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by Steve Nicholson
Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:52 am
Forum: Help & Manual 7 Forum
Topic: Increase padding around text in TOC
Replies: 1
Views: 858

Increase padding around text in TOC

I'd like to increase the padding around the text in the table of contents. I'd like a few pixels between the text and the left and right edges of the highlight. TOC Padding.png The person who authors our help content is off-site and knows nothing about HTML/CSS. I was able to go to their site this m...
by Steve Nicholson
Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:23 pm
Forum: Programmers' Corner
Topic: Open to help topic with header and TOC
Replies: 4
Views: 9953

Re: Open to help topic with header and TOC

Thanks for the help. The "index.html?topic.htm" syntax is working great. Our product manager approved switching to the EWriter format.
by Steve Nicholson
Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: Programmers' Corner
Topic: Open to help topic with header and TOC
Replies: 4
Views: 9953

Re: Open to help topic with header and TOC

Thanks for the link. My problem was that I was leaving off the "index.html?" before the topic. On the page https://helpandmanual.com/help/index.html?hm_application_links_to_webhelp.htm it says "Normally, a link to a topic file will automatically display the entire help with the TOC ev...
by Steve Nicholson
Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:07 am
Forum: Programmers' Corner
Topic: Open to help topic with header and TOC
Replies: 4
Views: 9953

Open to help topic with header and TOC

We're exploring replacing our CHM file with an EWriter eBook with integrated viewer. We're opening the EWriter file from a desktop C# program like this: var helpPath = Path.Combine(new[] { AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, Settings.Default.HelpFile }); _helpProcess = new Process { StartInfo = {...
by Steve Nicholson
Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:16 pm
Forum: Help & Manual 7 Forum
Topic: Help file is blank
Replies: 1
Views: 824

Help file is blank

We updated our help file using H&M 7.3.2 build 4260 and now it is blank when opened with the Windows help viewer. We tried with Windows 7 and Windows 10. I tried to attach the chm file to this post but, surprisingly, chm files aren't allowed to be uploaded. I was able to post a screenshot, but I...