Can I include content generated outside Flare in my TOC?

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skwpt
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Can I include content generated outside Flare in my TOC?

Post by skwpt »

I want to create a topic in my HTML Master TOC called the "Blah Blah API Guide," so that when users click that TOC entry, they are redirected to the URL that holds the parent html file to the auto-generated API files.

Is this possible? I feel like I've seen this in Flare help before, but I can't find it now. I must not be using the correct search terms.

I could manually drag those files into an API sub folder under my Content folder and configure my HTML Master TOC to point to each top-level external topic, but then I would have to remember to grab a copy of those files each time I ran a build (or temporarily move the API folder out from Contents while the build ran and then put it back).
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NorthEast
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Re: Can I include content generated outside Flare in my TOC?

Post by NorthEast »

You don't need to add a topic - just add a New item to the TOC, and enter the full URL in the Link box.

If you want it to open in a new browser frame (tab), set that on the Advanced tab.
skwpt
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Re: Can I include content generated outside Flare in my TOC?

Post by skwpt »

Thank you, that worked perfectly.

Another method (the one I swore I'd seen but couldn't find again) was External Resources. Even though the API/descriptor *.htm files will be copied into the project, Flare lets me create a mapping to keep the files synchronized with changes on the file server (where the source files will live)

Between the two, I'll be able to configure exactly what I need.
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