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by NorthEast
Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: Microsoft CHM Help
Topic: CHM file opens straddling monitors
Replies: 2
Views: 17953

Re: CHM file opens straddling monitors

Open the skin used by the HTML Help target, and check the Size tab.
You can set the window width/height, and its offset from the top/bottom/left/right; or use the Browser Default setting to remove these.

Also, on the HTML Setup tab, if you select Save user defined window position after first use ...
by NorthEast
Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:32 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: how to block h1 from in-topic toc
Replies: 5
Views: 3097

Re: how to block h1 from in-topic toc

The skin name is used in the class name of the list, in the format _Skins_<your skin name> .

So I'd guess yours would be...

ul.mc-component._Skins_menuproxy_headings > li
{
display: none;
}

As mentioned though, if you inspect the output in the browser (using F12 dev tools), you can see the ...
by NorthEast
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: how to block h1 from in-topic toc
Replies: 5
Views: 3097

Re: how to block h1 from in-topic toc

There's no similar method to exclude particular heading levels from a 'Headings' menu proxy. The only option is to set the heading level depth in the menu proxy, so you can't stop Flare including the h1.

But you can use CSS to hide menu levels in the output.

For example, this hides the h1 heading ...
by NorthEast
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: MadCap Flare: Downgrade possible?
Replies: 3
Views: 1143

Re: MadCap Flare: Downgrade possible?

You might be able to copy topic files from your 2023 project to overwrite the topic files in the original 2018 project. Topic files don't usually contain any information that's specific to a Flare version (if you haven't used new features).

However, project files will be more difficult to handle ...
by NorthEast
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:38 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: MadCap Flare: Downgrade possible?
Replies: 3
Views: 1143

Re: MadCap Flare: Downgrade possible?

As far as I know, MadCap haven't documented how to do this - but I think it's worth contacting MadCap support to find out how they would handle this.

How difficult it is to fix will depend a lot on exactly what changes you have've made to their project. If your changes make use of any new features ...
by NorthEast
Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: PDF Button in the HTML Output
Replies: 4
Views: 1803

Re: PDF Button in the HTML Output

Where you insert the toolbar proxy (in a topic, or template page), you can to choose which buttons to display for that instance of the proxy - and that will override the buttons displayed by default that you set in the skin.

So you need to check each place where you insert the proxy, and check what ...
by NorthEast
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:01 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Unable to move the preview pane/window
Replies: 2
Views: 1188

Re: Unable to move the preview pane/window

Try Window > Reload Layout first, then Window > Reset Layout.
by NorthEast
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: PDF Button in the HTML Output
Replies: 4
Views: 1803

Re: PDF Button in the HTML Output

What PDF button do you mean?
Just there isn't a PDF button by default in the skins that you create in Flare - either the Toolbar HTML5 component skin, or the Trpane skin toolbar.
So the PDF button must be something custom that you've added - it isn't a reserved/default button in Flare.

The preview ...
by NorthEast
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Autofocus in search bar?
Replies: 2
Views: 913

Re: Autofocus in search bar?

You could do this using JavaScript.
For example, somewhere inside the body of the start page, insert a script using Insert > Script and paste the following:

$(document).ready(function(){
/* Set focus to search bar in title bar automatically */
$(".title-bar .search-field").focus ...
by NorthEast
Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: HTML Toolbar Issues
Replies: 2
Views: 1160

Re: HTML Toolbar Issues

First, I'd ask whether it has always been broken or was it working previously? If it was working ok before, then what has been changed recently?

It's hard to say what's happening. Some of the problems might be caused by settings in the toolbar skin, and some problems might be caused by your ...
by NorthEast
Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:00 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: cross reference to PDF in TOC/Project folder
Replies: 2
Views: 11879

Re: cross reference to PDF in TOC/Project folder

To do this, you can add a hyperlink to a "named reference" in the PDF:
See the help: https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2023r2/Content/Flare/Nav-Links/Named-Destinations/Creating-Named-Destinations.htm#HowtoCreateaLinktoaNamedDestination

A "named reference" is just like a bookmark in a HTML page ...
by NorthEast
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:49 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Can we put Targets in the Content Explorer?
Replies: 3
Views: 1186

Re: Can we put Targets in the Content Explorer?

From what I can see, you can copy a TOC but not move it, and you can't copy or move a target (and several other Project files). In a target, you can only select TOCs from the Project folder. So I think being able to copy the TOC into the Content folder is a bug.

My advice would be not to mess ...
by NorthEast
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Automatically update online copyright year
Replies: 6
Views: 4314

Re: Automatically update online copyright year

I already tried your script and it works fine for me in a master page. I switched to Text Editor view, then pasted it in the body of the page where I wanted the date to appear...

<p>The year is: <script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear());</script></p>

Or if you were in XML Editor view and ...
by NorthEast
Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: PDF not using my page layout
Replies: 10
Views: 12693

Re: PDF not using my page layout

The Is there a master page layout setting somewhere? I'm thinking that the PDF targets in question are being output according to some setting with higher precedence.

The Primary Page Layout that you can set in the target (or Project Properties) is just the default page layout to use.

But you can ...
by NorthEast
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Automatically update online copyright year
Replies: 6
Views: 4314

Re: Automatically update online copyright year


but this means that we need to manually repost all of the content on our website every year just because the year changes.


But you don't need to republish websites or documents if the only change is the date.
The copyright indicates when the content was created, so if you wrote/published it in ...
by NorthEast
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Single-sourcing images for mobile/web (not PDF)
Replies: 4
Views: 18735

Re: Single-sourcing images for mobile/web (not PDF)

Glad you found the problem.

I'd suggest reporting that as a bug, because although you can't insert a picture tag, it's a problem if Flare can't recognise all valid HTML when it comes to analysing links.

Go to Help > Report a Bug
https://www.madcapsoftware.com/feedback/bugs/
by NorthEast
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: WYSIWYG question
Replies: 1
Views: 869

Re: WYSIWYG question

No you can't change it.
It's just a standard icon in the editor to show it's a drop down, like the Toggler or Expanding Text icons.
It isn't showing the actual icon used - the editor icon points down, the output icon points right.
by NorthEast
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: "On this page" Menu
Replies: 3
Views: 1323

Re: "On this page" Menu

To get the menu, open your template/master page, then insert the Topic Menu (menu proxy) as described in the help, and set it to use (Headings) .
Creating a Topic Menu help://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2023r2/Content/Flare/Proxies/Menus/Creating-Topic-Menu.htm
You can also choose how many heading ...
by NorthEast
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:14 am
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Single-sourcing images for mobile/web (not PDF)
Replies: 4
Views: 18735

Re: Single-sourcing images for mobile/web (not PDF)

I've tried your example and it works fine for me in my HTML5 output.
But it doesn't work in the preview and displays a missing image. In the XML editor, I see <source></source/><source></source> and a working image (for the img tag).

So it looks like Flare's XML Editor will display the srcset ...
by NorthEast
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: TOC used in other TOCs
Replies: 1
Views: 17690

Re: TOC used in other TOCs

You can insert a TOC inside another.

Put the topics in two separate TOCs - User (only), Admin (only).

Create a new TOC for target A, then insert both the User and Admin TOCs inside target A's TOC.

Then Target B just uses the Admin TOC, and target C uses the User TOC.
by NorthEast
Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Search not working as expected
Replies: 2
Views: 3929

Re: Search not working as expected

If I copy and paste that full code into a topic, I can find it ok - </span><MadCap:variable name="Custom.Application" />

Assuming the search options are set correctly, then could there be a character between the </span> and <MadCap tags that the editor isn't displaying?
To test this:
* You could ...
by NorthEast
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Is it possible to link to a web-based video that is not YouTube or Vimeo?
Replies: 3
Views: 9939

Re: Is it possible to link to a web-based video that is not YouTube or Vimeo?

No, you can add the video tag to the source.
I use video tags like the example code below, to include a track caption/subtitle file (because that's not supported by Flare).

<video id="video1" controls="">
<source type="video/mp4" src="Videos/Video1.mp4" />
<track kind="captions" src="Videos ...
by NorthEast
Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Document index is empty for Web output
Replies: 1
Views: 9151

Re: Document index is empty for Web output

You might need to do this:

Note For online outputs, creating an index is typically done via a skin. By default, the MadCap style that controls index proxies is set to support only print-based outputs. However, you can change this. To do so, open your stylesheet, select the MadCap|indexProxy style ...
by NorthEast
Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:34 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Is it possible to link to a web-based video that is not YouTube or Vimeo?
Replies: 3
Views: 9939

Re: Is it possible to link to a web-based video that is not YouTube or Vimeo?

You can still just manually insert the video in the same way as you would on any web page.

So if you're hosting the video on your own site (like a mp4 file), then just use a <video> tag and point it to the video URL.

https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp