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Hello sitapatel. Welcome to the forum. You didn't mention the version of Flare you are using, but I assume it is a recent (11 or above) version. The box adjacent to the web icon and file name should show you the color of the conditional indicator. Presumably the topic has a conditional tag of some ...

Hey there Steve....

If you mean hide the index entry from the authoring/input/source side, you would deselect 'show markers'.

If you mean hide the index entry from appearing in the output, you would do this the same way as text. Namely, using a conditional tag(s) that is set in the target to be ...

You're welcome. Strange this should be your experience. Perhaps consulting with MadCap Technical Support is in order.

Also, while I'm sure you are aware, please be reminded that the pending check-in list can display on a per user basis. Conceivably, that could explain why you saw zero files checked ...

You are doing things correctly from a procedural perspective. I don't know why the files should become "corrupt". Is the recipient using Flare or Contributor to open the file? Admittedly though, that shouldn't matter.

I would contact MadCap support and ask for their help.

One thing I do note ...

How are you creating the review package files and what is the application being used to open them?

Hello aneedell.

There really is no way to completely automate the process you have described. That said, there are some techniques you can use to help minimize your efforts.

First, you can drag the entire folder of how ever many files into the TOC editor. That will "automatically" map each TOC ...

Hi Dave.

Of the four example issues you are seeing, I too have witnessed this one:

"Pending Changes list shows incorrect information - e.g. it will list files that it says need to be added, but are already checked-in in source control. After a refresh these files mysteriously disappear."

I ...

Hello Susan. I wouldn't know specifically what is causing the error you report, however, given the symptoms I think it would be fair to assume the file has somehow been compromised (i.e. is corrupt, etc.). Fortunately, the flmsp file is essentially just another xml file. Therefore, I suggest trying ...

lanval, I have a suggestion....

First, you haven't posted the version of Flare you are using. I assume the latest, 2016 r2. When I use the Spell Check window and come across a "valid" word that Flare flags as a misspelling, choosing Add To Dictionary causes Flare not to flag that word again. That ...

You're welcome Larry. Best of luck!

Hello Larry -

Conceivably there are a few ways to handle what I think you're trying to accomplish. That said, TFS source control is meant to store the latest version of your files, whether or not that means a particular "completed project". Point is I think you should look for a way to designate a ...

Hi Lindsey. You may be thinking - mistakenly so - that there is a feature in Flare whereby if you have two topics, one with the letter A and B and another topic with the letters B and C that you could merge/combine them into one topic and be left with A, B and C. No such feature. What you need to do ...

Hello JasonB_AT_Syf. As you haven't specified the version of Flare you are using and the skin type, it's difficult to provide targeted (no pun intended) feedback. I'll reply with the assumption you are using a very recent version of Flare, such as V12 or 2016 r2, and that the skin is HTML5. In the ...

You're welcome Jim.

The way you approached this certainly could work. If you already created a new project with a new TOC and then linked items in the new TOC to the projects you want to merge, that's fine. Then in this case your new project also needs a new target that matches the target type of ...

Hi Jim. I could be misunderstanding your question/issue and if that is case please accept my apologies in advance. :) I take your inquiry to refer to the browser header (skin related).

When you merge projects, that should not result in a new project. Instead, the result should be new output. For ...

Hello JasonB_AT_Syf.

The short answer is "no". :cry:

The longer answer is there really is no issue. Note that you should not have "an HTML5 project and a WebHelp project". What you should have is one source project with two target outputs . The code is the same (see below). There is no parameter ...

Hi sforsyth. In some sense of "removing", yes! :mrgreen:

Assuming HTML5 output..... Display all of your topics in the File List. Then select all of them. Right click and choose Properties. Click the Topic Properties tab. Deselect the "Include topic when full-text search database is generated ...

Hi jzayac. I don't think the issue you've described is related to Flare output. I'm assuming you are using HTML5 output. The print functionality (print button in top nav, right click, whatever) merely calls the operating systems Print dialog window. The OS Print window can control the printer, page ...

@awells12. Certain files cannot logically be "replaced". For instance, find "A" and replace with "B" wouldn't work very well with image files. Image files are an example of non text based files that are included when you choose to search "all files". That said, I wholeheartedly agree that optimum ...

You're welcome Lisa. Glad I was able to help.

Hi Lisa. I honestly have no familiarity with GitHub, but from what I've gleaned over the years it is a type of source control hosted on a web server. In any case, I can suggest the following (no particular order).

- Unbind your project from GitHub and attempt the same operations. if successful, re ...

Sorry to understand you are still faced with this issue. When you write that MadCap has confirmed the problem and passed on to their development, is that to say they acknowledge that there is in fact a problem with their program? Passing to development could simply mean that their level 1 support ...

You're welcome Gina. Honestly I don't know what else to suggest other than contacting MadCap support. Invariably they will want you to send them your project so be prepared to do that. They may also ask you to create a new project, import only the file(s) with the condition that are appearing and ...

Hello Gina.

I'm pretty sure I get the gist of your issue, however, I'd be remiss if I didn't ask for clarification. When you write that you "have excluded this condition from my HTML5 target", I take this to mean you are using the Basic Conditional Text radio button in the target AND selecting the ...

You're welcome :)

I'm not sure what you are doing to check XML in Notepad++, but in any event I don't believe you are necessarily doing anything wrong or in your words have strayed from the path. I'm no expert here so perhaps others can chime in, but based on the article (and there are a few and I ...