Re: Multiple Versions

["Becky Swanson" <becky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Val,

I have run multiple versions of FrameMaker for many years without any particular
incident, for all the same reasons as you have. Because there's a bug in FM that
causes crashes if you launch the program from a document (when running with
certain email programs), I always recommend launching the program first, then
using File>Open or dragging the document icon to the program to open the files.
So the whole "which version owns the files" has never been an issue for me.
Sometimes Acrobat seems to have some serious hiccups coexisting with previous
versions of itself, and you'll need to get rid of the annoying Distiller
Assistant executable from the startup menu when you drop earlier versions of
Acrobat. But you can use the newer version of Acrobat to distill FM files from
any version.

Good luck!

Becky Swanson
Benchmark Publications Group, Inc.
"Real-world training for FrameMaker and Acrobat"
www.benchmarkpubs.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Val Swisher" <vals@oakhillpubs.com>
To: "Framers" <framers@FrameUsers.com>; "framers-2" <framers@omsys.com>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 6:16 PM
Subject: Multiple Versions


Hello;

I currently have Frame 5.5.6 and Frame 6.0 installed on my Windows 2000
machine. I am about to install Frame 7.0.

Does anyone have experience with running 3 versions of Frame on the same
machine? Any gotchas?

I wish I could take of one of the versions, but one of my clients still
uses 5.5.6 (an important and very big client), everyone else uses 6.0,
and a new client wants to use Frame 7.

Thanks for your help!

Val



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