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Hi

I am using a WebHelp2 Output and I want to include a list of files into the output that do not appear in the Table of Content.

- Some of these files are linked by other topics so they will be included - no problem.
- However some other files are not linked but they must go in the Output as well ...

I use Winmerge for that. In the newer versions there is even a comparision mode for WebPages.
But I'd be also interested if there are even better tools - specificly for comparisions of XML files.

I agree. The way Flare applies German hyphenation rules is correct but if there are multiple alternatives then Flare selects one that a creature with feelings would never select. The German language uses a lot of noun-compounds. In most cases, we would rather break these down into individual words ...

I am familiar with how to manage the "recent projects"/"recent files" list on Flare's Start Page. But there is another "recent projects"/"recent file" list when you right-klick the Flare icon in the task bar and it seems to be independent of the one in the start page.

Via the Windows UI I can only ...

Hello everybody,

From time to time I ran into the same problem and I remember that the method SteveS described here worked very well.
However today it's the first time that it failed.
The only difference I see is, that it is the first time I try to use it on Windows 11.
Mspaint is in fact available ...

Hi Dave,

I don't think mini-TOCs have changed at all, so maybe you've changed something?
well, the only change I am aware of was to update my Flare versions regularly.


The mini-TOC will not necessarily be the same for your help and print targets though.
The TOC in the help is based on the ...

Dear Forum Community,

with great surprise I recently noticed that my online output no longer displays Mini Tocs.
However, they are still present in the print output.

Did I miss an announcement from MadCap? - Is this on purpose or is this a bug?
Is there a way to get them back?

Thank you for you ...

Hi all,

I'm using Mad Cap Flare on a desktop computer and on a laptop for several years now.
I don't exactly remember since when - but at least since Flare V2019 - the "Pin to taskbar" function for the small Flare icon never works on both machines.
Each time I activate it, the icon sticks for the ...

Hi oceanclub,

I had the same question. I presume it has something to do with the option to overwrite variable definitions in .flvar files by definitions in target files (.fltar) ... However - if this was true, one would expect multiple attributes showing all "EvaluatedDefinitions" for all targets ...

Thank you Muffin,

this thread is indeed enough to get it running!! Thank you!!
In my case it was a bit more complicated, because I use a Top Navi Output, so the width and the position of the footer bar must be corrected too.
But adding the rule left: auto; to the #footer style does the job.

ChoccieMuffin wrote:I've managed to get the footer for each topic to display at the bottom of each page (thanks to Scott De Loach at MadWorld Europe!)

Hi Muffin, Hi Scott,

could you please share the "Sticky footer" story here with us, please? Or - in case you did already - can you provide a link to it?

in fact you can use Flare variables in Javascript:

<script>
function emailFeedback()
{
window.location= 'mailto:me@mycompany.com?subject=Remark to help topic: "'
+ document.title + '" (V'
+ '<MadCap:variable name="MyVariables.VersionNumber" />)';
}
</script>

works perfect for me ...

Hi all,

I'm using a TopNavi Skin with a custom toolbar using the "Navigate Previous/ Navigate Next" functionalities that are shipped by MadCap.
Navigate Next.png
Obviously they navigate to each prev/next header which I find extremely un-intuitive for topics that contain more than one header which ...

Meanwhile I'm using in Flare 2019 and the problem still exists. Therefore I simply push this topic.
I asked at the Mathjax forum for a solution (https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/1425) but they softly bounced me back to MadCap ...

... any new ideas out there?

wow! now that you say it I see it too ... it's so obvious ... thx a lot!

Hi,

I just cleaned my MadCap Source files with regex. Thereby I found some Topics using the namespace xmlns:MadCap="http://www.madcaptware.com/Schemas/MadCap.xsd" along with attributes like d1p1:lastBlockDepth d1p1:lastHeight d1p1:lastWidth .
Has anybody out there an idea what they are for and why ...

yeah. I think I also wrote a feature request concerning this annoying issue a couple of years ago.
But I think it has been fixed with MadCap 2018:
https://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/General/GEN1059F_-_Flare_2018_Release_Notes.htm (#89525,"Do not write lastBlockDepth, lastHeight and ...

Hello all,

I'm using a Top Navi Help with the Topic Tool Bar for breadcrumbs and navigation buttons.
I find it very impractical that the Topic Tool Bar always disappears when the user has to scroll the page down.
Is ist possible to integrate it into the header ? - I haven't found a method yet.

I ...

I used a solution in which I added the code for the back-to-top button including the jquery part only in the master page:


The solution works for me too. So it's fine.
But just a comment: I hardly doubt that this solution uses jquery functionality. I rather think that the hyperlink "<a href ...

Thank you Nita for the quick reply

however, I was already aware that Side Nav/Top Nav do not support project merging and I had no illusions towards hacking it.
I'm writing a tool that parses my Flare projects to re-arrange them.
The tool must decide by the target type what to do. So I'm searching ...

Hello all,

when I build a project with a TOC that contains project merging links, the compiler says: "Removing entry: The current target type does not support linking to a project:" (The Error ID is 10129).
I wonder how the compiler "knows" that the target does not support merging. At least I haven ...

Thanks Steve, I have .NET Fw 4.7, last updated 11-27-2017. I think that is the latest version ...

FlareShutdownError.png
Since I've updated to Flare 2017 every time I open multiple instances of Flare, an error occurs every time when I shut them down again.
As I use a lot of project merging, I often have to work with mutliple Flare instances.
Until now I haven't seen any negative side effects ...

Hi,
we've been using Flare Online Output for years now and we always called it via JavaScript (WebHelp2, Flare 2017 r2).
Now we have a new product whith a differnet software architecture that forces us to call the files from a iis-server.
The new application is supposed to call the same help as our ...

yeah, I really miss previous/next topic buttons in Top navigation skin too!