How long does file conversion take to complete?

Well, I've tried saving my ditamap as a pdf and as a composite framemaker doc. So far, neither conversion has worked because it's taken over 2 hours and never completed the process.
Any ideas? Does the ditamap work better in FM if it's created in FM? I created my using XMLMind.
Thanks for any tips.

Hi Lucy...
For a large map, this can take many hours (depending on the speed of your system). This is especially the case if your files make heavy use of xrefs and conrefs or you've got a large relationship table. No, it doesn't matter that the files were authored in another XML editor, as long as they are valid DITA. You should start with a smaller set of files to test things before jumping in with a big map.
FYI .. the book-building process in DITA-FMx is significantly faster than that in default FM8 or FM9. It also provides many book-building features that aren't available in default FM, like ..
- automatic TOC and Index generation
- the ability to apply separate templates to different map element types (chapter, part, appendix, etc)
- automatically apply pagination and numbering
- lots more
For details see ..
     http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/featurecomparison.php
Cheers,
...scott
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com

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