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Subject: Re: .fm vs .e## vs .xml
From: "T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:31:31 -0500
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'Twas said: >Robo for FrameMaker works with FM files, and Robo Office 5 works with MIF files. >The reason I mention Flare is that the future of Robo is the subject of some >discussion RoboHelp for FrameMaker is dead. It lasted less than a year and was discontinued July 1, 2004. RoboHelp Office will import MIF, sure, but then you have to work on the content in RoboHelp, meaning you have two sources to maintain, not one. Flare sounds great. Especially if I had RoboHelp, I'd be drooling and chomping at the bit--no offense--but Flare is still a concept and not a product. It is getting a lot of buzz, though. > but it seems the guys who did robo-for-frame are now working on Flare Nope. It's the guys who did the RoboHelp product -- the main one for sure, and I would guess there's some who also worked on RHFM. Flare is not about RHFM, it's not about competing with WWP or Mif2Go, from what I can tell Flare be aiming directly at RoboHelp and the market in general, as a whole. Just a guess on that last part, though. At this point in time, if you have FM and want HTML from a single source perspective, WWP and Mif2Go are about it ... custom XML solutions aside. RoboHelp is not playing that sport, let alone in the same ballpark. On Apr 1, 2005 9:36 AM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Robo for FrameMaker works with FM files, and Robo Office 5 works with MIF files. > > RH for FM was discontinued last year. > RH Office does not "work with" MIF files at all. It allows you to > import them, but then they are no longer MIF and can't be extracted as > MIF from RH. > > > The reason I mention Flare is that the future of Robo is the subject of some discussion ~ but it seems the guys who did robo-for-frame are now working on Flare ~ so when it comes out (and I am forced to change from my existing tools) it may be an option. > > Flare is not a FM solution. > -- ====== T. Remember, this is online. Take everything with a mine of salt and a grin. ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **