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by alex
Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:53 pm
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Tab leaders
Replies: 2
Views: 1264

Re: Tab leaders

Have you tried experimenting with these settings?
Flare-Leader-Formatting.png
This example is from the p.TOC and p.MiniTOC classes.

Edit: Can any of the proxies produce the sort of thing you're after? Maybe the List-Of Proxy or Menu Proxy?

Hope this helps!
Alex
by alex
Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:43 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: [Flare 10] Remove link from HTML5 skin header in Default.htm
Replies: 3
Views: 1728

Re: [Flare 10] Remove link from HTML5 skin header in Default

Yes, I have javascript to include Back and Forward buttons because the software forces our help to display in a browser window that does not have any of the typical browser buttons or menu (so, no back and forward buttons, etc.). Note: I'm not talking about the "Next" and "Previous&qu...
by alex
Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:46 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Bullet Images not displaying in Word output - ok in PDF
Replies: 2
Views: 1366

Re: Bullet Images not displaying in Word output - ok in PDF

Hi Susan, Which medium is your Word target using? Also, maybe there's something helpful here? http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare11/Content/Lists/Editng_List_Styles/Selecting_Images_for_List_Bullets.htm http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare11/Content/Lists/Creating_Custom_List_Formats.htm This...
by alex
Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:49 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Icons created using IcoMoon not displayed in PDF output
Replies: 20
Views: 10539

Re: Icons created using IcoMoon not displayed in PDF output

bennetty wrote:Thanks Matty, I'm going to look at your post in detail and using snippets is a great idea Lydia, not thought of that, shame I couldn't see your screen shot.
if by "Lydia" you meant me ( :? ), can you see the screenshot now? (scroll up to my post - hopefully you'll see it)
by alex
Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:23 pm
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Icons created using IcoMoon not displayed in PDF output
Replies: 20
Views: 10539

Re: Icons created using IcoMoon not displayed in PDF output

@Nicola - have you looked at https://icomoon.io/#docs/local-fonts ? Sounds much like what Alex is describing, for other fonts. @Alex: when I want to use icon fonts for PDF and HTML5 output - would you conditionalize the icons and use css for HTML5 and local fonts for PDF? We opted to go with the ap...
by alex
Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:54 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Icons created using IcoMoon not displayed in PDF output
Replies: 20
Views: 10539

Re: Icons created using IcoMoon not displayed in PDF output

Thanks Lydia, I had already seen this thread. It's a bit disappointing that this goes back to 2006 and these icon fonts are still not supported in the PDF output. I'm going to contact Madcap directly on this. I'm surprised more people are not using these font icons in their documentation and runnin...
by alex
Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:47 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Few issues with PDFs and Page Break settings
Replies: 5
Views: 2027

Re: Few issues with PDFs and Page Break settings

Giving this a bump because I am still getting lots of weird orphans in PDF output, regardless of my widow/orphan settings in the stylesheet. Short of manually applying page breaks for PDF output or having to apply a "keepwith" style to any paragraphs you think could split awkwardly, has an...
by alex
Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:32 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Cross reference to bookmarked drop-down
Replies: 2
Views: 1062

Re: Cross reference to bookmarked drop-down

We have this working in our HTML5 help and PDF (and Word) output. Without being able to take a look at your project, it is a bit difficult to determine why it is not working for you. If you already figured out what you need to do, please let us know. Check to make sure: 1) the XRef Format you are us...
by alex
Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:02 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: [Flare 10] Remove link from HTML5 skin header in Default.htm
Replies: 3
Views: 1728

[Flare 10] Remove link from HTML5 skin header in Default.htm

Hello, Clicking the header area of our HTML5 help (in both the standard tri-pane help and the responsive version) results in some weird behavior. I'm not sure how to describe it, but the help goes into sort of a loop looking for "Default.htm" and the only way you can make it stop is to clo...
by alex
Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:33 pm
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Flare 10 Word target is not indenting tables within lists
Replies: 6
Views: 2093

Re: Flare 10 Word target is not indenting tables within list

Thank you for checking into this.

Channeling dogeweather: much sad; very bummed; so disappoint; such awful.
by alex
Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:35 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Flare 10 Word target is not indenting tables within lists
Replies: 6
Views: 2093

Re: Flare 10 Word target is not indenting tables within list

I ran into this, as well. Does anyone know whether this bug has been fixed in v.11?
by alex
Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:12 pm
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: More than one section title page in one page layout?
Replies: 3
Views: 1102

Re: More than one section title page in one page layout?

I think I know the answer (as in "can't be done"), but wanted to see if anyone has solved a problem like this. We are working on a PDF Guide that will be a companion to 2 different classes taught on one day (morning and afternoon sessions) by different instructors. I have one page layout ...
by alex
Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:53 pm
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Page Layouts not working with Word
Replies: 4
Views: 3750

Re: Page Layouts not working with Word

I generate PDF and Word output from the same Flare project, using the same page layouts and same TOC, with the page layouts assigned to the TOC entries. The PDF output is perfect. The Word output has none of the header/footer content that the page layouts should be adding. Am I missing some simple ...
by alex
Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:59 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Using Font Awesome with Flare
Replies: 5
Views: 5059

Re: Using Font Awesome with Flare

I seem to remember Dave Lee saying (recently?) something to the effect of multiple classes assigned to a single element not being honored in PDF outputs. FontAwesome uses multiple class values in a single element to work. Maybe that's the real culprit? I wouldn't consider that "advanced CSS&qu...
by alex
Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:27 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Using Font Awesome with Flare
Replies: 5
Views: 5059

Re: Using Font Awesome with Flare

I seem to remember Dave Lee saying (recently?) something to the effect of multiple classes assigned to a single element not being honored in PDF outputs. FontAwesome uses multiple class values in a single element to work. Maybe that's the real culprit? I wouldn't consider that "advanced CSS&qu...
by alex
Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:01 pm
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Page layout issue
Replies: 7
Views: 2545

Re: Page layout issue

If the only difference between page layouts is text, you could use a single page layout with variables where the text needs to be different. You can have separate targets and TOCs for each manual and specify the variables to use at the target level. You would then assign the page layout(s) in the TO...
by alex
Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:42 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Using Font Awesome with Flare
Replies: 5
Views: 5059

Re: Using Font Awesome with Flare

Update: I submitted a support request and was told that the advanced CSS involved is not yet supported in the print outputs in Flare 10. So, FontAwesome is fine to use if you're only generating HTML5 help, but you're out of luck if you're trying to do what I was. Hopefully, this will be resolved som...
by alex
Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:49 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Using Font Awesome with Flare
Replies: 5
Views: 5059

Using Font Awesome with Flare

Hello, Does anyone have any actual experience using Font Awesome in Flare 10.2.x? I need to be able to include Font Awesome icons in the following outputs: HTML5, PDF, and Word. I also need to be able to stack and rotate some of them. I've tried everything I've seen on the Font Awesome site and exam...
by alex
Fri May 31, 2013 12:04 pm
Forum: DotNet Help and the Dot Net Viewer
Topic: DotNet Help and Dynamic Help
Replies: 15
Views: 34426

Re: DotNet Help and Dynamic Help

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for your response! We have not yet tried this, but I will update this thread when we do. I'm hoping this method will work for us.

Thanks,
Alex
by alex
Tue May 28, 2013 7:27 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8
Replies: 7
Views: 3750

Re: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8

Well, it is not a wall with switches, at first it is a wall. The label will indicate that this is a switch and based on that the switch can be operated. Accessibility features are usually desired, but often do not get (fully) implemented as it is extra work. Right. What I was getting at was that th...
by alex
Sat May 25, 2013 10:16 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8
Replies: 7
Views: 3750

Re: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8

I don't make the decisions :) How can we demonstrate how someone would experience these features? If there are 20 dropdown fields in a help topic, would a reader tell you the name of each dropdown or just say, "drop down" because that is the default title? Imagine a wall full of unlabeled ...
by alex
Fri May 24, 2013 2:07 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8
Replies: 7
Views: 3750

Re: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8

FWIW, my manager figured out that the "Drop Down" tooltip that now displays may be related to the new accessibility feature enhancements introduced in Flare 9. We looked in the compiled source code and found the tooltip text here: <div class="MCDropDown MCDropDown_Open dropDown "...
by alex
Fri May 24, 2013 11:19 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8
Replies: 7
Views: 3750

Flare 9 compiled help is not the same as it was in Flare 8

Hello all, I noticed a number of problems after compiling an HTML5 target in Flare 9.1 in a project that compiled beautifully in Flare 8.1. DifferencesInHelpCompiledUsingFlare8and9.png Our dropdowns and togglers displayed as single-spaced items in v.8.1. In v.9.1, vertical space is added between the...
by alex
Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:14 pm
Forum: DotNet Help and the Dot Net Viewer
Topic: Abandon DotNet Help in favor of a better approach?
Replies: 7
Views: 16535

Re: Abandon DotNet Help in favor of a better approach?

I'm getting the impression that DotNet help has become a bit of a dirty word around these parts, and people are wondering if there is a more reliable way of including help for this application. I hadn't got the impression DotNetHelp is bad, but the lack of posts about DotNetHelp compared to other o...
by alex
Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:31 am
Forum: DotNet Help and the Dot Net Viewer
Topic: Abandon DotNet Help in favor of a better approach?
Replies: 7
Views: 16535

Re: Abandon DotNet Help in favor of a better approach?

I'd suggest contacting MadCap support regarding the compatibility issues with upgrades, they're usually quite good. I submitted a bug, and I have my maintenance plan info handy :) One of our developers verified that installing v 6.1 of the help viewer makes everything work fine again. v 6.1 is stil...