Can't link Robohelp to FrameMaker

FrameMaker 10
Robohelp 9
Windows 7
Robohelp project can link to Word files but FrameMaker is grayed out. What am I doing wrong? I am recently re-aquainting myself with FrameMaker and building a proposal to implement it in my company.
Please advise a former power user now a newbie. ;-)
Thanks!

Nope, just having the component parts of the suite doesn't equal having the suite. There's a little linking part that gets included with the suite download that makes RH show up on the FM menu and FM show up on the linking menu in RH. (plus, the price of the suite is cheaper than having the individual parts)

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We are in the process of moving all of our Robohelp content to Framemaker, but our project team still needs CHM files for the next release or so. So we figured we could move our content to Frame 11, then import the Frame content into Robohelp when we needed to generate the CHM files.
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This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS1b49059a33f77726-7cd412b3136bfd6ca9e-8000. html

Linking is only possible if you have the Technical Communication Suite. Having RoboHelp and FrameMaker standalone products does not have the linking functionality.
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You may not be aware, but Adobe only recently (within the
last year or so) acquired RoboHelp in the Macromedia deal. I can
understand your frustration and many of the issues you raise are
being addressed in the next version of RoboHelp which is being
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invited to join the Adobe RoboHelp pre-release (beta) program for
the next version.
You can find details here.
Adobe
Technical Communications Blog
I got to attend the sneak peek sessions at STC in Minneapolis
last month where Adobe showed many new features. As you may know,
there is a new version of Framemaker in beta as well (and Adobe
Captivate, too!). So, it takes a while to integrate these
leap-frogging targets. The wait will be rewarded however.
Enjoy!
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