows explorer. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Regards,<br><br>Apurva</b></font></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><br></div></div>
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