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Hi, I need to create field-level CSH -- user clicks icon next to GUI field and a pop-up window displays the help. Question: How do I define the pop-up window in which the help appears? Or is this done by the developers? 1. I created a micro-content file and from topics, inserted selected content int...

Hi,

Is it possible to allow the viewing of a specific topic (HTML page) in a published Web target by prompting the reader to enter a password?

Thanks
Mike

Thanks Dave for the explanation!

If I want the browser tab to also include our company name (for example, "Configuring Bots - MyCompany"), how would I do this?

Hi I understand that web browsers automatically use H1 of HTML files (topics) as the meta tag description? Does this mean it would be superfluous to manually add a meta tag description per HTML file (I have over 1,000 topics!)? Another issue: The meta tag "title" doesn't seem to work. This...

when a google user searches (SEO) for an HTML output that has been published, where is the text that appears in the google results defined in the Flare Target?

Hi,

I would like to add a topic that simply lists all configuration parameters. It would be very similar to an Index, but located within a chapter.
Is there an easy way to design it like an index page -- i.e., alphabetical grouping of the parameters ?

any ideas?

I have the same problem.

Imported a folder containing subfolders of HTML files - all imported correctly with regards to hierarchical structure of location of HTML files under their subfolders, but TOC is flat!

Thanks Dave for your response. I understand what you are saying. Actually this is the custom script that the designers original added to the HTML5Tripane skin for the toolbar. I can see where the PDF is called from ("Content/PDFs/' + pdfUr;") but not sure about what the PDF name is - see b...

My HTML5 output has a "Download PDF" button on the toolbar. I need to have a variable that sets the URL to the PDF on the button per Target. The place to define this and where it works for static URLs is in the HTML5 skin: Styles tab > Topic group > Download > Event field: window.open(&quo...

Hi, I have a number list. Some numbered steps have images in their sentences. For example: 1. Click the <image> icon, and then from the shortcut menu, choose Create VM. Problem: In the HTML output, as the image height is slightly greater than the text height, it lowers the entire line (to provide sp...

Hi,

Does Flare support the import if a JSON file?

Hi,

I need to create context-sensitive help for a GUI.
R&D are not familiar with how it works.
What is best practice?

So should I use the padding-left to increase space between number and actual text?

I worked it out! Very easy: Select the style in Flare, right-click and choose Properties. Then under the Paragraph tab, increase the length in the Left field in the Indentation group IGNORE above! it didn't work! Flare claims that all that needs to be done is add spaces after colon in the mc-autonum...

I have table numbering in table captions, for example: Table 4-1: This is My Table However, when the numbering gets a bit long, there is no space between the colon (:) and the text, for example: Table 10-15:This is Another Table How do I increase the spacing between colon and text? This is my style ...

Hi,

How does one create API documents in Flare?
Best practices and tips?
Should we somehow import from a another API tool such as Swagger etc?
Please help!!!

I have a variable called CopyRight date and its value is YYYY

it works...

solved ther problem!!!

Flare doesnt support key generation from Git version 2.20 and later!~

I downgraded Git to 2.18 and regenerated the keys and it all worked!!!

Hi, Got a new PC. Installed latest 2019 Flare. Copied Flare project from old PC to new PC into folder with same drive letter (D). Local Commit works ok. Push and Pull with remote Git sever doesn't work - due to Security Keys. Git master generated new keys and added them to the GIT server where my pr...

OUR GIT expert solved it: 2. Access Flare project directory, right-click empty > Git Bash: 3. Paste the following into the Git Bash (below credentials must be identical to what appears in Gerrit): git config --global user.name "<Your User Name>" git config --global user.email <your email>

!!!THIS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RESOLVED BY RE-IMPORTING THE PROJECT FROM GIT!!! I am getting error messages each time I save my project and if I move a file to another folder. What triggered it was moving multiple files from one folder to another within Flare. MadCap support said that this is a known bug....

I have the same problem! I hope Flare supports accept all changes in entire project....

In the left pane of the Web output is the TOC. Currently, it is collapsed and only H1 level TOC items are displayed.
By deafult, I want H2 to also be displayed so that at a glance, the reader can see all H2 titles under each H1 level.....

For PDF outputs, when the heading number is long (e.g., 22.56.14.3), the number runs over the heading text. How does one increase the distance between the heading number and heading text? Below is typical code for H headings for print: } h4 { font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 15pt; mc-auto-number-format:...

I was getting this 10086 error when building an HTML5 target. The problem was eventually discovered by a Flare distributor = I added a Google Analytics code in the ac_MasterPage.flmsp file, which caused the problem. Flare does not like their tag "async=". To resolve it, change the syntax t...