Master project doesn't display index from merged slave index

[tylerc]

I am testing a concept which merges three projects together and has a #1) master project, #2) project (first slave to the master project) and a #3) (first slave to the slave) project.

Goal is to have master project display all topics and index entries from all projects - regardless of slave project hierarchy.

Results so far:
The #1 project has a TOC reference to the #2 project. The #2 project has a TOC reference to the #3 project.
#1 TOC displays both #2 and #3 topics and works as expected.

Index entries from #2 and #3 are seen in #2 build output. Index entries from #1 and #2 are seen in #1 build output BUT the index entries from #3 are not seen in #1 build output.


What am I missing to get 3rd tier merged project index entries displayed?

[Pete Lees]

Hi, Ty,

Unlike TOC merging, index merging doesn't work recursively across more than one level. This is a limitation in Microsoft's design of HTML Help. So, you'll need to merge the "sub-slave" (#3) directly into the master project.

See the "Other Tips & Tricks" section of this page:

http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/how_to_merge.htm

Pete

[tylerc]

Thanks Pete!
I was wondering if that might be the case...