Can't link to projects in merge projects - RH8

I generated my merged file in RH8. However, I can't link between the merged projects.
I accesss the parent project and then click the link and successfully access the child1 project. Then I click the link in child 1 to go back to the parent and it doesn't work. I get the message that Explorer cannot display the web page.
All my files are on my C drive and I checked the links and they look ok.
Also, when I allow blocked content, I get two bars at the top of the window with the Contents, Index and Search instead of the usual one.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.

Let's say you have a project that is located in the directory c:\Source\Project directory. Inside the project you have two folders called (FolderA and FolderB) with topic1 and topic2 in folder A and topic3 and topic4 in folder B. If you link from topic1 to topic 3, the link path added by RH is "foldera/topic3.htm". This is a relative path to a topic inside the project. If the project folder is moved, the link will still work provided none of the overall project folder/file structure is changed.
The generated output - although it is by default output to the !SSL!\Webhelp folder - is not inside the project. You can link to it but if it or the project source files are moved, it run the risk of broken links. If all you are doing is trying to link to another topic in the same help project, use the approcah I have outlined above.
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Going from single project to merged projects

Hello, again,
We have software that consists of several individual
applications integrated into one big web-based system. (For
example, if it were ABC Financial System, it might consist of an
"Accounts Receivable" application, an "Accounts Payable"
application, a "General Ledger" application, and so on, all
integrated into one package.)
Currently, I'm working on a Robohelp Webhelp project for one
of the applications. The project is expected to provide
screen-level help. It'll be a while before the second (and third
and fourth) project is done.
Once we have multiple projects, we will want to merge them
into one big help file--accessible separately from the screen-level
help--that will allow the users to access help for any application
in the system.
Question: Do I just generate my first project, put it into
production as a single project, and then later, when I have
multiple projects, add in a separate merge task to achieve the
merged projects file? That is, there's no special set-up required
for each project
now if I'm planning to add a merged file down the road?
Just checking--I haven't had to do all this from scratch
before.
Thanks very much.
Lori

What you want to do is create a parent and one child now. See
the topic on my site about merged webhelp.
Then you can work on creating the other projects quite
separately. When you want to integrate them, just go back to the
parent and add the references to the child projects.
You can add any project to a merge at any time. You don't
have to warn the child that one day it might get put in a merge.

How can I include merged projects in the printed documentation?

I have a master project with several merged projects. This works splendid with online documentation, but when I am asked to provide a printed version, it seems I have to create separate documents for each merged project.
Is there any setting or fix that enables print also of merged projects and topics when I create printed documentation?
Pretty please with sugar on top :-)

Hm - there is a contract with the customer, saying that he wants documentation both as word and pdf, and as we now aim at only writing online documentation, these tasks create extra work, as we are delivering updates each month
But yes - two beasts, where only chm is actually needed we think.
-Tone
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 06:53:04 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: How can I include merged projects in the printed documentation?
Hi there
I'm a bit curious as to the reasoning behind your "persuation process for using chm-files only".
CHM files and printed documentation are two entirely different beasts.
Cheers... Rick
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Linking between projects in merged WebHelp

I have a merged WebHelp (created using RoboHelp 10) that has several child projects. I now need to have the same topic in two child projects and I want to prevent duplicate maintenance.
I tried making the topic a snippet and adding the snippet to the Resource Manager; however, when the snippet is updated in project A, the snippet in project B doesn't reflect the updates. The only other alternative I could think of is linking the topic from project A to project B.
So that leads me to my question - how can you update project A so that when the user clicks a topic, it automatically displays the topic from project B (but without leaving the frame of project A)? Is there a better method to accomplish this?
Thank you in advance for your help, I GREATLY appreciate it!
Nikki

Weird. I just exported a Snippet from Project 1 to Resource Manager and then dragged it into Project 2 where I made a change. That put the red icon on RM until I hit sync. I then when back to Project 1 and, as you say, the snippet was not updated in the project or showing that it was out of sync. Here's the weird bit. I then added the snippet from RM to another topic and it came with the amendment and updated the first snippet. Weird bit 2 is it seems to be working OK now although it was a quick test really needing a few more attempts.
Might be worth you pursuing this to see if you can get it working.
Otherwise the topic in Project B could be a Redirect to the one in Project A. That would only be practical if you always supply all the projects in the merge.
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@petergrainge

Can I add multiple linked documents to an existing project?

Can I add multiple linked documents to an existing project without breaking the project?
The project I'm working on is due to go live in just a little over a month. I've recently acquired some training materials that contain information that needs to be merged into the help file. The problem is that there is not enough time to do it, get it reviewed, and so on.
So I had this idea of linking to the Word docs (there are 3) for now, then cleaning things up as we go along.
Is that a stupid idea this late in the game?
Would it be better to create a separate help file with just those docs and then merge the projects into a master project?
I am using RoboHelp 9 and Word 2010.

I don't think the idea in itself is silly but I think there might be a nicer solution.
Link the documents to a new project. How is described on my site. Alternatively import them.
Once you have got the topics looking how you want, then import them into your main project. You then have the topics ready to edit later on but for now they can go as they are.
Backup your main project before you start the import so that you can backtrack if you want to.
The TOC will not come in automatically this way but you'll likely want to add the new stuff manually anyway. Alternatively you can import the TOC and then append it.
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@petergrainge

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In ECC 6.0, can I link a CTS project id to a specific transport target group?
I configured two IMG projects, namely, Phase1 and Phase2. In SPRO, I tied them to CTS project ids, DEV_P00001 and DEV_P00002, respectively. In STMS, I configured two transport target groups called /PHASE1/ and /PHASE2/ that I want to link with the corresponding project ids. The intention is that Phase1 transports will go to the clients specified in the /PHASE1/ target group and that Phase2 transports will go to the clients specified in the /PHASE2/ target group
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Right now, the user has to remember to choose the correct combination of CTS project id/transport target group.
Solution Manager is NOT involved in this scenario.
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Hi,
Try this it worked for me though,
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How can I make a photo from two merged projects available for a book that I started using one project ? They merge but the book only allows me to access the original project photos even though the merged photos can be seen in the project ?

I have successfully merged two projects in order to add new photos for my book. The library available to the book which has 26 completed pages accesses only the original project library. Has anyone else had this problem ? It is frustrating to see the photos I want in the merged project file, but to have only the original photos when I started the book available in the book library.

That will work, but it is the long way 'round.
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Is it possible to merge projects in iMovie09?
I am using iDVD, and I realized after my first test that it would be a lot easier if I could just merge all of my projects for each year, then put each year as one movie in iDVD.
But I do not see how to do this.
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Mac81 wrote:
Is it possible to merge projects in iMovie09?
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In Premiere Elements 13 can I link project files?

Can .prml file be compiled into a movie?

Koollkid
I am assuming that there is a typing error in your introductory details when you wrote
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ATR

Urgent - HTML help merged projects - displaying in the same window

Hi All,
Following some recent windows updates I'm experiencing all sorts of problems. My most urgent problems is as follows:
First off this is all in RH8 and yes I have upgraded to 8.0.2 and project is set to re-build cpd each time.
So I have a merges project as follows:
Parent project
child project 1
chils project 2 etc
when I compile an html help project with TOC, and single source window settings on default if I click on a child project it is diaplyued in a separate window. If I then select a different project in the parent project TOC this is also displayed in a different window but the window still has the caption of the previously opened file.
What I need as the end result is for my HTML help project output to al display in the same window whether I click on a parent project item, or a child project item.
Please can somebody advise mne how to do this as I am VERY close to a deadline and as usual it seems RH8 has let me down again.....
Thanks
Author Care

Hi there
Methinks Colum needs more coffee, because the options he cited have nothing to do with other windows. They have to do with whether the displayed topic synchronizes with the TOC and whether the TOC entry is highlighted.
I'm thinking it has to do with creating a "Global" window. You change the names of the windows so they include Global.
The link below has more:
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Merging Projects in RoboHelp 8

I've never merged projects before so this is probably user
error, but when I follow the steps from the Adobe help system for
merging projects in RoboHelp 8, generate the project, and then view
it my merged project is not present. This is what I did:
(1) Created a generic project (documentation that we reuse in
all help systems)
(2) Created the client project (documentation that's specific
to this client's help system)
(3) From the Client Project in the TOC pod, I clicked the New
Merged Project icon
(4) This is a WebHelp Pro project so I selected the
FlashHelp/WebHelp/Adobe AIR tab
(5) I browsed for the generic project (located in a seperate
folder)
(6) I clicked OK
(7) The generic project name showed up in the TOC
(8) I generated the project like normal
(9) I clicked View Results and the only stuff that's there is
just the stuff from the client project. Nothing from the generic
project is available.
Everything that I read says that merged project doesn't show
up until the project is published. I guess with the way we do work
I don't understand the difference between generating and
publishing. What happens is that I generate the project, zip the
WebHelp Pro folder, email it to a developer or put it in a shared
drive depending on the client and then the developer attached the
files to the system. To call the correct screen, I have to include
a HTM for every single screen (wfm) in the application. The
application calls the screen name with the same HTM name which
displays a screen help page for that particular screen and then the
user can use the navigation (TOC or search or links) to find the
help topics they're looking for. I doubt this is the "best" way to
do this, but I'm working with developers on a 12 hour time
difference and this is how they requested the files. Point being --
there is no "publishing" step according to my understanding of
publishing. I know there is a server somewhere because the actually
application we build is on a server, but I don't know the technical
aspects about how my HTM files I create get onto that server and
display online.
Can anyone help me?

Actually, I had generated all the child project previously,
but what I did wrong is that I didn't create a folder for the
child. It looks like in the table of contents, you actually have to
include a separate folder for the mergedProject to go into. I just
called it the same thing that I called the child project. For
example "Global Features." You can't just have the mergedProject go
into the table of contents without it being in a folder (normally).
That said, I did find a way to get it in there before I found this
solution. I did all the steps that Peter Grainge had suggested,
then I copied and pasted the !SSL folder from where the child
project was saved into the mergedProject folder of the parent
project. That's basically what RoboHelp does anyway, but doing it
manually allows for you not to have to create a folder in the table
of contents -- just provides a different navigation to the same
thing.

Zoom Search with Merged Projects

I have read the instructions on www.grainge.org, but I don't
seem to be getting results from any of my merged projects. I think
the problem is the directory structure of my merged projects. Can
someone confirm?
My structure is:
Master SDK (placeholder folder)
----Main SDK (where my Main xpj file is and the TOC links to
the merged projects)
----Merged_Flash (folder where I put my merged projects in)
--------MergedProjects (where the Main SDK compiles its
output)
--------------Child Project 1 compiled output
--------------Child Project 2 compiled output
--------------Child Project 3 compiled output
Child Project 1 (xpj)
Child Project 2 (xpj)
Child Project 3 (xpj)

OK. I obviously need to take this step-by-step. I have a question about step 2 in Stage 2.
Stage 2
Now we need to change the way the search of all topics is configured and then set up the searches of the child projects.
In the published help for Child 1 you created a folder called search_files. Under that create two folders, all and child1. Delete any earlier search files.
Open the ZoomSearch configuration file that was created earlier and change the output folder so that it now goes to search_files/all in the published folder structure. Change the relative path (add ../).
I created the "all" and "child1" folders in teh published help for child1. (The published help for child1 is in the MergedProjects folder...NOT in the "/generate" folder at the top level of the project, per the Merged WebHelp demo.)
Proceeding to step 2....
It says to modify the ZoomSearch configuration file just created earlier, which is the one for the entire Parent project. This configuration file (that I confirmed to be correct in the zip file I sent) has the following relationship for Start directory and Output directory:
Start directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\generate
Output directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\generate\search_files
Here is where I am confused....
Step 2 nows says to change the Output directory so that is goese to "search_files\all" in the published folder structure. I am confused because there is no "c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\generate\search_files\all" in the publilshed directory --- the "all" directory was greated in the child1 project. (And if I do so, ZoomSearch rightly gives me an error stating that the Output directory doesn't exist.)
So, am I supposed to create an entirely new ZoomSearch configuration file that has nothing to do with the previously created configuration file, but instead has the following configuration that relates to the new chld1 project structure?
Start directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\MergedProjects\child1\search_files
Output directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\MergedProjects\child1\search_files\all

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