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by Tim Green
Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Search path to Xplains
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: Search path to Xplains

Hi Carol Ann, This interim update of version 9.4.2 will solve this problem: https://www.helpandmanual.com/download/help-and-manual-setup-v942.exe Important: You must delete ALL files and subfolders in the WebHelp folder, locally and on your web server, before applying this. Otherwise the old files w...
by Tim Green
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Search path to Xplains
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: Search path to Xplains

Hi Carol,

Update: I've done some testing on this and the search is actually returning results to the Xplain subfolder, and this is having an unwanted effect in this particular group of skins. We'll have to look into improving this.
by Tim Green
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Search path to Xplains
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: Search path to Xplains

Carol_Ann wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:16 am We are not using the full Zoom indexer. Can we leave it like that for now?
Yes, of course. But it's a little odd that Xplains are being included in the search results. Their WebHelp subfolder should be automatically excluded in the current version of Help+Manual.
by Tim Green
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New and Free: SVG-based Screenshot Tool
Replies: 0
Views: 1228

New and Free: SVG-based Screenshot Tool

We're excited — very! — to announce the release of SnipSVG, our very cool, very new replacement for Impict and TNT. And it's completely free, for both Windows and macOS. Learn all about it and get the download link in this news blog post here: https://www.helpandmanual.com/news/2024/02/get-a-picture...
by Tim Green
Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Search path to Xplains
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: Search path to Xplains

OK. Are you using the full version of Zoom instead of the embedded version in Help+Manual?
by Tim Green
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Search path to Xplains
Replies: 10
Views: 311

Re: Search path to Xplains

Hi Carol,

The search should actually not look in Xplains at all, because they are not searchable. What version of Help+Manual and your WebHelp skin are you using?
by Tim Green
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: HelpXplain Infographics Tool
Topic: [Solved]Crash/hang-up on second monitor
Replies: 4
Views: 418

Re: Crash/hang-up on second monitor

Hi John, If you get a bug report prompt when this happens it would be very helpful if you could send it. That would make it possible to focus in on what is actually happening here. The problem, however, will be the number of slides in your project. Currently, an Xplain is a single HTML page and ALL ...
by Tim Green
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: HelpXplain Infographics Tool
Topic: [Solved]Crash/hang-up on second monitor
Replies: 4
Views: 418

Re: Crash/hang-up on second monitor

Hi John, I've never seen this and my own desktop setup is effectively the same as yours, but the other way round: I have a 4K primary monitor and a legacy secondary monitor, Windows 10. I use HelpXplain almost exclusively on the lower-resolution secondary monitor and never have problems. However, I ...
by Tim Green
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: Help & Manual 6 Forum
Topic: Is there a way to search for (and remove) all manual page breaks?
Replies: 1
Views: 322

Re: Is there a way to search for (and remove) all manual page breaks?

Hi Stefanie, You can't do this from within Help+Manual itself, but it's very easy to do on the XML topic files using any editor that can search and replace in multiple files, like the excellent free Notepad++. To do this, your project has to be saved in the uncompressed HMXP format, and if you are s...
by Tim Green
Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Best practices for linking to external tools
Replies: 5
Views: 302

Re: Best practices for linking to external tools

just doing exec:c:\mbs\exewin1\helpdxf.exe and leaving the pa1.dxf alone? That is what the Execution Parameters: field is for. We also see that ewriter does not like embedded topics. What do you mean by "embedded topics"? Guess your forum page does not like my zip file. Uploading somethin...
by Tim Green
Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Best practices for linking to external tools
Replies: 5
Views: 302

Re: Best practices for linking to external tools

We created a test from one of our projects and the Hyperlink to launch our program doesn't appear to be working. It works when the "Test" button is clicked. However, when run thru the eWriter Viewer (4.0.0.0 for windows 64 bit), clicking the link does nothing. See attached image File_Link...
by Tim Green
Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:27 am
Forum: Help+Manual 9 Forum
Topic: Best practices for linking to external tools
Replies: 5
Views: 302

Re: Best practices for linking to external tools

Hi "321", It is rather surprising that you have been able to start external applications from your CHM files in Windows versions before 11 as well, as starting programs from CHM links has been completely blocked since Windows XP SP2. I am guessing that you are not starting the EXE of the p...
by Tim Green
Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: Help & Manual 7 Forum
Topic: Editing a WebHelp skin:
Replies: 7
Views: 614

Re: Editing a WebHelp skin:

Tansy wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:51 am I mean the text of topics.
The formatting of the content of your topics is controlled by the styles in your project and also by any manual formatting you apply in the HM editor.
by Tim Green
Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:21 am
Forum: Help & Manual 7 Forum
Topic: Editing a WebHelp skin:
Replies: 7
Views: 614

Re: Editing a WebHelp skin:

Tansy wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:58 pm Hi Tim, there's another question. How can I change the font size of the chapter text in the same template? Thank you in advance!
What do you mean by "chapter text"?
by Tim Green
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: Help & Manual 7 Forum
Topic: Editing a WebHelp skin:
Replies: 7
Views: 614

Re: Editing a WebHelp skin:

Hi Tansy, Instead of deleting things, which can cause errors, it is better to just prevent it from being displayed and activated. Edit the skin (not your project!) in Help+Manual and go down to Configuration > Publishing > WebHelp > Layout. In the code editor, locate this block of code further down:...