RE: installing FM 6.0 AND FM 7.1

["Steve Schwedland" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lester,

This is only partially correct.  The last version installed is the default
and will open when a Frame associated file is clicked, but only if there is
no FrameMaker application already running.  If you have FrameMaker 6.0 open
and double-click a .fm file in a directory window, the file will open (or
attempt to open) in FrameMaker 6.0.

I have Frame+SGML 5.5.6, Frame+SGML 6.0, Frame 7.0 and Frame 7.1 all
installed on my system right now and I don't have any trouble working in the
different versions ... ever.  In fact, you don't actually have to install
Frame on any particular system to run it.  I routinely access my computer's
Frame directory from other systems on my network and just run the needed
version from that drive.  FrameMaker is very good about keeping everything
it needs in the FMHOME directory.  Nothing essential gets loaded into any
other directory, so there is no overwriting of system dll's or anything like
that.

Steve


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Lester C. Smalley
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:45 AM
To: framers@xxxxxxxxx; Framers List
Subject: RE: installing FM 6.0 AND FM 7.1

 
Sorry - I replied to Jon individually instead of the entire list.

- Lester 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lester C. Smalley
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:18 AM
To: 'Harvey, JonX'
Subject: RE: installing FM 6.0 AND FM 7.1

On Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:40 AM, Harvey, JonX wrote:

|  Hi all,
|  
|  I need to install full-blown versions of FM 6.0 and FM 7.1  on my Win

| XP Pro machine. (7.1 is our team standard, but I  still need 6.0 for 
| other reasons). I've already installed  Acrobat 7.0 on the machine.
|  
|  Here's the question, which should I install first, 6.0 or  7.1? Or, 
| does it even make a difference?
|  
|  Thanks in advance.................Jon


It absolutely makes a difference in Windows - the last version installed
becomes the default application to open .fm, .mif and .book files.  So, if
the standard is v7.1, install v6.0 first, then install v7.1.

You will be able to run either version from the "start" menu (or if you
create icons on the desktop) but to open a file in FrameMaker 6 you will
have to use the File->Open command from within the program - you will not be
able to do so by double-clicking on the file name in an explorer window.

- Lester
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