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Flare and Analyzer check for broken links but not in merged projects. They just check the source. Even if the links are correct, but they point to another child project, they will show as broken.

I do have a merged project, but I tested in one of the child projects. If it won't work in the child project, there is no way it will work starting at the root of the parent.

And yes, I am pointing to my output, but I appreciate you checking on that!

The only thing I can figure is that there is ...

I have heard this from 2 of you now, but it is just not what I am seeing. Let me give you an example. If I point Xenu to Startup Topic in one of my projects from Flare, it searches 16 URLs. If I point it to the default file in the RoboHelp output for the same file, it searches 314 URLs.

I wish I ...

It doesn't work as well. If I chose the default topic in RoboHelp output, it would magically check all the links throughout the entire project, including even Related Topics/Concept Controls.

If I check the overview file or any other file inside the content folder, it only checks the links from ...

What do you mean the "Startup Topic" vs. the "Output File"? I don't find much difference in output from RoboHelp to Flare.

I have a master project with 20+ child projects. I used to have these in RoboHelp, and I used Xenu to check for broken links, especially links from one child project to another child project. However, I just finished getting my master project and child projects all setup in Flare. When I tried to ...