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There was communication for 2016r2, but it was one email and that release was about as low key as it could get. 2016r2 seemed to have been released only to support the Central beta phase. 2016r2/2017 are a new release, not an update. As to why some did not get notification, that is a question only ...

The advantage of having a CSS or page layout in only one place is appealing, but you can accomplish the same by copying the files from one project to the others assuming the file names are the same. What you gain then is keeping content separate with ease. If you stuff everything into one project ...

From the site you linked to, the commercial license is only needed when you want to redistribute Ghostscript itself under terms not covered by the GNU license. That does not apply to documents created with Ghostscript.

Thanks for explaining, I now understand what you are going for. Lingo operates by loading two Flare projects side by side and keeping track of what changed in the source so that the changes can be made in the target. Maybe you want to evaluate add-ons to Word that support TMX. I spent 20 seconds ...

I'm not sure if Lingo can do this, but why do you want the original and translation in the same project? You'd need to apply conditions to generate the English or the German output...or is it that you indeed want both languages be present in the output? If that's it, not sure what Lingo would bring ...

I have seen several issues of various nature between IE11 on Win7 and IE11 on other Windows versions. IE11 is not the same on all platforms, or better to say, it is noticeably different on Win7. I do not have a suggestion for a fix. We tell our customers to use Chrome or Firefox instead. IE just ...

IIRC 2016r2/2017 is what amounts to Flare 13.

Open Visual Studio and select File > Source Control > Advanced > Workspaces... In the Manage Workspaces dialog select the one that you are using and click Edit. In the Edit Workspace dialog click Advanced >>. From the Location drop-down select "Server". Click OK, click Close.
Hope this helps.

There is a matter to the madness, I try to explain.
http:// - protocol prefix
www.name.com - domain name of web server
/public/path/#topic/file.htm - path to start file (which is not the topic file, means the relevant part does not end at .htm)
%3FTocPath%3Dtopic%7Cthis%2520is%2520my%2520topic ...

So depending on target you want the file names to be different? I don't think there is a function within Flare to do that. You mention use cases, which would that be? I cannot think of a single reason to do that. If you want the files to have different names then rename them in the project, which ...

Happy New Year everyone!!

You had to rub it in, did ya?

Merry Christmas to you, too. And you guys can have New Year's on the beach while we shovel snow. I remember when growing up it was always interesting when the German radio station turned to a live broadcast from Sydney reporting about the New Year's celebrations. Let's keep the party going until ...

I may have assumed incorrectly, does it work fine using Edge when the help comes from a web server? If that is a 'yes', then the option would be to install a local server that does nothing else than serve up the help. A small server app is preferred as it doesn't have to do all the stuff that IIS or ...

For those who do not have Internet connection I suggest installing a lightweight server. There are several decent servers available for this. Then again, evaluate what the Win10/Edge user share is. If it is under 10% I would consider this to be a problem that can be reevaluated in a year. I'd think ...

Does it work when you serve it up from a web server? Or is the plan to ever only use HTML5 help serverless as local copy?

Eventually, the DOS era limitation is supposed to get removed in a Win 10 update. It was included in an Insider build in May. Hey, there is one positive thing to say about Win 10!

I use 2016r2 on Win 7 without issues so far. As far as Win 10 goes, across the board only trouble, but that is with Win 10 itself, not Flare.

As far as I know, yes, but you cannot use the Flare installs at the same time. Best is to contact MadCap and confirm.

#3 will work as well. I also strongly suggest that your predecessor looks into a reliable backup solution that is on a corporate server. Keeping the only known good copy on a laptop is quite risky. One drop or a spilled coffee or really bad things such as a fire will render that one copy useless. In ...

Do you use source control? If yes, then there should be no worries, the new tech writer can retrieve the files from source control as long as you check them all in and leave none locked.
You also should have at least have a company owned backup location. Make use of that to push the latest files to ...

You may want to look at XML tools that can sort entries. Flare does not mind if files are edited externally as long as the file itself remains formally correct. Before experimenting make a backup.

@Isleofgough
Which virtualization software do you use? If it is VMWare, do you have Unity enabled?

You are only serving up a simple website, so IIS with standard configuration will be fine. Dropping the files in inetpub\wwwroot ought to do it. For Apache I use XAMPP from ApacheFriends. You can turn off all the non Apache parts since you only need the web server. See also https://httpd.apache.org ...

The robots.txt directives are nothing else than friendly recommendations. Most of the commercial bots adhere to these directives, but there is nothing in any standard (or law) that requires them to do so.
What can happen is that your users share the link to the help or your competitors target a web ...