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ChoccieMuffin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:23 am The autonum bit should be part of your h1 style in your PDF medium, so yes, it's definitely possible. I'm in the middle of stuff so can't give you details, but you might want to look in that area.

Hi Trent,

Thanks for the pointers. It did the trick.

The autonum bit should be part of your h1 style in your PDF medium, so yes, it's definitely possible. I'm in the middle of stuff so can't give you details, but you might want to look in that area. I looked to the CSS. I just changed which output type to use. And then changed the heading not to incl...

Hi Fellow Propellers I'm working to publish my documentation both as PDF and HTML5. That works almost like a breeze. Only real issue is that I'm using chapter numbers for PDF. In HTML5 the numbers mustn't show. My issue is that my current heading H1 contains a MadCap:autonum , which looks like this:...

Hi Flare crashes before project is loaded. The error seemingly stems from git ! Here's the dump: <MadCapExceptionLog protocol="1" executable="Flare" executableVersion="18.1.8353.25537" localDate="2023-01-18T09:27:50.6562732+01:00"> <OS arch="x64" fra...

This is strange For quite some time, I've constructed my Output file as Interfaces - API FTP Dispatch - v.[%=Global_variables.Version_coverpage%] . I has been working as a charm. But today Flare 17.2 won't accept this. It builds my PDF as usual but then it fails . After trial-and-error-testing, I fo...

Select variable set

I have a project with three variable sets that supports three 'families'.

How do I select 'variable set c'.

Best regards

Lars

Also, it appears that the PageCount - even when it is placed in a Footer-frame - still does not count the number of pages in the entire Project. It merely counts the PageLayout.

What actually gets shown in Decoration frames still seems to be relatively random. I have made a page - type "First" - that contains: - Header (containing <PageCount>) - Footer (containing text) - Two decoration frames (containing images) - 9 Decoration frames (containing <Variables>) - 6 ...

This problem still occurs in V11. Not all Variables, but some or the other - I haven't been able to figure which Variable will wriggle, yet - resets itself upon build :?: The usual strategy ( Clean Project ) has no function whatsoever :? The only thing that has proven itself useful is to Close the p...

Thanks

Hi
I can create tables and format them as well.

But when I save the topic, it -and with it its contents - disappears completely!

I am on my third year as a user and have never encountered anything like it.

Any ideas?

I am getting pretty tired of the dictionary - maybe because I don't realize just how clever it was devised. Can I point to it from all my projects? Can I import it from somwhere? I have loads of words (product names and special company words) that I have to "add to dictionary" all the time...

Oh - my MadCap continues to do annoying stuff.
Now, it doesn't contain itself to messing up my footnotes, it also disregards my behind-the-back alterations.
Take a look, please. NOTE: I have been doing this in countless occasions!

Hi Having used MadCap for a couple of years, I have not come across this problem before. My Stylesheet looks similar in all MC-footnote possibilities and the footnote looks just right in the text editor. But not so much in the generated PDF. DummeStyleSheet.png I've attached a screenshot that contai...

Hi, How do I ensure that the name I give a document in Open Primary Target > General > Output File actually is transferred to the generated PDF? As I see it, sometimes it works but mostly not. This means that I have to rename the PDF over and over again because the name gets overwritten - reverting ...

@ lacastle: The code, Craig Prichard wrote is way too complicated for me. Also, I cannot see any hyperlink in it.
Finally, even if I was able to understand it, I wouldn't know where to insert it.
Still stuck in square one ...

@ Nick and the rest of you.

I tried you way, Nick. In vain, unfortunately.
So, for me the problem persists.
Regards

That worked just fine. Thnx!

Hi my fellow propeller heads I've lived with two, seemingly dead and unremovable, "Find and Replace" pop-ups for quite some time now. They are placed in the right-hand side of the working screen and are totally empty! No buttons, no nothing - just white. How can I get rid of these annoying...

Sorry for my rather slow reply.
I created the mailto-link via the "Insert hyperlink" (highlight + r-click + Insert Hyperlink)
And no: It still doesn't work.
/L

Importing Word docs with extensive metadata We have a rather large quantum of Word documents which all have numerous metatags (roles, tools, versions, certificates, families) in/on each document. Is there a neat way to preserve the metadata when importing the documents into Flare. We want to conver...

Hi my fellow propellars I have included a mailto link for user feedback in the printed version (pdf) of my manual. It is generated without warnings, and yet the pdf only returns the following: Adobe Reader: Could not open the file 'mailto:technicalwriter@company.nu' The underlying code looks like th...

Dear users, I've created a style that is supposed to count images in my project. I've used this format: GF:Figure {n+}: Texttexttext. This ougth to work, but so far I have only one image and it is equipped with the number 6 (six) when I generate to PDF. I am wondering whether there is a secret count...

It is sort of nice, that others experience the same as I do. I figured out the G (for global), but apparently it opened a new problem. I created a GT for tables and a GF for figures with the same format GF:Figure {n+}: Text only to see that the only figure in my project is number 6 (six). So, my que...

I have the same problem - with the twist that I want the PageCount on the Cover/Title.
/Lars