Related Topics Button disappearing

Am I not allowed to use "Related Topics" button/links over a
network drive, or
does it require unique configuration or security? Many of our
clients run their
application over a network drive, thus, our compiled Help
Topics must be
operational for them. Thanks.
email me if possible: [email protected]

Hi spiraljoe,,
take a look at the following message
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=449&threadid=1030613&hi ghlight_key=y&keyword1=related%20topics
You an use the search feature on the forums to run a query on
'related topics button'
cheers
Craig

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Related Topics as list instead of button?

I am using RoboHelp 8.0.2 to produce HTML help.
Instead of having a Related Topics button, I would like a linked list of topics to appear (so the user doesn't have to click to see the list of topics, and if there is just one topic, isn't automatically taken to it).
Ideally it would look like this:
Related Topics
Topic A
Topic B
I understand I could do this manually but then I wouldn't have RoboHelp keeping track of these things for me.
Thank you,
Victoria

Hi Victoria
V Igel wrote:
I understand I could do this manually but then I wouldn't have RoboHelp keeping track of these things for me.
There really isn't anything RoboHelp would specifically do with a Related Topics control that would provide you any advantage over a list of links.
For example, you manually add the topics to the Control presently. If you update any of the topics in the control so they have a different File Name, RoboHelp does track and update the File Name for you. Then again, it will do the same thing if you have a list of links.
You may be under the impression that if you were to change the Topic Title that the Related Topics control would be amended to reflect the new title. But you would be wrong.
Cheers... Rick
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Related Topics

Hi, I need a list of related topics at the bottom of many of
my topics. I prefer to use a Related Topics button which when
clicked, displays a menu of the topics. My employer think it is
better to have a list of topics just added on to the end of the
topic. I think this looks messy but I can see that it is one click
less for the user.
I would be really interested to know what other help authors
do.

Hi Authorgirl
Personally, I'm rather fond of the RelatedTopics controls.
However, I can easily see pros and cons with both approaches.
Pros
* Cleaner and sleeker look
* User doesn't have to click the button or link to see how
many topics are related
Cons
* To add or edit links requires extra work, because you have
to edit the control
* Some Microsoft patches may make the controls fail under
certain circumstances
* User doesn't know how many links are present until they
click
I think there are more items for each list. These are just
what popped off the top of my decidedly bald head.
Cheers... Rick

Importing Word doc into Previously Existing Project Corrupts Related Topics

Hi,
I had a few extra topics that I documented in a Word document
and imported that document into an existing HTML Help project in
RoboHelp. After doing this, it used the CSS file called by the new
folder it added for those new topics (based on the name of the
imported word doc) and when I look at topics in WYSIWIG, the text
on them is Design_Time Con. (I used the text only style of related
topics). When I select the related topic button in WYSIWIG and view
the popup, the menu choice for properties is deactivated so I can't
even edit the topics in them. And, when I try to add a new related
topic, it looks the same "corrupted" way.
What am I going to do? Is there are project setting that is
pointing to the wrong directory? What can I do to save my related
topics. I have over 400 topics all with related topics buttons and
each has an average of 6-8 related topics listed.

P.S. I also tried creating a new project and importing the
htm files into it but it is doing the same thing.
Here is the code for the Related Topics in one of the topics
as a sample:
<OBJECT
CLASSID="clsid:ADB880A6-D8FF-11CF-9377-00AA003B7A11"
ID="RelatedTopics" TYPE="application/x-oleobject" >
<PARAM NAME="Command" VALUE="Related Topics,MENU">
<PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="Arial,8,0,,">
<PARAM NAME="Item1" VALUE="About the Main Work Pick
Window;About_the_Main_Work_Pick_Window.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item2" VALUE="About the Picking Employees
Grid;About_the_Picking_Employees_Grid.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item3" VALUE="Adding a Part-Time Employee
Pick;Adding_a_Part_Time_Employee_Pick.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item4" VALUE="Adding a Work
Pick;Adding_a_Work_Pick.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item5" VALUE="Changing the Employee Pick
Order;Changing_the_Employee_Pick_Order.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item6" VALUE="Choosing the List of Picking
Employees;Choosing_the_List_of_Picking_Employees.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item7" VALUE="Defining the Main Pick
Information;Defining_the_Main_Pick_Information.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item8" VALUE="Pick Status
Codes;Pick_Status_Codes.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item9" VALUE="Picking Extra
Work;Picking_Extra_Work.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item10" VALUE="Picking Special
Days;Picking_Special_Days.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item11" VALUE="Reviewing Master List
Positions;Reviewing_Master_List_Positions.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item12" VALUE="Saving the
Pick;Saving_the_Pick.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item13" VALUE="Selecting an Employee and
Beginning the
Pick;Selecting_an_Employee_and_Beginning_the_Pick.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item14" VALUE="Selecting Imported
Rosters;Selecting_Imported_Rosters.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Text" VALUE="Text: Related Topics">
</OBJECT>

RH9 FlashHelp Related Topic popup menu behavior

Hi. Recently upgraded to RH9 from RH7. Output is FlashHelp. Use IE7.
Discovered that when clicking on Related Topics button, page scrolls up and popup menu appears at the top of the topic, rather than appearing next to the button as it used to. Is there any way to resolve this buggy behavior? Attempted to recreate the button, used the topics found dialog option, etc. Get the same result regardless of changes to Related Topics options.
This issue occurs when I generate the output and test locally, as well as when it's published to our server.
Appreciate any suggestions.

Try Tools > Update DHMTL...
It's a wild guess and beyond that, I have no other ideas. Sorry.
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Explorer 7 just installed; Related Topics don't display

We just installed Internet Explorer 7 last week. And now NONE
of my Related Topic buttons display AT ALL!! Even if I enter a new
one, it just shows an empty box sort of thing. I'm assuming it's
due to the Internet Explorer installation. Has anyone else
encountered this? Or better yet, does anyone have a solution or
workaround??

See this
this
link helps.

Related topics functioning

I have had a few issues with the Related Topics buttons.
1) Even if I choose the Topics found dialog, it doesn't display. The topics display only in the pop-up menus.
2) There is a delay of at a least a second, and closer to 2-seconds, before the RTs display. Works OK when viewing the output on the hard drive, but very slow on the server.
I was also having issues with the topics popping up only at the top of the page, but there were suggestions here on editing the JS, and I was able to fix.
Ideas on the other issues?

Hello again
Okay, I had some time and decided to test this out. I notice that when generating WebHelp or FlashHelp, all you are able to get is a popup and not a dialog despite specifically choosing the dialog if your browser is Firefox. IE seems to allow presenting the dialog. Unsure about Google Chrome, I didn't test with it.
I tested by adding two controls with each one configured differently. WebHelp and FlashHelp flat refuse to do a dialog and instead only do the popup unless IE is the browser.
I tested in versions X5, 7, 8 and 9.
Hope this helps a bit... Rick
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Related Topics do not show Display button.

I changed the label on "Related Topics" now the Display button does not appear when viewing the topics after generating. I tried changing the label back to Related Topic, but that didn't work. How do I get the Display button back?

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Link Buttons Disappearing

I am working on a help project extracted from a .chm file. I
am unfamiliar with the creation of the original help file but when
viewing the compiled .chm file a series of topics following a
particular browse sequence (for a Quick Tour) include buttons
("Next" and "Previous") as an alternative to using the browse
sequence viewer. When viewing these pages in RoboHelp, I cannot
find any sign of these buttons, and if I edit one of these topics
in any way the buttons disappear from that topic in the compiled
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1. Where I can find some sign of these buttons in Robohelp.
2. Why the buttons disappear from the .chm file when I edit
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Minimize/full screen/close buttons disappear

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Ran into a state where I right click to display menu bar and then to hide it. When I did, the minimize / full screen / close buttons in the right hand were not displayed - also seem to be missing the top of the Firefox window. If I right click to display menu bar, everything returns, right click to not display and buttons disappear. After reboot - everything is OK again.

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Publishing to .mac pay pal buttons disappear/How to integrate iweb enhancer

When I publish my website to a folder, the index html file gives a perfect working model of my website. When I publish to .mac, the pay pal buttons disappear and leave the same raw input that appears on the iweb page.
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Related Topics issue

I have an issue with my Related Topics controls. They are set
up to display as menus, and they display as menus when I preview -
however, when I compile, they display as dialogs.
The code to display the controls contains this line:
<PARAM NAME="Command" VALUE="Related Topics,MENU">
In other threads, I've seen reference to <param
name="DialogDisplay" value="1"> in the green code, but I suspect
that that is only relevant to See also controls. I can't find an
obvious equivalent for Related topics controls.
Can anyone help?

Hi all and welcome to the community TWSisters
In case it will help here, I just inserted two different
RelatedTopics controls. One configured to use the popup and the
other configured to use the dialog. Perhaps you can compare my code
to yours to ascertain any differences.
Popup
=================================================

<OBJECT
CLASSID="clsid:ADB880A6-D8FF-11CF-9377-00AA003B7A11"
ID="RelatedTopics" TYPE="application/x-oleobject" >
<PARAM NAME="Command" VALUE="Related Topics,MENU">
<PARAM NAME="Button" VALUE="Text:Related Topics">
<PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif,8,0,,">
<PARAM NAME="Item1" VALUE="Add a Loading
Screen;..\Unit10\Add_a_Loading_Screen.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item2" VALUE="Add a Slide
Label;..\Unit7\Add_a_Slide_Label.htm">
</OBJECT>
Dialog
=================================================
<object
CLASSID="clsid:FF80F713-5DC6-11d0-A7B4-00AADC53E937"
BORDER=0
id=OBJECT1
style="margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline;"
align=bottom>
<param name="_Version" value="65536" >
<param name="_ExtentX" value="2117" >
<param name="_ExtentY" value="556" >
<param name="_StockProps" value="13" >
<param name="ForeColor" value="0" >
<param name="BackColor" value="14215660" >
<param name="UseButton" value="-1" >
<param name="UseText" value="0" >
<param name="ControlLabel" value="Related Topics" >
<param name="UseIcon" value="0" >
<param name="Items" value="Add a Slide
Note;..\Unit7\Add_a_Slide_Note.htm$$**$$Add a Sound Effect to an
Object;..\Unit7\Add_a_Sound_Effect_to_an_Object.htm$$**$$" >
<param name="Image" value="" >
<param name="FontInfo" value="MS Sans Serif,8,0,," >
<param name="_CURRENTFILEPATH"
value="C:\Rick\Captivate2Instructor\Unit14\Publish_a_Zipped_Flash_Project.htm"
>
<param name="_ID" value="OBJECT1" >
<param name="UseMenu" value="0" >
<param name="Frame" value="" >
<param name="Window" value="" >
</object>-->
<OBJECT
CLASSID="clsid:ADB880A6-D8FF-11CF-9377-00AA003B7A11"
ID="OBJECT1" TYPE="application/x-oleobject" >
<PARAM NAME="Command" VALUE="Related Topics">
<PARAM NAME="Button" VALUE="Text:Related Topics">
<PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif,8,0,,">
<PARAM NAME="Item1" VALUE="Add a Slide
Note;..\Unit7\Add_a_Slide_Note.htm">
<PARAM NAME="Item2" VALUE="Add a Sound Effect to an
Object;..\Unit7\Add_a_Sound_Effect_to_an_Object.htm">
</OBJECT>
Hopefully this helps... Rick

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