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Problem with a WebHelp Target that doesn't want to be linked to my Variable set! Sounds crazy but...

My variable set is shown to be linked to 2 other targets (Variable > Right click > Show dependencies...)

How can I make MadCap understand that my new target must use the variable set ...

Hello!

It is amazing! It doesn't work on my machine (both on Firefox and IE) but on my colleagues' machines, there is no problem with the display...

Anyway, I hope that everything will be ok by the time of publishing the documentation online!

Thanks a lot for the clues!!

Hello,

thanks for answering quickly!

I am working with Mad Cap 4.2 on IE 7.

One detail: I don't want to generate a pop-up from a picture mapped but from a textual hyperlink that generate a pop-up including a picture (example in attachment).
It works in the Preview and in a CHM file, but not for ...

Hi everyone!

when generating my project in IE 7, the pop-ups including pictures can't be displayed!

I have made a comparison with another project in which pop-ups with picture are displayed properly :shock: but nothing improves.
I have changed the Picture size (which was too heavy for sure) but ...

Hello,

I've got a problem with a Variable and can't find a solution in the Forum.

Short explanation : In the VariableSet Editor, I've created a variable called "0IntroCS", with Definition "CS Help Content" and Comment : "CS Help Content >< Structure de l'Aide CS".

This type of comments normally ...

Hi there,

To avoid such kind of troubles, we have replaced the TOC page title <h> with a specific <p> class that mimics a h1.

HTH

DoCo

Hi,

Instead of using Conditional Markers, you could create a specific medium for your Quick Reference Guide Target and set the img block property to display: none.
If you do not want to discard all the images of your QRG, you can only apply this setting to a class of image.

HTH

DoCo

Hi,

Following Nita's bookmark approach, I would simply move the bookmark, not the image label, above the figure. As long as the bookmark, figure and image label are in the same <div> or <p>, the Cross-Ref should correctly refers to the image label (assuming that the Cross-Ref command is set at ...

Hi,

If it is only about TOC book icons, what about customizing the existing ones?
That's what I did and I think I saved time and energy that way rather than trying to find the good ones on the Internet....
It can be done very easily with MsPaint or Gimp. You can get the icons of interest in this ...

Hi,

We have also decided not to include the “expand all”/”collapse all” buttons but since some of our topics are a little bit long (too long, one would say) we kept the “Quick Search” functionality. Nevertheless, hoping this would minimize confusion, we have changed the “Quick ...

Hi,

In some way, decision-makers solved my trouble by switching from Html Help to WebHelp... But, no, sorry, I could not find a way to link the 'Browse Sequence' book to an 'Introducing Browse Sequence' topic.
Besides, I did use different icons for Browse Sequence books/topics to distinguish them ...

LTinker68 wrote:I assume you also set the replacement topic to not be searchable

Of course we did...forget to do that... Hum... Thanks !

DoCo

Hi,

Since we do not have many deletions or 'restructurings' from a release to another, we have opted for a fake 'missing page' solution for our WebHelp Documentation.
Each time a topic is supposed to be deleted, we do not actually delete it but replace its content with a specific 'missing page ...

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This is probably not the solution you are looking for, but if time is running, why don't you create a 'blank' topic that you would manually insert where expected in the TOC ?
Define a <p> style, for example p.blank, with page-break-before and page-break-after set at 'always'. Apply this style ...

Hello,

In fact, both Search and Find work in PDF outputs. The trouble was somewhere else...
Instead of typing it, I tried to copy/paste a word from one of my PDF help pages in the search field, and well, Acrobat found all the other hits without any problem. It is only then that I noticed the ...

Hi,

I do not have a direct answer to your trouble, but do you know 'IE Developer Toolbar' ? It is a free Microsoft software that provides information on elements displayed in html pages. In other word, once installed and launched, if you activate the function 'Select Element by Click' (the first ...

Hi,

I think an easy way to achieve this is to insert your bookmark within the dropdown body. At some point you might have some trouble with the page display, I mean, the definition (dropdown body) being displayed at the top of the page while the field name (dropdown hotspot) is not visible ...

Hi Lucia,

I have just posted a trick regarding expanding Dropdowns for printing purposes in another thread: http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... =15#p55585

Hope this helps!

DoCo

Hi there,

Expanding Toggles and Dropdowns for print purposes when dealing with online outputs ? Here is a little trick: 'concatenating' the ExpandAll/Print/CollapseAll buttons into the single Print button.
How to proceed: in your Skin, go to Styles / Toolbar Item / Print, select the Type ...

Hello,

In fact, it is you who decide on wich style to create a new topic... In the Importing MS Word Wizard, in the 4th step, you are asked to specify for which style(s) should Flare create a 'New Topic' - in other words, which style(s) should be considered as set at "page-break-before: always ...

Hi,

Maybe it is not the most conventional way, but if you open your Skin file (*.flskn) in a Text Editor, you can specify the accordion items order in the "Tabs" section and even the Default tab on startup:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CatapultSkin
Version="1"
Comment="This is the ...

Hello,

I think we agree: toggles or dropdowns need to be expanded before printing and it should not be the user's role to manually expand them for print purposes.
When outputting to PDF or Word (what I called 'print outputs') this 'ExpandAll' is automatically performed and I was wondering why it ...

Hi there,

Thanks for the tip but infortunatly, it did not work at my first try and I do not have time at present to investigate it further. I will take a closer look when I have time to do it properly.

One word though about printing the online Output: puzzling! AFAIAC, the mix between print and ...

Hello,

Since there is only one page in the online output, the table header is just behaving as expected, no ? Kidding.
Maybe you should rather investigate the topic layout instead of the table properties itself. This tip might help:
http://madcapsoftware2.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/adding-non ...

Hi,

I have just tested this : modifying an invisible bookmark, then cleaning and building project. Result : the cross-reference has been automatically updated, without any operation of manual cross-references update. Of course, if you have to modify your H1 whereas you are referencing the ...