Collapse all topics in TOC

HI,
I have several merged helpsets. How can I collapse all topics programmaticly while initializing the JavaHelp system in my application.
TIA
Mario

There's a common misconception that what is in your TOC gets published.
The TOC is used the first time you generate a printed document. Thereafter, there is no update for good reason, you may want different topics. To update to what is in the TOC you need to click the Left arrow to clear everything from the right pane, then click the right arrow to put the new version of the TOC across to the right.
If you look at the current version of the TOC you will see some books on the left are not highlighted. That indicates there are topics in that book that are not on the right.
See Printed Documentation on my site.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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Hi
First of all, I am not sure if it is a good idea to create one post for two queries. But I have these two requirements for my project.
1. I need a Expand all/ Collapse all button(s) on the toolbar, which will open and close all books in the ToC. Is it possible to have one? How?
2. Is it possible to have a different color for the visited topics on the ToC? How?
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Sreekanth

Your requirements are
1. I need a Expand all/ Collapse all button(s) on the toolbar, which will open and close all books in the ToC. Is it possible to have one? How?
Not something I have ever seen.
2. Is it possible to have a different color for the visited topics on the ToC? How?
Same answer.
Sorry.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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Our end users are getting lost in the open books - yes, I realize it's a whole different problem, but I have been asked to add a button to "reset" the TOC books to collapse all the books.
We are using RH 10 and IE 8
I've looked all over for existing javascript that would do that, but I can't find it. Is that something that someone else has done already? I am not a scripting person.
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Laura

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the actual web address (it's an intranet site ...website_name/index.htm
And just index.htm here (where it says News_Feed.htm)
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Is it possible to add an Expand all/Collapse all button in WebHelp Output?

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We now have > 15 child projects in our merged online help, each containing hundreds of topics. Each child project is a chapter in our WebHelp online help output.
If a user opens a couple of topics in each project, the TOC can become difficult to navigate. Is it possible to add a button that enables users to collapse all of the open chapters / expand all of the closed chapters? We are using RoboHelp 10.
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Niamh

Hi there
Expanding all could be problematic. But collapsing all should be a snap. That is, as long as you don't mind one teensy side effect. That side effect would be that the default topic would load up in the Topic pane and replace whatever topic was open at the time your user clicked the Collapse All.
The way to Collapse All is to simply create a hyperlink that re-opens the WebHelp start page. Things reload fresh (with the TOC all nice and collapsed).
If you would like to suggest to the Adobe development team that we actually get proper collapse or expand all buttons, please feel free to suggest it using the link below:
http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Cheers... Rick

Topics in TOC are not being published in Word output

Windows 7
RoboHelp 9.0.2.271
Word 2010
I am having an on again/off again problem with RH not publishing all topics.
The topics are in the RH TOC and when I double-click them while in RH, they open for editing.
However, when I publish these same topics, they are not in the Word document--although they are in the web help.
Previous fixes include rebuilding the TOC (groan) or finding that rogue piece of code that causes topics not to print in Word or web help.
Question 1: Does anyone know why this is happening?
Question 2: Short of manually comparing RH TOCs against Word and web help (for 13 books), does anyone have any ideas on how to ensure all topics are included in the output?
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Mary

There's a common misconception that what is in your TOC gets published.
The TOC is used the first time you generate a printed document. Thereafter, there is no update for good reason, you may want different topics. To update to what is in the TOC you need to click the Left arrow to clear everything from the right pane, then click the right arrow to put the new version of the TOC across to the right.
If you look at the current version of the TOC you will see some books on the left are not highlighted. That indicates there are topics in that book that are not on the right.
See Printed Documentation on my site.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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If you search on this topic, there are many discussions about it without a real solution. The challenge is the following: you have a list view of many folders, some of which are expanded, and some are not ( to expand/collapse a folder you click on the little triangle by the name of the folder ). Lilke many users on the apple discussions I wanted to collapse all of them with one action instead of clicking on each folder individually.
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Thank you very much! Exactly the solution I was searching for. Aloha!

Use Topic in TOC more than once...

We have just purchased RoboHelp 6 for our Help System
generation as well as to begin developing online training courses.
I have a WebHelp File that contains 5 books - one book per
procedure. I have a topic that is applicable to two procedures.
Without having to make a copy of the topic, is it possible to set
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The problem arises when I am setting up the Browse Sequence.
I tried to set up the Browse Sequence using the Auto-create using
TOC...option, but the sequence appears to be in alphabetically
order. In fact, it is in no way, shape or form even close to the
TOC (as indicated in the Help - Topics in each browse sequence will
be in the same order as in the TOC)!!!
So, I tried to manually create the browse sequence. I used a
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Lisa

Hi LNT1
The trick to all this is to never directly link from the TOC
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Now if you generate WebHelp, I see where there could be an
issue, because the browse sequence can only link from one topic to
another. In other words, a topic can only have a single link to and
a single link from it. So in this case, the redirect trick would
fail. However, another trick comes to mind that may work. Instead
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displayed the contents of the desired page. Basically, the pages
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effect.
For more on IFRAMEs, download my Tips and Tricks file and
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See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
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