link topic in master project to topic in slave project?

[amb]

Hello.

I have two help projects. For the purpose of this example, I will refer to them as a master and slave project.

The output of both is .chm. I am linking to the slave from the master in the TOC using the external help system button, which is linking to Content > Resources > CHM Support > [file.chm]. I have stored the slave output in this folder.

I have one topic that appears in both projects. (I actually authored it in the slave project, then copied it into the master project). This topic has many links inside it which are linking to topics that are contained only within the slave project. The problem is that the links don't work where the topic appears in the master project, only in the slave.

How can I make the links work in the instance of the topic in the master project?

Thanks for your help! This is all still pretty new to me.

[Pete Lees]

Hi, amb,

If it helps, links between HTML Help files are normally coded as follows:

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<a href="ms-its:TargetHelpFile.chm::/internal_path_to/TargetTopic.htm">Text that user clicks</a>

To ensure that you're specifying exactly the right path information:

1. Open the target help file.
2. Display the required topic.
3. Right-click it and then, on the context menu, select Properties.

In the resulting properties sheet, you can copy the path information out of the Address (URL) field.

Pete