Conditional Build Tags Ignored in Header

Using RoboHelp HTML 8.
When generating Microsoft HTML help, I have a conditional build tag which has been applied to the contents of the header and footer.
Once I view the .chm, I still see the header and footer. There is a graphic in the header and text in the footer which are excluded, but the header and footer both have pattern backgrounds, which are images, that do not get excluded.
Has anyone else seen this behavior, and/or know a workaround?
Thanks!

Conditional build tags are not imported to TOC from FrameMaker content. However, one can follow another approach to achieve this. One can manage the Conditional build expression in FrameMaker itself and import the filterted content in RoboHelp. Inorder to achieve this, set the conditional build expression in FrameMaker. Turn on the setting in RoboHelp to "Apply FrameMaker Conditional Text Build Expression". [File->Project Settings->Import->Edit(FrameMaker Settings)->Other Settings]
This way RoboHelp will import only the filtered content with Conditional Build Tags resolved as per the expression applied in FrameMaker.
Mayank

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