Glossary
I am using RH8. I am having problems with the glossary in the
.chm file. On the Glossary tab in the .chm file, the first entry in
the list of terms is preceded by ME=, that is, ME=<glossary
word>. The definition is correct. I am sure that I have a
corrupt file (caused by other efforts to create a glossary manually
as an XML (text) file) that is causing the problem, but I don't
know where to look. I have deleted the .glo file and recreated the
glossary. I deleted the *.cpd and *.xpj files, and the I opened the
*.hhp file. All with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
dsarig,
Thanks for your time in replying.
My coworker created a new project and a glossary. He did not
have the problem. I copied his .glo file, renamed it, and placed in
my project with the problem. The problem presented in my project
using the .glo file from the clean project.
I also created a new project (one topic, one glossary entry)
and had the same problem.
My CHM file is not a merged project.
Thoughts?
With all that said, the problem seems to be resolved;
although, I don't know what caused it, and I suspect there may have
been another fix.
I used the Repair option in the install package. I have no
idea what was repaired, but the problem is gone (for now at least).
The problem was corrected in a new test project as well as old test
projects (test projects = projects that I created while working on
the problem).
Thanks again for your help.
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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
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NAME should be in uppercase followed by an = sign then your
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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.
It may be helpful to employ one of my all time favorite
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?
Now try looking at the .GLO file you find there and see if
you are able to see your entries.
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TCS 3.5 (FrameMaker 10, RoboHelp HTML, version 9)
Windows XP version 5.1 sp3
Internet Explorer 8.0
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!
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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.
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Load project settings (File > Project Settings > Import).
Link FrameMaker Book (File > Link > FrameMaker Document)
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Update Project (File > Update > Update All).
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16. In the properties file I selected the Glossary topic that I had set as my default in step 8.
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