RH8 Merged project child project displaying in a separate window

Hi Everyone,
Today I created a brand new merged project in RH8 using webhelp format. Both the parent and child projects were created from scratch.
When I displayed the finished merged project and clicked on the child project in the help TOC the child project displayed in a separate window!!
Please can someone advise ...
How do I configure this so the child project displays in the same window as the parent?

Peter,
Many thanks for your suggestions.
I tested the sample project again, it was actually from one of our customers whose browser security settings are fixed. The problem was caused by IE7 internet browser security settings. Once blocked content was permitted everthing displayed in the same window.
This is a relief as all other settings were what I normally used and these always worked.

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quote:
Originally posted by:
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Trip,
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