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I think Nita's right. There isn't a setting for that.

The only way I can think of doing it, is to create the sample report data in a separate file, then take a screenshot of it and import that into the table as an image.
That way the sample data is visible, but won't be picked up by a search.
Not ...

Hi Sam,
Unlike the license key, I don't think the maintenance key is stored anywhere in the installation area or the registry.

I realise you need it to be able to contact Madcap support via their online form, but, you can contact Madcap using customerservice@madcapsoftware.com.
Provided you supply ...

Hi TeleTech,
In your primary target, in the General tab, you should select the stylesheet you require as your Master Stylesheet.
Try rebuilding your project after that.
Regards,
Feebeegeebee

One other way to get a response, is when a new release is announced.
If, like me, you check the release notes and find that your fix or feature request isn't included, when the product evangelist sends out an email announcing a forthcoming webinar to showcase the new features, they usually ask for ...

Any other threads or workarounds you have found to help?

Hi Pam,
Not experienced this myself, thankfully.
Maybe you might find something in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=77&t=11485&p=125642&hil ... nce#p64765
Good luck.
Feebeegeebee

Hi,
You may want to look at the postings on this thread if it's Flare 2017 r2 you are using...

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=28996&p=127319&hil ... he#p127319

Cheers!
Feebeegeebee

Strangely, I've also just had a problem with conditions (in Flare 12).

I have several sets of very specific conditions, which are used according to TOC & target.
I only ever use conditions to exclude material I don't want built. However, for some reason the opposite to what you were experiencing ...

Hi,
There is an option in the target which you can switch off to avoid this happening.

In the Advanced tab, you'll find "Generate resized copies of scaled images".
Deselect this option and rebuild your project.

Regards,
Feebeegeebee

When I try out the new dynamic preview (to preview my HTML5 output), not 1 but 2 windows are launched.
- One launches at the front and cannot be resized or moved, and it extends beyond the bottom of my display. There's also no way to close the window.
- The second launches behind it as a grey ...

Hi,
As far as I know, the only way to embed fonts from Flare to PDF is to generate a Word output, and then embed the fonts when generating the PDF from the Word doc.
I'm sure someone else will chip in if there's an alternative...
Regards,
Feebeegeebee

have you ever considered to use "custom hyphenation" for your words.

I think that if you highlight a word/phrase that has an underscore in it and try to create a custom rule, only the part before the underscore will be treated as a word.
So, for example, for "MY_CUSTOM_PARAMETER" I think the ...

Non breaking hyphen can be added by entering:
CTRL+SHIFT+-
Or, if you go to the Insert menu and choose Character , you'll see both Non-breaking Space and Non-breaking Hyphen listed.

Also, just one other possible thought...
...you can specify hyphenation rules on a style.
If you use a specific ...

In pre-2017 preview, and maybe 2017 preview, any linked pages (including pop-ups) won't work. Flare just generates the code for the preview of that page, not anything linked from the page.

Confused by this, as in Flare 12 and previous versions I have used the preview so much to test pages where ...

I have only just started looking at Flare 2017 and immediately came unstuck with Preview feature weirdness.
Support are currently looking into it...

(Not previewing PDF output, so this is not covered by Acrobat Reader updates.)

When I try out the new dynamic preview (to preview my HTML5 output ...

Hi,
I think you must have saved a topic, whilst in Text Editor mode.
If you then launch other topics, they are launched in the same mode.
If you switch to XML Editor mode and save a topic, you should return to normal.
Cheers!
Feebeegeebee

If the user types "-option3" into a search dialog box in their media viewer (PDF, HTML5, etc.), there will be no match because a hyphen does not match a nonbreaking hyphen.

Just a couple of thoughts for this one that might be worth trying...

* If it's just a single word that includes the non ...

Hi,
Just above and to the right of the XML Editor and Text Editor tabs, you'll see some toolbar icons. toolbar_icons.png
It looks like you've just toggled "Show blocks" to be off toggleshowblocks.png and "Show spans" toggleshowspans.png to be on.
Easily done.
Just click on both those icons in turn ...

This confused me too. The announcements have been very unclear.
I thought there was an upgrade and was keen to see what new features/bug fixes were included. However, these seem to be separate releases to promote MadCap Central (that I have no use for)...
Very disappointing.
Feebeegeebee

Hi,

The PDF has been brought into the project (copy to project) and is linked into the TOC. Everything else in the TOC displays on the published page, just not the PDFs.

Just a few things to double check.
Have you definitely pasted the .PDF file into the Content folder of your project?
And ...

Hi,
You say you can't see it in the dropdown list in your target.

If you go to the "Skins" folder within the Project Organizer, can you see it?
If not, you need to right-click, select Add Skin... and select the skin you want from the list of those available.

Once you've added it, you should see ...

Hi Lesa,
I'm using Flare 12 and outputting to HTML5.
I am currently working on a help system for a new product that is created in C++ and QT.
My main help project is still available to the user as a searchable resource on the product, but parts of this help output are also being integrated directly ...

Hi Fiona,
Do you know what s/w was used to create the .svg images?
I vaguely remember an issue with .svg files that had been created in Visio not displaying correctly.
If they were opened and saved in something like Illustrator they were fine.
Might no longer be relevant, but might be worth a try ...

Is there a ready to use skin available for the same that I can tweak to my requirement and generate the output.

Within Flare, if you go to the Project Organizer, click on the Skins folder and right-click you will get the option to Add a skin.

You'll find an "HTML5 - Top Navigation" template in ...

Hi,
I haven't seen anything like this.
Maybe it is worth deactivating Flare and then uninstalling it and starting afresh. It might save time in the long run.

Complete uninstall instructions are available in the Flare Knowledgebase:

http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/Installation ...

Hi,
I just spotted this article on the Madcap website under Madblog, that gives a handy insight into 5 Flare features "you may have missed".

http://www.madcapsoftware.com/blog/2016/10/13/5-helpful-madcap-flare-ui-features-you-may-have-missed/

Quite a useful little article, as I didn't know about a ...