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by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: On the fly definition of variables as part of target building
Replies: 3
Views: 96

Re: On the fly definition of variables as part of target building

Can't think of any way to do that, but how many different versions of the manual do you need to build? Could you have three or four targets with those variables set, so you don't have to think about setting them each time? It might be a bit too much of a pain if you have more than two different valu...
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:26 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Creating a soft line break in Flare?
Replies: 4
Views: 257

Re: Creating a soft line break in Flare?

Thank you both - I will tell the author to give it a try. She needs to use soft breaks, not P Tags due the spacing - this is for screen text input/output, so she doesn't want the large space in between lines, but for regular content the spacing must remain as is with regular P tags. Thank you! I su...
by ChoccieMuffin
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Conditions based on mobile OS
Replies: 1
Views: 125

Re: Conditions based on mobile OS

You could do it with the WIDTH thing. Not in Flare at the moment, but you can define what medium is used depending on the width of the screen. Because mobile screens are typically a lot narrower than tablets or laptops, that's how I would approach the problem.
by ChoccieMuffin
Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Season's Greetings to the MadCap Community
Replies: 1
Views: 727

Season's Greetings to the MadCap Community

Just a quick message on what, for many, is the last day before the Christmas break. I just wanted to wish you all a happy Christmas and a peaceful, and fruitful, 2024. Thank you all for contributing to the forums, I've certainly learned a lot from you all over the last 12 months (and lots of years b...
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Table rows disappear when making edits
Replies: 3
Views: 8646

Re: Table rows disappear when making edits

I'm guessing your primary target is PDF. I seem to remember coming across that bug years and years ago, and the way I got round it was to set the primary target to a web target (don't quote me on that - it was lots of years ago, so I might be misremembering). I can't remember if I ever logged a bug,...
by ChoccieMuffin
Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Possible to compare topics or snippets?
Replies: 2
Views: 11240

Re: Possible to compare topics or snippets?

If there is, I've never found it. But I have used Beyond Compare, which I found much clearer than the comparison in GIT, because it shows you exactly what the differences are, not just the fact that there are differences.
by ChoccieMuffin
Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:29 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Breadcrumbs for multiple TOC's
Replies: 2
Views: 5069

Re: Breadcrumbs for multiple TOC's

Breadcrumbs relate to the main TOC (what's in the side nav if that's what you're using), so I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve. If your main TOC has the sub-tocs nested in them, it should work. I can't quite picture what you've done, so I can't suggest a solution for you.
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Group topics in a single HTML page
Replies: 7
Views: 8615

Re: Group topics in a single HTML page

In brief, snippets are your answer.
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: Central's General Discussion
Topic: Is Master the only branch allowed in Central?
Replies: 5
Views: 8819

Re: Is Master the only branch allowed in Central?

I can confirm, branching is now supported in Central.
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:21 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Migration Flare -> Flare
Replies: 3
Views: 3676

Re: Migration Flare -> Flare

When you DO get buy-in and permission, there are a couple of things that might help reduce a tiny bit of the inevitable pain. 1. Make sure your writers all have the same file/folder structure on their machines. So, for example, if you have your global project in D:\Flare\Global and your child projec...
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:24 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Black Screen, Flare Hangs
Replies: 13
Views: 10878

Re: Black Screen, Flare Hangs

You might find MadCap staff pop into the forums but they don't actively monitor them - they're really for users to talk to each other rather than for MadCap to keep an eye on things. When adding bugs, I do often include a link to any threads that have been talking about the problem, but for this par...
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:24 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?
Replies: 5
Views: 6680

Re: Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?

Building on your very helpful reply, in order to get it to display correctly in both the XML Editor and the built output, I had to list both bits in my stylesheet, where the first item makes the XML Editor work, and the second makes the built output work. So my stylesheet contains these (where "...
by ChoccieMuffin
Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:22 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?
Replies: 5
Views: 6680

Re: Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?

@NorthEast, I think I love you! :D Thanks for that very clear explanation. I'm just about to test it but it makes very obvious sense so I'm not expecting to come back with any further questions. I don't think the Flare documentation says enough about some of the features that a lot of us use, such a...
by ChoccieMuffin
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:34 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?
Replies: 5
Views: 6680

Re: Test post, problem posting

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by ChoccieMuffin
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:29 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?
Replies: 5
Views: 6680

Complex selectors work in XML Editor but not built targets. What have I done wrong?

I have an odd problem and can't work out what I have done wrong. In my stylesheet I have styling defined for a dropdown, but I want to make a nested dropdown display differently. Code for dropdowns from my stylesheet shown below. (Before you cringe at what it looks like, I added the third bit (the b...
by ChoccieMuffin
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Importing From RH 2020? Best practices for importing large merged help system?
Replies: 4
Views: 5979

Re: Importing From RH 2020? Best practices for importing large merged help system?

I suggest you also reach out to MadCap directly through the team you purchased from, as they should be able to give you some targeted guidance for your situation - after all, they want you to keep buying Flare licences so it's in their interest to help you get your projects converted! :D Their Tech ...
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:56 am
Forum: Getting Started and Installation Issues
Topic: Release notes for 2023 r2 anywhere?
Replies: 8
Views: 13549

Re: Release notes for 2023 r2 anywhere?

I found them here: https://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/General/GEN1075F%20-%20Flare%202023%20r2%20Release%20Notes.htm Thanks for that link. Unfortunately they haven't included 2023r2 in the side nav menu, so if you want to look at the release notes, you need to click that link. I think I'll...
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Oct 09, 2023 4:50 am
Forum: Getting Started and Installation Issues
Topic: Release notes for 2023 r2 anywhere?
Replies: 8
Views: 13549

Re: Release notes for 2023 r2 anywhere?

marvin mallari wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:15 pm Hello folks, sorry for the delay. The release notes and system requirements have been published in the knowledge base.
Could you give a specific link please? I am looking at http://kb.madcapsoftware.com and I can't see 'em. Thanks!
by ChoccieMuffin
Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:54 am
Forum: Getting Started and Installation Issues
Topic: Release notes for 2023 r2 anywhere?
Replies: 8
Views: 13549

Release notes for 2023 r2 anywhere?

I notice that 2023 r2 is now available to download, and there's a message saying "check the knowledge base for release notes" but I can't find them. Has anyone seen the elusive release notes anywhere? If so, please share a link.

Thanks!
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:45 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Find panel not repsonding to inpur from keyboard
Replies: 5
Views: 1988

Re: Find panel not repsonding to inpur from keyboard

It does sort itself out eventually, and as a workaround I find myself typing the thing I want to find into my topic then cutting and pasting into the Find box.

Think I need to do a(nother) bug report! :D
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:42 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: HTML output doesn’t show third level heading numbers in the Contents
Replies: 2
Views: 3045

Re: HTML output doesn’t show third level heading numbers in the Contents

... the 6.1.1 heading style is p.headingSub1 ... You've identified the cause of the problem, because your heading 3 isn't actually a heading, it's a paragraph. If you want headings to behave like headings, you ought to use h1 - h6 rather than a class of p. But that might not be practical if your pr...
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:30 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Let's not lose our corporate memory!
Replies: 12
Views: 16303

Re: Let's not lose our corporate memory!

I don't use Slack because my previous employer banned it as a security risk, and I'm not going to go looking at something on my personal account that I have to access from my personal computer rather than my work computer, because I don't turn on my personal computer very often. The forums are my go...
by ChoccieMuffin
Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:23 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Conditions inside H1 that includes mc:autonum
Replies: 4
Views: 3407

Re: Conditions inside H1 that includes mc:autonum

The autonum bit should be part of your h1 style in your PDF medium, so yes, it's definitely possible. I'm in the middle of stuff so can't give you details, but you might want to look in that area. Also, have you generated your HTML5 target? It's possible that things are set up correctly and your XML...
by ChoccieMuffin
Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: MadCap Lingo General Discussion
Topic: The specified path, file name, or both are too long.
Replies: 19
Views: 21123

Re: The specified path, file name, or both are too long.

It's not the output folder that's the problem, it's the folder depth of your Flare project and the 260-character limit that's causing the problem. There's also a "Temporary" folder used during the build and it's usually that one that causes things to fail. To test, move your whole Flare pr...