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Well. I was playing around with some conditionalizing, and ended up foolishly generating hundreds of props files. My predecessor left a small mountain of images in the root folder, so, of course, Flare created this kind of deal:

imgs_and_props.png
Well, no big deal. Or so I thought. I figured I'd ...

Hi there

this is a problem associated with the chm format (there are several posts on the subject, as you have already found). We had a similar problem and the only fix we found was to conditionalize all the files used to build the target and import them into a separate project using a .flimp file ...

What about a relationship table? Do you have one of those in your project? If a topic is referenced there, that topic will be included in the output whether or not it is in the TOC, unless the reference in the relationship table is explicitly conditionalized out of that particular build.

If not ...

I looked again at the Build Progress window, and here's the very beginning of the build log, right before all the .htm topics are processed and generated. Does this mean anything to ya'll?:

Getting the latest version of all files in the project...
Querying source control server. This could take ...

Boy, I wish that were it!! Great suggestion, but there's no alias file associated with this target.

Hi Msquared! Thanks for advising. Responses inline in red:

Can I clarify your issue? Are you saying that your CHM output includes some items that are in your project, but not referenced directly or indirectly from the TOC.
Yes.
However, there are other items that are not referenced from the TOC ...

Hello - I've read a few of the threads regarding my problem, but the fixes suggested have not helped me. In short, I have a project (Installation Guide) with a unique TOC, Skin, and Target. I have checked the box next to the Do not use "Content" folder in the output option, and I have checked the ...

Well, I'm going to try one more time to see if anyone has input. (Anyone? :) ) I haven't found a whole lot out there regarding people tracking .chm usage. I reckon that would be one of the big "pros" of having a web-based help system; seems like it would be easier to watch users with an online help ...

Hey neilcav ,thanks for chiming in! Good idea, but that's what I'm ultimately trying to find out: if anyone has successfully added any sort of analytics to their packaged .chms to see how their Microsoft HTML help systems are being used. Maybe you'll get some discussion going...

Hello, MadCappers. Has anyone here ever tracked help system use from inside a .chm file? Perhaps by using MadCap Feedback or even Google Analyatics? Is this possible? We package a .chm with our software and it is assumed that everyone using the software will have an Internet connection. I was ...