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Ahhh, yes.

Buried in the long stack of errors and msgs was this:

>> The specified path, file name, or both are too long.
>> The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.

I shortened the name of one file, and that resolved ...

Argh!

I have a Flare 6.1 project. It is a new project, imported from robohelp.

This project compiles 5 or 6 chm files, using a lot of conditional text, images, etc.

All of the chms build GREAT.... except one!

The one causes the html help compiler to crash.

How do I track down what it is ...

It appears that conditionality can cover the whole glossary, but not individual entries.... correct?

Using Flare 6.1

I build to several targets, with a lot of exclusions, conditional text and images.

The question is: How do I do conditionality for Glossary entries?

Thanks!!

RamonS wrote:Don't want to sound snippy, but using that hack as a solution is bad advice.

It is a hack, but it does work.

What would REALLY work (for us, anyway) is if DotNetHelp was a single, compressed file.

Bummer that the MadCap guys can't solve this for us.

FWIW, we would love to use DotNetHelp, but we can't, because it doesn't compile to single file.

DotNetHelp is perfect for us, but is not usable due to this.

LTinker68 wrote: And unlike CHM, it can be viewed over a network.

The above is not correct. CHM works fine over a network. A small registry tweak is all that is needed.

Thanks!

Now I have help for my help authoring tool!

Sorry if this is a dumb Q....

I need ALL the flare screen for my flare project.

When I open Flare help, it opens within the Flare frame.

How can I move it/undock it so it opens externally? (like a chm would) ?

I have three screens, and need to get the help on the side!

(As it is now, I use the ...

Note, if you create .chm files, AVOID v7!!

It has some serious bugs that make many chms unusable.

See: http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... =8&t=12573

It is not bad design,

You are welcome to that opinion.

From my perspective, I am a super-power-user of development tools and help authoring tools. And I could not get Flare to "do what I told it" until I came here and asked for help.

If that qualifies as "good design" in your book, be my guest ...

YES, this is a bug in Flare 7.

I reported it.

(Case 24169) Flare 7.0 Support: Flare 7: Migration from robohelp: Popup malfunctions on a graphic region

I am using Flare now, after being on Robohelp for many years.

Flare is a LOT slower to use. Examples:

OK button on dialogs does not have a hotkey.
esc does not cancel me out of dialogs
I can't seem to switch focus between the main panels via the kbd
Assigning conditionals to text and images can't ...

Ohhhhh!

Thanks!

So obvious! (Not! <g>)

Who the heck designed this so that the output dir is not the output dir....

Bad design...

I will try that tomorrow.

Set the target to output to the "default".
Then create a publishing destination to the folder you want.
I generate the output to the default location for testing, then immediately "publish" it to where it should go.

Margaret,

Thanks!

But I already have that... see pic below.

What to do?

Say there, what is up with this?

When I do the "Find Next" in an open file, it does the replace fine.

But when I set it to "all docs in same folder", and hit Start, it finds a lot of hits, but does not do the replace.

Using v6.1 from past June.

Please advise!

Hi!

I hope this is easy.

I set the Target to this output dir:

"F:\docs\eu\help-file-v4\Flare\WidgetHelp\Output\Microsoft_HTML\"

But Flare 6.1 puts it here:

"F:\docs\eu\help-file-v4\Flare\WidgetHelp\Output\Microsoft_HTML\Output\Microsoft HTML Widget\"

How do I get control over where the ...

Using Flare 6.1

Question is: How can I control the dir where index.htm goes?

Background:

I specify in the Target spec:

Q:\scratchdir\Tabbed
but index.htm is located here:

"Q:\scratchdir\Tabbed\Output\WebHelp FedEx\"


How can I control the dir where index.htm goes?

Thanx!