problems with snippetBlocks

yonatanlehman · Post by **yonatanlehman** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:00 am

Hi
I use a snippet to put placeholders in my test where I want to insert image. It is defined like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<html xmlns:MadCap="http://www.madcapsoftware.com/Schemas/MadCap.xsd" MadCap:lastBlockDepth="2" MadCap:lastHeight="37" MadCap:lastWidth="718">
<head />
TBDIMG
</html>

and looks like this in the XML Editor

madcap4a.PNG

The yellow background is done by the "tbd" class
I have two problems
1) I can't get Flare to insert the snippet as a snippetBlock - it always comes out as snippetText (so the yellow formating is lost)
The instructions say I cna drag the xnippet from the Content tree to an "empt line"
what is an empty line in the XML Editor - a line with a ? How do I create an empty line ?

2) Even if I change the snippetText into a snippetBLock - both the "TBDIMG" text and the yellow formatting does not show up - just a small gray "-" sign
It looks like this in the XML Editor

madcap4.PNG

and like this in the text editor
blah blah
<MadCap:snippetBlock src="../_quickInserts/tbdimg.flsnp" />
more blah blah

help !!!

Post by **NorthEast** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:10 am

The <body> tag is missing from your snippet.

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<body>
<p class="tbd">TBDIMG</p>
</body>

Did you edit the snippet code by hand?

yonatanlehman · Post by **yonatanlehman** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:56 am

Oops....
I must have erased it by accident
Thanks that solved the placement problem as well. If I drag it on to a line with only a then it indeed inserts a blovk.
It would have been nice if Flare would detect an illegal snippet (no body)......

Thanks

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