Search problem

Hi,
I am using RH8.0.2.
In my project 240 child projects are merged in the parent project.
I have imported these projects from RH5 to the latest version RH8.0.2 and made changes in all the 240 child projects and merged it.
Now when i am searching any word search display only the words it can found in the parent project, as a result the number of pages found get reduced drastically.
I do some reseach i found that the merge file path in hhp file is of my local machine (D:\M5_protocol_help\PCS_X.chm),to confirm i merged a new child project but i found in hhp file, instead of the full path only name of project (BTSM.chm) is there.
Now again i close the project and reopen it i found the new child project which i merged is gone.
Any solutions?Thanks in anticipation!!!
Thanks and Regards,
Rahul

Hi Raul.
This is a known issue with the HTML Help compiler. You can get around this by opening the parent project, opening the HHP file in Notepad and removing the path to the CHMs. You should then be left with a section that looks like this:
[MEGRED FILES]
PCS_X.chm
If you then compile the project you'll get all your search terms available. Note however that these changes will have to be reapplied as they are lost when you close the project after the compile.
The RoboColum(n)
@robocolumn
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I recently purchased an unlocked GSM Treo 680 to replace a stolen Treo 650 (which replaced a 600, which replaced another 600, etc.). I loaded all my data on to it. However, when I do a typedown search in Contacts, it refuses to find any entries which (alphabetically by last name) occur after my friend "Catherine Simmonds". Even if their first name begins with an earlier letter of the alphabet, it doesn't find them. I can reach their entries by doing a lot of scrolling in the full list, but no other way.
However, if I make a change of some sort to the contacts database, it does find them - for one search only. If I back up (delete a letter) on the search or cancel and do a new search, it stops being able to find them again. I've tried deleting some contacts, including the two either side of the "break", to see if they are corrupt in some way or if it's the number of contacts (I have about 420), but that doesn't seem to make a difference. At all times, I can find the contacts using the global search tool - although the 680 seems to have stopped the previous practice of starting global searches with the current database, which means it's often the second screen before the contact shows up.
I run Ubuntu Linux 8.04, and am using jpilot as my sync software.
To me, particularly given the intermittent nature of the thing and the ability to make it work temporarily by making changes to the Contacts database, this has all the marks of a software bug. Is it a known issue? Has anyone else seen it? Is there a fix?
I'm using software version TREO680-2.12-ROW, Firmware R01.92. Please let me know if there's more information I can provide.
Gerv
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)

What exactly do you mean by starting again?
Previously, I restored a backup and then synced to get all data since the backup. I could certainly do that again. But I don't want to go all the way back to the backup only, because I'd lose all the data between then and now.
jpilot, my sync software, won't let me sync on to a completely blank Treo. It tells me that I have to restore a backup first as a base. So I'm not sure if I'm able to restore the PIM data without restoring everything.
I think it's unlikely to be an incompatible application because the problem is with a shipped Palm app. But you know more about Palm OS than me.
But I'll have a play around and let you know how far I get.
Gerv
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)

Database Search Problem

Hey,
I am creating a database with a user profile, where a user can select their interests.
i.e
Golfing Yes/No
Movies Yes/No
Travelling Yes/No
So, there are 20 interests like that, and each of them is a boolean.
Would it be inefficient to create 20 boolean fields like that ?
I kinda thought that would be inefficient (not sure if it's true) and thought of a way to put it into the database as a BYTE(20) stream, like
1001010001011, where 1-yes, 0-no.
However the problem is.. what if I want to do a search where only the first question is yes, and all the other does not matter ?
For example.
I want to search for a string like 1????????????, where ? could be 0 or 1.
So here are my 2 questions:
Will I need to traverse the whole database that way ? (use BYTE(20))
or should I just code them as 20 separate booleans ?
thanks !
Dennis

G'day DennisMV,
I'd suggest 20 separate booleans. It may take some more space (however these are booleans, so the space would be extremely small!) . But it will save you alot of time writing code that you don't really need to. Also, hunting down small, sinister, evil bugs would be alot tougher using the stream. That's the direction i'd head in anyway.
Good Luck,
TimmyP

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