BUG - Images not being generated

Question

Something I just noticed...
I'm using RoboHelp for System User Guides. For each screen in
the System, I have a topic. In this topic is a screen shot of the
screen. To save space on the topic I decided to try something new
and link to the image through a "Custom-Sized Popup". Of course
RoboHelp doesn't list images in the "Select Destination (file or
URL)" -- even though it states files should be listed--- anyway, I
have to manually link to it in the "Link to: " text box.... So
that's fine... I can go into the Image Properties, Used In tab, and
it lists the page it's linked from.
Everything
seems to be in order.
I try and test out my newly created link. I generate the
WebHelp output of the project and load the topic. I click on the
link and imagine my shock and dismay when I find -- what's this --
a 404 ?! What's more, all images I've linked to this way are
not included in the output!
It seems that RoboHelp, in it's infinite wisdom, decides that
since this image isn't being directly linked to from any topic, it
will save space and not create it in the output..... The quick and
easy workaround is to create a topic which includes all the images.
With this topic created, the images will be created in the output
and the image link will work.
I thought this post might come in handy for someone who gets
stuck with the same problem
Adios
-Tyler Waters
Idea for future release of RoboHelp:
- Include images in the "Select Destination".... or at least
remove "file or" from the label as files are not listed.
- Include images in the output if they are linked to
anywhere in the project.

Answer 1

Colleagues:
I've found a method for RH to get you halfway there.
You can import an image as a baggage file and find it in the
hyperlink dialog (link to file, navigate to the imported image).
This is a lot faster than
1. Creating a new topic (name, properties, etc.)
2. Deleting the boilerplate
3. Inserting an image.
Still, RH won't self-size or let you self-size the popup
window.
For this you need to insert some Javascript code into the
HREF string. You can do this either inside RH Truecode or in the
output files. Either way, you have to do it for every image you
want to pop up in a custom window.
So you're trading one chore for another.
A couple of benefits, if you consider them so:
An image in a popup window will shrink and expand (up to
original size) when you resize the window. You can't resize an
image in a topic popup.
The javascript specifies window attributes. An image-only
popup doesn't need menu, navigation, status and tool bars, just the
corners that close and resize the window.
If you are (or anyone else is) interested in trying this,
please reply here and I'll post some suggested code.
Regards,
Harvey