Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55
> 36 Converting via runfm > 36.2 Setting up FrameMaker for unattended operation
Before you can use runfm
,
you must set up FrameMaker for automatic operation. You
must have Windows administrator privileges to do so, because
Windows records in the registry the setting required to find the executable
to run.
As Administrator, execute the following command, either in a command window or via Start > Run...:
"path\to\FrameMaker" -progid:FrameMaker.M2G -auto
After you set up FrameMaker this way, you can
use runfm
to run, from a command
line, any FrameMaker plug-in that is set up to receive RPC notifications.
Despite its name, the -progid
option has nothing to do with which FrameMaker plug-in you want to run.
You can provide any string as the value for -progid
,
as long as you start FrameMaker with that string first, then specify
the same value when you execute runfm
.
If you specify -progid:
FrameMaker.M2G
when you set up FrameMaker, you can omit this option entirely when you
use runfm
to run Mif2Go.
These settings become effective after you exit
FrameMaker. Once set, they remain set in the Windows Registry (in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes
),
until/unless you set up FrameMaker again, perhaps with a different value
for -progid
.
Note:
On a 64-bit version of Windows, entries for 32-bit applications
such as FrameMaker are buried in a subkey of a subkey: the Wow6432Node
key located below the primary Software
key.
Expand this key to see the 32-bit keys and values.
§36.4 Using runfm for Mif2Go conversions
§36.8 Using runfm for other FrameMaker plug-ins