Generated files not copied to wrap directory
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 12:06am — sandwriter
In one of my OmniHelp projects the generated .html and .js files are not copied from my project directory to the wrap directory. The viewer files and the graphics are copied. I added a WrapCopyFiles command to the [Automation] section of my _m2omnihelp.ini, but to no effect.
On a sidenote, the project where I get this behavior is a copy (all Frame and .ini files copied to another directory and paths adjusted in the _m2omnihelp.ini). In the original project, the same postprocessing steps work as expected.
Problem solved
The generated files are also copied to the wrap folder now. Unfortunately I could not identify the exact reason for the misbehavior. I suspect that happened due to moving my Framemaker and mif2go files from a local drive to a shared network drive. I repeated all steps carefully one by one, and now it works.
Don't use a network drive!!!
Very, very bad idea to work on a network drive. Frame has serious known problems with files on a network drive; you could lose them real easily if Frame doesn't like the access time required. That is, your Frame files would be corrupted and unusable. ALWAYS work on a local drive; just copy your finished work to the remote drive when you are done.
This isn't a Mif2Go problem, it's a Frame problem. Mif2Go doesn't care where the files are. But of course, all paths would have to be absolute in that case, and you MUST NOT put %omsyshome% on a network drive.
Hm, I find this a little
Hm, I find this a little surprising as I never experienced any file corruption when working with Frame files located on a network drive. And why is %OMSYSHOME% not allowed to be on a network drive? This is a scenario described in the User's Guide (30.3.3 Configurations shared on a network drive: If %OMSYSHOME% is located on a network drive...). Having everything on a local drive is, IMO, not really an option when multiple writers are involved. Anyway, I will keep an eye on this. For time being it is working fine.