Condition tags set up in FrameMaker don't display correctly in RoboHelp for TCS 3.5
Hi everyone,
I am using Technical Communication Suite 3.5 (which is FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9). From past discussions I understand that there are two methodologies for working with conditional text.
Conditionalize the text in FrameMaker and then control what does and doesn't show using build expressions in RoboHelp. In this case the Apply FrameMaker Conditional Text Build Expression is not selected in RoboHelp and Show All is selected in FrameMaker.
Conditionalize the text in FrameMaker and then control what does and doesn't show in RoboHelp by using build expressions in FrameMaker itself. In this case the Apply FrameMaker Conditional Text Build Expression is selected in RoboHelp and a build expression is applied in FrameMaker and only what is showing in FrameMaker is brought into RoboHelp.
If I am incorrect in how this should work in theory, please let me know!
What I really want to do is the first option. I want to bring all of the text (with conditions) into RoboHelp and then create Single Source Layouts with different conditions defined.
What I'm actually seeing is this:
If Apply FrameMaker Conditional Text Build Expression is not selected in RoboHelp, some topics have conditions that are applied correctly. But, in other topics, text that is not conditionalized in FrameMaker has conditions applied.
Miscellaneous (maybe relevant? stuff):
I am linking the project, not importing.
I read that the condition names in FrameMaker cannot have a dash in them, so I edited the names in FrameMaker and removed the dash.
Thanks,
Linda
Hi All,
Although I have replied Jen separately but would like to elaborate the issue with source FM which causes such kind of issue in RoboHelp.
The issue is with the source FM document as elaborate below:-
When we apply a Conditional text to any FM list by selecting the whole line as shown in image-1 then the conditions spill over in the generated topic in RoboHelp,
the best practice will be to select the text of the list item only and apply condition as shown in the second image "HowToApplyConditiontoList".
This will not let the condition spill over in the generated topic in RoboHelp and your conditions will appear properly in RoboHelp
Hope this will help
Regards
Ashish
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