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Hello all,

It appears that I am experiencing EXACTLY the same problem as Janice when it comes to printing a PDF out of FM 8 (p277). When I do a File-> Print and set the printer to PDF, once I click "print" the status bar indicates a PDF is being generated...without ever prompting me to specify the file name. And no file is generated. This also happens when I use the Save as PDF option.

Things I've tried:
1. Installing the hotfix referenced here: <http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html>.
2. Printing as a .ps file first. Interestingly, a .ps is generated that is 0 bytes in size.
3. Saving the .fm as a MIF file and printing from that. Again, nothing.
4. Verifying that my PDF settings have the "Prompt for Adobe PDF filename" setting. It still appears to be ignored by the printing process.

Other tidbits:
1. I am running Vista Business SP1 (which, of course, could be the real problem).
2. The problematic .fm file was a version 7 that I saved as into a new version 8 file. However, some .fm files that I converted to 8 work fine.
3. Adobe Distiller version is 9.0.

From reading these forums, there appear to be significant problems with creating PDFs in Framemaker 8. That is pretty disheartening. Fortunately we have a v7 in the office so I was able to re-do all my changes in a v7 file and create a PDF.

I have no idea what else to check to figure out where the culprit is. Is there anyone out there who has also experienced this problem and found a workaround (besides downgrading back to FM7)?