Multiple versions of the same topic in CHM output

[todd.richardson]

Hello,

I'm seeing strange behavior where, when you search via keyword in CHM output, multiple versions of the same topic appear in the search results. See the screen captures below. In this example, I've edited the content in this topic. However, when I search for a keyword that appears in that topic, both the old (previous) and new (revised) topics appear in the search results.

Old topic:


New, revised topic:


How do I stop the old versions of these topics from appearing in the search results?

Thanks,
Todd

[dandam]

I'm having this same problem. Did you find a solution?

There seems to be some sort of caching going on, in which older versions of topics (that should have been overwritten with newer versions) are not purged completely from memory. These phantom topics somehow get included in the CHM and are visible when using the Search functionality.

[todd.richardson]

It's been so long I don't remember exactly how this was resolved, though I seem to recall that it had something to do with the Exclude content not linked directly or indirectly from the target check box in the Advanced tab of the Target Editor. Try checking that option, then re-build the output.

[dandam]

Thanks! That appears to have fixed the problem!

Incidentally, I now get a long string of errors that begin with "Generating alias file: Missing topic". Looks like I may have gotten a little sloppy with keeping the alias file current when deleting and rearranging topics.