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All righty, then. Good luck!

Hmm. I haven't seen that behavior.

1. What version of Flare are you using?
2. What steps do you perform that result in that outcome? (so we can try to replicate it)

Can you post an example of the resulting HTML?

Cheers,
-jeff

MadCap support suggested removing my local workspace mapping (in Visual Studio), deleting the projects from my local drive, then re-importing all the projects from source control again.

I haven't tried this, so can't confirm it would work.
I've done this before in previous Flare versions that had ...

I have the same issue, with the cross reference on an odd page (p.11) pointing to "the facing page", when the "target" is actually on the next, even page (p.12). Am I correct that this appears to be a problem with Flare's cross reference function?

Thanks,
-jeff

Thanks Dave. I fixed the link issue, though I admit it didn't occur to me to delete the Analyzer folder to do so.

I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing issues with TFS, too, but I'm glad it's not just me.

-jeff

I'm using Flare 2018 and my project is bound to Team Foundation Server (TFS). After a rocky start back in April, the source control features have been working nicely since. After updating to Flare 2018 r2, however, I started encountering odd behavior related to source control.

Up to now, when I ...

Quick follow-up: I moved the default Search.htm to the Backups folder and then created my own. Basically just a new topic, no heading, and a Search Results proxy. Flare does appear to be using it without creating an alternative Search1.htm, so thanks. But I'm still perplexed as to the cause of the ...

Hi Dave,

Thank you for the prompt reply! I apologize for such a late reply myself. Although I'm subscribed to the topic I didn't see an email notification. D'oh! :oops:

I'm using a template that included a simple Search.htm file. It's in the root of the Content folder, but I'm not using the target ...

FOD flagged the jQuery vulnerability for the HTML5 help I'm developing for my client. We're saving page-level context-sensitive help (CSH) for a post-release update but, as indicated above, we'll probably get flagged for that too.

Frak.

I don't have any open tickets with MadCap yet either but, if ...

Sorry to necro this older thread, but I'm encountering a similar issue --- Flare 2018 is generating a Search1.htm file --- but I do not have the Exclude content not linked directly or indirectly from target option checked in my targets. I tried Casey's invisible xref idea anyway but I still end up ...

Thanks for the quick reply! Sorry for my own delay. I subscribed to the topic but I didn't see the email alert. *sigh*

Strangely enough, the snippet variables do seem to mostly update properly on publish. In fact, some of the variables even update within Flare, as I originally believed they should ...

Hi folks,

I hit a snag and was wondering if anyone else has encountered this: I have a bulleted list and the last bullet was getting split badly across pages in the PDF output. I formatted the last li element with a style that includes page-break-inside: avoid . The style works nicely and the ...

Hi folks,

I've recently begun using the powerful Snippet Conditions and Snippet Variables features to build multi-purpose, reusable snippet components. They're very useful and powerful features! But...

It appears that Snippet Variables, which use the multi-definition function of variables, are ...

This was exactly what i was looking for, too! Thank you, charleybrown.

Hi folks,

A potential client currently uses HTMLHelp (*.chm) and I would like to recommend they switch to Top-Nav HTML5 help. Currently, they employ tightly-integrated context-sensitive help. Does anyone know what sort of hurdles they would face if they chose to migrate to HTML5 CSH? While I plan ...

Glossary entries accept HTML tags. I've used these to format a numbered list with two definitions, similar to those in a dictionary.

Unfortunately, a quick test seems to indicate that glossary entries do not honor Flare's conditional tags. I manually added PrintOnly and ScreenOnly conditional tags ...

When I search in HTML5 Top Navigation output, the first search result displays with the wrong formatting. It always displays like a standard link (blue and underlined) while all the other search results are styled correctly. Curious, I checked the official MadCap Flare top-nav help and it even ...

Yes, that would work nicely if we wanted all tables to have borders. But we want some to have borders and some to not have borders, so it would be nice if the border setting from Word imported with the table.

Well, I don't have a more refined work-around. This seems to be the one I'm going to have to settle on. One thing I did discover, though, is that the default value for the border of 0.75 pt seems to do the trick. So, no need to increase it to 2 pts.

-jeff

This was almost a show-stopper for me when I was deciding whether to move to Flare, but I found a solution that works really well for me, which I posted in another thread.

Maybe someone here might find it helpful too.
-jeff

I think I've discovered a workaround. I've only tested it on one topic but that topic has three charts in it and all three imported properly after applying the workaround. What I did was this: I applied a border to each chart in Word, before importing to Flare. I made the color white, to match my ...

Hi folks,

Has anyone encountered this and, hopefully, found an answer? I have Word 2007 documents with many charts in them. When I import the Word documents into Flare 10, Flare is cropping the bottom few pixels off the charts. This is not a CSS issue; when I look at the imported images in the ...

Hi Sean,

I feel your pain! But, as it happens, I recently developed a workable solution for myself. Hopefully, it can help you too.

Before I get to the solution, though, you should know that it uses Flare's AutoNumber feature, which has it's own limitations. In particular, there are three very ...

*bump* I'm having a similar problem importing tables from Word 2007, but so far all of my tables have imported without borders.

Is there a secret to importing tables from Word?

Thanks

I had the same problem, and nothing I did with the MadCap|dropDownHead (or any of the MadCap|dropDownXYZ styles) seemed to have any effect.

After examining the page source of the published HTML document, I realized that that Flare did some technical wizardry during the build and the result was ...