Automatically hiding Contents Navigation pane

I am generating two WebHelps from the same project. In one of the outputs I want to automatically hide the Contents Navigation Pane on loading the WebHelp. I have been using the advice given by RoboWizard in his Skinny on Skins file (Method 1), however for some reason modifying the whskin_mbars.htm file no longer works. I cannot use the method that requires javascript to be added to the start topic, as this same topic is used for the other output, which requires the Contents to be displayed. Help please!

You may want to start with my webinar on this: http://www.wvanweelden.eu/blog/2014/08/20/recording-beyond-wizard-editing-html5-layouts-ro bohelp-11
This goes over all the motions for removing Index/Glossary but it works the same for the TOC.

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Thanks

You may want to start with my webinar on this: http://www.wvanweelden.eu/blog/2014/08/20/recording-beyond-wizard-editing-html5-layouts-ro bohelp-11
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I am creating a small project which is just a supervisory page to launch other projects, and the nav pane is not needed. Is there a way to prevent it from showing?
There was a thread in the WebHelp forum, which seemed relevant but I could not pursue it properly
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David
WebHelp skins and Multiscreen HTML5 layouts are very different animals and the simplest option would be to create an HTML page created in Dreamweaver or similar. If you want that page developed in Rh for some reason, perhaps just to keep the theme, then it will require editing using a different editor from the one used for webhelp. It is way more complex and you may find you need to use someone who specialises in that work. Willam van Weelden is based in Holland and he would be my recommendation. Depending on what you want to spend, Willam could alternatively design a unique layout for your range of products.
http://wvanweelden.eu
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My company has a web-based application on MicroStrategy platform.
I have created a customized WebHelp to replace the MicroStrategy out of the box help and that works just fine.
We are developing the MicroStrategy Office add-in for Excel for our clients.
Once installed, a CHM file is copied to the client's local hard drive.
We want to replace this with our own customized help.
I have created a CHM file with ONE topic that redirects the clients to our customzied WebHelp with content for the add-in.
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Is there ANY way to disable this or hide it or let it stay there but disable the navigation pane?
As always, any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks --
Michael F Weart

Amebr and Priyank --
Thanks - that did exactly what I wanted it to do.
It did not work in my testing, but I think the KEY point that I missed was the sequence of unchecking the options in the Window setup.
Now I have a one topic CHM help file that automatically redirects to my WebHelp on my application server.
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One last note, the WebHelp displays with the Contents/Index/Search for WebHelp included in the presentation.
I have not deployed this in a non-test environment so I may still run into issues but so far it is good.
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That sounds like the dialog for a new topic coming up first!
Are you sure WebHelp is defined as the primary layout?
See
http://www.grainge.org/test/window3.jpg
If Window Properties is set up when webhelp is the default
layout, then you should see this dialog.
http://www.grainge.org/test/window.jpg
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http://www.grainge.org/test/window2.jpg

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Leonard,
I've developed APIs before on various products I have worked on over the past 27+ years in software development. When I built those APIs I tried to expose a consistent set of functionality out of the gate, that I thought would benefit folks who were trying to leverage our APIs. Being able to show/hide various UI components, at a minimum, is a big win. Why some components have this functionality exposed and others done, seems puzzling to me. And omission, really. There are 10 posts in this thread and I have seen others in this forum asking the same exact question. Are API requests derived from this forum? I kind of assumed that since you worked for Adobe, one of the tasks that a forum monitor/forum moderator does is pass useful customer feedback onto the development group. If this is not the case and I need to "formally" request this somewhere else, please let me know where such a mechanism exists.
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