Using a variable to insert into a URL for redirecting clients

I got a good one, can anyone help on this?
Using RoboHelp Version 8.02.208.
My company uses MicroStrategy to deploy several web-based data analysis products.
Each of these data products (there are 5) are deployed on different servers.
I have set up a single source WebHelp project and use build tags for product specific help output.
(I also have to modify the Start Page, TOC and Default Topic settings prior to generating each product help)
Everything on this works fine and is not a problem.
We have just implemented an Excel add-in for one of the products.
That add-in uses a locally installed CHM file for its help.
In order to provide customized help that can be updated without forcing the clients to reinstall the CHM help file locally, the source for the CHM file has one dummy topic. In that topic, I have used HTML code to redirect the client to the WebHelp for the product and have integrated the Excel add-in help to that product’s customized help. The result is that the CHM file is opened locally in the HTML help viewer. Inside the HTML help viewer window, I open the WebHelp.
The redirect HARD CODES the URL with the product specific server name and Start Page help topic.
That works fine and is not a problem for ONE PRODUCT.
We are in the process of adding this Excel add-in to other products.
Now here is where I cannot get this to work with my implementation.
The URL for each product is different and to make matters worse, the Start Page is different for each product as well.
So, I am working on options for implementation of multiple products and here is my question:
(1)    The following is an example of the redirect in the single topic of the CHM file:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=https://server.com/ProductName/WebHelp/StartPage.htm#mergedProjects/ExcelPlugIn/ Overview.htm" />
(2)    The red portion of the URL above will need to be modified to support each individual product with a custom server, product name and start page HTM file name.
Is there a way to:
(1)    Add a variable in this HTML code
(2)    Once the product is identified, update the variable with the product specific URL content
(3)    Integrate the variable into the target URL of the HTML code that does the redirect
I think this is either not possible or more work than needed. My other option is to provide standalone Excel add-in help on a server and just have the Excel plug-in go to that (right now it is integrated into the product specific help and the client has access to the plug-in help AND the application help all at the same place).
Thanks to all in advance for any help/suggestions.
Michael F Weart
[email protected]

Thanks for the feedback - here is more informtion on the challenges of this implementation:
I can only distribute one CHM file to cover all 5 web-based products that can be accessed through the Excel plug-in.
Regardless of which of our 5 products is used to install the plug-in on the client's local hard drive, the same installer is used.
That one CHM file is installed locally on the client's hard drive.
(The out of the box CHM file for the plug-in only has general plug-in help content the locl install causes problems for updating the content).
We needed to be able to easily update the help without inconveniencing the clients.
So, I am not creating 5 different CHM files for each installer, since there is only one installer regardless of how many of the 5 products they have.
The plug-in has a server setting and web service setting for each product and the client must choose which they are accessing when they fire up the plug-in.
They may be accessing the plug-in for any of our 5 web-based products they have subscriptions for.
Which means, the one CHM file must be able to:
(1) determine the product they are accessing
(2) direct to one of the 5 servers with the online help.
Each of the 5 online helps are deployed on separate servers with different URL links (and the helps have all different URL links as well).
These online webhelp outputs have some identical content but also some customized content for the specific product they are actually accessing.
My original approach was pretty much the same as William's above. Have a variable in the CHM help, determine the server they are accessing from the plug-in and insert the customized portion of the URL to access the appropriate webhelp.
Keep the ideas/suggestions coming.
I also have a development person looking into how to update a variable on the CHM side to populate the URL.
Michael F Weart
[email protected]

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