"Replace with Computed Entries" problem

[Phlawm53]

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For Flare 10.2.2, HTML5 Target, W7 64-bit fully patched.

In the TOC of an HTML5 Target that is Published to disk, I'm having a problem with TOC items created via Replace with Computed Entries.

1. I'm developing a large-ish topic file that begins with a single H1, then includes several H2s.
2. Some of the H2s are NOT auto-numbered, seven of the H2s are auto-numbered ala mc-auto-number-format: 'T:Task {n+}: ';.
3. In the TOC entry for that topic, I have selected Auto-generate —> Replace with Computed Entries

I then Build the HTML5 Target, Publish it to C:Content, and load the HTML5 Target's start file into a browser.

In the generated TOC, TOC entries that:

• Are NOT autonumbered Tasks work correctly: Clicking a non-task TOC entry displays that heading.
• Are autonumbered Tasks do NOT work correctly: Clicking a task TOC entry displays something like the following

file:///C:/Content/CyborgHelp.htm#/Content/POCWorkflowOverview.htm#Task_4:%C2%A0Save__the_Quadratic_Formula_Node%3FTocPath%3DThe%2520Cyborg%2520Quad%2520Example%2520Project|_____7

The essential point is that the autonumbered task H2s don't work where all other generated H2s do.

Any ideas?

Cheers & thanks for your help,
Riely

[Phlawm53]

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More information: The problem is definitely related to autonumbering.

Here's the H2 I've created to preface certain H2s with "Task: ":

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h2.numberedTask
{
  mc-auto-number-format: 'T:Task {n+}: ';
}

This is in the CSS file's default section since I want the headings to be of the form Task n: This task's heading.

If I move the H2 class into the print media section of the CSS file, in the HTML5 output the computed TOC entries work — but of course there's no "Task n:" autonumbering of the H2.numberedTask headings.

I'd like very much for the headings in the HTML5 target to identify the task number ala the mc-auto-number-format: 'T:Task {n+}: '; attribute. But as I've described, the autonumbering interacts with TOC —> Properties —> Auto-generate —> Replace with Computed Entries.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley
SFO

[Phlawm53]

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Update after filing a bug with Madcap per bug 73982:

it looks like the behavior has to do with the colon at the end of the autonumber format, if that is removed or changed to anything else the TOC links function normally.

Okay, removing the colon (":") after the word Task provides a circumvention.

But over the years I've seen lots of autonumbering that uses colons ala my Task N: Task title… So my response to Madcap is to clarify whether the interaction between autonumbering and TOC autogeneration is a consequence of an oversight. An oversight that in my opinion needs to be remediated(?)

Cheers & hope this helps,
Riley
SFO

[cherid]

Ah, I have this problem also. Having a colon in a heading and also using the "Replace with Computed Entries" breaks the TOC's functionality for those topics, resulting in 404's. Is there a way to find out the status of the bug (73982)?