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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