Newbie Map File question

I have inherited a huge project in RoboHelp which contains
multiple map files. One of the map files is the custom map file
that was apparently imported. This is the only one I need, yet
there is also a BSSCDefault.h. When I right click to delete, it is
greyed out. There are no map IDs in it, but it's still there. There
is also the "All Map IDs" file which appears to be identical to my
custom file. I'm guessing that one has to stay? I've managed to
delet all the rest of the old map files.
Each time I assign a map ID I feel that I have to make sure
that I select my custom map ID from the drop-down box, and that's
just one more step that I could accidentally forget. I'd rather do
away with everything else so I'll know that I'm always using only
my custom map file. Is this possible?
Thanks so much in advance for your help.

Welcome to the forums.
I don't think the "All Map IDs" is a file in itself, but
maybe a combination of all files' IDs displayed together. I don't
know for sure, as I always use only one map file for a project, and
I leave BSSCDefault empty. The BSSCDefault file seems like it is
forced on us, but we don't have to use it, as you know.
I think you mean that you are selecting your custom map file
name from the "Map File" dropdown box. You can skip that step by
clicking on your map file's name in the Project Manager. For
example, I have a map file called "cshmap.h." In the Project
Manager, I expand Context-Sensitive Help, then Map Files, then
double-click "cshmap.h," which has a page icon with an "h." The map
ID dialog opens with cshmap.h selected in the dropdown, so all the
changes I make will be in that file.
Hope this helps,
Ben

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This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11aff59c571-7ff9.ht ml

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