Can't Build Webhelp in Flare 8

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MinnesotaCory
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Can't Build Webhelp in Flare 8

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One of my projects builds just fine, the other one has suffered multiple failures when trying to build with Flare 8.
I was getting a lot of errors based on some linked mimic movies that were outside the project folder. I moved all of these files and fixed their links. This project builds as expected in Flare 7, but in Flare 8 I get this error when I run a build:

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Compiling target MyWebHelp...
Removing previously generated content...
Note: auto-sync of imported files is disabled for this target!
Loading skin info...
Gathering Glossary information...
Gathering Auto-index information...
Loading Master TOC...
Processing Master TOC...
Collecting linked (merged) help system info...
Generating Glossary...
Applying glossary master page Glossary.flmsp...
Processing CSS: Resources\Stylesheets\Styles.css...
Collecting source files...
Processing source files...
Build failed: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Publish skipped: Target not built.
Compiled 0 target(s)
Published 0 target(s)
After "processing source files..." in Flare 7 the build engine excludes some topics that have been conditioned out. Did the syntax for conditions change in this version?
The problem project was originally created in Flare 6.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
CK
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MinnesotaCory
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Re: Can't Build Webhelp in Flare 8

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Update:
I tried the HTML5 output an it finished with errors, all related to Mimic movies with long names/paths.
After fixing the errors I can publish the project as HTML5, but regular webhelp still dies in the same place.

Madcap support here I come.
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Craig.Prichard
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Re: Can't Build Webhelp in Flare 8

Post by Craig.Prichard »

Did you get a resolution to your problem? I'm having the same problem. Thank you.
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