Re: Framemaker 6.0 on Windows XP

[Carolyn Stallard <cstallard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dov to the rescue again!  My hero!

The Adobe updater's error message had nothing to do with 
inability to find a directory, and everything to do with 
inability to find the expected version of FM: the error 
message simply lies, barefaced.

What really annoys me is the following:

(a) I was unable to even _find_ any updates for 6.0 by 
searching the Adobe Web site; eventually I reached what 
should have been the correct page via the FM+SGML 6.0 help.

(b) The hidden page I reached by that route showed a list of 
6.0 updates; but not for FM+SGML, it turns out!!  The 
oldest, updating p357 to p405, claims to be for both FM and 
FM+SGML.  This Web page lies, barefaced.

(c) I have no idea how I would ever have found the real 
updates for FM+SGML without Dov coming to my rescue and 
providing the correct link.

Bad cess to whomever designed/implemented/tested(?)/approved 
_any and all_ of Adobe's egregious antediluvian installation 
routines for FM.

Carolyn Stallard wrote:

> A year ago, Rick Quatro wrote:
>
> > FrameMaker 6 works fine with Windows XP as long as you have the XP patch
> > from Adobe's web site.
> >
> > http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1420
>
>
> That's assuming one can install said patch.  I moved to a Windows XP Pro 
> system recently, and installed FM+SGML 6.0p357 from the original CD.  
> Now I want to add patches, but the Adobe Updater claims it cannot find 
> the installation directory!  I've been using FM on this new system for a 
> few days, and no other software has had trouble finding it...
>
> Anyone else encounter this problem?  If so, how did you get around it?
>
> --C
>
> Carolyn Stallard
> CRONE CONSULTING
> Technical Writing & Editing / Design / QA
> Tel: 831-475-0466  Fax: 240-376-1400
>
> "The single biggest problem with communication
> is the illusion that it has taken place."  --G. B. Shaw


** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx **
** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body.   **