You actually are describing two separate issues here, neither of which is strictly a Flare problem.
panda wrote:I want the project saved on a network drive which I can access remotely - or at least from another pc, so created folder on network drive, set up permissions etc, then created project in that folder. Mapped folder as drive T: on main pc and on notebook, so path to project file is T:\projectfolder\projectfile.fprj.
If I make changes to any content, or create topics, or create or modify any other kind of project file, they don't show up in Flare's content explorer until and unless Flare is closed down and restarted.... which is a nuisance... there doesn't seem to be any way of refreshing the list from within the program.
What this sounds like is network latency. Sometimes the content on mapped drives doesn't update right away. You should be able to refresh by hitting F5, but yes it is a pain.
Created a new target - html help - and this appeared straight away in the project organizer.... and the build went through with no errors, but when I opted to view the finished build, the TOC had the correct title, but the opening topic said that navigation to the web page was cancelled and none of the links worked.... and even if Flare is closed and reopened, I cannot view the chm.... but if the file is copied to the local machine, everything works fine, so the build itself hasn't failed.
This is the nature of CHM at the present time, and has to do with a Microsoft security change. Basically, a number of years ago a security vulnerability in CHMs was found, and rather than actually fix the vulnerability Microsoft decided (as usual) to simply block them from running over a network altogether. By default, CHMs only work locally now. There is a registry change you can make to restore the network functionality, but every one of your users would need that change if you want to have them access a CHM over a network (and customer IT departments usually don't like it when you start disabling security settings) so realistically the CHM format is a local-only format now.