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This sounded familiar to me, so I dug up a link to an old thread on formatting the index: index problems . Based on that discussion, I think that "white-space:nowrap" may make the text of your index entry go outside the boundaries of the table cell.

I set my index entries to use "white-space ...

So the movies play in the Flare preview window, but not in the compiled help? The gray box seems like it knows the size and shape of the movie, but there is something in the configuration that is not right. I thought that if you looked in the configuration files, you might find that they expect the ...

This may be overly simple, but have you verified that the URL structure you're building in your javascript works okay in Firefox? Whenever I'm troubleshooting CSH issues, I like to just construct the URL by hand and test it in the browser.

For example, if the URL of your default page is http ...

Hi -

When you say that the Related Topics links no longer work, what do you mean? Do you get a compile error, or do you get an error when you click the Related Topic button? Or do you mean that clicking on Related Topics doesn't display the list?

Can you clarify which version of Flare you're using, and what tool was used to create the movies?

We use SWF videos created in Captivate in our projects all the time, but we do not link directly to the SWF. Instead, we generate the movies with an accompanying HTM page, and we link to the HTM. When ...

This is really a problem with all PDFs, and it is made worse by your zoom settings. If you zoom in to 100%, the table probably looks fine. This is somewhat the case with any lines in a PDF, I don't know that Flare PDFs are any worse than ones from Word. I've never tested that.

The only thing I have ...

I think you're saying: This is a flaw in Flare.

It's not really a flaw, you just have an unusual project. This is the way that help authoring tools work--they assume that for your help project, the TOC is the "tip of the iceberg" for your content. Most help projects could have dozens or hundreds ...

I do have that working in my PDF output. Here's my configuration:

In my Page Layout called Cover , I have removed the header from all four pages (Right, Left, First, Empty). I have removed the footer from the First page, but left it on the other pages.

In my print TOC, I have a top-level book ...

Hi Nigel -

I believe that I had the same problem with First page layouts in Word output. There are some limitations to how page layouts work in Word. Have you tried generating PDF output to see if the same problem occurs?

You may also want to take a look at this topic, where several limitations ...

Okay, I couldn't just quite give up, so I tried to experiment with importing the stylesheet one more time. This time I got it to work. It's a kludge, but it seems to be working.

Since my tables have an inline reference to @media print and my PDF target is generated using @media printPDF , that ...

I entered it as a bug, though they will probably consider it an enhancement. Here's what I entered as the desired behavior:
If the @media print section is the browser-defined way to control print formatting, then assigning a Print Table Style should not hard-code @media print in every table. It ...

One thing to check--in your HTML Help target, on the Advanced tab, did you specify the correct Alias file? You have to have that selected when you build the project.

I think that the application should just be launching the help and specifying the CSH topic (in non-developer language, it is saying ...

I'll give that a try Lisa, though my head is spinning a bit. Let me see if I've got it...

My problem is that my PDF target cannot use @media print , but using the Table Styles function in Flare points to @media print by default. So using your suggestion, I can import my PrintedTable.css into the ...

Hi Regina -

I did a quick test and I got it to work. I don't have an application to test, so I used the Flare option Build > Test CSH API Calls. That displays a little dialog box that lets you test each link in your Alias file. Can you give that a try?

Bob

When you do a build, Flare deletes the content in your Output folder in preparation for creating the new content. An "access denied" message during a build sounds like Flare is unable to delete your Output folder content. Is there some way that the content in your Output folder has been marked read ...

I've got a dilemma. We have been using table stylesheets to control table formatting in our web help and PDF output. Here's a snip of a table tag:

<table style="width: 100%;mc-table-style: url('Resources/TableStyles/WebHelpTable.css');margin-left: 0;margin-right: auto;" class="TableStyle ...

Perhaps I misunderstand the use of the multiple lines in this toolbox - are they meant to enter multiple terms independent of each other, instead of a hierarchy of terms and sub-terms?

The Index Entry window is intended for you to enter one term per row. So you would enter "asterisk:green"in an ...

I toyed with trying to do a "floating" headings, which would allow the body text to be flush vertically, but I couldn't get it to work in PDF output they way it works in web design.
Actually, I played with it a bit more and was able to get the headings to float! I only played with it a bit, so ...

That's exactly what I'm trying do! OK, what's the trick?

I added "margin-right:5in;" to the h3 style in the print section of my CSS. That moves the right margin of the heading paragraph over, forcing the paragraph to wrap and the border to stop. I only did a quick test, you'll have to see if it ...

Hi Enrico -

I think the problem is that you need to use colons rather than semicolons between your primary and secondary entries: "asterisk:green" and "asterisk:red". This is working for me in Flare v6.

Bob

In a quick test, I was able to get this result in a PDF: Is that something like what you're trying to do?

Bob

How are you handling the indent of the body text? If you want, post the style rules for your headings and body text, and maybe we can come up with someting.

The graphic may be the simplest option from a formatting standpoint, but more manual labor than if you can do it with the stylesheet.

How are you doing the left column? Does your body text column line up with it vertically? Meaning, is it like this?
Heading Body text goes
here.

Or like this ...

I haven't had a call to use vector format images in Flare, so I don't have any experience to share. Maybe someone else will chime in.

When faced with this issue In the past, I've just created a couple of test images in every possible format to see what kind of results I get.

Bob

I don't think you're going mad, I was probably using v3/v4 when I last did reformatting work on our tables, and I'm sure this didn't happen then.
Thanks for backing me up Dave. I think I must have added these table classes right before we upgraded to v5, so they probably worked when I created them ...