Trying to do Context Sensitive

[awargo]

I need to hook into C#, how do I make the header with C#?

[doc_guy]

Looks like you're going to have to contact MadCap Support directly. Flare v4.2 doesn't export C# header files natively, and from what I've just read, you can't use C/C++ headers.

[awargo]

What do you mean "contacting support directly"? Does that mean I should call them?

[doc_guy]

These forums are peer-to-peer support forums. MadCap Support sometimes pokes their heads in, but it isn't an official support channel for MadCap. You aren't guaranteed to get a problem resolved by using the forums.

If you want to contact Support, you can view your options on the Support website. Their site is: http://www.madcapsoftware.com/support/.

Or you can wait and see if somebody from Support sees this and answers. But you can't guarantee they will.

[Kleb]

You might also check with your developers to see what format they would like the headers in. It may not be that hard to do a regular expression search and replace to convert the header file into a C# class with a bunch of constants that the developers can import into their project.

[forfear]

I assume you want your help output to be in Webhelp format correct?


Flare's help system is also remarkably detailed in this area, although all i remember passing to our developers was a spreadsheet of the 'IDs' and

- an understanding that as a writer that was mostly what i needed to provide them.
- Also i printed out the topic in Flare's help system about linking Context Sensitive help in the applications.
Fairly informative, lengthy but useful document. Makes you look like you did your end of the research of how its done as well

Our developers sourced the code out (we linked C# to a CHM help thougj) themselves on the net pretty quickly.

[awargo]

I am working with a developer using javascript to incorporate the alias files. We got it working except for the build broke for some reason. It keeps saying that there are failed links, here is an example.
TOCs/Primary.fltoc: Failed to resolve link:file:///. We are trying to figure out the issue now, but the csh works on the developers computer so I think we can fix the problem, any input to help would be awesome though.

[forfear]

I am working with a developer using javascript to incorporate the alias files. We got it working except for the build broke for some reason. It keeps saying that there are failed links, here is an example.
TOCs/Primary.fltoc: Failed to resolve link:file:///. We are trying to figure out the issue now, but the csh works on the developers computer so I think we can fix the problem, any input to help would be awesome though.

Could it be likely absolute links are being specified somewhere in the code (software) not in flare. You could check Flare but I doubt it.

could it also be
- In Internet Explorer security permissions on other computers - security disabling javascripts?

[sravankasyapk]

I am a newbie to this forum and i am just getting started with Madcap Flare for context sensitive help for our sharepoint application Online Help. I was wondering if the software has capapbility to directly deploy the WebHelp Target to the Sharepoint Library? If this is possibel can anyone explain me how to implement it?

Many thanks in advance. Hoping to see some replies.

[forfear]

sure.

did you know if your sharepoint server is called MYSERVER

typing this in windows will let you browse the server like a standalone file server

\\MYSERVER

you could publish to a document library \myhelp

\\myserver\myhelp

create a Destination in Flare and set the drop location as above. hope this helps! welcome ot the forums

[Sharon_G]

Hi All,
I have been specifically asked by our engineers if there is any way for me to export a header file in C# format (.cs extension). This is not an option from the Export header File dialog in 4.2 or 5.0, but I was wondering if anyone had come up with a workaround?
Thanks,
Sharon

[forfear]

Hi All,
I have been specifically asked by our engineers if there is any way for me to export a header file in C# format (.cs extension). This is not an option from the Export header File dialog in 4.2 or 5.0, but I was wondering if anyone had come up with a workaround?
Thanks,
Sharon

Our developers work in C# here as well. I build help in CHM.
I've never had requirements like that. I printed out a copy of the topic from Flare's help system on linking context sensitive help, and that's all our team has ever needed. Also I prepare/published a spreadsheet, of all the context sensitive IDs(a number), and topic titles that both sides( devs and I) agree to set up and that's it. Oh yes, i usually also prepare a default topic that pops up in case a context sensitive ID is not found/created.