Link to Topics at Runtime and Sync TOC
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kevsheehan
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Link to Topics at Runtime and Sync TOC
I am merging at runtime two projects for a WebHelp output. I'd like to add some links from topics in the parent project to the topics in the child project. In my testing I have been able to set up a a successful link from a parent project topic to an child project topic as a link to an external file, but it doesn't sync the TOC when following the link to the child project topic. Is there a way to set up an external file link and have it sync the TOC when following the link?
Re: Link to Topics at Runtime and Sync TOC
In previous life I did this, and I'm fairly sure the toc sync'd, although it's been a number of years now.
We manually entered the relative path based on the *output*. It showed as a broken link in Flare, but worked in the (published) output.
The workflow was something like: Insert the link as External (like you're doing). Switch to code view, and manually edit the absolute path to make it relative.
From something like this:
C:\Child1\Content\Path\to\topic.htm
It'll look something like:
..\..\Subsystems\Child1\Content\Path\to\topic.htm
The number of ..\ you need will depend on the location of the topic in your parent *output* (to get back up to the "parent" folder so you can navigate down through the Subsystems folder).
We manually entered the relative path based on the *output*. It showed as a broken link in Flare, but worked in the (published) output.
The workflow was something like: Insert the link as External (like you're doing). Switch to code view, and manually edit the absolute path to make it relative.
From something like this:
C:\Child1\Content\Path\to\topic.htm
It'll look something like:
..\..\Subsystems\Child1\Content\Path\to\topic.htm
The number of ..\ you need will depend on the location of the topic in your parent *output* (to get back up to the "parent" folder so you can navigate down through the Subsystems folder).