Best practices for managing hyperlinks in shared topics?

[todd.richardson]

Hello,

We have two products, each with its own Flare Help source project (I’ll call them A and B). Recently, a decision was made to port functionality from Product A to Product B. As a result, the Help outputs for Product A and Product B will contain 100+ files worth of identical content for that shared functionality. That content source is currently maintained in Flare Project A. Assuming we don't combine the two projects (something we're considering), I plan to share that content with Flare Project B using Global Project Linking (GPL).

I'm seeking advice on managing hyperlinks in shared topic files. For example, imagine Shared Topic 1 is shared between Flare Project A and Flare Project B via GPL. This topic contains a See Also section with links to different files in Flare Project A and Flare Project B:

• Link 1 (targets File X in Flare Project A and File T in Flare Project B)
• Link 2 (targets File Y in Flare Project A and File U in Flare Project B)
• Link 3 (targets File Z in Flare Project A and File V in Flare Project B)

How would I set this up so that the hyperlinks in the shared topic target the appropriate files in their respective Flare projects, specifically when the target file(s) don’t exist in the parent source project (where the shared topic is imported from)?

I hope I’m missing an obvious solution here. Any help would be appreciated.

[AlexFox]

Long answer short, any hyperlink management between GPL projects requires some manual intervention and a good understanding of how the output is generated, so apply caution when deciding to pursue this route.