Re: Backward Compatibility?

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trent Henderson wrote:

>Can I receive a FM 5.5 file, open and edit it in FM 6 and send the file 
>back to the originator for him/her to open and edit in FM 5.5?

Hi Trent,

The answer is Yes, But...

In general, Frame binaries are upward compatible, and MIF files are 
downward compatible. Thus, Frame 5 file will open in Frame 6. If you save a 
Frame 6 file *as MIF* it will open in Frame 5 -- and the Frame 6 stuff that 
Frame 5 doesn't understand, it will just throw away.

This can lead to some awkward problems, however. For example, in Frame 6, 
the building blocks <$chapnum> and <$volnum> are new. When Frame 5 sees 
them, it converts them to text. This leads to footers such as "Page 
<$chapnum>-24" instead of "Page 3-25".

If you're going to do this regularly, as part of a workflow, make sure 
you've covered those gotcha's systemically; otherwise you'll encounter them 
each trip down the version tree.

Cheers,

Tom Neuburger

The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6
ISBN 1-930597-01-0
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