Some MadCap Custom Stylesheet Items Don't Work in XHTML Book

[beagley]

Hi,
I was trying to create an HTML version of a project that would approximate the PDF version, but be readable right in the browser (even for folks who can't read PDFs in their browsers).

So I tried out the XHTML Book output type.

Seemed to work pretty well, except that it seemed to ignore some of the key styles I used.

mc-auto-number-format is one. (Neither my h1 numbering or the numbering I use for procedures showed up.)

Any suggestions either for accomplishing my goal in a simpler way, not using XHTML Book output?

or

Anyone understand the XHTML Book type and how it relates to the Stylesheet?

[beagley]

Kevin suggested I post the code from my stylesheets, as maybe there is something about it that doesn't work well with a 1-page format.

Here's my custom <p.step>:




here's my <h1>:



I should note that the color setting, and other things I do (like all the p.steps are in a div.step that shoves them over to the right 4 em, etc.) work fine and are interpreted fine. Which is what led me to wonder if it was something to do with all the "mc" elements in the stylesheet.

[KevinDAmery]

Just for grins, what happens if you remove the GH from the h1 number scheme? (Backup the stylesheet before you make a change, of course.)

[beagley]

No change.

But I did stumble upon something interesting.

I have been opening the resulting output in Firefox.

If instead I select "View Content" from within the Flare compile window instead, I DO see numbering, on whatever that funky viewer program that opens is. That sure munges some other stuff, as I'm using some stylesheet stuff for a browser window and that viewer thing shows it in a paginated way... but maybe that's a clue?

-d

[wclass]

If instead I select "View Content" from within the Flare compile window instead, I DO see numbering, ... but maybe that's a clue?

I think that is the clue - I did a quick test on a project that generates webhelp and word files with numbering. When I generate XHTML I can see the numbers in "view content" (and displayed in my default page layout), but when I try to just view the generated .htm file in IE or firefox - no numbers. If you look at the output .htm file in a text editor you can see a whole lot of "Madcap:xxx" entries, which suggest the viewer does some extra processing before it displays the numbers.

It would be nice if Flare generated a single HTML file that could stand-alone.

[KJohnsonDBTK]

It would be nice if Flare generated a single HTML file that could stand-alone.

We have a need for that too, and I have submitted a feature request. Please submit another! The more requests, the more likely it might happen.

[beagley]

Yes please!

It should be an easy target to code.

The standard, non-chunked HTML target of DocBook produces this.