Allow Duplicate Topic IDs

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William_
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Allow Duplicate Topic IDs

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Hi,

When trying to make a help project for 2 versions of the same software I find this problem:

I copy a topic tree branch and mark the original for one build of the project and the copied branch for the other build of the project. The copied branch has all its topics renamed with _2 at the end along with all the topic id. When setting the topic ids to be duplicates of the originals I get an error message.

I think it should allow this since the topics are part of different builds. Perhaps it could just give a warning on change and also a warning on compile (if there is a conflict in the particular build of the help file)

As it is we opt for two help projects.

Thanks.
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Re: Allow Duplicate Topic IDs

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Topic IDs in the same project space must be unique, this is an absolute requirement that cannot and will not be changed. You can get around this by using modular projects (see the sections on modular projects in the More Advanced Procedures chapter of the help). Then you can save your replaceable branches as separate modules and include or exclude them as necessary. You will still get massive errors if you include two modules that result in duplicate IDs in the same build, but as long as you avoid that you will be fine.
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William_
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Re: Allow Duplicate Topic IDs

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It is disappointing that blank and duplicate ids are not allowed.
William_
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Re: Allow Duplicate Topic IDs

Unread post by William_ »

Hi,

I have found the section regarding IF statements, and it allows for custom BUILD IDs to be used.

Thanks,
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