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by Alexander Halser
Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:20 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Auto-open multiple projects?
Replies: 10
Views: 1350

Re: Auto-open multiple projects?

Are there switches to set the window size, position and display to show on?
No, there is not.

You need a dedicated application launcher to accomplish this.
Such as
https://ritchielawrence.github.io/cmdow/
by Alexander Halser
Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:33 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Auto-open multiple projects?
Replies: 10
Views: 1350

Re: Auto-open multiple projects?

Hello John,

I suggest to create a simple batch file that starts multiple instances of H&M, one for every project.
by Alexander Halser
Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:21 am
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Command line synchronization
Replies: 3
Views: 744

Re: Command line synchronization

Hello Hans, Fully automatic synchronization of language siblings is a bad idea, IMHO. We are actually working on a function quite contrary to that: manual synchronization with visual control over what's going on. The problem with automatic synchronization as it is implemented now is, that this is a ...
by Alexander Halser
Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:55 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: <config-value name="searchpath">
Replies: 12
Views: 1759

Re: <config-value name="searchpath">

(is it relative to the location of setup_eis.xml, or the location of .hmxp?). It is relative to the .HMXP file. The location of setup_eis.xml is completely irrelevant, once it has been loaded. It is only the content of this file, that overwrites the corresponding config entries in the .HMXP file. T...
by Alexander Halser
Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:42 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: <config-value name="searchpath">
Replies: 12
Views: 1759

Re: <config-value name="searchpath">

Please add the /debug option at the end of the command line to test if the overload XML file has been loaded properly. If the file with path contains spaces, you need to enclose it in quotes. Note, that the <config-value name="searchpath"> just defines a string that overlwrites the very sa...
by Alexander Halser
Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: HelpXplain Infographics Tool
Topic: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique
Replies: 9
Views: 4579

Re: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique

Excellent idea. I'll give it a try. I'd recommend to do this for existing Xplains. You can still cache them server-side, but set the expiration date relatively short. Plus, we've changed the naming conventions in screencasts. After thinking it through, the possible re-use of images in a screencast ...
by Alexander Halser
Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:16 pm
Forum: HelpXplain Infographics Tool
Topic: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique
Replies: 9
Views: 4579

Re: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique

Could HelpXplain perhaps save its images using a file extension that is not standard, such as .XPNG so that these images are not caught up in the usual server-side caching ? We could certainly do that but that creates a new server-side problem: your server won't recognize the file extensions and de...
by Alexander Halser
Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:19 pm
Forum: HelpXplain Infographics Tool
Topic: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique
Replies: 9
Views: 4579

Re: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique

Hi Olivier, The situation is far more tricky than it seems. If you make a new screencast, you will notice that every slide has a unique "capture" object, which represents an image. The capture names are unique and start with "capture1", "capture2" etc. However, if you l...
by Alexander Halser
Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:39 am
Forum: H&M Wish List
Topic: Your publishing tasks screen
Replies: 5
Views: 8473

Re: Your publishing tasks screen

Hello John,
Could you perhaps post a screenshot to illustrate that narrow space? This would help us to optimize the UI.
We are all used to huge multiple displays and rarely run our software on small screens, merely for testing.
by Alexander Halser
Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:04 am
Forum: HelpXplain Infographics Tool
Topic: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique
Replies: 9
Views: 4579

Re: Keeping Capture Image Names Unique

Hi Olivier,
We are working on this. I don't like the idea of internal counters, but we are going to find another solution.
by Alexander Halser
Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:01 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Inserting htm page in HTML
Replies: 9
Views: 1987

Re: Inserting htm page in HTML

Here is H&M 8.4.0 Build 5870 (Release Candidate): https://www.helpandmanual.com/download/help-and-manual-setup-v840.exe The changes regarding SVG images are: Images from MS Visio often include embedded image data. If that image data was faulty, this triggered an internal error in the load functi...
by Alexander Halser
Fri Jul 23, 2021 11:31 am
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Edit Caption tool
Replies: 3
Views: 1144

Re: Edit Caption tool

You are correct. It is a glitch in the editor and you can see what's happening as soon as you double-click on the figure object: the entire text following the figure object is treated as caption text . This includes the closing IFDEF and that's why it gets deleted after editing. We have modified thi...
by Alexander Halser
Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:18 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Free DeepL API key not accepted
Replies: 3
Views: 1979

Re: Free DeepL API key not accepted

Hi Marc, The new free API keys, as it turns out, are required to use a different URL. It is https://api-free.deepl.com instead of https://api.deepl.com . To use a free API key, you need an update of Help+Manual. We have implemented a configuration for the base URL today. Check out build 5836: https:...
by Alexander Halser
Fri May 21, 2021 4:06 pm
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Intermittent build failures
Replies: 5
Views: 2222

Re: Intermittent build failures

And the compiler report is?
by Alexander Halser
Fri May 21, 2021 6:32 am
Forum: Help+Manual 8 Forum
Topic: Intermittent build failures
Replies: 5
Views: 2222

Re: Intermittent build failures

Hi Kathleen, Please do a manual compilation of both CHM files. Step 1: Compile a (good) CHM file with H&M, disable the option "Delete temporary files" in the Publish dialog. Verify that the resulting CHM is about 40 MB, find the folder "~tmpCHM" in your project folder and ren...