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Thanks! I'll check that out.

Wow, thanks for the fast reply! I see that you are able to set up links between 2 separate help projects and merging projects; however, is it possible to configure a Table of Contents, Index, and Search to work for only those applicable software applications installed?

For instance, if I wrote the ...

This may be a crystal ball-type topic, but I thought I'd ask.

We have a large suite of programs (12 or so), and we're using a central webhelp system to manage the context-sensitive help for all of them. It's fast, comprehensive, and works great.

But since our customers rarely install the entire ...

Sorry, that wasn't particularly clear of me. I was wondering if perhaps the WebHelp output could be converted into some kind of a wiki, where the base topics, TOC, index and such are provided by us, but ultimately editable by the user. Such a thing might be useful for companies that make software ...

Can you say a word or two about the solution you have found? We're interested in doing some similar things, and Feedback Server (though powerful) doesn't seem like the solution.

We're also trying to find a way to allow users to modify help, in particular for resellers to be able to modify just a ...

Has anyone tried the wiki approach? Has anyone used or experimented with a way to create a wiki out of Flare output?

Thanks for the prompt reply, royj.

Was your plan to help them develop their own HTML files to merge with your Flare-produced content? Did your kit allow for the editing of existing content? What can you tell me about your approach?

Would you prefer to do this off-board?

Any and all info would be ...

If it's all right with you, Royj, I'd love to contact you about the same thing. We're converting to an on-line only help system for a product that sometimes undergoes modifications in the enterprise, and our partners are accustomed to producing paper appendices for the user guides. Since that will ...