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- From: pas@jupitercmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
- Subject: Re: FrameMaker
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.184923.24189@venus.ic.cmc.ca>
- Sender: usenet@venus.ic.cmc.ca (News Administrator)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: jupiter
- Reply-To: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
- Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
- References: <4046@phred.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:49:23 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <4046@phred.UUCP>, kimb@phred.UUCP (Kim Butler) writes:
- |>
- |> Recently, i was given this article:
- |>
- |> Hi. I have a large software application installed on my
- |> system from Cadence Design Systems. It is a IC design tool
- |> and all documentation is online in Frame format.
- |> The problem is I have been unable to use Frame Viewer from
- |> outside the Cadence tool framework.
- |> My questions:
- |> Is Frame Viewer licensed? Where is the license file?
- |> >>Is it possible to use viewer as I wish? What's the trick?
- |> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- |> >>Peter A. Stokes ~~~~~~~~ pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca ~~~~~~~ (613) 545-2923 ~~~~~
- |>
- |> Here is someones response:
- |>
- |> >To the best of my knowledge, it is contractually unacceptable for CDS
- |> >licensees to use the FrameViewer distributed by Cadence to do anything
- |> >other than view Cadence online documentation. Since you obviously have
- |> >Maker licenses (as indicated in your post), why not just use Maker and
- |> >lock your documents (it will seems as though you're using Viewer)?
- |> >--
- |> >Michele Vening
- |> >Motorola ASIC DA Frame Support (602) 821-4253
- |> >Chandler AZ FAX: (602) 821-4963
- |> >vening@chdasic.sps.mot.com.jj
- |>
- |> Now my response:
- |>
- |> I am still confused. If I have 20 FrameMaker and 10 FrameView
- |> licenses, and I have 10 FrameView/Cadence from Cadence. When you run
- |> Frame the path set by FMHOME is where the license is found. So, you either
- |> use all FrameView/Cadence or all the other, but you can not add or
- |> combine. I guess a script would have to be set to start Cadence setting
- |> the FMHOME for the session. THIS SUCKS.
- |>
- |> Please correct me if I am wrong in my thinking.
- |>
- |> Thanks, Kim Butler
-
- Permit me to confuse the issue even more: If you
- look in the Cadence software hierarchy, there is no
- Frame{viewer,maker} license file to be found!
-
- Peter
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Peter A. Stokes ~~~~~~~~ pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca ~~~~~~~ (613) 545-2923 ~~~~~
- Canadian Microelectronics Corporation ~~~~~~~~~~~ Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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