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Has anyone experimented with running Flare (current release == V12 as of this writing) in a Windows 7 virtual machine running under Linux?

Windows 10 has me seriously considering making Linux (Mint) my primary operating system and using a Windows 7 VM to run Windows-only programs.

At ...

Not sure about V12, but I noticed that if one binds a Flare 11 project to Git, then Flare creates a default .gitignore file. That file contains:

.gitignore
Output
Analyzer
FileSync
Project/Users
There's a bit more about earlier versions of Flare vis-a-vis Git here:

http://www.madcapsoftware.com ...

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For Flare 11, although my question also applies to V12.

It appears, at least in V11, that one cannot specify percentage units for mc-thumbnail-max-width ?

For example, this CSS creates functional thumbnails that enlarge on hover:

img.Screenshots01
{
mc-thumbnail: hover;
mc-thumbnail-max ...

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Well I somehow resolved my own problem. But I have no idea how.

To recap, this was a very simple two-topics demo project I created for someone. I based it on Flare 11's HTML5 tripane help and deleted the template's default topic files because I didn't need any of them.

At that point the two ...

Thanks Nita!

I hadn't come across the mc-next-tag and mc-next-class attributes. Handy to know 'bout those, and how they need to be used together, for "someday", maybe.

Now that I know about those, it would not surprise me to learn that Flare's built-in style sheet has default values for them. Say ...

For Flare 11, although this isn't a version specific question.

■In the Flare XML Editor, IF i insert a heading element (H1-6) then press ENTER, THEN Flare automatically creates a P (for paragraph) element.

QUESTION: What mechanism controls that behavior? I'm merely curious in a "just for fun" way ...

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For Flare 11, fully updated, W7 64-bit, HTML5 TopNav template.


An HTML5 TopNav project's TOC does link to a second topic BUT a Related Links control's link does NOT link to the same topic.

A related problem is that the Related Link text is the filename, not the topic's H1 ...

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For Flare 11, HTML5 Tri-Pane Target.

How might I seize control of an HTML5 Target's placement and formatting of MCWebHelpFramesetLinkBottom ?

IF in a browser I right-click a content-bearing page / frame in the HTML5 Target and select Frame -> Only This Frame , THEN a mysterious mechanism ...

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I've read this thread and corresponding thread in the Users of Madcap Flare group on LinkedIn. I have a general understanding of the issue but do not have a clear idea what the implications are for Flare users in general.

Is it now the case that some special action must be taken to ensure ...

devjoe wrote:In the import wizard, on the screen after you choose the files, there is a checkbox labeled Import resources which should bring in the linked images.

Thanks! Seems to work just fine.

Cheers & Happy / Merry and all that,
Riley
SFO

For Flare 11.

Q : Is it possible to tell Flare's "Import HTML" tool to also import any image files referenced by the imported HTML files?

I have created a new Flare 11 project by importing four HTML files that were created in Dreamweaver into Flare 11. Overall worked well enough.

BUT I can't ...

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For Flare 11 online outputs, although this is more of a general CSS strategies question.

Q : Is there a more intelligent way to configure the responsiveness of an HTML5 Target that responds to something more than mere size in pixels (PX)?

The problem I'm trying to solve is that of ...

Have you tried the XHTML output?
Yes, a few times. But it seems to only "work" with a viewer. That is, try opening the output in a browser -- the content doesn't "stand alone"(?)

I've clarified in my mind the new Flare Target type I'd to see as follows:

■ The Target type would be something ...

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For Flare 11, fully updated.

I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't find it. And if there's an answer I suspect I'll have a Homer Simpson Doh! moment.

Is it possible to configure a TOC and Target (presumably no Master Page required) so that one can output a single Flare topic file ...

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Flare 11, mostly working TopNav Target.

How do I apply the same top navigation header formatting that's working properly on the TopNav Target's Home and other pages to the Target's Search Results page?


In both the home and other pages of the TopNav target, the navigation header consists ...

I've no idea what it does, but was there a reason why you need to know?

… presumably mc-ignore is used for something deep in the bowels of MadCap's code.
Just curious. It's "everywhere" and evidently not described, so I wondered what it was or wasn't doing.

The question is perhaps even more ...

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What does What does data-mc-ignore="true" do? Or better yet, where is this documented?

I tried searching this forum as well as a PDF catalog of all the Flare 11 PDFs. Much to my surprise, no luck.

This is included in several online outputs, not least of which is Flare's own TopNav online ...

Something similar was discussed a few weeks ago. You can set the widths in the skins.
Thanks for that — I did eventually find it in the Skin Editor.

I remain annoyed that there seems to be no easy way to seize control of certain design elements away from the Skin Editor.

For example, in the ...

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For Flare 11, TopNav Target.

I can't convince Flare's TopNav Target to let me expand the width of the main pages' content area.

As shown in the following screenshot, the width of the blue area is controlled by <div class="row outer-row" data-mc-content-body="True ...

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Flare 11, TopNav.

When configuring TopNav appearance, what is the "correct" way to seize control away from all the hidden CSS style sheets Flare uses to override user facing CSS styles? Especially stuff hidden in a projet's Skins folder that cites, for example, Styles.css and uses the ...

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Thanks wclass — The skin editor is the place to go.

Per the following, I did manage to find the menu's CSS elements in StylesForHomePage.css and apply temporary troubleshooting borders to them:

TopNavMenuWidths.PNG
The problem was that attempts to then use StylesForHomePage.css to ...

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For Flare 11, HTML TopNav.

What is the proper way to modify or otherwise control the width of the Home page's top-level navigation menu?

I have five book-level TOC entries. This causes the top-level navigation menu to wrap the fifth item onto a new line.

In pursuit of a fix, I gen'ed the ...

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Found it!

In the HTML5 Target Editor , in the Advanced tab, clear Generate resized copies of scaled images . It's selected by default.

Save modified Target, Build, enjoy.

The key troubleshooting step was that I went into the output HTML5 and edited the IMG's size attributes in the output ...

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Flare 11, HTML5 output.

Flare mysteriously changes image (IMG tag) size from percentage to "style="width: 1;height: 1;" after the percentage value >= 60% or so.

STEPS :
I create a two column table with both table columns set to 50% width. So far, so good. (I am, incidentally, applying a ...

If I want to visualize my content while editing as it will appear in a print target, then I'll set the primary target to that print target, and that target's stylesheet and medium will "kick in".
Yeah, there are a couple of ways to indirectly skin the cat. But it'd be nice, too, if I could just ...