beagley wrote:LTinker68 wrote:The path to the output folder specified in the Target Basic tab can be (generally is) a different location than the path specified in the destination. There is no way to have it not create the Output folder and its subfolders; you can build output without publishing, but you can't publish without building. So publishing is generally for copying/uploading the output to a location outside the project, whether that location is another file server, another location on the same file server, or a web server.
I think I understood most of that, though the whole "location/outside" thing is confusing me. Everything I publish is outside the PROJECT. I mean, the project is that folder with all my uncompiled files inside it, right? Or are compiled targets also considered part of the "project"?
Semantics aside, my goal is simple:
I want to place my published target (WebHelp) into a folder in one of "My Network Places" that I've already set up to be available on the Web. How do I tell Flare to put my published target into that folder when I rebuild the target.
Your reply suggests that by using some COMBINATION of the field in the Basic tab AND setting up a destination, I can do that?
I guess I'll go mess around with it a bit...
-d
The
output folder, as set in the target, is the base folder where your output is generated to. In order to generate output, Flare creates temporary files (viewable under
UserName\Temporary\
TargetName) and thus there are subfolders in the output directory, structured by user name and output type.
The
publishing destination, on the other hand, is where your output files are copied to so that you can place them on a web server - it doesn't copy any of the temporary files required.
In order to do what you describe, you would create a Destination that uses the File System type, and set the directory to your network location (e.g. something like \\Documentation\Helpv2\ ). Then, in your target you simply need to make sure that this Destination is checked under the Publishing tab.
When you Publish this target, only the files and folders needed to display the output will be copied into the destination directory.
