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It’s already bound so doesn’t need to be bound again. Instead, they need to do an import from source control operation. Sorry so brief. Am on vacation!

https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare20 ... ol-Git.htm

If I recall correctly, I’ve published PDFs back into the project and just ignored the message. I’m going on memory; don’t have access to Flare right now.

I think I would set a chapter break on the divider item, but in its TOC properties, on the Auto-number tab (or whatever it’s called; I’m going on memory), set the chapter number to the “same as previous” option (however that’s worded). That way, the next true chapter will be numbered correctly ...

I can’t say what might be wrong with what you’ve crafted, but I have a question: Why not just set up a destination file that will publish the generated PDF to Resources\PDFs? Maybe you’re seeking something more automated, so I’ll sit down now.

I don't think you can get Flare to do what you want. I suspect that you'll need to edit the PDF, post build, to delete that item from the Bookmark pane.

I can't say this definitively, but I suspect that you can't use image maps with SVGs. I've wanted to use Capture to add callouts to SVGs, but can't, so I suspect that Flare's not programmed to do image maps on SVGs either.

I have a workaround for the branching issue that I devised long before Flare even had the functionality to switch branches and before Central existed. This workaround might have some applicability for you...

I have multiple copies of the project on my computer. One copy points to master/main. Other ...

… the boss would like the Help button to open to a specific point in the "Finding Customers" file depending on whether [users] are searching by name, address, account number, etc.

Is the boss suggesting that the CHM is somehow capturing the user’s selections in a screen in the application (e.g ...

It's quite easy to copy cells out of Excel (or some other spreadsheet format) and paste them into Flare..

1. Copy the cells in Excel.
2. In Flare in a topic or snippet, add a blank paragraph and then Paste. Then, look for the little clipboard icon at the lower right of what was just pasted. It's a ...

Your s/w developers will need to implement that window, not you the Help author. For one Help system I created, the s/w devs programmed a tabless browser window, rather than the default browser, to open when the Help was called. Then they populated that window with the HTML5 system I generated from ...

Oh dear! Something which I thought was going to be simple (have per-topic styling) is obviously not. Might send a mail to Madcap requesting this but obviously doesn't help in short term. Thanks for letting me know though!

Paul
I could be wrong on this. That "What's Noteworthy" note was not ...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. In Flare's Help topic https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2021r3/Content/Flare/Styles/Main-Activities/Associating-Stylesheets-Specific-Files1.htm , check out the What's Noteworthy bit near the end. Suggests that "locally applied" stylesheets aren't supported for ...

I suggest you take this question directly to MadCap. These forums are peer-to-peer, and as one of the long-time moderators here, I would never dare to weigh in on a legal question. Sorry otherwise not to help...

Hi David.

First, you'll need to create a landscape page layout file with one or more landscape pages (e.g., left and right, normal, first, first right, and so forth).

Then, in your TOC, for first topic that you want to present in landscape, edit that topic's TOC item so that you set a page break ...

This idea might not get you all the way there, but it can help nonetheless...

With the topic or snippet open in the XML Editor, open the View Links window. (I have that window permanently docked to the right of the XML Editor, along with others such as the Styles window.) The Linked To list at the ...

Not sure this sheds any light, but did the installer dev change the path to the CHM or even change the name of the CHM? This KB article is quite old (but then, so is CHM), so perhaps this hints at a solution?

https://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/Outputs/HTML_Help/OUTH1009F_-_styles ...

Welcome to the forums! :)

I don't think there is a command anywhere for deleting annotations from an entire project. But, you can likely craft some regular expressions or even use the Find and Replace Elements functionality to craft a find-and-replace operation to run through the entire project. I ...

If you're creating Side Nav or Top Nav HTML5 output, you can create your own search results topic in which you'll include a search results proxy and whatever other content you want, such as the tip to appear above the results.

Learn more in Flare documentation: https://help.madcapsoftware.com ...

Thanks, Dave, for refining my knowledge today!

To clarify, the HTML5 help is being installed locally, rather than hosted in the web? Then, yes, the font you use in the help must be present on the end-users machines. When I worked on a project like this, we Help authors chose to use the same font that was used in the locally-installed software ...

MadCap identified an issue with Git source control interaction and has termporarily stopped offering 2021 r3 while they work on a solution. In the meantime, you should roll back to 2021 r2 and await MadCap's release of the corrected version of r3. If you need the installer for r2, go here and supply ...

I'm going on memory, so bear with me.

On the Window tab, look for the command that will allow you to reload the default (as in "factory") layout. That should get you the tabs back. I also suggest that you look to see if the check box that reads something like "Auto-save layout" is NOT selected so ...

You might start by reading some ideas from MadCap themselves. See https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2021r2/Content/Flare/Architecture/Architecture.htm . Once there, you can download a PDF guide that describes the architecture of their own documentation.

You might also peruse a few of MadCap's ...

MadCap has a patch for this, documented in their knowledge base: https://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/M ... ight=log4j

Sorry for the delay. I've been off all week and now am cruising the Flare community spaces while I await the New Year to begin!

You might need to try something more drastic, but it's not hard. This is official information from MadCap Tech Support that I tucked away years ago. My guess is that the ...