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by devjoe
Thu Feb 23, 2023 7:30 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: 'open linked file with' for images - menu option broken
Replies: 9
Views: 5186

Re: 'open linked file with' for images - menu option broken

I'm using 2022 r3 on Windows 10 and I am not seeing this issue. PNG, GIF, and JPG images all have Snagit editor and whatever else I have set on my computer for those types under Open Linked File With.
by devjoe
Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Skin ignoring my CSS?
Replies: 1
Views: 1261

Re: Skin ignoring my CSS?

The CSS for topics doesn't apply to the tripane skin because the topic is inside a frame of the skin and the css only applies within that frame. To apply CSS to the skin you have to link your stylesheet into the skin via the custom javascript of the skin as described here: https://forums.madcapsoftw...
by devjoe
Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Unlink TOC entries
Replies: 5
Views: 3153

Re: Unlink TOC entries

There is in general no need to do this, as the HTML project will follow the links to the sub-TOCs and insert them where they are referenced. If the problem is that you are seeing Level1, etc. in the help TOC and you don't want that, instead having the first item in the Level1 TOC to be at the same l...
by devjoe
Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:26 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: HTML5 Help Window is Opening on the Top Right Corner
Replies: 1
Views: 873

Re: HTML5 Help Window is Opening on the Top Right Corner

If it's HTML5, it just opens in whatever browser the URL loads in. The size and position are coming from either browser settings or the way your application creates the browser window to load the help into.
by devjoe
Thu Nov 03, 2022 8:01 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Linked TOCs displaying out of sequence
Replies: 3
Views: 1034

Re: Linked TOCs displaying out of sequence

This sounds strange. You're talking about the TOC that appears on a page in your PDF output, right? We primarily make help, but I've set up for my team a package of files that can be dropped into a project to make a PDF, because we need those too. It includes a TOC like this: printtoc.png where the ...
by devjoe
Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Indent bullet and text to a second level
Replies: 3
Views: 2116

Re: Indent bullet and text to a second level

And to follow up on what robdocsmith said, if you are using the indent buttons which are next to the list button in the Home tab of the Flare ribbon, you should get this structure. Make a bulleted list, type one or more bullets, and when you get to where you need an indented bullet, pressing indent ...
by devjoe
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:50 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Link to and automatically open a toggler on another page
Replies: 4
Views: 785

Re: Link to and automatically open a toggler on another page

If you put a bookmark inside the toggled section, and link to the bookmark, it should open the toggled section when you follow the link.
by devjoe
Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:22 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: HTML5 Side Nav output - no Side Nav
Replies: 7
Views: 2570

Re: HTML5 Side Nav output - no Side Nav

This is almost always caused by mismatched capitalization. Somewhere you've referenced something by typing in a name manually and you typed it with different capitalization than is used in the file name. This works in Windows because the file system is not case sensitive, but it won't work anywhere ...
by devjoe
Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:41 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Text lines not aligning
Replies: 4
Views: 1738

Re: Text lines not aligning

Check the b or span tag which is making those elements at the start of those lines bold.
by devjoe
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:45 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: add date to every page?
Replies: 3
Views: 1370

Re: add date to every page?

You need to combine two features: A template page (called a master page in older versions). See https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2021r3/Content/Flare/Template-Pages/Template-Pages.htm A custom date/time variable. Select On File Save in the update field as described in the help. You can also choo...
by devjoe
Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:48 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Dueling Settings in the Advanced Fields in HTML5 Target?
Replies: 1
Views: 626

Re: Dueling Settings in the Advanced Fields in HTML5 Target?

These two options do very different things, and I don't think they interact in the way you are worried about. Do not use "Content" folder in output determines the structure of the files in the output If this is off, then the output contains a folder named Content and all your content (from...
by devjoe
Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:22 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Advise on scripting
Replies: 4
Views: 924

Re: Advise on scripting

When you use a variable as an attribute, rather than as document text, you need to use the [%=...%] format. You've probably seen this in your TOC as [%=System.LinkedTitle%] when you let it reference the linked topic's title, but you can use the same format to reference a variable as an HTML attribut...
by devjoe
Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:05 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Import Excel table or cells into MadCap table
Replies: 3
Views: 4396

Re: Import Excel table or cells into MadCap table

If Flare could copy a table of data from an outside application into a table within a topic neatly it would be nice, but I find it usually just pastes as text. So I usually try to get it as an HTML page first, with some workaround like paste just the data I want into a new Excel sheet, save that she...
by devjoe
Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:33 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Single target with multiple TOCs?
Replies: 4
Views: 1495

Re: Single target with multiple TOCs?

It's important to note that the second poster in this thread, rogersm, has a very different request in wanting the search to search all the projects, compared with the first poster, oceanclub, who just wants to link together three separate outputs with a landing page. Oceanclub wants three separate ...
by devjoe
Mon Apr 18, 2022 2:04 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: HTML5 Tripane: Move search field
Replies: 1
Views: 773

Re: HTML5 Tripane: Move search field

It's certainly doable, but it takes a few pieces. In the skin, in the Toolbar tab, in the Custom JavaScript to include in Toolbar page, add this: $('<link>') .appendTo($('head')) .attr({type : 'text/css', rel : 'stylesheet'}) .attr('href', 'Content/skin.css'); In your Content folder, create skin.css...
by devjoe
Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Single Sourcing Feedback
Replies: 3
Views: 6527

Re: Single Sourcing Feedback

I haven't experienced trainers using Flare, and the single-sourcing within Flare is really meant for sharing within a Flare project with multiple outputs. It's also possible to use imports in Flare to share material between different Flare projects, possibly including Word documents, but I've never ...
by devjoe
Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:47 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Graphics to show full size if target uses thumbnails
Replies: 3
Views: 1166

Re: Graphics to show full size if target uses thumbnails

I don't know about that, but you can right-click the thumbnail in the Flare editor and click Open Link to see the full size image. That's what I do!
by devjoe
Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:59 am
Forum: Getting Started and Installation Issues
Topic: Can not install Flare 12
Replies: 12
Views: 62175

Re: Can not install Flare 12

This issue seems to be resolved with Flare 2021 r3. This one is signed and installs without interruption on my computer.
by devjoe
Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:21 am
Forum: Getting Started and Installation Issues
Topic: Can not install Flare 12
Replies: 12
Views: 62175

Re: Can not install Flare 12

I've had this problem with the Flare 2021 releases. None of them will install for me. It always goes to Setup Cancelled before the progress bars show any progress.
A thing I noticed is that the Flare 2021 installers aren't signed. All the previous ones through 2020 r3 7685 were signed by MadCap.
by devjoe
Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:53 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Using Contributor with an SME
Replies: 1
Views: 942

Re: Using Contributor with an SME

We faced extreme resistance from developers to install contributor on their machines. In fact, the only one who ever did install it was that guy who makes overly specific suggestions about how to write content in documentation when he doesn't know how to write documentation well enough to make good ...
by devjoe
Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:23 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Scaling publication of articles with Salesforce Integration
Replies: 2
Views: 1208

Re: Scaling publication of articles with Salesforce Integrat

Make a Cloud tag, a Client tag, and a Draft tag. Apply the draft tag to new topics when you create them. When they are ready to publish remove the draft tag and apply whichever other tag applies. Make a target for all your client release notes, one for all your cloud release notes, and one for draft...
by devjoe
Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Syntax for Flare Variable in Javascript
Replies: 10
Views: 5334

Re: Syntax for Flare Variable in Javascript

Generally, no. The Javascript has to use what it has access to on the page at run time. The variable's definition is hidden away inside some other file which is not even part of the finished web site, and is only added to the page if you reference it in an HTML tag in the source file for the page. I...
by devjoe
Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:03 pm
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Xref conflicts with heading tags
Replies: 2
Views: 1136

Re: Xref conflicts with heading tags

Try making a fake heading style, a p class with the formatting of your headings, to apply to those Content and Version headings, so the real body heading is the first one on the page.