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Hi. I'd like to create something similar to the Dynamic Help window that opens when you click Help > Dynamic Help in Flare. See attached image. Does anyone know how I could accomplish creating something like this? I'm wanting a panel (or custom sized window) to display my team's help content. CSH ca...

Thanks, Nita. These terms haven't been added over time. I received an Excel worksheet from a developer with two columns: ColumnA=terms list and ColumnB=definitions list. I sorted them in alpha order and removed leading spaces (in the definitions column). Then I used the Kaizen plugin to "Import...

Hi. Is there a maximum number of entries for each glossary file? I have a glossary file that has around 2,100 terms and definitions (and I need to add more). When I build online or PDF outputs, everything works fine and the glossary generates. However, when I attempt to open the glossary file in the...

Hi. I've installed Eclipse and Java, and I created an Eclipse target in Flare. After I build the Eclipse target and try to view it, the Eclipse terminal window pops up and then shuts down. Does anyone have any advice about getting this to work? Also, for the Viewing Options in Flare, I select the fo...

I'm placing a menu proxy into a MasterPage (Template Page), and I want to apply my own CSS to the list the menu proxy creates. I'm unable to find the element/class reference for the menu proxy. I have the CSS for an unordered list, but I'm having trouble finding how to apply that CSS to a menu proxy...

Thanks for the information, Dave. I did not know Flare automatically redirected URLs in that fashion. I thought because the TopNav URLs were visibly different than the Tripane URLs, we would have to create the header/alias files and have the devs change many links in the application. Yes, Dave, we'r...

Just as a note, I don't think you can tell Flare which header file to use with the alias file. Hi David. I think you can set a primary header file for individual alias files to use. It's in the Identifier Options dialog (open the alias file and in the local toolbar, click Identifier Options) and se...

Thanks, AlexFox! That worked.

I'm having a similar issue in Flare. Bing gives the code below, and Flare says the equal sign is an unexpected token. Why doesn't it work? <script type="text/javascript" id="bcs_js_snippet" src="https://ui.customsearch.ai/api/ux/render?customConfig=555555555&market=en-US...

Hi TWAnnie. I'm not sure why the div didn't show up before, but it is there. I did try inserting a Flare textbox from the insert tab, and that must have jerked something into gear in Flare, because now it all works. Sometimes, I think Flare has issues if the writer manually codes HTML into the editor.

Hi. I have styled a DIV and within it I have a <p> and an unordered list (<ul><li>). In Flare's editor, the div and style shows fine. However, in Preview and in any browser, the layout is distorted. Is this a bug in Flare, or am I doing something else wrong? This type of code works fine when I creat...

Or maybe a script to check the status of ServerEnabled, and if it is true, then abort the build or the publish and give the writer a dialog message box explaining why.

Thoughts?

Thanks, Dave. Guess I'm confused by Flare's help; it says it will show the full-size image in the popup. My image is 800x600, so it doesn't seem like Flare calculates the window properly because it clearly doesn't show the popup at 800x600. It looks more like 400x500. I'll just show the full image i...

Thanks! Upgrading is the answer.

I'd like to write a pre-build event script that checks if the ServerEnabled node (a setting in the Target > Publishing tab) is set to true. If it's checked (set to true), then I want the pre-build script to set the ServerEnabled to false. :flare: For example: IF ServerEnabled == true then set to fal...

Thanks, devjoe. Where do I set the window size for a popup in Flare? I see where to define the thumbnail size but not the popup window size.

Hi. I have followed the Flare help documentation, but my thumbnail image is not displaying full-size when a user clicks or hovers it.
It seems to me hardcoded to a height for some reason. I'm using Flare 2017. Is this a bug in Flare? I just followed their instructions.

I'm using Flare version 12.

Why would the Build Events tab not be showing in my target? I see all options except the Build Events tab.

Hi. I've created a Flare plugin that displays a custom ribbon tab and a custom button coded in C#. What I'd like to do is: - have the button add a CSS class from my style sheet to the selected text when the button is clicked. Sort of like similar functionality of the default bullet button on the Hom...

I have a database set up on a MySQL server, but Lingo doesn't want to connect. Can you use a MySQL database with Lingo? Also, if MySQL is not an option with Lingo, what if we stored the Translation Memory database on a shared network drive? Can two or more authors read/write to the TM if it's stored...

Yeah, you can include a glossary proxy for TopNav, but it automatically creates hyperlinks on the words that don't go anywhere and don't do anything. Probably better off just typing them into a topic so you can format as you like.

Here's the solution: Apparently, you have to set it in the Styles tab.

Hi awells12. The Menu option is not available in Tablet or Mobile mediums. See attached image.

Jim

I started a new TopNav project from the TopNav Basic2 template in Flare 12. When I try to align the menu to the left and put the logo on the right, everything works fine in Web view. However, in Tablet and Mobile views, the menu is aligned to the right and overlaps the logo. Is this happening to any...