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That's the thing...if I don't know what it is, I don't know if I use it or not. That's why I was hoping madcap folks or others could tell me what it originally did.

Jan

Hi,

When I was loading my HTML5 output files into Surround, I noticed a script file called custom.modernizr.js was missing from my check in of files. I rebuilt my help and that file is no longer generated. 1) What is the purpose of that script? Does it have anything to do with customizing the ...

thanks for your responses, and I think you were on to something because MC support told me to:

"I'd like to delete the temporary folders associated with the local project folder. To do this, please follow the instructions below:
1. Close Flare
2. Browse to the folder with your Flare project ...

OMG, this is such a show stopper. I realize I can't do anything that involves opening a dialog box. Another piece of information...the short explanation associated with this error is as follows:

"The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open."

When I browse for images or files in Flare 2019 I am getting the above error in the Madcap Flare encountered a problem window. In addition, I have to CTRL ALT DLT Flare and re-open because it won't let me just send a report and then move on. It keeps cycling back to the error window. I have entered ...

Thank you...I didn't know that about the menu proxy. I guess I would have to remove the menu proxy from the Master Page and turn on Side Nav. I was wondering why Sunset has a Top Nav skin at all because it doesn't use any menu items in that space. So much to learn.

Using the demo version of Flare 2018 (until I get approval to purchase). I am currently using Version 10 so am waaay behind on knowing new features.

I am trying to customize the Sunset Template...specifically, the side nav toc level 1 does not collapse. Level 1 entries stay open so that all ...

I generate HTML5 using Flare V10.

When I open the Help window from the application it's associated with and look at the ToC, some of the sub-folders of a particular folder do not display in the ToC. The topics of these missing sub-folders are present in the Help system (I can search for them and ...

Thanks for the info. Two questions:

The script is a JScript, not a JavaScript. Can I insert a JScript in the HTML5 skin?
Isn't this custom JavaScript associated with a custom toolbar button? In this case I'm not adding a custom toolbar button, I'm just adding a script (which actually runs the ...

Generated Webhelp contains a main entry file .
When this main entry file is directly opened in Windows Explorer, the generated help opens in a browser window.
If opened in an application like Notepad, you see calls to the scripts contained in the project and other behind the scenes items.


I ...

Is there a way to save either the File List from a project OR the primary ToC to a Word or Excel document? I want to use it as a checklist when testing each topic. I tried running a report, only box checked was ToC>ToC Primary Target, but that report also lists the links to each topic and the ...

I'm using Flare 10. I'm using Global Project Linking to import 2 topics from Project B into Project A. I imported the .css from Project B also into Project A, which unfortunately uses different styles. In both projects the .css is assigned at the Project Level (not topic level). I'm confused about ...

I generate webhelp for a software product using Flare 8. I have been asked by my bosses if I can provide an "electronic" version of the online help so that one of our customers could translate it to a different language? Is it possible for the customer to use the generated webhelp output files (not ...

Thanks for the info folks. I thought their request seemed odd, but I am not very HTML code savy (that's why I use a help-authoring software package)...if those codes were causing such a problem, why would Flare continue to include them?

Using Flare 7 I generated a very small webhelp project with graphics (almost exclusively captures of buttons clicked during use of UI). The help system was taking too long to open (5 seconds) and to jump from hyperlinks (5 seconds). The developers provided the following suggestion:

"The mandatory ...

Thnak you Laura, I will try that. And thank you Lisa for FYI.

Regarding Page Break Before in Heading stylesheet...good point, yes I do. Thank you, I can defintely work with that. But all the topics use the same heading style (H1), so I guess I should ask why Page Break Before is not working for those topics in the subbook?

I am using Flare 5. Attached is a pic of the ToC for my PDf output. In the Properties/Printed Output tab of the Body book, I select Start a new chapter document and put a page layout in Configure Chapter using this page layout . I do not select Start a new chapter document in any of the subsequent ...

What is "global linking"? I don't find that by searching the Flare help. Thank you! UPDATE: I did a slightly different search and did find it...thanks for the info.

I am using Flare 5 to create Webhelp and PDFs. I would like to include some topics from Project A in Project B by linking to them from Project B, so that these included topics display in the output (PDF). Haven't found what I'm looking for in Flare Help (e.g., the topic Links to External Files doesn ...

Doh...big forehead slap! I was doing Ctrl+left arrow and was supposed to do Alt+left arrow. Sorry.

I'm using Flare 5. In Adobe Acrobat and in Reader, I believe the user is supposed to press Ctrl + left arrow to return from a jump to the page the user jumped from. In testing my PDF, when I do that I either go nowhere or sometimes I go to the first page of the PDF. I am using the left arrow button ...

I am a new user of Flare 5 and because I was a RH user, I don't really have a grasp on the inner workings of stylesheets...I'm just kind of stumbling through adding and revising them. So for instance, I can't figure out how to set the left and right margin of a table. If I create the table using ...

Thanks to Andrew and ChoccieMuffin. I suspected the Help was including topics that are not in the ToC...thanks for confirming. Seems like double work to have to conditionally tag topics to exclude them from Help...I thought that was one of the purposes of the ToC. This info will help me think about ...

Some new info. Since the last time I ran the HTML Help I added a bunch of new topics and graphics to the project. They are not included in my ToC, so they aren't included in my HTML Help, but I wonder if they are being included in the .CHM for some reason? When the Help is generating I see them ...