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by AlexFox
Thu May 08, 2025 7:41 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Tidying up Text Editor content - any easy way?
Replies: 3
Views: 359

Re: Tidying up Text Editor content - any easy way?

You could probably use some regex to insert a line break at the end of certain closing tags, but this seems like it would be arduous. When I see this happen it's usually because something has removed the existing line break characters, I've never been able to consistently replicate it though.

Edit ...
by AlexFox
Thu May 08, 2025 7:37 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Import from Word has additional <p> tags
Replies: 2
Views: 327

Re: Import from Word has additional <p> tags

You could use a regex find/replace:

Find:

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\s+<p class="li">(.*)</p>
Replace:

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\1
by AlexFox
Tue May 06, 2025 7:12 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Require.js Security Vulnerability
Replies: 3
Views: 905

Re: Require.js Security Vulnerability

Yup. There is also a DOMPurify patch that I found out about here - https://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=34821

Seems to me like it was only communicated to people who reported it or had a ticket open etc.

Very bad communication from MadCap on this and considering they seemingly want to ...
by AlexFox
Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:22 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: TOC Entry Labels for Side Nav vs Mini TOC
Replies: 7
Views: 958

Re: TOC Entry Labels for Side Nav vs Mini TOC

Yes this makes sense, though it will be considerably more tricky than just hiding strings. I think similar things have been done before by using JavaScript to look through the linked content so it's worth searching the forums for references to that (if it lets you!)
by AlexFox
Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:57 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: TOC Entry Labels for Side Nav vs Mini TOC
Replies: 7
Views: 958

Re: TOC Entry Labels for Side Nav vs Mini TOC

Depending on how your part numbers are structured, you might be able to use jQuery to hide them in the mini toc. If you give me some examples I might be able to make a jQuery regex function for you that would work.
by AlexFox
Thu Apr 17, 2025 2:45 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: MadCap Capture limited features
Replies: 1
Views: 915

Re: MadCap Capture limited features

I also agree Capture is outdated. It doesn't allow any scrolling capture on a website because it falsely detects changes.

There are no applications out there I know of that can replicate the .PROPS functionality of Flare, so if that is important then you should continue to use capture. I personally ...
by AlexFox
Tue Mar 25, 2025 4:01 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Slack community dedicated to local Flare user groups
Replies: 28
Views: 57987

Re: Slack community dedicated to local Flare user groups

This invite link should work - https://join.slack.com/t/madcapflareuse ... 5UmwIFVJFQ

It's good for 11 days. I don't know why and I can't change it, but 11 seems to be the magic number for Slack. :)
by AlexFox
Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:25 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Field level Help
Replies: 3
Views: 2281

Re: Field level Help

That's exactly what it means, your third-party application displaying field-level help in context (i.e. in a popup etc).

Essentially you'd make a CSH call within your app when someone clicks a '?' or similar icon, and then the micro content for that field is displayed in the app, rather than in the ...
by AlexFox
Thu Mar 06, 2025 4:55 am
Forum: Source Control
Topic: Flare keeps prompting for Username/Password when trying to push to repo
Replies: 1
Views: 6392

Re: Flare keeps prompting for Username/Password when trying to push to repo

Do they have Git for Windows installed? You can check if so and if Flare is using it in File > Options (cog) > Source Control.

If you it isn't installed then follow the link from Flare to download the latest version and install it with all default options except when you get to Choosing HTTPS ...
by AlexFox
Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:25 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Slack community dedicated to local Flare user groups
Replies: 28
Views: 57987

Re: Slack community dedicated to local Flare user groups

sylvie_c wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:59 am I would very much like to be added as well and have not posted enough... they need to count lurking ;-)

here is a vintage email that can be put to work!

sylvie_m_couture@hotmail.com
Montreal
Canada
Invite sent :)
by AlexFox
Wed Feb 05, 2025 6:38 am
Forum: Doc-To-Help General Discussion
Topic: Doc-To-Help on Windows 11
Replies: 6
Views: 46221

Re: Doc-To-Help on Windows 11

Appreciate you keeping this updated even though no-one here could help you!
by AlexFox
Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:39 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: dropdown hotspot font size not changing in different mediums
Replies: 1
Views: 16957

Re: dropdown hotspot font size not changing in different mediums

The MadCap|* style classes are a little odd sometimes. They are converted at buildtime into other classes and you likely need to target those in your CSS instead, this means it will work in the browser, but not in the Flare editor :roll:
by AlexFox
Thu Jan 30, 2025 5:57 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: mini-TOC levels are inconsistent
Replies: 3
Views: 22054

Re: mini-TOC levels are inconsistent

If you set

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mc-heading-level: 0
on a heading type in your Print CSS, then it shouldn't show up in any TOCs
by AlexFox
Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:05 am
Forum: Source Control
Topic: Changing the remote respository URL
Replies: 2
Views: 24098

Re: Changing the remote respository URL

Assuming nothing is changing to the content and it's a straight URL swap it should be fine as all the history is contained in the repo. I'd definitely make sure you've committed any pending work to a branch and pushed/published that branch first though, just in case.
by AlexFox
Thu Jan 16, 2025 7:30 am
Forum: Source Control
Topic: Publishing Destinations with Source Control
Replies: 3
Views: 17663

Re: Publishing Destinations with Source Control

You can use .gitignore to ensure publish destinations files aren't bound to source control and create them manually on each machine.
by AlexFox
Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:37 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Articulate Files in Flare
Replies: 4
Views: 16261

Re: Articulate Files in Flare

Hi Ben, welcome to the forums, do you have any errors in the developer console (F12)?
by AlexFox
Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:23 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Slack community dedicated to local Flare user groups
Replies: 28
Views: 57987

Re: Slack community dedicated to local Flare user groups

kareng wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:21 am Hello All,

Could I be added to the slack community? My email address is karentgermond@gmail.com.

Thanks so much!
Karen
I have invited you :)
by AlexFox
Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:01 am
Forum: Source Control
Topic: Cannot integrate Git.exe with Flare
Replies: 2
Views: 16864

Re: Cannot integrate Git.exe with Flare

So long as you install Git where Flare expects it (C:\Program Files) there should be no problem with this!
by AlexFox
Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:55 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Snippet Condition in PDF and HTML
Replies: 7
Views: 22542

Re: Snippet Condition in PDF and HTML

It's worth noting that conditional text is pretty blunt in its implementation, for example you can't exclude at a general level and then include at a more specific level.

Take the following example:

<div MadCap:conditions="Status.Draft">
<p>Conditional Paragraph</p>
<ul MadCap:conditions ...
by AlexFox
Fri Dec 20, 2024 2:23 am
Forum: Doc-To-Help Output
Topic: Email and Help toolbar buttons don't work
Replies: 4
Views: 43458

Re: Email and Help toolbar buttons don't work

Try using a jQuery function in the toolbar javascript section:

$(document).ready(function() {
$(".help-button").on("click", function() {
window.open("https://www.google.com", "_blank");
});
});


You'll need to change google.com to your support link and the help-button class to a unique ...
by AlexFox
Tue Dec 17, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Cross-Reference Links Changing "&" to "&amp;"
Replies: 3
Views: 16317

Re: Cross-Reference Links Changing "&" to "&amp;"

There may be other ways around it, but nothing springs to mind immediately for me.

The bug report form is located here.
by AlexFox
Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:43 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Cross-Reference Links Changing "&" to "&amp;"
Replies: 3
Views: 16317

Re: Cross-Reference Links Changing "&" to "&amp;"

This seems like it would be a tricky fix.

There's probably a function buried somewhere deep in the bundled MadCap JS that's making this change inadvertently. Any fix you did would be very hacky such as substituting a character in the page title and using jQuery to change it while keeping the page ...
by AlexFox
Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: Doc-To-Help Output
Topic: Email and Help toolbar buttons don't work
Replies: 4
Views: 43458

Re: Email and Help toolbar buttons don't work

Hi, welcome to the forums!

I would strongly advise you provide more information, as people are unlikely to be able to help with a vague query.

Can you tell us exactly what you are trying to achieve, the code you are using, and importantly, any errors you see in your browser developer tools when ...
by AlexFox
Fri Dec 06, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Build failed: Access to the path: C:\My Projects...denied.
Replies: 11
Views: 26032

Re: Build failed: Access to the path: C:\My Projects...denied.

There is a File Locksmith utility in the wonderful Microsoft Powertoys that will tell you what process is currently locking a file.
by AlexFox
Tue Dec 03, 2024 4:51 am
Forum: Source Control
Topic: Can't sync (or push or pull) to/from Git
Replies: 3
Views: 17424

Re: Can't sync (or push or pull) to/from Git

I would recommend that you clone the repo using Git Bash/Command Line into a folder in your Flare Projects folder, then open that copy of the project as a new project. This is how I do it.

Also, make sure you have Git for Windows installed, File > Options (bottom right) > Source Control leave all ...