Close any Adobe applications open on your computer. Navigate to the directory where the installer files are extracted to, and double-click install.exe. On the Installation Options screen, ensure that you select Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server and RoboHelp 10, and click Install.
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Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server is a server-based, automated multi-channel and multi-device publishing solution. FrameMaker Publishing Server enables publication departments centralize and automate multichannel publication tasks from Adobe FrameMaker documents. With FrameMaker Publishing Server, you can create multiple output formats, each with its own customFrameMaker Publishing Server settings. These output formats include Adobe PDF, WebHelp, Adobe AIR-based Help, Native Mobile App, and ePub for device-independent content delivery.
An instance of RoboHelp 10 that FrameMaker Publishing Server invokes to convert FrameMaker RoboHelp 10 content to selected online Help formats. An instance of Adobe Acrobat Professional that FrameMaker Publishing Server invokes to Acrobat Professional X create PDF files from FrameMaker documents.
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USING FRAMEMAKER PUBLISHING SERVER Introduction Edit the maker.ini file Navigate to the FrameMaker installation folder. Typically, it is C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker\ Open the maker.ini file in a text editor. Locate and change the following lines: EnableAutoSpellCheck=Off LastUsedWorkSpaceInStructuredMode=Server LastUsedWorkSpaceInUnStructuredMode=Server EnableUndoInFDK=Off RepeatTypingEnabled=Off RepeatEnabled=Off ;Donot Show Again Dialog...
Typically, you define a task for each book or source document that you want to create outputs from. For example, if you have a BOOK file from which you want to create Adobe PDF, WebHelp, Adobe AIR, and EclipseHelp outputs, you specify the following: Location of the source document or book.
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USING FRAMEMAKER PUBLISHING SERVER Creating and managing publication tasks To use source files stored in an EMC Documentum® repository, select this option and enter the Documentum® Documentum® repository information. To use source files located in a Microsoft® SharePoint repository, select this option and specify the SharePoint credentials for accessing the SharePoint repository.
USING FRAMEMAKER PUBLISHING SERVER Creating and managing publication tasks Extra settings for Native mobile app To create a native mobile app, FrameMaker Publishing Server requires PhoneGap SDK and other apps and additional details in the settings.xml file. Download and unzip the following on your computer: PhoneGap SDK Android™...
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USING FRAMEMAKER PUBLISHING SERVER Creating and managing publication tasks Typically, you author content in FrameMaker, and then define the conversion settings to link or import content from FrameMaker to RoboHelp. In such scenarios, you define your conversion settings that include the following: •...
USING FRAMEMAKER PUBLISHING SERVER Creating and managing publication tasks Click Delete, and then click OK. Scheduling Typically, you create publication settings for recurring tasks. With FrameMaker Publishing Server, you can create multiple publication tasks and schedule them to run at specified intervals. In a typical technical publications department, many teams create automated builds that are then run at the required intervals.
On the FrameMaker Publishing Server interface after that task is run. You can expand or collapse the log view. You can access the publication task logs from the application In the FrameMaker Publishing Server application folder installation folder: %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\Server\. Last updated 7/24/2012...
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USING FRAMEMAKER PUBLISHING SERVER Creating and managing publication tasks You can use log parsers to quickly collect publication-related reports from these logs. View publication task history ❖ On the FrameMaker Publishing Server interface, select Task > History. Clear publication task history ❖...
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