Related Topics and See Also as popup menus not in window

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This target produces "CHM" files in the output.
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bouncybabs
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Related Topics and See Also as popup menus not in window

Post by bouncybabs »

Hi
I'm a newbie here, and a newbie to Flare. We have just moved from V3.1 to V4 and I've noticed that my related topics and See Also (a links) are now appearing in a window rather than on a menu alongside the control. It seemed to work as a menu in 3.1, but I can't find a way to configure it in V4. I assume that it's possible as it is like it in the Flare help.
Thanks in advance.
Pete Lees
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Re: Related Topics and See Also as popup menus not in window

Post by Pete Lees »

Hi (and welcome),

This typically happens when there is a mismatch between the language of your help file and that of the computer on which you're viewing it — for example, when you view a German help file in French Windows, or a UK English help file in US English Windows. Microsoft says that this behaviour is by design (see the very end of http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/hh_info.htm).

If you're writing in English, you may find that setting the language of the help file to US English resolves the issue.

Pete
bouncybabs
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Re: Related Topics and See Also as popup menus not in window

Post by bouncybabs »

That seems to have done the trick. Thanks for that. I'm happy with my help output, just struggling a bit with the printed output.
Thanks again
Barbara
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