Adding custom folders to HTML5 output

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dfriedman
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Adding custom folders to HTML5 output

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I am looking for a way to add a folder that will contain xml config files to my HTML5 output. The requirement from our developers is to have a very specific folder structure for these files. The entire help system should be under /help and the config files should be under /help/config.

So far, there seems to be only two options available. If the "Do not use 'Content' folder in output" option is unchecked, the file/folder structure is much neater in the help system, but the config folder is shunted into /help/content/config. If this option is unchecked, the file is in the desired folder structure, but everything in the content folder is placed in the /help folder, which is not ideal. Is there a way to generate the output that keeps the content folder while also adding this custom folder to the root folder of the help?
roboHAL
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Re: Adding custom folders to HTML5 output

Post by roboHAL »

Hello dfriedman. I'm going to answer your question by saying "yes and no". To my knowledge Flare cannot directly include another folder at the root where the content folder resides. However, you can create a destination file that send the entire output to a specified folder. My suggestion would be to set a destination, include your config folder (and files within it) within that destination and then send the output say via a batch target file to the destination. All of the output (Flare files plus your manually created config folder/files) will be there as Flare does not clear the destination folder when it writes to it. Hope that helps 8)
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