Flare 7.1 Available

[Robotman]

Downloading now.

New in this version:
- Target option to exclude content not linked directly or indirectly
- Target option to embed images in Word output
- Support for image and multimedia tags that link to an external location
- Enable Background Status Checks option for source control projects
- Lock Files During Checkout option for source control (TFS and SVN)
- Display merged navigation when opening child HTML Help (CHM) outputs
- User-defined position/size of HTML Help (CHM) window
- Delete stale files option for global project linking
- Option to disable Feedback end user notifications
- New Help Control Styles
- Option to remove print table styles when applying table styles project-wide
- Enhanced font options for table styles
- Text-to-table support extended to Tab separators
- Assign Skin option added to the Alias Editor right-click menu
- Fixes for bugs found by users
- And many other functionality enhancements!

[wclass]

New in this version:
- Target option to exclude content not linked directly or indirectly
- Target option to embed images in Word output
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These top 2 have been requested for a long time - great to see them finally here.

Only including content linked from the TOC is a good idea. On a simple system this seems OK, but I tried it on something more complex and the output included a few extra files here and there. I'll need to go back and check the links from links etc.

The option does not actually say exclude content not in TOC, but it excludes that which is not directly linked to the TARGET. I'll have to try this one a few more times.

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[jorunnix]

Is there a list of the "bugs found by users" somewhere? Thought I'd been able to find that in the past, currently coming up empty.

[Robotman]

Is there a list of the "bugs found by users" somewhere? Thought I'd been able to find that in the past, currently coming up empty.

They typically put them in http://kb.madcapsoftware.com.

[jorunnix]

They typically put them in http://kb.madcapsoftware.com.

Thanks! That's where I found them last time, couldn't remember or get Google to help now ... So far only 7.0.1 listed, hoping 7.1 shows up soon

[TechnicalDisaster]

- Target option to exclude content not linked directly or indirectly
- Target option to embed images in Word output

Awesome. The first enhancement opens up some new avenues of single sourcing our content. Very happy about this. The second enhancement saves some headaches and time. I'm thrilled so far. Now to check on issues I've logged with Madcap.

[GregStenhouse]

http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Fl ... _Notes.htm

Quite an impressive list, almost the same length as the upgrade from v6 to v7. My fav is:

Output: CHM Option to have the compiled help file(chm) remember its size for the end user.

Thanks Madcap!

[nickatwork]

Is there a link floating around to install this offline?

I cant auto update here, firewall rules, I need a download link to pass on to IT to get the 7.1 goodness.

Thanks!

[RamonS]

MadCap support will surely know the URL.

[Andrew]

"Flare doesn't remember the last inserted variable "

I've been asking for this since version 4 at least -- nice.

It's largely irrelevant now, as auto-insert variables is way more awesome, but it's nice to see.

[benjimenez]

LOVE New Target option to exclude. Here are more details on how it works:
http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare ... ersion.htm

Thanks for listening MadCap!

[wbrisett]

Maybe I should feel a bit dejected, not a single bug I opened was fixed in this release. Oh well...