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sanjsrik

Even with a wildcard search how will the link know what to link TO for a PDF name? Seems like you'd have to do a lot of querying before you filled in the name for the link to work properly.

sanjsrik

Have you ever figured out what this error means? I cannot believe that after all this time there isn't a single response.

I'm starting to get these after upgrading from Flare 12 to 13 (aka 2017).

sanjsrik

Does anyone know of a resource ANYWHERE on this site (through which I HAVE searched) of an explanation of the INCREDIBLY UNHELPFUL and CRYPTIC error messages that Flare 12 throws? It's so frustrating to see these error messages and have no clue what they mean. I don't mean the Object error is not an...

sanjsrik

Does anyone know how to make Flare 12 work faster than it is currently working when bound to a git repository? I have one project and it takes literally 15 minutes (I've timed it) to check in files when I work with the git repository. It's atrocious. I don't know what is going on and support simply ...

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I'm trying to not look at unaligned blocks of text that seem to randomly cut off in the middle of sentences and the tag is where it's supposed to be, but the text is just messy. Nothing lines up with the matching opening tag, nothing looks correct. It's just very frustrating to find something in the...

sanjsrik

Hello all, I hope this is the correct place to post this. Quick backstory, I recently took a job and inherited multiple projects. The company provides a software platform to approximately 35 clients, with the baseline software being specifically tailored to each client. This includes both additiona...

sanjsrik

@George,

Do you KNOW how much I echo everything you say about the reporting. It is ATROCIOUS. I just end up using a third-party reporting tool that does a link check on my output to tell me what's wrong. I have spent hours and hours trying to track down those non-helpful errors.

sanjsrik

Is there a way to view the generated output that is invoked in ANYTHING other than a smartphone "device"? I would like to see what my help will format to on various devices through the app directly once generated. How come I can ONLY preview in what looks like a very generic mobile smartph...

sanjsrik

I appreciate the help. However, the PDF is an exact output of the online help I was completely confused following which is what prompted me to post this question. Also, 900 pages???? There are numerous things in this "guide" that are irrelevant such as how to create, edit, update topics, a...

sanjsrik

Hi all, I've got to create a printed manual at the same time I am creating a web-based output. I have the following for my page layout: Title page - set up with all the elements I want to show for a title page (header, footer, copyright statement, company graphic) First Left page - set up with runni...

sanjsrik

I'd like to make a template project in Flare. What I mean by this is, I've got a custom css and masterpage, print page, table styles, and variable file I want to use every time I create a new project. Yet, short of copying them in AFTER creating my project and deleting the "generic" projec...

sanjsrik

I'm including them in my Flare project Contents folder because they are part of a build process generated in the Unix environment that runs a Make file to product both C++ and Java doxygen files. The Jenkins job that kicks off the build syncs my Flare project through the git repository where the dox...

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Hi all, I have a project that has about 10+k files that are generated by doxygen from source code. However, I do NOT want Flare to try to process them and then repeatedly tell me that these files are NOT valid XHTML files. I know they're not but once generated in my help system, they display perfect...

sanjsrik

I figured this out as well. So, that's what I'm doing. Problem is when someone does a search and hits the doxygen output directly rather than from the link, it breaks the iframe the doxygen is displayed in and overwrites the entire webhelp display. It's the frustrating part I'm at today. How to link...

sanjsrik

Hi, I have output that is using the top-nav skin in webhelp5. Two of my "topics" are Doxygen-generated which are a C++ and a Java source code documentation that is maintained in the respective .h files for each type of code base. I need to link from the top-nav TOC that references them and...

sanjsrik

Hi all, I have an HTML project (actually it's exported from javadocs) that I'm trying to repurpose as a HTML 5 output with top navigation. I can import the HTML project perfectly fine, apply the Masterpage and everything, but everything is ignored when I generate HTML 5 output. It comes across as th...

sanjsrik

I just read this and was wondering (yes, I know, I'm almost 5 months after you posted this), why not create a single project, have multiple books, and conditionalize the books based on targets? Your team would then work in a single project, but one person whomever it is that sets up the project woul...

sanjsrik

Can't use top-nav, our UX/UI folks have decreed a left-nav TOC.

I'm trying to push the argument for removing the help from an iFrame and opening in a new modal window. We'll see.

sanjsrik

Hi all, So, I called support. They confirmed that there is a bug that if you deliver your webhelp through an iFrame, the TOC won't synchronize. While of course, they have no insight into when it will be fixed (grr, the biggest problem with Madcap that they offer their customers NO insight into what ...

sanjsrik

Almost knowing the answer is no as most of the questions I'm asking is no, <rant> while Flare has come a long way, there are many things that I'm finding are a real day-to-day pain: variables are very frustrating to use, either they ALL pop-up as you are typing or the wrong ones pop-up and force you...

sanjsrik

Flare things I'd like to see fixed: Better error handling across the board. The errors Flare throws are atrocious and absolutely useless in figuring out what went wrong in projects Better insight into bugs submitted to Madcap. I have bugs that are completely crippling the way I work on a daily basis...

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Hi all, I'm seeing the following error messages in my build log when I generate my output. The images are all .svg but still show up even though the following error message is shown ANY TIME an image is referenced in any of my topics: Failed to copy and resize image: C:\HelpVisto\Visto\Content\Resou...

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Dave Lee wrote:
sanjsrik wrote:Ability to move the search from the top-nav into the topic body
You can already do that, there's a Search Bar proxy skin component.
It's the search box that's used on the home page in Flare's top nav template.

Not with the left-navigation skin you can't. It's fixed at the top.

sanjsrik

I have an FAQ page that has a two-level drop-down nested list. This means the following (I cannot get the nested structure to show up in this post, however it would be two-levels deep with the top-level as a drop-down and the child-level below each of the top-level drop-downs): [[Added an attachment...

sanjsrik

Ability to move the search from the top-nav into the topic body
Ability to truly customize the skin, a REAL skin editor would be nice, not just the look and feel of the skin
Ability to use the top nav so that the responsive design follows along with the customized output

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Re: Link a custom button to a PDF file

Re: Database Error: startIndex cannot be larger than length

Definition of error messages in Flare 12

Horrible lag when working in a project bound with git

Formatting the indentation of the Text View in Flare 12?

Re: Inherited Project, Need Advice

Re: What is a CatapultTarget?

Previewing other than a smartphone "device" in Flare

Re: Completely lost, page layouts are very confusing

Completely lost, page layouts are very confusing

Indicate default files to use when creating a new project?

Re: Is there a way to ignore files during a build?

Is there a way to ignore files during a build?

Re: linking from top nav in webhelp 5 to a specific frame

linking from top nav in webhelp 5 to a specific frame

Importing an HTML project issues, please help

Re: Git integration enhancement

Re: WebHelp iFrame bug fix?

WebHelp iFrame bug fix?

Can topics be password protected?

Re: Wish list for Top Nav beyond Flare 11

Out of memory errors when building HTML5 Output

Re: Wish list for Top Nav beyond Flare 11

automatically closing drop-downs, when others are opened?

Re: Wish list for Top Nav beyond Flare 11