Glossary as a Pop-UP

Hi Everybody,
As a part of my work, I need to show glossary as pop-up in
the robohelp project. Now, I tried with Glossary Hot-Spot wizard in
RoboHelp 7.0, but it is expanding the glossary content and its not
showing as a pop-up. Pls let me know, if anybody knows how to fix
this issue.
Help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks & Regards,
Ruziyo.

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Glossary tab doesn't display and Glossary pop ups don't work

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My apologizes if this should be in a different forum. Also, from searching I have found that the problem is usually that the DLL has not been loaded -- I have done that. So I am at a loss. Thanks in advance for your help!
Problem: My .chm output does not have a Glossary tab and the Glossary text pop-ups in my topics do not work.
Background: Since I am new to TCS 3.5 I'm going to give my entire process. Quite frankly I'm not even sure if my entire process is correct.
Steps:
Before I began: I loaded the HHActiveX.dll. Here's the proof:
Create a blank project.
Import master page (File > Import > Master Page).
Load project settings (File > Project Settings > Import).
Link FrameMaker Book (File > Link > FrameMaker Document)
Configure Properties (Right-click the book file in RH and click Properties).
In Properties, select Convert FrameMaker Table of Contents and give a name.
In Properties, select Convert Glossary and give a name.
In Project Manager pod, right-click the Glossary topic (System Management GLO) and click Set as Default.
Update Project (File > Update > Update All).
Run Glossary Hotspot Wizard (when running wizard, select the glossary topic that was set as default in step 8)
Edit the UpdateMarkedGlossaryTerms.jsx script (change the GlossaryName variable to the Glossary topic created in step 8 and change the GlossaryStyle variable to TextPopUp)
Run Update Marked Glossary Terms script (In Script Explorer pod, right-click the UpdateMarkedGlossaryTerms.jsx script and click Run).
Run graphicinreferencepages.jsx script (this inserts my note graphics from FM reference pages)
Configure Microsoft HTML Help layout. Here's the properties file:
16. In the properties file I selected the Glossary topic that I had set as my default in step 8.
17. Click Save and generate.
Result: In the .chm file (and in View Selected Item in RH) when I click a glossary term in a topic, I get "This program cannot display the webpage". Also, the Glossary tab is not displayed.

Welcome to our community, Linda
In RoboHelp, if you open the Glossary pod (View > Pods > Glossary > Select Glossary) do you see terms and definitions listed there?
If not, that would explain it as the Glossary has no entries.
Assuming it does have entries, you may simply need to enable the tab by clicking View > Pods > Project Set-up. Expanding the Windows section in the pod and double-clicking your CHM window.
A CHM window looks like this:
If you don't see a CHM window, you will need to create one. If you do see a CHM window, double-click it. Then ensure the Glossary is enabled.
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* open your .glo file in notepad.
* copy and paste your glossary on another notepad - delete
the text entry on your current .glo file.
* paste the entry on the other notepad back to the .glo file
which is currenty in notepad.
of course don't forget to backup your original .glo file
before doing this.
Example of .glo entry
NAME=Data
Definition of Data.
NAME=Element
Definition of Element.
NAME should be in uppercase followed by an = sign then your
glossary entry. Ensure the definition appears on the very next
paragraph.

Hi yenelli
The only thing that comes to mind here is that maybe you
aren't looking in the right location. Assuming you have four
entries in your Glossary, there should be data in the file. This
would suggest that you aren't looking at the right file.
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RoboHelp tricks here. To quickly open Windows Explorer in the
Project location. Just right-click any topic in your project and
choose Properties (It may also say Topic Properties). Then click
the File tab. See that button in the lower right of the dialog? The
one labeled Open Folder? Click that puppy and Windows Explorer
should pop open in your project location. Sweet, huh?
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======================================
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Sorry, but when a question sits unanswered, it's usually an indication that we simply don't know the answer.
These are user to user forums and Adobe staff do pop in from time to time, but if your question is really urgent and you don't seem to be getting the answers you need, you should consider contacting Adobe support.
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