Adobe FRAMEMAKER 10 - Chapter 9: MIF Messages; List of MIF messages

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Chapter 9: MIF Messages
When the MIF interpreter reads a MIF file, it might detect errors such as unexpected character sequences. In UNIX
versions, the MIF interpreter displays messages in a console window. In the Windows versions, you must turn on
Show File Translation Errors in the Preferences dialog box to display messages in a window (a console window in
the Windows version). If the MIF interpreter finds an error, it continues to process the MIF file and reads as much
of the document as possible.
General form for MIF messages
The general form of all MIF messages is:
MIF: Line LineNum: Message
The LineNum may be approximate because it represents the absolute line number in the file after all macros in the
file have been expanded. In addition, if you open the MIF file in Adobe® FrameMaker®, lines are wrapped and the
line numbers may change.
The
Message portion consists of one of the messages in the following table. (Italicized words/characters (for
example, n) indicate variable words or values in a message.)
List of MIF messages
The tables in this section lists the MIF messages produced by the MIF interpreter and describes their meanings.
This message Means
--- Skipping these chars:
...(MIF statements)...
---------- Done skipping.
The MIF file contains a syntax error or a MIF statement not
supported in this version of FrameMaker. FrameMaker ignores
all MIF statements contained within the erroneous or unsup-
ported MIF statement. The ignored MIF statements are listed in
the error message.
A footnote cannot contain another footnote. One footnote in the MIF file is embedded in another.
Bad parameter: parameter. The MIF file contains a syntax error.
Cannot connect to TRNext ID
n. The text frame ID specified in a TRNext statement has no
corresponding defined text frame.
Cannot find anchored frame n. The graphic frame ID specified in an AFrames statement has
no corresponding defined graphic frame.
Cannot find footnote n. The footnote ID specified in a FNote statement has no corre-
sponding defined footnote.
Cannot find table ID
n. MIF cannot match <ATbl x > with an earlier <Tbl <TblID
x >> statement.
Cannot find text frame ID n. The text frame ID specified in a TextRectID statement has
no corresponding defined text frame.
Cannot open filename. Make sure that the file exists and that you have read access to it;
then try again.